Walter De la Mare Papers: Finding Aid
- Accession number 504, collection of correspondence and photographs from De la Mare to H.C. Duffin, 1933-1956; acquired from Cadmus, February 20-21, 1978 (Lot 385).
- Accession number 553, 90 letters from De la Mare to Morchard Bishop, 1951-1956; acquired from Sotheby’s, June 6, 1978 (Lot 429).
- Accession number 788, 42 letters from De la Mare to Margaret Miles, 1923-1945; acquired from Sotheby’s, July 21-22, 1980 (Lot 495).
- Accession number 958, 15 letters from De la Mare and his secretary to Fredoon Kabraji, 1938-1956; acquired from Sotheby’s, July 22-23, 1982 (Lot 582).
- Accession number 1148, eight letters from De la Mare to Marjorie Stannard, 1942-1952; acquired from Sotheby’s, December 6, 1984 (Lot 184).
Related Materials in the Huntington Library
- De la Mare, Walter. T.L.S. to R.N. Green-Armytage, also a T.L.S. from Clemence Dane, 1932 (Call number: mssHM 41003-41004)
- De la Mare, Walter. A.L.S. to Mr. Whitall, 1925, Oct. 11 (Call number: HM 36046)
Bibliography
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- Bishop, Morchard. In [Victor Gollancz, 1893-1967], letter to Walter De la Mare, 1873- 1956, 1951, Apr. 2. HM 65593.
- Bishop, Morchard. Blake’s Hayley: The Life, Works, and Friendships of William Hayley. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Morchard Bishop, 1951- 1952. HM 65283-65284.
- Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1950. HM 65418-65419.
- Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1951, Aug. 31. HM 65506.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1944-1949. HM 65348, 65408-65409.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, [1949, Sep. 18]. HM 65477.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. British Authors. In Richard Church, 1893-, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1949, Mar. 29. HM 65256.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. Collected Poems. In Richard Church, 1893-, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1948, Aug. 5. HM 65255.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. The Dangerous Years. In Richard Church, 1893-, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1955-1957. HM 65267-65268, 65270-65272.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. The Inheritors. In Richard Church, 1893-, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884, 1957, Dec. 6. HM 65274.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. The Nightingale. In Richard Church, 1893-, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1952, July 25. HM 65264.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. Over the Bridge. In Richard Church, 1893-, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1955. HM 65267-65268.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. Twentieth Century Psalter. In Richard Church, 1893-, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1944, June 14. HM 65249.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. Twentieth Century Psalter. In Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, letter to Richard Church, 1893-, 1944, June 20. HM 65592.
- Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1948, Nov. 21. HM 65458.
- Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Morchard Bishop, 1952. HM 65292, 65295.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In Richard Church, 1893-, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1948-1952. HM 65254-65255, 65260, 65263-65264.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In B. Dagwell, letter to Morchard Bishop, 1952, Jan. 16. HM 65275.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In Olive Jones, letters to Morchard Bishop, 1953-1954. HM 65595-65596.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In [Nathalie Saxton], letters to Morchard Bishop, 1954. HM 65597-65598.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In [Nathalie Saxton], letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1950, Dec. 20. HM 65600.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In B.P.C. Sayers, letters to Fredoon Kabraji, 1939. HM 65601-65602.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In Mona Tait, letters to Morchard Bishop, 1954-1956. HM 65603-65605.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In Mona Tait, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1956, Mar. 1. HM 65606.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In Mona Tait, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1956, Mar. 27. HM 65607.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In Allan Chappelow, photograph, 1955. HM 65608.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In John Gay, photograph, [ca. 1945?]. HM 65609.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In E.W. Pannell, photographs, [ca. 1925?]. HM 65610.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. In -----, printed photograph, [ca. 1945?]. HM 65611.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Bells and Grass. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Margaret Miles, 1942, Jan. 12. HM 65560.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Collected Poems. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Margaret Miles, 1941, June 9. HM 65559.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Inward Companion. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1950, Oct. 4. HM 65495.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Limerick in letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1950, Nov. 6. HM 65498.
