Finding Aid for the George Ratcliffe Woodward Papers ca.
1917-1934
Processed by Jamie Henricks.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: George Ratcliffe Woodward Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1917-1934
Collection number: MS.1961.003
Creator: Woodward, George
Ratcliffe 1848-1934
Extent:
3 boxes
(1.25 linear feet)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: This collection contains papers,
correspondence, and bound pamphlets relating to the work of George
Ratcliffe Woodward. Included in the collection are lecture notes for
sermons, translations from Greek and Latin, original compositions,
correspondence, printed Christmas greetings, and other items.
Physical location: This collection is stored at the Southern Regional Library Facility. Please contact Clark Library staff at least 2 weeks
in advance if you would like to view the materials in this collection.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts or printed items must be submitted in writing to the Clark
Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items
and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright
holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], George Ratcliffe Woodward Papers,
MS.1961.003, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1961, from B.F. Stevens & Brown, Ltd.
Processing History
This collection was arranged previously by Clark Library staff in the
1980s. This finding aid was completed by Jamie Henricks in August, 2009.
The finding aid adheres to Describing Archives: a Content Standard
(DACS).
Biography
George Ratcliffe Woodward, a Church of England clergyman and hymn
writer, was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire in 1848. He attended school in
Elstree, Hertfordshire and later received a scholarship to attend
Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Woodward served at a variety of
churches, including St. Barnabas in Pimlico, Little Walsingham in
Norfolk, and St. Augustine's in Highgate.
Woodward translated
hymns, stories, and poems from mainly Greek and Latin, and composed his
own musical arrangements, hymns, and carols. He was a founding member of
the Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society and published a number of
books of carols and hymns, including the Cowley Carol Book.
He
married Alice Dorothy Lee Warner in 1889, who died shortly after in
1893. Woodward died in March 1934 in Highgate, and was buried with his
wife.
Scope and Content
This collection contains papers, correspondence, and bound pamphlets
relating to the work of George Ratcliffe Woodward. Included in the
collection are lecture notes for sermons held in various locations;
miscellaneous lecture notes; translations from the Bible, Ovid, and
unknown sources; original compositions; letters to and from Woodward;
Christmas greetings printed by Woodward; and a few other miscellaneous
items. Also included are three letters between Lawrence Clark Powell and
Ruth Collis of B.F. Stevens & Brown, Ltd. regarding the donation of
the collection to the Clark Library. Dated items range from 1917 to
1932, but many items are undated.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged thematically and then further
chronologically when possible. Lecture notes for sermons are organized
alphabetically by location, and then further organized by date. Most
miscellaneous items are undated.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Ancient
literature--Translations into English
Epigrams, Greek
Hymns--History and
criticism
Genres and Forms
Hymns
Lectures--England--19th
century
Privately published
books--England--19th century
Sermons--England--19th
century
Box 1, Folder 1
Lecture on carols at 48 West Hill
December 1922
Box 1, Folder 2
Lecture notes at Draper's Hall
November 8, 1930
Scope and Content Note
Also includes two letters about the lecture from someone at the
Yorkshire Post.
Box 1, Folder 3
Lecture notes at Highgate Literary and Scientific
Institution
December 18, 1923; December 10, 1929
Box 1, Folder 4
Lecture notes at King's College, Strand
1922
Scope and Content Note
Includes March 27, 1922 and November 27, 1922.
Box 1, Folder 5
Lecture notes at King's College, Strand
1923,
1925
Scope and Content Note
Includes November 6, 1923; February 9, 1925; November 9, 1925; and
November 25, 1925.
Box 1, Folder 6
Lecture notes at King's College, Strand
1926-1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes February 22, 1926; February 21, 1927; November 27, 1927;
February 27, 1928; March 14, 1929; and November 18, 1929.
Box 1, Folder 7
Lecture notes at King's College, Strand
1930-1932
Scope and Content Note
Includes March 17, 1930; March 23, 1931; November 9, 1931; and
February 15, 1932.
Box 1, Folder 8
Lecture notes at St. Agnes, Kensington
February 23, 1927
Box 1, Folder 9
Lecture notes at St. Benet Tottenham, Parish Hall
December 17, 1925
Box 1, Folder 10
[Lecture notes at St. Giles, Cripplegate]
[December 22, 1917]
Box 1, Folder 11
Lecture notes at St. Mary Aldermary
1921-1929
Scope and Content Note
Includes November 12, 1921; November 24, 1923; November 25, 1925;
December 2, 1929; and December 9, 1929.
Box 1, Folder 12
Correspondence regarding lecture at St. Aldermary
1922
Box 2, Folder 1
Lecture notes on musical illustrations
Box 2, Folder 2-4
Miscellaneous lecture notes
Box 2, Folder 5
Translations from the Bible
Physical Description: 4 items
Box 2, Folder 6
Translations from Ovid
Physical Description: 4 items
Box 2, Folder 7-10
Miscellaneous translations
Physical Description: 28 items
Box 2, Folder 11-13
Miscellaneous original compositions
Physical Description: 55 items
Box 3, Folder 1
Correspondence between Ruth Collis and Lawrence Clark
Powell
1961
Scope and Content Note
Includes three letters regarding the collection donated to the Clark
Library from B.F. Stevens & Brown, Ltd.
