Janus: The Papers of Rupert Chawner Brooke

King's/PP/RCB contains:
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Xc	Death and Burial
Xd	Poems, articles, etc. in memory of Rupert Brooke
Xe	Correspondence concerning Rupert Brooke's grave and memorials
Xf	Other correspondence of Mary Ruth Brooke
Xg	Correspondence of other individuals
Xh	Sir Geoffrey Keynes' correspondence
Xi	Sir Geoffrey Keynes' typescripts
Pr	Printed Material
Ph	Photographs
Pc	Postcards
Ad	Additional Items
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The Papers of Rupert Chawner Brooke

Title	Sir Geoffrey Keynes' correspondence
Reference	RCB/Xh
Covering Dates	1920–1970 (1920s - 1970.)
Extent and Medium	1 box and 4 volumes; paper

Content and context

Correspondence concerning Geoffrey Keynes' duties as literary trustee, as well as that generated by his own work on Rupert Brooke.

All items in this series are the property of the Brooke Turstees and have been deposited at King's College, Cambridge.

Further information

A letter-by-letter list of the contents of this series is part of the old catalogue. Please ask the archivist if you would like to consult it.

Index Terms

Keynes, Sir Geoffrey Langdon (1887-1982) Knight, surgeon and bibliophile

King's/PP/RCB/Xh contains:

Correspondence on Trust business, 1930-1. Includes letters from Dr Cowley of the Bodleian Library (fo. 45-6), Katharine Cox (fo. 4), Walter de la Mare, C. G. Des Graz of Sotheby.
133 sheets in envelope; paper.

1930–1931

Correspondence on Trust business, 1932-6. Includes 1 ALS from Lascelles Abercrombie to Sir Edward Marsh, forwarded by Edward Marsh to Geoffrey Keynes (8 Nov 1934); 1 ALS from A E Brooke to Geoffrey Keynes (undated) enclosing an ALS from Wallis Munsford to A E Brooke (2 Jun 1933) concerning RCB's poem 'The Bastille' with Geoffrey Keynes' reply; 1 TLS from Sonia K. Chapter of Curtis Brown Limited (16 Dec 1935) to Sir Edward Marsh forwarded by Edward Marsh to Geoffrey Keynes; 6 TLS from Walter de la Mare to Geoffrey Keynes (1934-6).
94 sheets in envelope; paper.

1932–1936

Correspondence on Trust business, 1937-47, 1970. Various correspondents including Geoffrey Keynes, J.H. Adam, D.C. Benson, John Broadbent, R. A. Brown, Baron Dalton of Forest and Frith, Peter Davies, Richard de la Mare.
72 sheets in envelope; paper.

1937–1970

'Bibliography'. Correspondence concerning 'A bibliography of Rupert Brooke' (London: Hart-Davis, 1964).
8 sheets in envelope; paper.

1940–1954

'Letters', 1948-9. Correspondence concerning the preparation of 'The letters of Rupert Brooke' (London: Faber and Faber, 1968).
7 sheets in envelope; paper.

1948–1949

'Letters', 1953-7. Correspondence concerning the preparation of 'The letters of Rupert Brooke' (London: Faber and Faber, 1968). Includes 1 TLS from Justin Brooke to Geoffrey Keynes (19 Dec 1955) (folio 61), 1 ALS from Archibald Y Campbell (4 Nov 1955) (folio 26), 7 ALS from Frances Cornford to Geoffrey Keynes (1953-1956 and undated), 1 ALS signed "B. D." to Margaret Keynes (28 Nov 1955) (folio 36), 1 TLS from Baron Dalton of Forest and Frith to Geoffrey Keynes (13 Sept 1955), 3 TLS from Richard de la Mare to Geoffrey Keynes (1955-7).
87 sheets in envelope; paper.

1953–1957

Rupert Brooke's letters. Lists of Rupert Brooke's letters in various hands, including those of Edward Marsh and John Sparrow.
4 files; paper.

1920–1939

Publication of 'Lithuania'. Correspondence concerning the publication of the second English edition of 'Lithuania' (1935), with first page proofs.
18 items in envelope; paper.

1935

'Democracy and the Arts'. Correspondence concerning the publication of 'Democracy and the Arts' (1946); with publishing agreement and royalty statement.
22 sheets in envelope; paper.

1945–1952

Preliminaries to publication of 'Democracy and the Arts'. Pencil layout of prelims for 'Democracy and the Arts' (1946) and three sets of page proofs.
16 items in envelope; paper.

1946

E.M. Forster on 'Democracy and the Arts'. Carbon typescript script of episode in the series 'Some books' by E.M. Forster, broadcast on BBC Eastern Service 12 Mar. 1947, in which he considers 'Democracy and the Arts' (1946). Inscribed at head by E.M. Forster, presumably to Geoffrey Keynes.
6 sheets in envelope; paper.

12 Mar. 1947

'Poems'. Correspondence concerning the edition of 'Poems' produced by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. in 1952.
12 sheets in envelope; paper.

1950–1952

Biographies of Brooke. Correspondence concerning projected biographies of Rupert Brooke by Arthur Bryant, Maurice Browne and L.A.G. Strong; also referring to the edition of letters which was in preparation at the time by John Sparrow. Includes 1 ALS to Geoffrey Keynes from Katharine Cox (Nov 1936).
37 sheets in envelope; paper.

1935–1937

Arthur Stringer's biography. Correspondence concerning Arthur Stringer's biography of Rupert Brooke, published in the USA as 'Red wine of youth' (1948). Includes letters from Maurice Browne to Sir Edward Marsh and Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Also includes a copy of a letter from GLK to Maurice Browne. Includes 1 TLS from Walter de la Mare to Geoffrey Keynes with one carbon of a letter from GLK to Walter de la Mare.
64 items in envelope; paper.

1947–1949

Correspondence with Timothy Rogers. Two autograph letters, signed, and one typed letter, signed, from Timothy Rogers to Geoffrey Keynes concerning Rogers' writing on Rupert Brooke, 1949, 1953, 1969; with a copy of 'Imprint' Oct. 1949 including article by Timothy Rogers on the 1914 sonnet sequence.
6 items in envelope; paper.

1949–1969

Loose sheets from sale catalogues of Rupert Brooke books and manuscripts.
6 sheets in envelope; paper.

1945–1949

Annual report of the Royal Literary Fund.
1 booklet in envelope; paper.

1930