- De la Mare, Walter,1873-1956. Love (editor). In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Margaret Miles, 1942-1943. HM 65563, 65569, 65571.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Songs of Childhood. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Fredoon Kabraji, 1939, Jan. 31. HM 65527.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Songs of Childhood. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Marjorie Stannard, 1944, May 15. HM 65586.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. The Three Mulla-Mulgars. In Walter De la Mare, 1873- 1956, letter to Margaret Miles, 1942, Jan. 12. HM 65560.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. The Traveller. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1946-1947. HM 65360, 65363, 65365, 65374.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Winged Chariot. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1951, Apr. 27. HM 65425.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Winged Chariot. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1951, May 4. HM 65502.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Dorothy Duffin, 1949-1950. HM 65322, 65324-65325.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Amphibian: A Reconsideration of Browning. In Richard Church, 1893-, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1952-1956. HM 65265-65266, 65269-65271.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Amphibian: A Reconsideration of Browning. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Dorothy Duffin, 1952, Apr. 9. HM 65331.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Amphibian: A Reconsideration of Browning. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1956, Feb. 20. HM 65437.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Amphibian: A Reconsideration of Browning. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1952, Sep. 3. HM 65515.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Thomas Hardy: A Study of His Wessex Novels. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1946, Oct. 20. HM 65368.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Walter De la Mare: A Study of His Poetry. In Richard Church, 1893-, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1949-1950. HM 65257-65260, 65262.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Walter De la Mare: A Study of His Poetry. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1933-1949. HM 65335-65337, 65339-65340, 65341-65347, 65354-65355, 65401, 65404-65405, 65407, 65409.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Walter De la Mare: A Study of His Poetry. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1949. HM 65472-65473, 65480, 65482.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. The Way of Happiness: A Reading of Wordsworth. In Richard Church, 1893-, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1944. HM 65249-65250.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. The Way of Happiness: A Reading of Wordsworth. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1946. HM 65366, 65370.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. The Way of Happiness: A Reading of Wordsworth. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1948, Oct. 20. HM 65456.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. The Way of Happiness: A Reading of Wordsworth. In J.M. Dent & Sons (firm) to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1944, July 12. HM 65594.
- Goldring, Douglas, 1887-. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Morchard Bishop, 1952. HM 65290-65291.
- Gollancz, Victor, 1893-1967. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Morchard Bishop, 1951, Mar. 30. HM 65276.
- Green-Armytage, R.N. (Robert N.), dd. 1966. Selected Poems (editor). In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1954, Aug. 16. HM 65521.
- Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1946, Nov. 16. HM 65369.
- John, Augustus, 1878-1961. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1950, Jan. 30. HM 65487.
- Kabraji, Fredoon. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to [Sir Hugh Walpole, 1884- 1941]?, 1938, Dec. 9. HM 65590.
- Kabraji, Fredoon. The Cold Flame. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Fredoon Kabraji, 1956, Mar. 13. HM 65539.
- Kabraji, Fredoon. A Minor Georgian’s Swan Song. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Fredoon Kabraji, 1945, Mar. 5. HM 65531.
- Kabraji, Fredoon. This Strange Adventure (editor). In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Fredoon Kabraji, 1946, July 30. HM 65532.
- Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1946, Nov. 16. HM 65369.
- Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Morchard Bishop, 1951. HM 65279, 65281.
- Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947. The Hill of Dreams. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Morchard Bishop, 1951. HM 65276-65277.
- Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947. The Hill of Dreams. In [Victor Gollancz, 1893-1967], letter to Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, 1951, Apr. 2. HM 65593.
- Masefield, John, 1878-1967. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1934, Sep. 11. HM 65343.
- Masefield, John, 1878-1967. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1951, Jan. 24. HM 65501.
- Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Moby Dick. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, note to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1953, Aug. 24. HM 65434.
- Moore, George, 1852-1933. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Margaret Miles, 1942-1944. HM 65561, 65574.
- Newbolt, Henry, Sir, 1862-1938. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1946, Nov. 16. HM 65369.
- Peake, Mervyn Laurence, 1911-1968. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1948-1953. HM 65448, 65516.
- Pocock, Guy Noel, 1880-1955. In Richard Church, 1893-, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1949, Nov. 15. HM 65260.
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1946, Nov. 16. HM 65369.
- Stannard, Marjorie. The Springing Wood. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Marjorie Stannard, 1947, Mar. 3. HM 65588.
- Bishop, Morchard. Addressee for B. Dagwell, 1952, Jan. 16. HM 65275.
