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Stephen Spender papers, 1931-1967.
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Stephen Spender papers, 1931-1967Creator/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:
e-uk---Poets, English -- 20th century
Essayists -- Great Britain -- 20th century
Authors, English -- 20th century
Poètes anglais -- 20e siècle
Essayistes -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e siècle
Écrivains anglais -- 20e siècle
Authors, English
Essayists
Poets, English
Great Britain
Spender, Stephen -- 1909-1995 -- Archives
Spender, Stephen -- 1909-1995 -- Correspondence
Spender, Stephen -- 1909-1995 -- Diaries
Spender, Stephen -- 1909-1995
Note:
Portions of collection: Also available on microfilm. See notes for contents.
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).
Preliminary list of contents available in the library.
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.
Stephen Spender papers, 1931-1967, BANC MSS 70/177 z, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Type:
manuscripts for publication.Archives.
Diaries.
Personal correspondence.
Poems-20th century.
Plays.
Physical Description:
print
microfilm reel
5.8 (2 4 1
6 negative and positive
Language:
English