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Title: Gael Turnbull. Letters to Cid Corman and miscellaneous papers,
Date (inclusive): 1957-1982
Collection number: MSS 0045
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 archives box)
Repository:
Mandeville Special Collections Library, Geisel Library, UC, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Shelf Location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Gael Turnbull. Letters to Cid Corman and miscellaneous papers, MSS 0045. Mandeville
Special Collections Library, UCSD.
Papers of the poet Gael Turnbull, containing correspondence, manuscripts of poems,
translations, and ephemera. The correspondence consists of letters written to the poet
and editor Cid Corman during the period 1965-1982. The collection also includes
typescripts of the poem "Iliados A," a typescript of the essay "On translating Homer or
Anyone Else," a printed broadside of the poem "Aurora," a program for a production of
"The Real McCoy," and manuscripts and printed editions of the poem "Seven from Stifford's
Bridge."
Gael Lundin Turnbull was born on April 7, 1928, in Edinburgh, Scotland. He received a
B.A. from Cambridge University (1948) and an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
(1951). In addition to his career as a physician and anesthesiologist, he is also an
accomplished poet and has published over twenty volumes of poetry.
The Gael Turnbull Papers are arranged in two series: 1) LETTERS TO CID CORMAN and 2)
MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS.
SERIES 1: LETTERS TO CID CORMAN
The LETTERS TO CID CORMAN series dates from 1966 to 1982 and contains over sixty letters
from Turnbull. Topics of discussion include poetry, Turnbull's hospital duties, his
family life, and their mutual friends, including Basil Bunting, who was a strong
influence on Turnbull. The letters are arranged chronologically.
SERIES 2: MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS
The series includes typescripts of the poem "Iliados A," a typescript of the essay "On
translating Homer or Anyone Else," a printed broadside of the poem "Aurora," a program
for a production of "The Real McCoy," and manuscripts and printed editions of the poem
"Seven from Stifford's Bridge." The materials are arranged alphabetically.