- Bishop, Morchard. Addressee for Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, 1951-1956. HM 65276-65318.
- Bishop, Morchard. Addressee for Olive Jones, 1953-1954. HM 65595-65596.
- Bishop, Morchard. Addressee for [Nathalie Saxton], 1954. HM 65597-65598.
- Bishop, Morchard. Addressee for Mona Tait, 1954-1956. HM 65603-65605.
- Church, Richard, 1893-. Addressee for Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1944, June 20. HM 65592.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. Addressee for [Victor Gollancz, 1893-1967], 1951, Apr. 2. HM 65593.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. A.N.S. on a letter from [Nathalie Saxton] to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1947, Nov. 8. HM 65599.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. “How pleased it is to discourse on one’s ills…:” poem. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1947, Aug. 26. HM 65389.
- De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. “I Love Mr. Dalton:” poem. In Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, letter to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1947, Apr. 14-21. HM 65379.
- Duffin, Dorothy. Jt. addressee for Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, 1947-1956. HM 65438-65525, 65591.
- Duffin, Dorothy. Jt. addressee for [Nathalie Saxton], 1947-1950. HM 65599-65600.
- Duffin, Dorothy. Jt. addressee for Mona Tait, 1956, Mar. 27. HM 65607.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Addressee for Richard Church, 1893-, 1944-1957. HM 65249-65274.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Addressee for Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, 1933-1956. HM 65335-65525, 65591.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Addressee for J.M. Dent & Sons (firm), 1944, July 12. HM 65594.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Addressee for [Nathalie Saxton], 1947-1950. HM 65599- 65600.
- Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. Addressee for Mona Tait, 1956. HM 65606-65607.
- Kabraji, Fredoon. Addressee for Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, 1938-1956. HM 65526-65539.
- Kabraji, Fredoon. Addressee for B.P.C. Sayers, 1939. HM 65601-65602. Saxton, Nathalie. A.N.S. on letters from Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, to Henry
- Charles Duffin, 1884- & Dorothy Duffin, 1949-1950. HM 65468, 65493.
- Saxton, Nathalie. Jt. author with Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, [not after 1956]. HM 65591.
- [Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941]? Addressee for Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, 1938, Dec. 9. HM 65590.
Correspondence and Photographs
Correspondence
Church, Richard, 1893-. 26 letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884-, 1944-1957, Goudhurst and Cranbrook (Kent) and London (England). HM 65249-65274
Dagwell, B. (Mrs.). 1 letter to Morchard Bishop, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), 1952, Jan. 16, Twickenham (Middlesex, England). HM 65275
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. 20 letters and 1 card to Morchard Bishop, 1951-1952, Twickenham (Middlesex) and Penn (Bucks., England). HM 65276-65296
Correspondence
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. 20 letters and 2 cards to Morchard Bishop, 1952-1956, Twickenham (Middlesex) and Penn (Bucks., England). HM 65297-65318
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Correspondence and Photographs
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956. 1 letter to [Sir Hugh Walpole, 1884-1941]?, L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), 1938, Dec. 9, Taplow (Bucks., England). HM 65590
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956 and Nathalie Saxton. 1 note to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- and Dorothy Duffin, A.N.S. on a postcard (1 p.), [not after 1956], [Penn (Bucks., England)]. HM 65591
Duffin, Henry Charles, 1884-. 1 letter to Richard Church, 1893-, L.S. (typewritten: 2 p.), 1944, June 20, Ambleside (England). HM 65592
Jones, Olive. 2 letters to Morchard Bishop, 1953-1954, London (England). HM 65595- 65596
[Saxton, Nathalie]. 2 letters to Morchard Bishop, 1954, Twickenham (Middlesex, England). HM 65597-65598
[Saxton, Nathalie]. 2 letters to Henry Charles Duffin, 1884- and Dorothy Duffin, 1947- 1950, Penn (Bucks.) and Twickenham (Middlesex, England). HM 65599-65600
Sayers, B.P.C. 2 letters to Fredoon Kabraji, 1939, Taplow (Bucks., England). HM 65601-65602
Tait, Mona. 3 letters to Morchard Bishop, 1954-1956, Twickenham (Middlesex, England). HM 65603-65605
Chappelow, Allan. Photograph of Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, 1955. HM 65608
Gay, John. Photograph of Walter De la Mare, 1873-1956, [ca. 1945?]. HM 65609