Box 3, Folder 2
Correspondence from [G. Crosse?] of A.R. Mowbray & Co.,
Ltd. to Woodward
July 1, 1924
Scope and Content Note
Regarding a possible future publication of poems, and a previous
publication of carols.
Box 3, Folder 3
Correspondence
1925-1928
Scope and Content Note
Includes two letters from Blackwell Publishers (Oxford) to Woodward
about publishing a book of poems (1925); two undated letters from Alan
May; an undated letter in German from an unknown sender; and a letter
from Philip S. [Wellby?] to Woodward about reading a book of his (1928).
Box 3, Folder 4
"The Song of Solomon" and "With Lalage and Lempriere in
Greece" by Colonel George Henry Poyntz [Burce/Burse?]
Scope and Content Note
Includes two poems with introductions.
Box 3, Folder 5-7
Christmas Cards and Greetings
Scope and Content Note
Includes printed Christmas cards, poems, and songs, but not addressed
to individuals.
Box 3, Folder 8
List of publications by Mowbray's and carols from "The Cowley
Carol Book"
1923
Scope and Content Note
Carols are compiled and arranged by Woodward, and include #4 "Christ
was born on Christmas Day", #16 "O'er the Hill and O'er the Vale", #25
"Unto us is born a Son", #28 "Earthly friends will change and falter",
and #34 "Hail! Babe, of God the very Son".
Box 3, Folder 9
Miscellaneous
Scope and Content Note
Includes an index (of poems?) by Woodward, a list of poets born in
Cheshire, and two cards with prints of drawings of Caius College and
Trinity College.
Carols for Yule-Tide / by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1922
Epigrams on Sappho and Other Famous Greek Lyric Poetesses /
Englished by G.R. Woodward
1931
The Babe of Bethlehem, being some Christmas carols / written
by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1923
The Mother of Our Lord, or Carols for Our Lady / by the
Reverend G.R. Woodward
1923
Carmina Paschalia or Carols for Easter-tide / written by the
Reverend G.R. Woodward
1924
Good Friday and Easter-Day Couplets / written by the Reverend
G.R. Woodward
1924
Love Epigrams turned into English verse / by the Reverend
G.R. Woodward
1924
Note
Part of the Greek Anthology.
Low-Sunday at Gangra of Paphlagonia / versified by the
Reverend G.R. Woodward
1924
Domestica, being Greek Epigrams turned into English Verse /
by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1925
Sanctorale Parvulum, or some Greek Church Versicles rimed in
English Measures / by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1925
Theokritos, Idyllion XI, Kyklops Polyphemos, drawn into
English Verse / by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1925
A Certain of Aesop's Fables, drawn into English Verse / by
the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1926
Beauty-Epigrams, turned into English Verse / by the Reverend
G.R. Woodward
1926
Note
Part of the Greek Anthology.
The Story of Kleobis and Biton [Herodotos I, 31] told in
English Rime / by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1926
Carmina Spiritualia, turned into English Verse / by the
Reverend G.R. Woodward
1928
Gleanings from Ancient Olive-yards, Greek & Roman / by
the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1928
Miscellaneous Verse, Sacred & Secular / by the Reverend
G.R. Woodward
1928
Spring-time Songs translated from the Greek / by the Reverend
G.R. Woodward
1928
Tart and Homely Gibes of Greek Epigrammatists / Englished by
the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1928
Translations of Italian, French & German Poems / by the
Reverend G.R. Woodward
1928
A Bunch of Grapes from Ancient Greek Vineyards Crushed into
English Measures / by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1929
Epigrammatica Heroica, drawn into English Verse / by the
Reverend G.R. Woodward
1929
Note
Part of the Greek Anthology.
Greek Epigrams on and by Famous Poets and Musicians /
Englished by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1929
Greek Witticisms told in the English Verse / by the Reverend
G.R. Woodward
1929
Some Remnants of Greek Comedy / Englished by the Reverend
G.R. Woodward
1929
St. Halward, the Martyr: Also Moral Fables / by the Reverend
G.R. Woodward
1929
The Story of Arion and the Dolphin / by the Reverend G.R.
Woodward
1929
Epigrams on Sappho and Other Famous Greek Lyric Poetesses /
Englished by G.R. Woodward
1931
Five & Forty Examples of the Epigram Sepulchral, turned
out of Greek into English Verse / by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1931
A Garland of Spiritual Flowers / woven by the Reverend G.R.
Woodward
1931
Greek Epigrams, Religious & Dedicatory, Part I, turned
into English Verse / by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1931
Greek Epigrams, Religious & Dedicatory, Part II, turned
into English Verse / by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1931
Greek Epigrams on Timon, Diogenes & Others, turned into
English Verse / by the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1931
Tales of Sea-Sorrow from The Greek Anthology / Englished by
the Reverend G.R. Woodward
1931
