Letters to and from C.S. Lewis
Single Item
MS. Eng. c. 6825, fols. 41-80
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 41-7) letters from Lewis to Janet Spens, 1934-1956
- (fols. 48-9) typescript letter from Charles Williams, 12 March 1936. This is said to be the first letter written by Williams to Lewis, see Essays Presented to Charles Williams (London, 1947).
- (fol. 50) letter from Owen Barfield, 1939
- (fols. 51-9) letters from R.W. Chambers, 1938-1940
- (fols. 60-2) letters from Sister Penelope [Lawson], 1939-1940
- (fols. 63-7) letters from Arthur Greeves, 1961
- (fols. 68-71) letters from Evelyn Underhill,1938-1941
- (fols. 72-3) letter from Eugène Vinaver, 1959
- (fols. 74-6) letter from Humphrey Havard, 1943
- (fols. 77-8) letter from Anne Ridler, 1945
- (fol. 79) letter from George Every, 1941
- (fol. 80) letter from Mervyn Peake, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1961, n.d.
Extent
40 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 6825, fols. 41-7].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 6825, fols. 41-80
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 11861
Abstract
Letters to and from C.S. Lewis
Biographical / Historical
Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a British writer and academic, well known for The Chronicles of Narnia. Together with fellow novelist J. R. R. Tolkien, Lewis was active in the Inklings, an Oxford literary group.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by Walter Hooper, 10 July 2001.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Letters to and from C.S. Lewis
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Original catalogue by Judith Priestman. EAD version by Rachael Gardner
- Date
- 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk