Alvarez Papers. Vols. xi-xiii. Papers relating to The Shaping Spirit; 1953-1958, n.d. Published London: Chatto and Windus, 1958. Reissued New York: Gordian Press, 1971 under the title Stewards of Excellence. Three volumes.
Alvarez Papers. Vol. xi. 1. 'Thesis and Outline of a proposed book on Modern English and American Poetry', submitted to the Rockefeller Foundation by Alvarez whilst a postgraduate student at Oxford; [1953]. Autograph and typewritten drafts. 2. Notes and drafts; 1955-1956; n.d. Autograph. ...
Alvarez Papers. Vol. xiii. 1. Printer's copy of the preliminaries and main text, wanting the Pound chapter; [1958]. Typewritten with annotations 2. Galley proofs of the chapters on Eliot, Empson and Crane (the latter in three copies); [1958]. With minor corrections.