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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

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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 89407/1/1

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Title:
Personal Papers
Scope & Content:
Material brought together as part of Stephanides' efforts to write an autobiography, including: childhood and family photographs and those taken of himself during the First and Second World Wars, correspondence, and notes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899-1977
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Autobiography Notes
Scope & Content:
Notebooks, along with photographs and other personal papers, relating to Stephanides' initial attempts at writing an autobiography.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1899-1977
Extent:
3 files

5. 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

6. Add MS 89407/1/2

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Title:
Notebooks
Scope & Content:
4 notebooks containing biographical details of his childhood in India, Marseille, and his family's arrival in Corfu; also present are notes at the back of the fourth notebook, with details of his activities during the First World War.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1972]
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Notebooks
Scope & Content:
Three notebooks with autobiographical information on his childhood in India, France, and in Corfu; also present is another notebook, which details his opinions on various matters, including communism, and Britain's conduct during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-1977
Extent:
1 file

8. Add MS 89407/1/4

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Title:
Macedonian Medley; 1917-1918
Scope & Content:
A typescript draft of Stephanides' unpublished First World War memoir, which focuses upon his experiences as part of the Greek Army on the Macedonian Front; this memoir was originally started in the 1920s and finished in 1931; this copy is a revised version.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1968]
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Western Desert Scramble
Scope & Content:
Four different typescript drafts of one of Stephanides' unpublished Second World War memoirs, which focuses upon the years of 1940 and 1941, during the initial years of the Western Desert campaign; there are variations in pagination and manuscript corrections.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960s-1970s
Extent:
1 file

10. Add MS 89407/1/6

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Title:
Western Desert and Beyond
Scope & Content:
Three different typescript versions of Stephanides' third and final Second World War memoir, unpublished, which details his war experiences following the evacuation of Crete (documented in his published book, Climax in Crete), with his return to Egypt, his participation in the invasion of Sicily ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960s-1970s
Extent:
1 file