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Stephen Spender papers, 1931-1967.
BANC FILM 2219; BANC FILM 2220; BANC FILM 2221; BANC FILM 2267; ...
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Title:

Stephen Spender papers, 1931-1967

Creator/Contributor:

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995, creator, creator.

Abstract:

Contains correspondence, notebooks, diaries, journals, poems, plays, short stories, drafts, reviews, etc.
Contents: From Carton 1: D-27, "Note Book for Journal, 1932"; D-28, "Journal, 1939" [incomplete]; from Carton 2: D-58, "European Journals, (2 v.) [German journals], 1945"; D-60, "Notebook containing journal entries, etc."; D-61, "Journal entries, drawings, etc."; from Carton 4: D-76, "Diary, South America."
Contents: Carton 2: D-63, "Notebook containing journal entries, 1965"; from Carton 4: D-77, "Diary."
Contents: Box 2.
Contents: Carton 1: D-97, "Extracts from a Spanish Journal, II"; D-5, Notebook 1, "Summer of 1949"; D-6, Notebook II, "August, 1948"; D-46, Notebook III, "Begun April 7, 66"; D-47, Notebook IV; D-48, Notebook "1959- 1961". Carton 2: D56, "Notes on Fire Service, 1942."
Contents: Box 1.
Contents: Carton 2: D-57, "Notebook for Poems," 1940-1941.

Date:

1931 (issued)

Subject:

Spender, Stephen -- 1909-1995 -- Archives
Spender, Stephen -- 1909-1995 -- Correspondence
Spender, Stephen -- 1909-1995 -- Diaries
Spender, Stephen -- 1909-1995
Poets, English -- 20th century
Essayists -- Great Britain -- 20th century
Authors, English -- 20th century

Note:

Portions of collection: Also available on microfilm. See notes for contents.
Stephen Spender papers, 1931-1967, BANC MSS 70/177 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Related collection: Stephen Spender papers, 1929-1986. (BANC MSS 76/184 z).
Related collection: Stephen Spender papers, approximately 1945-1972 (BANC MSS 2017/113).
Related collection: Stephen Spender diary. (BANC MSS 93/141).
Sir Stephen Harold Spender (February 28, 1909-July 16, 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist who concentrated on themes of social injustice and the class struggle in his work. He was appointed the seventeenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the United States Library of Congress in 1965.
In English.
Preliminary list of contents available in the library

Type:

Archives.
Diaries.
Manuscripts for publication.
Poems-20th century.
Plays.

Physical Description:

print
microfilm reel
5.8 (2 4 1
6 negative and positive

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC FILM 2219
BANC FILM 2220
BANC FILM 2221
BANC FILM 2267
BANC FILM 2268
BANC FILM 2372
BANC MSS 70/177 z box 1
BANC MSS 70/177 z box 2
BANC MSS 70/177 z carton 1
BANC MSS 70/177 z carton 2
BANC MSS 70/177 z carton 3
BANC MSS 70/177 z carton 4
BANC MSS 70/177 z oversize folder
BANC MSS 70/177 z
BANC FILM 2219, etc.

Origin:

California