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1. Add MS 88907

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Title:
The Papers of Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu
Scope & Content:
The bulk of the archive comprises papers relating to Tambimuttu's role as editor (1939-1949) of the journal Poetry London and to his editorship of the related imprint Editions Poetry London (publishers, Nicholson & Watson, 26 Manchester Square, London); the collection also includes various p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1935-1972
Extent:
69 files

2. Add MS 88907/1

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Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Personal correspondence.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1948
Extent:
5 files

3. Add MS 88907/1-6

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Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: Personal Papers
Scope & Content:
Papers not directly connected with Tambimuttu's editorship of Poetry London and Editions Poetry London, including personal correspondence, poetry and prose by Tambimuttu, three notebooks, photographs, some small press publications, and various ephemeral items.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-[1972]
Extent:
19 files

4. Add MS 88907/1/1

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Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: Correspondence with Family and Friends in Sri Lanka
Scope & Content:
(1) Letter (manuscript, 1 August, 1946) from Bernard [first name], a contemporary of Tambimuttu, who has recently met (Major) Anthony Dickins when he was stationed in Sri Lanka. (2) Brief copy letter (21 January, 1948) to Ralph Deranayagala, of Colombo, referring to John Strachey. (3) Letter (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1939]-1948
Extent:
1 file

5. Add MS 88907/1/2

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Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: General Personal Correspondence B-D
Scope & Content:
(1) Audrey Beecham, Oxford University Agricultural Research Institute, to Tambimuttu (manuscript, without date [1941?]). (2) Two Invoices (1947 and 1948) and an Inventory of furniture and various items stored for Tambimuttu by Bishop & Sons' Depositories Ltd, Belgrave Road, London. (3) Re...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939?-1948
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: General Personal Correspondence E-P
Scope & Content:
(1) Correspondence with Harold Edwards: Edwards to Tambimuttu (manuscript, 1 December, 1946, from Uppsala, Sweden); Tambimuttu to Edwards (4 December, 1946); Edwards to Tambimuttu (manuscript, 4 July, 1948, from Lisbon); Edwards to Tambimuttu (manuscript, 19 or 29 December, 1948, from Alexandria...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944-1948
Extent:
1 file

7. Add MS 88907/1/4

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Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: General Personal Correspondence R-W
Scope & Content:
(1) Letter (typescript, 30 August, 1944) from Private Pauline Rawdon-Smith, requesting clothing coupons. (2) Correspondence (1948) with John Russell, St Edmunds Hall, Oxford referring to arrangements for a talk to the Oxford University Poetry Society, and to increasing the Poetry London subscr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941-1948
Extent:
1 file

8. Add MS 88907/1/5

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Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: Unidentified Correspondents
Scope & Content:
Various personal letters to Tambimuttu, the authors of which have not been identified. In most cases, a first name name only is given, and others are either incomplete or without signature. (1) Letter from Claire (manuscript, 23 January, 1945, from Sutton Coldfield). (2) Letter from Elizabet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1948
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 88907/2

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Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: Writings by Tambimuttu
Scope & Content:
Published and unpublished poetry and prose by Tambimuttu, including three notebooks.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939-1949
Extent:
2 files

10. Add MS 88907/2/1

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Title:
M J T Tambimuttu: Natarajah
Scope & Content:
Draft material and corrected proofs for Tambimuttu, Natarajah (PL Pamphlet No. 6, Editions Poetry London, 1948), sub-titled 'a poem for Mr T S Eliot's sixtieth birthday'. Also, letters of rejection (1948) from John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, J M Dent & Sons Ltd, and James Laughlin (New Directi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946-1948
Extent:
1 file