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032-001977270

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032-001977270

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Add MS 83357-83382

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Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers

83357-83382. Correspondence and papers of and relating to the poet and publisher Harold Monro (b. 1879, d. 1932) and his wife Alida Monro née Klemantaski (b. 1892, d. 1969), and to the Poetry Bookshop, opened by Harold Monro in 1913 and closed in 1935; 1900-1970. Supplementing Add. 57734-57768 and 80796-80799. The collection includes diaries and journals of Harold Monro, letters exchanged between Harold and Alida Monro, letters chiefly addressed to Alida Monro, Charlotte Mew manuscripts, original artworks, photographs, and printed ephemera. Publications of the Poetry Bookshop received with the papers have been transferred to the British Library's printed book collections. Purchased from Maggs Bros., May 2002.

Paper. Twenty-six volumes. British Library arrangement.

Scope & Content:

Harold Monro, of the Poetry Bookshop: Alida Monro, née Klementaski; second wife of Harold Monro: Correspondence and papers of Harold Monro and Alida Monro: 1900-1970.

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Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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Diaries for other years are at Add. 57742,…" },{ "id" : "040-001977273", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 A: Vol. ii a, 1900." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977274", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 B: Vol. ii b. 1909." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977275", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 C: Vol. ii c. 1919." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977276", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 D: Vol. ii d. 1923." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977277", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 E: Vol. ii e. 1924." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977278", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 F: Vol. ii f. 1928. Entries at irregular intervals." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977279", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 G: Vol. ii g. 1930." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977280", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 H: Vol. ii h. 1931. Loose leaves for 9 Jan. to 26 April only, the remainder being at Add. 57742 Q." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977281", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 I: Vol. ii i. ‘Actual diary, collected very vaguely in loose leaf since about 1922’; circa 1922." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977282", "parent" : "036-001977272", "text" : "Add MS 83358 J: Vol. ii j. ‘Log of The New World’, October 15th 1924; 1924. Autograph account of an apparently unsuccessful operation of a fish…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977283", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83359: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. iii (ff. 187). Correspondence of Harold Monro, Alida Monro and Harold Monro’s mother;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977284", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83360: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. iv. Wooden box containing card index of Harold Monro’s correspondents, with their…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001977285", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83361-83362: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vols. v, vi. Poetry Bookshop business correspondence addressed to and written by Harold…" },{ "id" : "040-001977286", "parent" : "036-001977285", "text" : "Add MS 83361: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. v (ff. 238). 1911-1925." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977287", "parent" : "036-001977285", "text" : "Add MS 83362: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. vi (ff. 218). 1926-1932, n.d. With a typewritten poem by Miss C. Vere Annesley entitled…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977288", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83363: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. vii. (ff. 122). Memoirs of Harold and Alida Monro and personal papers of Alida Monro;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977289", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83364: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. viii (ff. 252). Miscellaneous prose, lectures, lecture notes, texts of readings, etc., by…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977290", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83365: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. ix (ff. 73). Miscellaneous verse by Alida Monro and other authors, some probably submitted to…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001977291", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83366-83369: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vols. x-xiii. Correspondence of Alida Monro; 1908-1969. See also Add. 80799. Four volumes." },{ "id" : "040-001977292", "parent" : "036-001977291", "text" : "Add MS 83366: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. x. Letters addressed to Alida Monro from various authors; 1908-1958. Letters are from Conrad…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977293", "parent" : "036-001977291", "text" : "Add MS 83367: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xi. 1. Correspondence of Alida Monro with various persons enquiring about literary…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977294", "parent" : "036-001977291", "text" : "Add MS 83368: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xii (ff. 172). Letters exchanged between Alida Monro and solicitors, F. R. d’O. Monro of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977295", "parent" : "036-001977291", "text" : "Add MS 83369: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xiii (ff. 232). 1. ff. 1-128. Letters exchanged between Alida Monro and solicitors, F.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001977296", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83370-83372: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xiv-xvi. Photographs and other portraits; 1883-1932, n.d." },{ "id" : "040-001977297", "parent" : "036-001977296", "text" : "Add MS 83370: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xiv. 1. ff. 1-39. Formal portraits and snapshots of Harold Monro; 1883-1932. Several…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977298", "parent" : "036-001977296", "text" : "Add MS 83371: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xv. Harold Monro family portraits in photograph album; n.d. For another family album, see…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977299", "parent" : "036-001977296", "text" : "Add MS 83372: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xvi. 1. Formal portraits and snapshots of Alida Monro; 1900-1960s. Images by VanDyk,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977300", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83373: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xvii. Artwork and drawings for publications of the Poetry Bookshop; circa 1913-circa 1932." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001977301", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83374-83381: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xviii-xxv. Press cuttings and single issues of periodicals collected by Harold and…" },{ "id" : "040-001977302", "parent" : "036-001977301", "text" : "Add MS 83374: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xviii. Cuttings relating to Harold Monro and his wife and ancestors, including obituaries;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977303", "parent" : "036-001977301", "text" : "Add MS 83375: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xix. Cuttings including texts by Harold Monro; 1910-1930. Includes three sheets relating to…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977304", "parent" : "036-001977301", "text" : "Add MS 83376: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xx. Cuttings of reviews and notices of works, readings, lectures and individual poems by…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-001977305", "parent" : "036-001977301", "text" : "Add MS 83377-83378: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vols. xxi, xxii. Cuttings of articles relating to the Poetry Bookshop and readings held…" },{ "id" : "040-001977306", "parent" : "037-001977305", "text" : "Add MS 83377: Vol. XXI, 1912-1932." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977307", "parent" : "037-001977305", "text" : "Add MS 83378: Vol. XXII, 1912-1932." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977308", "parent" : "036-001977301", "text" : "Add MS 83379: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xxiii. Cuttings of reviews and notices of works published by the Poetry Bookshop; 1914-1934.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977309", "parent" : "036-001977301", "text" : "Add MS 83380: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xxiv. Cuttings on matters of general literary interest; 1905-1974." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977310", "parent" : "036-001977301", "text" : "Add MS 83381: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xxv. Cuttings on matters of legal and political interest; 1835-1973, n.d." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001977311", "parent" : "032-001977270", "text" : "Add MS 83382: Supplementary Poetry Bookshop Papers. Vol. xxvi. Works by and correspondence relating to Charlotte Mew (b. 1869, d. 1928); 1880-1977,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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26 items

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1900

End Date:

1970

Date Range:

1900-1970

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Names:

Monro, Alida, née Klementaski, second wife of Harold Monro, 1892-1969
Monro, Harold, poet and proprietor of the Poetry Bookshop, 1879-1932
Poetry Bookshop, 1913-1926

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