Finding Aid for the Lawrence Durrell Papers LSC.0637
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Title: Lawrence Durrell papers
Creator:
Durrell, Lawrence
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0637
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
(6 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1934-1966
Abstract: Collection consists of materials related to Durrell's career as a writer. Includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, drawings,
photographs, sound recordings, and books. Correspondence includes letters to various persons and correspondence between Lawrence
Clark Powell and others regarding the Durrell collection. Manuscripts include an 1886 translation of Pope Joan: the female
Pope.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Biography
Lawrence George Durrell was born Feb. 27, 1912 in Julundur, India; the son of British parents, he grew up in India and spent
his young adult years in England; he held many odd jobs such as jazz pianist, automobile racer, real estate agent, instructor,
and press attaché; moved to France and became a full time writer in 1957; of his various publications, Durrell is best known
for the Alexandria quartet, a tetralogy with titles, Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, and Clea which appeared between 1957
and 1960; died Nov. 7, 1990.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials related to Durrell's career as a writer. Includes correspondence, literary manuscripts, drawings,
photographs, sound recordings, and books. Correspondence includes letters to various persons and correspondence between Lawrence
Clark Powell and others regarding the Durrell collection. Manuscripts include an 1886 translation of Pope Joan: the female
Pope.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence (1934-1966), drawings and photographs (Box 1).
- Manuscripts of poems, stories, articles, and plays by Lawrence Durrell (Box 2).
- Manuscripts of Pope Joan (Box 3).
- Manuscripts of novels and printed books by Lawrence Durrell (Box 4).
- Printed material relating to Lawrence Durrell (Box 5).
- Books from the library of Lawrence Durrell (Box 6).
Related Material
Henry Miller papers (Collection 110) . Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
- Letters to Henry Miller,
Date: 1935-1968
, from various places.
- 352 items.
- Holograph and typescript. Many of these letters were published in
Lawrence Durrell [and] Henry Miller; a private correspondence. Edited by George Wickes. New York, Dutton, 1963.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Manuscripts for publication
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Archives
Durrell, Lawrence--Archives.
Correspondence ; Drawings, and Photographs.
1934-1966
box 1, folder 1
Letters to Terence Ian Armstrong (pseudonym John Gawsworth) , from Sussex and Corfu.
1934-1937
General Physical Description note: 11 items.
box 1, folder 2
Letters to Terence Ian Armstrong (pseudonym John Gawsworth) , from Paris, Innsbruck, and London.
1937-1939
General Physical Description note: 15 items.
box 1, folder 3
Letters to Terence Ian Armstrong (pseudonym John Gawsworth) ,from Egypt, England, Argentina, and Yugoslavia.
1943-1951
General Physical Description note: 12 items.
box 1, folder 4
Letters to Jean Franchette, , mostly from Nimes.
1955-1959
General Physical Description note: 37 items.
box 1, folder 5
Letters to Jean Franchette, , mostly from Nimes.
1960-1961
General Physical Description note: 20 items.
box 1, folder 6
Letters to Jean Franchette, and undated, mostly from Nimes.
1962
General Physical Description note: 12 items.
box 1, folder 7
Letters to Theodore Stephanides, , from Corfu, Paris, and Innsbruck.
1936-1938
General Physical Description note: 5 items.
box 1, folder 8
Letters to Theodore Stephanides, , from Athens and Alexandria.
1939-1945
General Physical Description note: 11 items.
box 1, folder 9
Letters to Theodore Stephanides, , from Rhodes and Argentina.
1946-1948
General Physical Description note: 9 items.
box 1, folder 10
Letters to Theodore Stephanides, , from Belgrade.
1949-1953
General Physical Description note: 27 items.
box 1, folder 11
Letters to Theodore Stephanides, , from Cyprus and England.
1953-1956
General Physical Description note: 9 items.
box 1, folder 12
Letters to Theodore Stephanides, , from France and Corfu.
1957-1965
General Physical Description note: 26 items.
box 1, folder 13
Letters to Theodore Stephanides, , from France.
1966
General Physical Description note: 6 items.
box 1, folder 14
Letters to J. Tambinuttu from Alexandria, Rhodes, Argentina, and England.
General Physical Description note: 8 items.
box 1, folder 15
Miscellaneous correspondence with Michael Frankel, Peter Owen, Spencer Curtis Brown, Covici-Friede, Maurice Girodias, Alfred
Pérlès, George Wickes, Ivan Zarian, Osbert Sitwell, Terence Tiller, and Alan Thomas.
General Physical Description note: 39 items.
box 1, folder 16
Correspondence with Lawrence Clark Powell, , including letters from Rhodes, Bournemouth, Argentina, and Provence.
