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Add MS 88907/7/23/7
- Record Id:
- 041-000002004
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000001608
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000144.0x0002b6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88907/7/23/7
- Title:
- M J T Tambimuttu: Correspondent Waller, John
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence, including poetry submitted, and incorporating correspondence with Elizabeth Waller (sister) concerning Waller's poems and his book The Merry Ghosts (Editions Poetry London, 1946):
- Waller to Tambimuttu (manuscript, Kingdom Come letterhead, 13 March, 1941);
- Waller to Tambimuttu (manuscript, Kingdom Come letterhead, without date but with envelope franked 7 May, 1941), enclosing the following poems (typescript): 'Silver', 'Pervaneh', 'Europe at Summer's End', 'Fortunate Hamlet', 'Airman', 'Enigma', 'Aldershot', 'Epitaph', 'No Crosses', 'Juan', 'Carnival', 'Masque', 'On Guard', 'Adonis', 'Neville's Cross', 'Ophelia', 'The End', 'The Occupants of a House', 'In This Dream Kingdom', 'Rocking Horse', 'Full Fathom Five', and 'Credo 1940';
- Waller to Tambimuttu (manuscript, without date [1941], advising that the poem 'Aldershot' [see previous letter] should not be selected for Poetry London since it is about to appear in another magazine [it also appeared in Keidrych Rhys (ed.), Poems from the Forces (1941), and in Tambimuttu (ed.), Poetry in Wartime (1942)];
- Elizabeth Waller to Tambimuttu (manuscript, 15 November, 1942), enclosing three poems, one of which ('Spring Legend', Middle East, 1942) is present;
- Elizabeth Waller to Tambimuttu (manuscript, 4 January, 1943);
- Waller to Tambimuttu (typescript, 27 June, 1944), enclosing poems (not present) by himself and Erik de Mauny;
- Waller to Tambimuttu (manuscript, airletter, 21 August, 1944);
- Waller to Tambimuttu (typescript, 21 October, 1944);
- Elizabeth Waller to Tambimuttu (typescript, 31 October, 1944);
- Waller to Tambimuttu (typescript, 14 December, 1944);
- Waller to Tambimuttu (typescript, 1 February, 1945);
- Waller to Tambimuttu (manuscript, airletter, 15 September, 1945);
- Tambimuttu to Waller (7 November, 1945);
- Tambimuttu to Elizabeth Waller (7 November, 1945);
- Tambimuttu to Elizabeth Waller (12 November, 1945);
- Tambimuttu to Waller (15 November, 1945);
- Tambimuttu to Waller (16 November, 1945).
Also, three additional poems by Waller:
- 'Planh for a Young Soldier' (printed);
- 'Nigel' (manuscript);
- 'At Burlington House' (manuscript).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000001608
033-000001648
036-000001649
040-000001997
041-000002004 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88907 : The Papers of Meary James Thurairajah Tambimuttu
Add MS 88907/7-13 : M J T Tambimuttu: Poetry London and Editions Poetry London
Add MS 88907/7 : M J T Tambimuttu: Editorial Correspondence
Add MS 88907/7/23 : M J T Tambimuttu: Correspondents Ure - Whiston
Add MS 88907/7/23/7 : M J T Tambimuttu: Correspondent Waller, John - Hierarchy:
- 032-000001608[0002]/033-000001648[0001]/036-000001649[0023]/040-000001997[0007]/041-000002004
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88907
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 1941-1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- 44 sheets, and envelope.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Waller, John Stainier, 7th Baronet of Braywick Lodge, poet, author, journalist, 1917-1995