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Title: Sir John Collings Squire Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1910-1958
Collection number: 978
Creator: Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958
Extent: 21 boxes (15.5 linear ft.)1 oversize box
Abstract: Sir John Collings Squire (1884-1958) was the literary editor for the
New Statesman (1913), a poet, editor of various books of poetry, the founder of the literary magazine
London Mercury (1919), and a reviewer for the
Illustrated London news (1937). The collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous printed material related to Squire's
life.
Language:
English
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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.
Letters by T.S. Eliot may not be copied except with permission of Mrs. Eliot.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Winifred A. Myers (Autographs) Limited, purchase, 1964.
[Identification of item], Sir John Collings Squire Papers (Collection 978). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3222241
Squire was born in Plymouth, England on April 2, 1884; educated at St. John's College, Cambridge; unsuccessful Parlimentary
candidate for Labour and Liberals; literary editor,
New Statesman, 1913; published book of poems,
Survival of the fittest (1916); founded literary magazine,
London Mercury, in 1919; chairman, Architecture Club, 1922-28; editor of various books of poetry and also published volumes of critical
essays; knighted, 1933; became reviewer,
Illustrated London news, 1937; died at Rushlake Green, Sussex, December 20, 1958; his collected poems were published in 1959.
Collection consists of literary manuscripts, correspondence, and miscellaneous printed material related to the life of Sir
John Collings Squire. Prominent correspondents include Edmund Gosse and T.S. Eliot. Carbon copies of Squire's letters are
also included.
Arranged in the following series:
- Manuscripts, notes, and clippings (Boxes 1-9).
- Correspondence (Boxes 10-18).
- Unidentified correspondence and annual report of Cambridge Union Society (Box 19).
- Misc. notes, manuscripts, photographs, and issue of Today magazine (Box 20).
- Letters from Edmund Gosse and correspondence with Squire family.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958--Archives.
Eliot, T.S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965--Correspondence.
Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928--Correspondence.
Authors, English--20th century--Archival resources.