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Senate House Library, University of London

Masefield, John: Handwritten passages of poetry


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 SLV/86

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Masefield, John: Handwritten passages of poetry

Date(s): [c1900-1967]

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 2 items

Name of creator(s): Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Masefield was born in Ledbury in 1878. Having entered the Merchant Navy Masefield deserted ship in America where he drifted for some time. Returning to England he became a journalist and his interest in writing was explored, publishing several volumes of poetry before the outbreak of World War One. During the war Masefield was a member of the Red Cross and witnessed the disaster at Gallipoli, which he later wrote about in his position as head of the War Propaganda Bureau. During the twenties and thirties Masefield wrote numerous volumes of poetry which were most successful, as well as two novels and an autobiography. Masefield continued to write until his death in 1967.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of John Masefield comprising brief handwritten passages, which appear to stand on their own rather than being extracts from longer works and are most unlikely unpublished. One is entitled 'The Ong of Highworth Ridden' and a note by the other descibes it as 'Lines for Mosquito Day, and in the Memory of Sir Reginald Ross, a patient observer of little things'. They are accompanied by letters from Geoffrey Handley-Taylor concerning depositing Masefield material at the University of London Library (now Senate House Library).

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Language/scripts of material: English

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Open, subject to the conditions outlined at fonds level.

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Detailed catalogue

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Imported from the Senate House catalogue and edited by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2009.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
English literature | European literature | National literatures
Poetry | Literary forms and genres | Literature

Personal names
Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist

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