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Add MS 89407
- Record Id:
- 032-003463256
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003463256
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086368019.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89407
- Title:
- Theodore Stephanides Archive
- Scope & Content:
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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, which mostly relate to his time in the Greek Army during the First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922; also present are correspondence from Lawrence and Gerald Durrell.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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"037-003463810", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/5: Western Desert Scramble" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463821", "parent" : "037-003463810", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/6: Western Desert and Beyond" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463824", "parent" : "037-003463810", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/7: Maps" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-003463825", "parent" : "036-003463809", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/8-23: Translations" },{ "id" : "040-003463828", "parent" : "037-003463825", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/8: File of Published Poetry" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-003463830", "parent" : "037-003463825", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/9-13: Works of Kostes Palamas" },{ "id" : "040-003463832", "parent" : "038-003463830", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/9: A Study on the Palm-Tree of Kostes Palamas" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463836", "parent" : "038-003463830", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/10: Life Immutable" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463840", "parent" : "038-003463830", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/11: Ascraeus" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463843", "parent" : "038-003463830", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/12: The Greetings of Ilioyenniti, The Sun-Born" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463846", "parent" : "038-003463830", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/13: Palamas Transcripts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463848", "parent" : "037-003463825", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/14: Haiku and Tanka" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463850", "parent" : "037-003463825", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/15: Modern Greek Poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-003463852", "parent" : "037-003463825", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/16-18: Erotocritos" },{ "id" : "040-003463875", "parent" : "038-003463852", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/16: Rough Typescripts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463876", "parent" : "038-003463852", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/17: Bound Typescripts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463878", "parent" : "038-003463852", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/18: Bound Typescripts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463882", "parent" : "037-003463825", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/19: Sappho of Lesbos Poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "038-003463883", "parent" : "037-003463825", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/20-22: The Greek Anthology" },{ "id" : "040-003463884", "parent" : "038-003463883", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/20: Manuscript Translations" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463885", "parent" : "038-003463883", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/21: Bound Typescripts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463886", "parent" : "038-003463883", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/22: Bound Typescripts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003463888", "parent" : "037-003463825", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/23: Life and Death in Modern Greek Folk-Poetry" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-003463889", "parent" : "036-003463809", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/24-30: Plays" },{ "id" : "038-003464628", "parent" : "037-003463889", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/24-26: Karaghiozis Plays" },{ "id" : "040-003464629", "parent" : "038-003464628", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/24: Research Material" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464631", "parent" : "038-003464628", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/25: Plays" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464632", "parent" : "038-003464628", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/26: Puppets" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464633", "parent" : "037-003463889", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/27: All Power Corrupts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464637", "parent" : "037-003463889", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/28: Labyrinth" , 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"parent" : "037-003464643", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/35: Urania" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464657", "parent" : "037-003464643", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/36: Collections of Poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464666", "parent" : "037-003464643", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/37: The Ship of Odysseus" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464667", "parent" : "037-003464643", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/38: Selected Poems" },{ "id" : "041-003468448", "parent" : "040-003464667", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/38/1: Volume of Selected Poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003468455", "parent" : "040-003464667", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/38/2: Volume of Selected Poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003468459", "parent" : "040-003464667", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/38/3: Volume of Selected Poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-003468460", "parent" : "040-003464667", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/38/4: Volume of Selected Poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464669", "parent" : "037-003464643", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/39: Selected Poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464670", "parent" : "037-003464643", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/40: Autumn Gleanings" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464671", "parent" : "037-003464643", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/41: A Cargo of Quatrains" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464672", "parent" : "037-003464643", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/42: Poem Collections" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464673", "parent" : "036-003463809", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/43: Literary Papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464677", "parent" : "036-003463809", "text" : "Add MS 89407/1/44: Stories Grim and Otherwise" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-003464704", "parent" : "032-003463256", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2: Personal Papers" },{ "id" : "037-003464711", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/1-4: Photographs" },{ "id" : "040-003464719", "parent" : "037-003464711", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/1: Photographs of Stephanides' Sisters" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464736", "parent" : "037-003464711", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/2: General Photographs" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464738", "parent" : "037-003464711", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/3: Publicity Photographs" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464743", "parent" : "037-003464711", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/4: Photographs with Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464744", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/5: General and Greek Folk Poetry Papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-003464748", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/6-8: War Service Papers" },{ "id" : "040-003464752", "parent" : "037-003464748", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/6: First World War and the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 Papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464756", "parent" : "037-003464748", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/7: Second World War Papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464768", "parent" : "037-003464748", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/8: Maps of Crete" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464775", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/9: University Thesis" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-003464777", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/10-17: Correspondence" },{ "id" : "040-003464795", "parent" : "037-003464777", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/10: Lawrence Durrell Correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464805", "parent" : "037-003464777", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/11: Gerald Durrell Correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464867", "parent" : "037-003464777", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/12: Durrell Family Correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464872", "parent" : "037-003464777", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/13: Greek Military Coup Correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464878", "parent" : "037-003464777", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/14: Correspondence and Papers Associated with Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464884", "parent" : "037-003464777", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/15: Imperial War Museum Correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464885", "parent" : "037-003464777", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/16: Humanities Research Center (University of Texas at Austin) Correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464888", "parent" : "037-003464777", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/17: Erotocritos Correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464904", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/18: Drawings and Rubbings" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464905", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/19: Greece Papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-003464910", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/20-21: Press" },{ "id" : "040-003464911", "parent" : "037-003464910", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/20: Press-cuttings" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464913", "parent" : "037-003464910", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/21: The Greek Gazette" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464915", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/22: General Papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003464917", "parent" : "036-003464704", "text" : "Add MS 89407/2/23: Papers Associated with Gerald Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003463256
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 89407/1 : Literary Works
Add MS 89407/2 : Personal Papers
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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67 files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French
Greek, Modern - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1894
- End Date:
- 1983
- Date Range:
- c 1899-1983
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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The records were held in the possession of Theodore Stephanides, at his home in London, until his death; the records were retained in that location by his daughter and grandsons until the archive was deposited with the British Library.
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 10957
- Source of Acquisition:
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Alexander Mercouris
- Appraisal:
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Duplicate documents, photographs, and press material removed; please see sub-series/sub-sub-series and file descriptions for further information.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is mainly comprised of manuscripts/typescripts and research material for Stephanides' literary work, which lent themselves to being brought under the same series, and subsequently divided into sub-series and sub-sub-series (where necessary) based upon the type of work (memoir, translation of Greek poetry, etc). With a few exceptions, which are noted at either sub-series or sub-sub-series level, the contents of the files have been kept intact as found when they arrived at the library.
Material that did not automatically fit within the literary works have been placed into the Personal Papers series, but it must be stated that it is more than likely that quite a number of the records present were used as part of Stephanides' literary activities, such as the war-time services papers and photographs, but because they were not found with the manuscripts/typescripts and their accompanying documentation, the decision was taken to keep them separate.
The papers have been arranged chronologically.
- Administrative Context:
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The material found in the archive was largely accrued by Stephanides' as part of his activities during his retirement, specifically his literary endeavours, with large amounts of manuscripts and typescripts of his works, which Stephanides was continually revising. Most of the personal material also appears to have been brought together to inform his war memoirs and initial attempt to write an autobiography, which include war-time correspondence and family photographs that were handed over to him by his sister, Philippa, and long-time friend and collaborator, George Katsimbalis.
Several issues of The Greek Gazette, which were published posthumously and contained Stephanides' translation of Vitzentos Kornaros' Erotocritos, have been added by the family.
It should be noted that the vast majority of Stephanides' personal papers and library were destroyed during the bombing of Corfu in 1940.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Stephanides, Theodore Philip, naturalist and poet, 1896-1983
- Related Material:
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Papers by Theodore Stephanides can be found in the following collections and institutions:
- The Edward Hungerford Papers (MS.007), held at the Southern Oregon University Archive; correspondence between the two men, in Stephanides' final years
- The James A. Brigham Archive (Ref. SC414), held at the University of Victoria; correspondence and typescripts
- Typescripts of Stephanides' war memoirs, held at the Imperial War Museum (Ref. 13891)
- Copies of unpublished works, held at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas at Austin.
- Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 73150-73159