1946-1966
General Physical Description note: 26 items.
box 1, folder 17
Correspondence between Lawrence Clark Powell and various persons regarding the Durrell Collection, .
1947-1960
General Physical Description note: 67 items.
box 1, folder 18
Drawings and watercolors by Durrell and Nancy Durrell, including watercolor with photograph of Durrell, inscribed "To Henry
with love and good wishes; Larry Durrell." "Paris
1938."
General Physical Description note: 13 items.
box 1, folder 19
Photographs of Lawrence Durrell and his family.
General Physical Description note: 11 items.
Manuscripts of poems, stories, articles, and plays by Lawrence Durrell.
box 2, folder 1
Faces. [London,
1934]
Scope and Contents note
4 l. Typescript. Dedication to John Gawsworth on first l. signed by Durrell. Poem with five verses.
box 2, folder 2
The cherries, n.p., .
ca 1936
Scope and Contents note
6 l. 26 cm. Typescript with holograph corrections. First published in "Masterpiece of Thrills," Daily Express, London, 1936.
box 2, folder 3
A Christmas carol. Corfu,
[1936]
Scope and Contents note
1 p.1, 22 l. 28 cm. Typescript. Later published under title "Asylum in the Snow" in Seven, No. 3 (Winter 1938), 49-54; also
in Zero and Asylum in snow. Two Excursion into Reality. Rhodes, 1946, privately printed.
Another copy. 1 p.1., 21 l. 27 cm. Typescript (carbon copy).
box 2, folder 4
Ionian profile, by Charles Norden. London.
September 31, [1936 or 1937]
Scope and Contents note
2 l. Galley proofs. Appeared in Time and Tide, London, September 31, 1936 or 1937. Dedicated to Theodore Stephanides.
box 2, folder 5
Down the Styx in an air-conditioned canoe. Paris, .
1937
Scope and Contents note
1 p.1., 10 l. 26 cm. Typescript. Published in The Booster, II (December 1937 - January 1938), 14-17. Signed by the author.
box 2, folder 6
Hamlet, prince of China. Corfu,
[1937]
Scope and Contents note
9 l. Typescript. Letter addressed to Henry Miller regarding the book Hamlet by Michael Frankel and Henry Miller. Published
in Delta, 2c année, No. 3, Christmas 1938.
box 2, folder 7
A hymn to the Pycnik for Henry Miller, Paris, .
1938
Scope and Contents note
4 p. Holograph. At head: "MS for Henry Miller of Paris gent. Feb. 9th 1938," Poem with seven verses.
box 2, folder 8
Proems. London, Fortune Press,
[1938]
Scope and Contents note
96 p. illus. 19 cm. Contains Lawrence Durrell's "Unckebunck" with holograph revisions for projected radio adaptation. Bound
in black morocco. Inscribed by Lawrence Durrell.
box 2, folder 9
Black honey; an historical farce. [Alexandria,
ca 1942]
Scope and Contents note
1 p.1., 50 l. 33 cm. Typescript (carbon copy). Bound in green cloth spring binder.
box 2, folder 10
Cities, plains, and people; poems. London, Faber & Faber
[1945]
Scope and Contents note
63 l. 18 cm. Page proofs with holograph corrections. Bound in gray cloth with black morocco spine. First published by Faber
& Faber, London, 1946.
box 2, folder 11
On seeming to presume. Argentina, ,
1948
Scope and Contents note
1 p.1., 15 l. Galley proofs. First published by Faber & Faber, London, 1948. In blue and gray morocco box. Gift of Bill McKeown
to Lawrence Clark Powell, 1948.
box 2, folder 12
Another copy with holograph letter to Henry Miller on p.1.
box 2, folder 13
Henry Miller, n.p., .
1949
Scope and Contents note
12 l. 28 cm. Typescript.
box 2, folder 14
For immediate release. Cyprus, .
1956
Scope and Contents note
14 l. 33 cm. Holograph. Published as chapter in Esprit de Corps; Sketches from Diplomatic Life; London, Faber & Faber, 1957.
box 2, folder 15
Sappho. n.p., .
1957
Scope and Contents note
2 p.1., 61 l. 33 cm. Typescript with corrections, cuts, etc. in producer's hand for radio version, 1957. First published by
Faber & Faber, London, 1950.
box 2, folder 16
The willpower man.
Scope and Contents note
1 p.1., 19 p. 33 cm. Holograph manuscript. Purchased from the House of Books, 18 E 60th Street, New York.
box 2, folder 17
Kavaphis, Konstantinos Petro, .Translations from the poems of Kavaphis of Alexandria, [by] Lawrence Durrell.
1863-1933
Scope and Contents note
1 p.1.,11 l. 22 cm. Typescript.
Manuscripts of Pope Joan.
box 3, folder 1
Rhoïdes, Emmanuel D., .
1835-1904
Scope and Contents note
Pope Joan, by Emmanuel Royidis. Translated from the Greek with an introduction by Lawrence Durrell. n.p., ca 1948. 2 p.1.,
83 l. 33 cm. Typescript with holograph corrections. Bound in red linen with a red morocco backstrip.
box 3, folder 2
Preface and notes to Emmanuel Rhoïdees' Pope Joan, by Lawarence Durrell. n.p., .
ca 1948
Scope and Contents note
2 p.l., 11, 7 [1] l. 33 cm. Typescript with a few holograph corrections to the preface.
Bibliography
Bibliography: final leaf.
box 3, folder 3
Rhoïdes, Emmanuel D., .
1835-1904
Scope and Contents note
Pope Joan. Translated from the Greek Lawrence Durrell. n.p., ca 1948. 36 l. 64 cm. Galley proofs, partially corrected by Theodore
Stephanides.
box 3, folder 4
Later copy with corrections in red ink by Theodore Stephanides.
box 3, folder 5
Rhoïdes, Emmanuel D., .
1835-1904
Scope and Contents note
[Pope Joan] The curious history of Pope Joan. Translated out of the modern Greek of Emmanuel Royidis by Lawrence Durrell and
illustrated by John Buckland-Wright. 13 illustrations. London, Rodney Phillips and Green, 1948. xxii, 134 p. 26 cm. Bibliography:
p. 134. Unbound copy on mould-made paper. Never issued. The firm of publishers who planned it went out of business before
the book could be produced. There was to have been an edition limited to 150 on mould-made paper. First published by Derek
Verschoyle, London, 1954. Subsequent editions published, 1960 and 1961.
box 3, folder 6
Miscellaneous additional page proofs.
box 3, folder 7
Prospectus with text and illustrations issued by Rodney Phillips and Green.
box 3, folder 8 and 9
Buckland-Wright, John. Illustrations for the curious history of Pope Joan, by Emmanuel Royidis, translated out of the modern
Greek by Lawrence Durrell. London, Rodney Phillips and Green
[1948]
Scope and Contents note
Includes: series of 15 pencil and pen-and-ink drawings, some in wash. 14 l., 27 x 21 cm; 5 pen-and-ink drawings, original
jacket design, and 2 copies of jacket.
box 3
Rhoïdes, Emmanuel D., .
1835-1904
Scope and Contents note
[Pope Joan] The curious history of Pope Joan, by Emmanuel Royidis. Translated out of the modern Greek by Lawrence Durrell
and illustrated by John Buckland-Wright. 13 illustrations, London, Rodney Phillips and Green [1948] xxiv, 134 p. 25 cm. Page
proofs. Proofs cut and mounted in gray linen with maroon backstrip.
Most illustrations on Neg. Microfilm # 06596 - see shelf list for details
box 3
Rhoïd#x0113;s, Emmanuel D., .
1835-1904
Scope and Contents note
Pope Joan; the female Pope. Translated from the Greek of Emmanuel Rhoïdes with preface by Charles Hastings Collette. London,
George Redway, 1886. 102 p. 19 cm. Bound in red cloth.
box 3
Buckland-Wright, John. Illustrated title page for The curious history of Pope Joan, by Emmanuel Royidis, translated out of
the modern Greek by Lawrence Durrell. London, Rodney Phillips and Green [1948] Printer's engraved plate mounted on wood.
Manuscripts of novels and printed books by Lawarence Durrell.
box 4, folder 1
Cefalu. [In three parts] Rhodes, .
1945
Scope and Contents note
4 p.1., 151 [2] l.28 cm. Typescript with holograph corrections. First published by Editions Poetry, London, 1947. Later published,
1958, under title: The Dark Labyrinth. Gift of Friends of the UCLA Library, 1962, in honor of Lawrence Clark Powell.
box 4, folder 2
Balthazar; a second Justine. In two parts. n.p., .
ca 1958
Scope and Contents note
5 p.l., 180 l. 27 cm. Typescript with holograph corrections. First published by Faber & Faber, London, 1957.
box 4, folder 3
Tunc. London, Faber & Faber, .
1968
Scope and Contents note
316 l. illustrated. 20 cm. Page proofs with holograph corrections. First published by Dutton, New York, 1968. Gift of Henry
Miller, June,1969.
box 4, folder 4
Quaint fragment. [London] Cecil Press, .
1931
Scope and Contents note
[38] p. Mounted port. Photocopy. Los Angeles, 1951.
box 4, folder 5
A landmark gone. Los Angeles, Private print, .
