| Title |
Journals, journal entries and itineraries |
| Reference |
EMF/12 |
| Covering Dates |
1895–1964 |
| Extent and Medium |
251 sheets/folios, 4 gatherings and 13 notebooks; paper |
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| Content and context |
This series is comprised of 26 separate journals or free-standing journal entries written by E.M. Forster. Some of these record thoughts on specific subjects (such as EMF/12/11, E.M. Forster's journal on his visits to India), while others are defined only by chronological boundaries. |
| 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/12 contains: |
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1
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Normandy. Autograph manuscript journal of the tour of Normandy E.M. Forster took with his mother in Apr. 1895. Includes manuscript notes by P.N. Furbank inside back cover. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 2/1.
ff1-57 and 62v-63 of notebook; paper. |
11 Apr. 1895–27 Apr. 1895 |
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2
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1898. Autograph manuscript diary. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 2/2.
1 notebook; paper. |
1898 |
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3
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1899. Autograph manuscript diary. Includes a list of books to be read, and books read. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 2/3.
1 notebook; paper. |
1899 |
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4
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1900. Autograph manuscript diary. 1-15 Jan. and 4-5 Oct. 1900. Includes list of books to be read, and books read. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 2/4.
1 notebook; paper. |
1 Jan. 1900–5 Oct. 1900 |
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5
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Diaries for 1901.
1 notebook and 4 gatherings in envelope; paper. |
1901 |
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6
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Greece. Four leaves torn from a notebook containing autograph manuscript journal entries for 6-13 Apr. 1903. Includes E.M. Forster's sketch of the silhouette of Assos, as seen from the sea, Rhodes, Cnidus, Priene, Methymna, Troy, Mitylene, and Delphi. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/6/C.
4 sheets in envelope; paper. |
6 Apr. 1903–13 Apr. 1903 |
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7
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'The Notebook Journal'. Autograph manuscript known as 'The Notebook Journal', a private journal in which E.M. Forster also drafted the 'Lucy' novel. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 3/9.
ff4-62 of modern guard book; paper. |
8 Dec. 1903–30 Aug. 1909 |
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8
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'The Locked Journal'. Autograph manuscript, known as 'The Locked Journal', used by E.M. Forster as a confidential journal for most of his life. The notebook was once the property of Inglis Synnot (Maimie Aylward's first husband). To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 4/4.
1 notebook; paper. |
1858–1967 |
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9
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Visit to Stisted. Journal entry recording a visit to Stisted, Essex, where E.M. Forster's grandfather, Charles Forster, had held a living. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/9/A.
1 sheet in envelope; paper. |
8 Nov. 1910 |
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10
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Belfast. Autograph manuscript journal recording E.M. Forster's visit to Belfast. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/10/A.
19 sheets in envelope; paper. |
2 Feb. 1912–9 Feb. 1912 |
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11
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India. Autograph manuscript journal of E.M. Forster's first two visits to India. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 3/3.
1 notebook; paper. |
1912–1921 |
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12
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Party in Lahore. Autograph manuscript account of a party given by the Brahmo Samaj of Lahore in honour of Dr. Jagadish Chandra Bose on 23 Feb. 1913. Written on the back of the invitation-card, and including an account of his conversation with Mr. Godbole. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/12/A.
1 item in envelope; paper. |
23 Feb. 1913 |
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13
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'Incidents of War'. Autograph manuscript notes, 'Incidents of War', made while working in Alexandria for the Red Cross. Mostly records of conversations with wounded soldiers about their experiences of War. To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: 12/13/C.
10 sheets in envelope; paper. |
Nov. 1915-July 1917 |
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14
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1925 and another's visit to Norway. Diary with year calendar for 1870, containing travel notes about Norway in an unidentified hand [possibly made in June 1870]. Includes sporadic journal entries by E.M. Forster, 1925. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 2/8.
1 notebook; paper. |
1870–1925 |
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15
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Africa. Autograph manuscript journal of E.M. Forster's trip to Africa in 1929. Written in a notebook which Laura Mary Forster used from 1890-1 to record her leatherwork. Includes 30 photographs pasted onto the pages. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 3/4.
1 notebook; paper. |
1890–1929 |
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16
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Holiday in southern France, 1931. Two leaves torn from E.M. Forster's 1931 University Diary, containing autograph manuscript notes of the itinerary of a holiday in the South of France. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/16/A. see 27/467-78.
2 sheets in envelope; paper. |
Aug. 1931 |
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17
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India, 1945. Autograph manuscript journal of E.M. Forster's visit to India in 1945. Includes a seating plan for the dinner on 22 Dec. 1945 at which he was the guest of Lord Wavell, Viceroy of India. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 4/5.
1 notebook; paper. |
5 Oct. 1945–30 Dec. 1945 |
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18
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U.S.A. Autograph manuscript journal and itineraries of E.M. Forster's visits to the U.S.A. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 4/6.
1 notebook; paper. |
19 Apr. 1947–14 June 1949 |
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19
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1950. Autograph manuscript diary for 1950. Includes autograph manuscript note added in 1963, 'Examine this vol.'. To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 3/5.
1 notebook; paper. |
1950 |
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20
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Italy. Autograph manuscript journal of a trip to Italy on pages torn from an engagement diary. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/20/A.
7 sheets in envelope; paper. |
Mar. 1952-Apr. 1952 |
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21
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Holidays in the 1950s. Autograph manuscript journal of holidays in France with Tom Coley and Bill Roerick, in Portugal with P.N. Furbank, and in France and Austria with the Buckinghams. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: vol. 3/6.
1 notebook; paper. |
1953–1957 |
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22
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1954-5. Autograph manuscript journal entries on sheets removed from an engagement diary. Includes a covering leaf inscribed by E.M. Forster, and inscribed to E.M. Forster by Rob and Sylvia Buckingham. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/22/A.
40 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1954–1955 |
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23
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Hellenic cruise. Two leaves of an autograph manuscript journal of a Hellenic cruise. To request this envelope, please use the following call mark: 12/23/A.
2 sheets in envelope; paper. |
Mar. 1956-Apr. 1956 |
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24
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1958. Autograph manuscript journal entries on sheets removed from an engagement diary. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/24/A.
43 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1958 |
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25
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Italian Itinerary. Autograph manuscript itinerary of a trip to Italy. Dates and locations noted, but no journal entries. 10-27 June [n.y. but probably 1962 with Tim Leggatt]. Includes an autograph manuscript draft note on KCC admissions policy, [probably 1961]. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/25/A.
1 notebook in envelope; paper. |
1961–27 June 1962 |
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26
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1964. Autograph manuscript journal entries on sheets removed from an engagement diary. . To request this document, please use the following call mark: 12/26/A.
4 sheets in envelope; paper. |
Sep. 1964 |
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