| Title |
Letters |
| Reference |
HB/L |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
1914–1965 |
| Extent and Medium |
5 boxes and 2 volumes; paper |
|
| Content and context |
This series comprises correspondence between T.S. Eliot and a variety of individuals. Of particular significance is Eliot's correspondence with John Davy Hayward (HB/L/12-13) and a number of letters exchanged after Eliot was awarded the Order of Merit in 1948 (HB/L/7). The series also contains a file of testimonials that includes offical documents such as passports, applications for commission and copies of degree certificates (HB/L/1). |
| King's/PP/HB/L contains: |
|
1
|
Testimonials and other documents.
6 envelopes; paper. |
1914–1938 |
|
2
|
Letters from T.S. Eliot to Edgar Jepson. Typescript copies of five letters, with explanatory note that these were set up in type in 1937 but that publication fell through, after perhaps six copies had been pulled off.
5 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1919 |
|
3
|
Letters from W.L. Janes and C. Webster to T.S. Eliot. Nine letters from W. L. Janes, 1937-9 and three letters from C. Webster, the last 21 Apr. 1939, announcing Janes' death. Labelled by J.D. Hayward 'Old Police Constable Janes's Letters to T. S. Eliot, 1937-39'.
Creator: Janes, W.L.; Webster, C.
13 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1937–1939 |
|
4
|
Correspondence from T.S. Eliot to Richard Jennings. Twenty-six letters and postcards.
27 sheets in envelope; paper. |
11 Aug. 1939–4 Mar. 1949 |
|
5
|
Correspondence between T.S. Eliot and C.S. Lewis. Correspondence concerning a reference to T.S. Eliot in C.S. Lewis' preface to 'Paradise Lost'. Includes:. T.S. Eliot to C.S. Lewis. 19 Feb. and 8 Mar. 1943 . C.S. Lewis to T.S. Eliot 22 Feb. and Ash Wednesday (10 Mar.) 1943.
Creator: Lewis, C.S.
4 sheets in envelope; paper. |
19 Feb. 1943–10 Mar. 1943 |
|
6
|
Correspondence between T.S. Eliot and Sir Alan Lascelles. Correspondence on the conferment of the Order of Merit.
Creator: Lascelles, Sir Alan.
6 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1947–1948 |
|
7
|
Congratulatory letters, etc., sent to T. S. Eliot on the occasion of his receiving the O.M., January 1948.
142 sheets in 2 envelopes; paper. |
Jan. 1948 |
|
8
|
Letter from Robert L. Beare to T.S. Eliot. 2 pp., with his collations of textual variants in the poems of T.S. Eliot, 51 pp.
Creator: Beare, Robert L.
1 volume; paper. |
9 Apr. 1955 |
|
9
|
Miscellaneous correspondence.
17 envelopes; paper. |
1933–1962 |
|
10
|
Exhibition catalogue, Centre Culturel Américain, Paris.
Creator: Centre Culturel Américain, Paris.
1 volume and 1 envelope; paper. |
1959–1964 |
|
11
|
Miscellaneous correspondence.
Creator: Miscellaneous Correspondence.
13 envelopes; paper. |
1927–1964 |
|
12
|
Correspondence with John Davy Hayward.
Creator: Hayward, J.D.
29 fascicles, 14 envelopes and 1 archival box; paper. |
1916–1965 |
|
13
|
Copies of John Davy Hayward's letters to T.S. Eliot.
321 sheets in 3 envelopes; paper. |
29 Apr. 1937–12 May 1956 |
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