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Photocopies of letters from C.S. Lewis

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MS. Facs. c. 167
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Comprises letters from Lewis to:

  1. (fols. 1-7) Eliza Butler, 1940
  2. (fols. 12-39) T.S. Eliot, 1930-1962, with (fol. 8) a letter from John Bodley to Walter Hooper, 2003; (fol. 9) a letter to Valerie Eliot from Walter Hooper, 2003, and (fols. 10-11) a list of photocopied letters of Lewis to Eliot already in the Bodleian
  3. (fols. 40-3, 46-7, 50-3) Paul Elmer More, 1934-1935, with (fols. 44-5, 48-9 ) letters from More, copied by Lewis
  4. (fols. 53-76) Herbert Palmer, 1945-1959, n.d.
  5. (fol. 77) Lorna Logan (nee Wigney), 1963
  6. (fol. 78) Jane Douglass, 1960
  7. (fols. 79-105) Alastair Fowler, 1954-1962, [from originals in the Berg Collection]
  8. (fols. 106-7) Edmund Blunden, n.d. [copied from originals in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas]
  9. (fol. 108) Alec Craig, 1949 [copied from originals in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas]
  10. (fols. 109-10) John Gawsworth, 1960 [but really 1961?] [copied from originals in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas]
  11. (fols. 111-12) [Kenneth Hopkins?], 1947 [copied from originals in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas]
  12. (fols. 113-16) J.B. Priestley, 1962 [copied from originals in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas]
  13. (fols. 117-23) Rev. John Rowland, 1944-1952 [copied from originals in the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas]
  14. (fols. 125-6) Theodora Bosanquet, 1942-1947 [copied from originals in the Houghton Library]
  15. (fols. 128-30) Rosamond Cruikshank, [c.1959]-1962 [copied from originals in the Houghton Library]
  16. (fol. 132) Richard Jay Selig, 1954 [copied from originals in the Houghton Library]
  17. (fol. 134) Jean Thom[p]son, 1958, with (fol. 133) covering letter from Curtis Brown to Walter Hooper, 1994
  18. (fol. 135) unidentified correspondent [female thesis writer, possibly French], n.d.
  19. (fols. 136-7) Bonamy Dobrée, 1952-1963
  20. (fols. 142-77) Mrs Johnson [no further identification], 1952-197, with (fols. 139-40) photocopy of letter from Johnson to Lewis [c.Oct 1952]
  21. (fols. 178-92 ) Maude McCaslin [later Mrs Eugene L. Ward], 1950-1962
  22. (fols. 193-4) Priscilla Hillis, 1959, with (fol. 95) a typed transcript by Walter Hooper and (fols. 196-8) correspondence with Henry William Griffin, 1983, (fol. 196) Griffin to Stanley R. Hillis, (fol. 197) Priscilla Hillis to Griffin, and (fol. 198) Griffin to Priscilla Hillis

Dates

  • Creation: 1930-1963

Extent

198 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries, MS. Facs. c. 167, fols. 1-2

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Shelfmark:

MS. Facs. c. 167

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 6062, 6063, 11808, 11809, 11810

Abstract

Photocopies of letters from C.S. Lewis, 1930-1963, n.d., given by Walter Hooper in the course of editing The Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis, 2000-2007.

Biographical / Historical

Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963) was a writer and scholar. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by Walter Hooper, 2000-2007.

Title
Photocopies of letters from C.S. Lewis
Status
Published
Author
Finding aid prepared by Original catalogue by Judith Priestman. EAD version by Harriet Costelloe
Date
2016
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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