Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970
- 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).
- Extent:
- 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Acquisition information:
- Sims, purchase, 1955.
- 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.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988