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Title: John Gawsworth Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1945-1954
Collection number: 642
Creator:
Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970
Extent:
2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong (1912-1970) was the founding editor (1939-41) and London editor (1957-8) of the
English Digest, London editor of the
Literary Digest (1946-9), and editor of
Poetry Review (1948-52). He also published books of poetry under the pseudonym John Gawsworth. The collection consists of 3 drafts of a
biography of author Arthur Machen, including holograph and typescript manuscripts, plus a questionnaire sent to Machen and
filled out by him by biographer John Gawsworth (a pseudonym for Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong).
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Sims, purchase, 1955.
[Identification of item], John Gawsworth Papers (Collection 642). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233065
Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong was born on June 29, 1912 in Kensington, London, England; attended Manor House School, Sussex
and Linton House School and Merchant Taylors' School, London; became Freeman of the City of London, and of Merchant Taylors'
Company, London, 1935; coordinator of Neo-Georgian lyric poetry movement, 1937; became London archivist for Brandaris Insurance
Company, 1960; founding editor (1939-41) and London editor (1957-8) of
English Digest; London editor of
Literary Digest (1946-9), and editor of
Poetry Review, 1948-52; published books of poetry under the pseudonym John Gawsworth:
Confession (1931),
Flesh of Cypris (1936), and
The Collected Poems of John Gawsworth (1948); other books include
Above the River (1931),
Apes, Japes and Hitlerism: a Study and Bibliography of P. Wyndham Lewis (1932), and
The Dowson Legend (1939); won Benson Medal of the Royal Society of Literature in 1939; He died on September 23, 1970.
Collection consists of 3 drafts of a biography of author Arthur Machen, including holograph and typescript manuscripts, plus
a questionnaire sent to Machen and filled out by him, by biographer John Gawsworth (a pseudonym for Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong).
Front page of draft 3 entitled Book 2, chapter 1 with note book 1...never written signed by Gawsworth, 1954. The third draft
is interleaved with notes in Machen's handwriting suggesting changes and corrections.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970--Archives.
Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947.
Authors, English--20th century--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.