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040-001958770

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032-001958769

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Vol. I (ff. 180). Letters chiefly concerning modern authors and Blakeney's activities as an amateur printer; 1898-1954. Arranged alphabetically by writers. Included are letters from Thomas James Wise (ff. 122- 127), Rudyard Kipling and the Kipling Society (ff. 13-15, 58-63, 81-85), and two from Algernon Charles Swinburne (ff. 87, 88), the second of which, dated 12 Oct. 1899, is printed by C. Y. Lang, The Swinburne Letters, iv, 1962, pp. 142-143. Blakeney's letters to Wise, 1917-1936, are now in the Ashley Manuscripts in the Department. At the end (f. 178) is a copy in Blakeney's hand of a poem written by Kipling for Lady Beaverbrook, 'Home', beg. 'This is the prayer the Cave Men prayed', 1911 (see A. J. P. Taylor, Beaverbrook, 1972, p. 397).

includes:

ff. 2-10 Arthur Christopher Benson, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1898-1925.
f. 11 George Charles Beresford: Letter to E. H. Blakeney: 1937.
ff. 13-15 John Henry C. Brooking, MIEE; founder of the Kipling Society: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1936.
f. 16 Charles Hilton Brown, author: Letter to E. H. Blakeney: 1945.
ff. 17-19 Georgiana Burne-Jones, wife of Sir E C Burne-Jones: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1910.
f. 20 Ian Duncan Colvin, journalist: Letter to E. H. Blakeney: 1936.
f. 21 Christopher Selby Austin Dobson, Librarian of the House of Lords: Letter to E. H. Blakeney: 1954.
ff. 23-25 Charles Montagu Doughty, author: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1916.
ff. 26-32 Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, poet: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1943-1944.
f. 27 Political and Satirical Poems: Lord Alfred Douglas: sonnet, 'Class War': 1944.: Typewritten. Signed.
f. 27 Lord Alfred Bruce Douglas, poet: Sonnet, 'Class War': 1944.: Typewritten. Signed.
f. 33 Arundell James Kennedy Esdaile, Secretary, British Museum: Letter to E. H. Blakeney: 1949.
ff. 34-38 Maurice Buxton Forman, bibliographer: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1936-1940.
ff. 39-45 Sir James George Frazer, OM; anthropologist: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1904-1929.
f. 46 Lilly Frazer, wife of Sir J G Frazer: Letter to E. H. Blakeney: 1931.
ff. 48-57 Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1912-1925.
ff. 58-63 Joseph Rudyard Kipling, author: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1910-1934.
ff. 64-66 Wilfred Partington, author: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1948.
ff. 67-69 Cormell Price, Headmaster of 'Westward Ho!' School: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1907, 1908.
ff. 71-74 Frances E. Price, sister of C Price: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1910.
ff. 75-79 Sarah Price, widow of C Price: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1910.
f. 80 Allen Beville Ramsay, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge: Letter to E. H. Blakeney: 1936.
ff. 81-85 Sir Christopher Henry Robinson, 2nd Baronet; afterwards Lynch-Robinson: Letters to E. H. Blakency: 1936.: Signed.
f. 86 John Kinchin Smith, Vicar of Minster Lovell: Letter to E. H. Blakeney: 1910.
ff. 87-89 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1899.
f. 90 James Alexander Symington, bibliographer: Letter to T. J. Wise: 1930.
ff. 90, 122-177 Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters, etc., to E. H. Blakeney: 1914-1936.
ff. 91-119 Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson, CMG: Letters to E. H. Blakeney: 1938-1952.
f. 120 Newman Ivey White, biographer of Shelley: Letter to E. H. Blakeney: 1936.
f. 178 Poetry: Rudyard Kipling: 'Home': 1911.: Copy.
f. 178 Joseph Rudyard Kipling, author: Poem, 'Home': 1911.: Copy.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-001958769
040-001958770

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Add MS 48979-48980 : BLAKENEY PAPERS, chiefly comprising letters addressed to Edward Henry Blakeney (d. 1955), sometime Headmaster of the…

Add MS 48979 : Vol. I (ff. 180). Letters chiefly concerning modern authors and Blakeney's activities as an amateur printer; 1898-1954.…

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032-001958769[0001]/040-001958770

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1 item

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Languages:

English

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Latin

Start Date:

1898

End Date:

1954

Date Range:

1898-1954

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Custodial History:

Thomas Sydney Blakeney, Secretary, Friends of the National Libraries: Manuscripts owned by, or presented by or through: in 1955.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Benson, Arthur Christopher, college head and writer, 1862-1925
Beresford, George Charles, of Add MS 48979
Blakeney, Thomas Sydney, Sec Friends of the National Libraries
Brooking, John Henry C., MIEE; founder of the Kipling Society
Brown, Charles Hilton, author
Burne-Jones, Georgiana, wife of Sir E C Burne-Jones
Colvin, Ian Duncan, journalist, 1877-1938
Dobson, Christopher Selby Austin, librarian and editor, 1916-2005
Doughty, Charles Montagu, explorer, writer and poet, 1843-1926
Douglas, Alfred Bruce, poet and biographer, 1870-1945
Esdaile, Arundell James Kennedy, librarian and Secretary of the British Museum, 1880-1956
Forman, Maurice Buxton, bibliographer
Frazer, James George, OM, anthropologist
Frazer, Lilly, wife of Sir J G Frazer
Gosse, Edmund William, Knight, writer, 1849-1928
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard, author, 1865-1936
Partington, Wilfred, author
Price, Cormell, Headmaster of 'Westward Ho!' School
Price, Frances E., sister of C Price
Price, Sarah, widow of C Price
Ramsay, Allen Beville, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Robinson, Christopher Henry, 2nd Baronet, afterwards Lynch-Robinson
Smith, John Kinchin, Vicar of Minster Lovell
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, poet, 1837-1909
Symington, James Alexander, bibliographer
Tennyson, Charles Bruce Locker, Knight, civil servant, 1879-1977
White, Newman Ivey, biographer of Shelley
Wise, Thomas James, book and manuscript collector, 1859-1937