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1. Add MS 89407

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Title:
Theodore Stephanides Archive
Scope & Content:
An archive that largely covers the retirement years of Stephanides' life, focusing mainly upon his literary activities, from revisions of his own poetry and war memoirs to translations of Greek poetry and his initial attempts to write an autobiography; small amounts of personal material are held...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
c 1899-1983
Extent:

67 files

2. Add MS 89407/1

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Title:
Literary Works
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts/typescripts and associated papers relating to Theodore Stephanides' varied literary endeavours, including his translations of Greek poetry, memoirs of his services in the First and Second World Wars, and his own poetry; nothing is present relating to his memoir, Island Trails.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1899-1982
Extent:
44 files

3. Add MS 89407/2

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Title:
Personal Papers
Scope & Content:
Material includes family and personal photographs; correspondence and diaries from his war-time services; correspondence from the Durrell family; and press-clippings and issues of The Greek Gazette.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
c 1905-1983
Extent:
23 files

4. Add MS 89407/1/8-23

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Title:
Translations
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to Stephanides' translations of Greek poetry, including the works of Kostes Palamas, Vitzentos Kornaros' Erotocritos, and the Greek Anthology.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1925-c 1982
Extent:
16 files

5. Add MS 89407/2/10-17

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Title:
Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Includes correspondence from Gerald and Lawrence Durrell; the Imperial War Museum and the Humanities Research Center (now the Harry Ransom Center), concerning deposits of his works; and letters from various individuals regarding Stephanides' translation of Erotocritos and plans to publish it.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
[1933]-1983
Extent:
8 files

6. Add MS 89407/2/20-21

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Title:
Press
Scope & Content:
Press-clippings with reviews relating to Stephanides' published works, and copies of the The Greek Gazette.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1946-1983
Extent:
2 files

7. Add MS 89407/1/1-7

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Title:
Memoirs
Scope & Content:
Manuscript/typescript drafts and papers relating to his experiences during the First and Second World Wars, along with rough notes and personal items connected to his initial efforts to write an autobiography.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1899-1982
Extent:
7 files

8. Add MS 89407/1/24-30

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Title:
Plays
Scope & Content:
Papers and objects relating to Stephanides' plays, both original blank verse works, and also his interpretations of Karaghiozis plays he saw in Corfu and Crete.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1947-1980
Extent:
6 files, 1 box of objects

9. Add MS 89407/1/43

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Title:
Literary Papers
Scope & Content:
Loose typescripts containing a mixture of Stephanides' translations of Greek poetry, and of his original stories; also present is a card, with a picture of a Twelfth-Century icon depicting the Virgin Mary and Christ Child, and an inscription on the inside of the card in Greek.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1960s-1981
Extent:
1 file

10. Add MS 89407/2/6-8

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Title:
War Service Papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, diaries, drawings, maps and photographs from his time as a gunner in the Greek Army, during the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922, and his service as a doctor with the Royal Army Medical Corps, during the Second World War.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1915-1980
Extent:
3 files