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Add MS 59618
- Record Id:
- 032-001998046
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001998046
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x00020e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 59618
- Title:
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WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN: letters and poems of W. H. Auden (b.1907, d.1973), poet, sent to William L. McElwee, together with one letter to Patience McElwee, his wife; 1927-1929, n.d. Autograph and signed, with one fragment. Partly Latin and German. Extracts are published in Humphrey Carpenter, W. H. Auden: A biography (1981). See also W. H. Auden, Collected Poems (1994). For further material of, and relating to, Auden, see Add. 52430, 52895, 52916, 53772, 59609 A, 59609 C, 59891, 61838, 62114, 62817, 62838, 64416, 64712, 64721-64723, 64732, 71178, 71181, 71609, 71610, 71646. Purchased at the sale of the Hull Subscription Library, 11 Nov. 1975.
Paper; ff. 20. British Library arrangement.
- Scope & Content:
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William L. McElwee, of Christ Church College, Oxford: Wystan Hugh Auden, poet: Letters and poems sent to William L. McElwee by Wystan Hugh Auden: 1927-1929, n.d.: Partly Fr. and Germ.: Partly signed, partly autogr., partly fragm.
includes:
- f. 14 Patience McElwee, wife of W L McElwee: Wystan Hugh Auden, poet: Letter to Patience McElwee from Wystan Hugh Auden: 1928: Signed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001998046
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001998046
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French
German - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1929
- Date Range:
- 1927-1929
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Exhibitions:
- Discovering literature: 20th century, (online), 25 May 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Letters from W.H. Auden to William L. McElwee and Patience McElwee, 1927-29. Exhibited: Discovering literature: 20th century (online), 25 May 2016-.
- Names:
- Auden, Wystan Hugh, poet, 1907-1973
McElwee, Patience, wife of W L McElwee
McElwee, William L, of Christ Church College Oxford - Related Archive Descriptions:
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