Harold Monro. Papers of, and rel. to, Harold Edward Monro, poet and bookseller (b. 1879, d. 1932); c. 1865-1990. Many of the papers in Add. 80798 and 80799 are photocopies or transcripts of manuscripts some of which are either lost or whose whereabouts are unknown. The copies were prepared by Ruth Tomalin, who wrote the preface to a 1970 edition of Monro’s collected poems and who intended to write a biography of Monro. Collections of Monro’s papers are at Add. 57734-57768 and 83357-83382. Pr...
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Harold Monro, of the Poetry Bookshop: Papers of, and rel. to: 1865-1990: Partly copies.
Monro Papers. Vol. iii. Extracts from Harold Monro’s notebooks; articles; correspondence; extracts from Harold Monro’s diaries for 1909, 1919, 1923, 1927, and 1930; Poetry Bookshop papers including accounts and press-cuttings; and birth, marriage, and death certificates of Monro and his family;...
Monro Papers. Vol. iv. Papers of Alida Monro (b. 1892, d. 1969), wife of Harold Monro; Arundel del Re (b. 1892, d. 1974), with whom Monro established The Poetry Review and the Poetry Bookshop; and Ruth Tomalin. Includes correspondence, some of it original between del Re and Ruth Tomalin, press...