Catalogue of papers of John Everett Butt, 1932-64
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C. Parker
2003
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Table of Contents
Introduction
A
Papers relating to his work as the general editor of
The Twickenham edition of the poems of Alexander Pope (London,
1939- ), 1932-64
B
Miscellaneous papers relating to Alexander Pope,
1945-61
Abstract:
Correspondence and notes of John Everett Butt, 1932-64.
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Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 595-8, Eng. misc. d. 915
Extent: 5 shelfmarks
Biographical History
John Everett Butt (1906-1965) was educated at Shrewsbury School and Merton College,
Oxford. From 1930 to 1946 he was lecturer in English at Bedford College, University of
London. In 1932 he was appointed General Editor of the Twickenham edition of Pope's
poetry and oversaw the production of the complete series. From 1946 to 1959, he was
Professor of English Language and Literature at King's College, University of Durham and
from 1959 onwards, he was the Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at
Edinburgh University.
Scope and Content
Mainly correspondence and notes of John Everett Butt, relating to his work as general
editor of The Twickenham edition of the poems of Alexander Pope (London,
1939-).
Acquisition
Given by Mrs Margot Butt, 1975, and restricted
until 2000.
Preferred Form of Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g.
MS. Eng. misc. c. 595, fols. 1-2].
Personal names (NCA Rules)
Butt | John Everett | 1906-1965 | Professor of English Literature at
Edinburgh
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 |
poet
Subjects (LCSH)
English literature --
18th century
English poetry -- 18th
century
Shelfmarks: MSS. Eng. misc. c. 595-7, Eng. misc. d. 915
Scope and Content:
The contents of these four files were originally held in one large alphabetical
file, arranged by subject headings. They contain draft schemes for the proposed
editions, correspondence with the publishers and with the editors of vols. I, III,
IV, V and VI, as well as Butt's general working papers. The original order has
been retained.
Files, 'A-C', 1932-64
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 595
Extent: 278 leaves
Scope and Content:
Includes
- (fols. 1-2) notes of Margot Butt on the collection
- (fols. 3-20) draft scheme and typescript scheme for an edition of Pope's
poetical works, with a draft letter for editors, n.d.
- (fols. 21-2) agreement between John Butt and Methuen & Co. Ltd.,
publishers, 1932, relating to the publication of John Butt (ed.),
Imitations of Horace: with An epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot; and, The
epilogue to the satires, Alexander Pope, vol. IV (London,
1939)
- (fols. 31-40) two draft versions of the general introduction to the
series, n.d.
- (fols. 53-73) two typescript drafts of the contents pages for a
single-volume edition of Pope and a preface for the same, 1961
- (fols. 74-278) correspondence with Methuen & Co. Ltd., publishers
and others, including
- (passim) Emile Victor Rieu, 1932-48
- (fols. 89v-88v
rev. and fol. 144) Norman Ault, 1944
- (fols. 137-8, 140) James Lowry Clifford, 1944
- (fols. 232-3, 240-2, 244-6, 249) Herbert
John Davis, 1944
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Files, 'D-F', 1932-60
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 596
Extent: 248 leaves
Scope and Content:
Comprises
- (fols. 1-169) correspondence relating to E. Audra and Aubrey Williams
(eds.), Pastoral Poetry; and, An essay on criticism, Alexander
Pope, vol. I (London, 1961), including correspondence with
- (passim) Emile
Audra, 1932-60
- (passim) Aubrey Williams, 1954-60
- (fol. 110) Geoffrey Tillotson, 1957
- (fols. 170-248) correspondence relating to Norman Ault and John Butt
(eds.), Minor Poems, Alexander Pope, vol. VI (London, 1954),
including correspondence with
- (fols. 170-8, 182, 197-241) Norman Ault,
1932-48
- (fols. 190-5) David
Nichol Smith, 1934
- (fols. 242-4, 246) Geoffrey Tillotson, 1950
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Files, 'H-J', 1932-64
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 597
Extent: 158 leaves
Scope and Content:
Comprises
- (fols. 1-145) correspondence relating to Maynard Mack (ed.), An
essay on man, Alexander Pope, vol. III, part 1 (London, 1950) and
F.W. Bateson (ed.), Epistles to several persons: (Moral essays),
Alexander Pope, vol. III, part 2 (London, 1951), including
correspondence with,
- (fols. 1-31) John Hanbury Angus Sparrow, 1932-6
- (passim) Frederick Wilse Bateson, 1936-58
- (passim) Maynard Mack, 1936-64
- (fol. 45) Norman Ault, 1937
- (fols. 46-7) David
Nichol Smith, 1937
- (fols. 146-58) correspondence, 1933-58, with James Sutherland relating to
his editorial work on The Dunciad, Alexander Pope, vol. V
(London, 1943)
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Files, 'K-M', 1932-47
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. d. 915
Extent: 170 leaves
Scope and Content:
Comprises
- (fols. 4-64) letters and catalogues from booksellers, 1932-47
- (fols. 65-72) proofs, 1933-8, for part of John Butt (ed.),
Imitations of Horace: with An epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot; and, The
epilogue to the satires, Alexander Pope, vol. IV (London,
1939)
- (fols. 73-170) manuscript notes, n.d.
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Shelfmarks: MS. Eng. misc. c. 598
Correspondence, transcripts and notes, relating to
Alexander Pope, 1945-61
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 598
Extent: 135 leaves
Scope and Content:
Comprises
- (fols. 1-92) 'Pope-Burlington' file, containing
- (fols. 1-24) correspondence relating to, and transcripts of, the
Pope-Burlington manuscripts, held at Chatsworth House, 1945-8
- (fols. 25-92) correspondence and notes relating to John Butt, 'A
Master Key to Popery', printed in James L. Clifford and Louis A. Landa
(eds.), Pope and his contemporaries: essays presented to George
Sherburn (Oxford, 1949)
- (fols. 93-135) 'Pope' file, containing letters from British and American
scholars, 1950-61, including
- (fol. 118) Sir Harold Herbert Williams, 1955
- (fols. 119-20) Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, 1954
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