The Papers of Rupert Chawner Brooke

A composite album with the sheets arranged as follows:

[ff. 1-3] 1 autograph postcard, signed, from Lascelles Abercrombie with congratulations on Fellowship, 31 Mar. 1913 and 2 autograph letters, signed, on Mme. Strindberg and her projected production of 'Lysistrata', 30 Sept. and 5 Oct.

[ff. 4-5] Letters from Harley Granville Barker, including: 1 letter written by his secretary and signed by him declining an invitation to lunch, 8 Nov. 1909 and 1 typed letter, signed by his secretary saying that he will read Rupert Brooke's play, 22 Feb. 1913.

[ff. 6-7] 1 autograph postcard, signed, from A.C. Benson with an invitation to dine, 5 Nov. 1910, and

1 autograph letter, signed, with congratulations on Fellowship, 13 Mar. 1913.

[f. 8] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Max Beerbohm, 'Sunday' - regrets inability to read a paper or open a discussion at Cambridge.

[f. 9] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Justin Brooke about Marlowe Society and the marriages of friends, 20 Mar. 1911.

[ff. 10-11] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Gilbert Cannan with an invitation to tea, 16 Jan. 1913, and

1 autograph letter, signed, on 'Lithuania', 24 Feb. 1913.

[f. 12] 1 autograph letter, signed, from William Crooks about his fee [? for addressing a meeting], 13 June 1910.

[ff. 13-14] 1 autograph letter, signed, from John Drinkwater acknowledging gift of Rupert Brooke's book of poems, 26 Sept. 1912 and 1 autograph letter, signed, on action at Antwerp, poetry and the war, 1 Jan. 1915.

[ff. 15-17] 3 autograph letters, signed, from St. John Greer Ervine with invitations to dine, 15- 22 Jan. 1913.

[ff. 18-20] 1 autograph postcard, signed, from James Elroy Flecker concerning a dinner engagement, 5 May 1910; 1 autograph postcard, signed, assuming review of his poetry in 'Gownsman' is by Rupert Brooke, 15 Nov. 1910 and 1 autograph letter, signed, 'Sunday' - inviting himself to stay at the Orchard, Grantchester.

[ff. 21-3] 2 autograph letters, signed, from E.M. Forster on reading a paper to the Apostles in Cambridge, 29 Sept. and 15 Oct. 1910 and 1 autograph letter, signed, saying that he will incorporate Rupert Brooke's paper on art into a novel, 24 Nov. 1911.

[f. 24] Fry, Roger 1 autograph letter, signed, from Roger Fry expressing his wish to see Rupert Brooke before he leaves for America, 25 Sept. 1912.

[ff. 25-7] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Wilfred Wilson Gibson planning a 'New Shilling Garland' series of poetry books, 20 Mar. 1913 and 1 autograph postcard, signed, acknowledging that he has received Rupert Brooke's poems, 13 Jan. 1915.

[f. 28] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Eric Gill concerning the purchase by Brooke of a sculpture by Gill, 17 Feb. 1913.

[f. 29] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Edmund Gosse with an invitation to dine, 13 Feb. 1915.

[f. 30] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Jane Ellen Harrison with the note 'Friday' - invitation to tea to meet Dennis Robertson

[ff. 31-2] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Annie Elizabeth Fredericka Horniman on the history of the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 7 May 1910, and 1 autograph letter, signed, rejecting 'Lithuania' for production at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 16 Mar. 1913.

[ff. 33-4] 1 letter written by the secretary of Ford Madox Heuffer [later Ford] , signed by Heuffer as editor of English Review, likes Rupert Brooke's poetry and cautiously suggests reviewing, 21 Oct. 1909 .

[f. 35] 1 autograph letter, signed, from M.R. James with congratulations on Fellowship, 11 Mar. 1913.

[f. 36] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Neville Stephen Lytton [3rd Earl Lytton] asking Rupert Brooke to promote the National Food Reform Association, 6 Dec. 1909.

[f. 37] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Desmond MacCarthy with information that he is unable to accept Rupert Brooke's invitation to visit, 10 Aug. 1909.

[f. 38] 1 autograph postcard, signed, from John Ellis McTaggart with congratulations on Fellowship, 13 Mar. 1913.

[ff. 39-53] 12 autograph letters, signed, from John Masefield and 3 autograph postcards, signed, 1912-15.

[f. 54] 1 autograph letter, signed, from H.W. Massingham rejecting seven poems submitted to Nation by Rupert Brooke, but retaining 'The Goddess in the wood' for publishing soon, 24 May 1910.

[f. 55] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Harold Monro concerning publication of Rupert Brooke's poems, 9 Feb. 1913.

[f. 56] 1 autograph letter, signed, from J.H. Morrison with an invitation to lunch, 27 Jan. 1909.

[ff. 57-8] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Rosalind Murray about Rupert Brooke's poetry and life in Barrow, 18 Nov. 1912.

[ff. 59-63] 2 autograph letters, signed, from T[hyra] M[acdonald] on behalf of Mary Neal to Sydney Cockerell, on a concert to be given by the Association for the Revival and Practice of Folk Music, 11 and 17 Dec. 1908. Includes two sheets of notes by Rupert Brooke.

[ff. 64-5] 1 autograph letter, signed, Harry T.J. Norton with an invitation to attend first meeting of the Memoir Club, 6 Mar. 1913 and 1 autograph letter, signed, assuming Rupert Brooke will not join Memoir Club, 13 Mar. 1913.

[f. 66] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Bertrand Russell with 'Monday' - invitation to tea.

[ff. 67-9] 1 autograph postcard, signed, from John Tresidder Sheppard with congratulations on the Austen Leigh Studentship and on piece in Basileon, 9 June 1912; 1 autograph letter, signed, with the date of Sheppard's arrival at Clevedon, 27 July [1909] and a note from 30 June 1909 that Sheppard is coming up to King's College.

[ff. 70-3] 4 autograph letters, signed, from Edward Thomas making arrangements to visit, 15 Sep. 1912-25 Jan. 1913 .

[f. 74] 1 autograph letter, signed, from G.M. Trevelyan with congratulations on Fellowship.

[f. 75] 1 autograph letter, signed, from Alwyn Faber Scholfield with an invitation to lunch.

[ff. 76-7] 1 typed letter, singed, from Frank Sidgwick concerning the publication of Rupert Brooke's poems, 13 July 1911 and 1 autograph letter, signed, concerning publication of a German work 'Simplicissimus', 24 Oct. 1914.

[f. 78] 1 autograph letter, signed, from W.B. Yeats with an invitation to dine with himself and Ezra Pound, 21 Jan. 1913.

[f. 79] 1 autograph postcard, signed, from an unknown correspondent with a joke, 26 Jan. 1909.

Items are arranged in alphabetical order by last name of the correspondent.

The paper to which E.M. Forster refers in his letter to Rupert Brooke dated 24 Nov. 1911 is currently catalogued as RCB/P/23.