1949
Scope and Contents note
1 p.1., 11, 7 [1] p. 21 ½ cm. Title in black and green. "First published in Middle East Anthology, London, 1946." "125 copies
printed by Reuben Pearson... for the friends of Lawrence Clark Powell." "A note on Lawrence Durrell" (p. [1] - ii) signed:
L.C.P. [Lawrence Clark Powell].
Printed material relating to Lawrence Durrell.
box 5, folder 1
Poems by Durrell. Clippings from newspapers, photo reproductions, and typed copies.
General Physical Description note: 8 items.
box 5, folder 2
Articles and prefaces by Durrell. Clippings from newspapers and journals and typed copies.
General Physical Description note: 11 items.
box 5, folder 3
Monitor. [Television script of an interview between Durrell and Weldon]. London, British Broadcasting Corporation, .
Feb. 14, 1960
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
Scope and Contents note
6 l. 32 ½ cm. Mimeographed. Gift of Robert Collison, July, 1960.
box 5, folder 3
Extract from tonight. [Television script of an interview between Durrell and Hart]. London, British Broadcasting Corporation,
.
June 23, 1960
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
Scope and Contents note
2 l. 32 ½ cm. Mimeographed. Gift of Robert Collison, August, 1960.
box 5, folder 4
Periodical articles and extracts from books on Durrell and his works.
General Physical Description note: 17 items.
box 5, folder 5
Newspaper clippings relating to Durrell and his works.
General Physical Description note: 52 items.
box 5, folder 6
Newspaper articles and programs relating to the German production of Actis in Hamburg, .
November, 1961
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 7
Newspaper articles and programs relating to the German production of Durrell's Sappho at Hamburg, and to the British premiere
of Sappho at the Edinburgh Festival, .
November, 1959, August, 1961
General Physical Description note: 10 items.
box 5, folder 8
Newspaper articles and programs relating to the production of Durrell's Sappho at the Edinburgh Festival, .
August, 1962
General Physical Description note: 11 items.
box 5, folder 9
Book jackets of Durrell's works.
General Physical Description note: 12 items.
box 5, folder 10
Booksellers' catalogs and brochures advertising Durrell material.
General Physical Description note: 34 items.
box 5, folder 11
Unidentified printed and manuscript materials.
General Physical Description note: 6 items.
Books from the library of Lawrence Durrell.
box 6
Catullus Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris. London, Heineman; Cambridge, Harvard University Press, .
1950
Scope and Contents note
Durrell's bookplate on first p.1. Signed "Lawrence Durrell, Moharram Bey, Alexandria."
box 6
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Letters of Fyodor Michailovitch Dostoevsky to his family and friends, translated by Ethel Colburn Mayne.
London, Chatto and Windus, .
1914
Scope and Contents note
Contains Durrell's bookplate. Signed "Lawrence Durrell, Moharram Bey, Alexandria."
General note
missing 1/5/81
box 6
Freud, Anna. The psycho-analytical treatment of children. London, Imagos .
1946
Scope and Contents note
Contains Durrell's bookplate. Signed "Lawrence Durrell, Bellepoix in Cyprus '55."
General note
missing 1/5/81
box 6
Humphreys, Christine, Zen Buddhism. London, Heineman .
1949
Scope and Contents note
Contains Durrell's bookplate. Signed "Lawrence Durrell, Bellepoix Abbey, Cyprus, gift from H. M."
box 6
Miller, Henry. Big Sur and the oranges of Hieronymus Bosch. New York, New Directions, .
1957
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed "Patricia Rodda from Lawrence Durrell, Sommieres Gard, France '57."
box 6
The Portable Plato. New York, Viking, .
1948
Scope and Contents note
Contains Durrell's bookplate. Signed "Lawrence Durrell, Belgrade."
box 6
Books in the collection from the library of Lawrence Clark Powell
box 6
Spencer, Bernard. Aegean Islands and other poems. London, Editions Poetry, .
1946
General Physical Description note: 2 copies.
Scope and Contents note
Ex Libris: Lawrence Clark Powell.
box 6
Webster and Ford. Plays. London, J.M. Dent, New York, Dutton. Signed "LC Powell, Bournemouth, , Gift of Alan Thomas,"
1951
box 6
Wickes, George, editor. Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller, a private correspondence. New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., .
1965
Scope and Contents note
Presentation copy to Lawrence Clark Powell from George Wickes, Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller. Enclosed are two signed
cards from the authors.
box 7
Oversize packages Original painting in poster colours on blue paper of the harbour and town of Kyrenia in Cyprus. Signed "Larry."