| Title |
Memoirs |
| Reference |
EMF/11 |
| Covering Dates |
1894–1963 |
| Extent and Medium |
189 sheets/folios, 2 gatherings and 2 notebooks; paper |
|
| Content and context |
This series consists of first-person accounts, some in manuscript and some in typescript, of events in E.M. Forster's life and places that he had been. Many of these were written for the 'Memoir Club'. |
| Further information |
Forster's diaries and some of his memoirs are published in 'The Journals and Diaries of E.M. Forster' edited by P. Gardner (Pickering and Chatto: London, 2011). |
| King's/PP/EMF/11 contains: |
|
1
|
On A.E. Housman.
20 sheets/folios in envelope and guard book; paper. |
1928–1950 |
|
2
|
Meeting Old Bloomsbury. Autograph manuscript account of E.M. Forster's first encounters with the Memoir Club, and with Old Bloomsbury. Begins, 'The nineteenth century had not yet closed'. Possibly read to the Memoir Club on 17 Nov. 1920. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 11/2/C.
7 sheets in envelope; paper; Page five not found, 13 April 1994. |
17 Nov. 1920 |
|
3
|
Charlie Day. Autograph manuscript memoir of E.M. Forster's friendship with Charlie Day. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 11/3/A.
1 item in envelope; paper. |
1930–1939 |
|
4
|
W.C.C. Leslie. Autograph manuscript account of E.M. Forster's strained relations with Colonel W.C.C. Leslie, his predecessor as secretary to the Maharajah of Dewas. Probably written for the Memoir Club. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 11/4/A.
4 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1920–1929 |
|
5
|
'Death of a clock'. Autograph manuscript memorandum about the 'Death of a clock', prompted by hearing a family clock stop during the night. E.M. Forster mentions going to 'Tristan', so the memoir was possibly written in 1958 when Covent Garden revived Tristan and Isolde. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/21.
f256 of modern guard book; paper. |
1958 |
|
6
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The festival of Dessera, Dewas. Autograph manuscript fragment of a memoir, 'Everything is ready for the worship', recording E.M. Forster's liturgical functions at the festival of Dessera in Dewas. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 6/11.
f101 of notebook; paper. |
Oct. 1921 |
|
7
|
'Kanaya'.
30 sheets and 2 gatherings; paper. |
1921–1959 |
|
8
|
Meeting Madame Myslakowska. Autograph manuscript note about E.M. Forster's visit to Cracow, and his meeting with Madame Myslakowska. Written in the style of E.M. Forster's Memoir Club papers. Later endorsed by E.M. Forster, 'Cracow note'. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: 11/8/A.
3 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1932 |
|
9
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Loss of memory. Typescript paper read to the Memoir Club, beginning, 'How can I write a memoir when I have lost my memory?'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/22.
ff77-85 of modern guard book; paper. |
1930–1939 |
|
10
|
Mohammed el Adl.
82 items/folios; paper. |
1917–1960 |
|
11
|
Memorandum on mother. Autograph manuscript memorandum of E.M. Forster's relationship with his mother, possibly written soon after her death. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 11/11/A.
1 sheet in envelope; paper. |
1945–1946 |
|
12
|
'My Books and I'. Autograph manuscript memoir, 'My Books and I', about E.M. Forster's writing career. Probably written for the Memoir Club. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 3/9.
ff68v-71v of modern guard book; paper. |
1920–1929 |
|
13
|
'Nassenheide'.
16 sheets/folios. |
1920–1929 |
|
14
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Rooksnest. Autograph manuscript memoir of Rooksnest, Stevenage. Includes a sketch map showing the layout of rooms and design of the garden. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 11/14/C.
1 notebook in envelope; paper. |
1894–1947 |
|
15
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About sex. Autograph manuscript memoir about sex, contained in the Locked Journal (EMF/12/8). In four sections: 'I. 1879-1890'; 'II 1890-1893'; 'III 1893-189-'; 'IV My Writings'. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 4/4.
ff144-9 of notebook; paper. |
1920–1963 |
|
16
|
On his uncle. Autograph manuscript memoir of E.M. Forster's uncle, William Howley Forster. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 3/9.
ff65v-68r of modern guard book; paper. |
1920–1929 |
|
17
|
West Hackhurst. Autograph manuscript, 'West Hackhurst: A Surrey Ramble', an account of E.M. Forster's feelings about West Hackhurst, and his relations with the Farrer family (ground landlords), and their relatives, the Bridges family. Originally a Memoir Club paper, later expanded. [Possibly c. 1947-60]. Includes:. Article entitled, 'Molesting Lady Visitors' published in the Dorking Advertiser. 17 May 1924. 1 autograph letter, signed, from Katherine Bridges to E.M. Forster, between ff. 55-6. 18 Oct. n.y. 1 autograph letter, signed, from Fanny Farrer to E.M. Forster, at end of notebook. 23 Feb. [1946]. To request these documents, please use the following call mark: 11/15/C.
1 notebook containing loose sheets in envelope; paper. |
17 May 1924–17 May 1960 |
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