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2 Diaries
3 Correspondence
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The Papers of John Steegman

Title Writings
Reference STE/1
Covering Dates 1934–1965
Extent and Medium 25 boxes; paper
Content and context

The papers in this section of the catalogue are arranged as follows:

Published writings: STE/1/1-7;

Unpublished writings: STE/1/8-23;

Lectures and broadcasts: STE/1/24-42;

Writings by others: STE/1/43-45.

King's/PP/STE/1 contains:
1 Published articles and reviews. The file comprises typescripts and cuttings of published articles and reviews.
43 items in envelope; paper.
1938–1965
2 Articles and related correspondence on Sir Charles Eastlake. The file comprises:. - typescript 'Charles and Elizabeth Eastlake' with a cutting of a piece published as 'The Eastlakes and Lord Lindsay', from 'The Listener', 14 July 1949;. - copy typescript script 'Sir Charles Eastlake: 1793-1865' for broadcast on BBC West of England Home Service, 17 Nov. 1965;. - undated roneo typescript dialogue between JEHS, Lockwood West and Mary O'Farrell;. - letters relating to JEHS's article for 'Architectural Review', 1965.
1 bundle in envelope; paper.
1949–1965
3 'The Arts in Canada today'. The file comprises a press cutting from 'Montrealer', Feb. 1956, p.27.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.
Feb. 1956
4 Papers on Guardi. The file comprises:. - autograph manuscript and typescript 'Guardi, Marco Ricci and Magnasco' [published in 'Art Quarterly', c. 1955]. - typescript notes. - cutting of Fernanda de Maffei's article '"The Naval Battle": a unique and unknown work by Francesco Guardi', from 'Art Quarterly' Vol. XVIII, No.4, 1955, pp.377-82. - photographs of 2 paintings by Ricci and Guardi of storms at sea.
1 bundle in envelope; paper.
1955
5 'Shakespearean puzzles'. The file comprises an autograph manuscript draft and a cutting of a letter to 'The Times', published 1 Oct. 1963, with a related note.
1 item in envelope; paper.
1963
6 'Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A.: the artist in high society'. The file comprises a typescript of the article, Feb. 1961, with related correspondence.
1 folder in envelope; paper.
Feb. 1961
7 Preface to Collins Guide to English Parish Churches. The file contains a typescript and copy typescript 'Preface to the Third Edition' [of John Betjeman (ed.) Collins Guide to English Parish Churches (1968)].
2 sheets in envelope; paper.
1966
8 'Three afternoons in Paris in 1934'. The file comprises a typescript document.
1 item in envelope; paper.
1934
9 'Chapter VI' of 'The Rule of Taste'. The file comprises a typescript chapter, omitted from 'The Rule of Taste' (1936).
1 item in envelope; paper.
1936
10 'The Eglinton tournament'. The file comprises a typescript document.
1 item in envelope; paper.
Aug. 1939
11 'Beckford in Portugal, 1787'. The file comprises a typescript poem.
1 item in envelope; paper.
1940
12 Satirical verse on the British Museum. The file comprises an untitled typescript poem.
2 items in envelope; paper.
1940
13 'An Anglo-German correspondence in the middle of the last century'. The file comprises a copy typescript article.
1 item in envelope; paper.
Feb. 1942
14 'Experiment in reminiscence'. The file comprises a typescript article.
1 item in envelope; paper.
Apr. 1942
15 Franz Kupferberg's correspondence with John Chambers. The file comprises an untitled typescript. John Chambers was JEHS' great grandfather.
1 item in envelope; paper.
Feb. 1942
16 'The new banality in Art'. The file comprises an autograph manuscript.
1 item in envelope; paper.
c. 1958
17 'Sir William Chambers and Sweden'. The file comprises a typescript and copy typescript article, with correspondence concerning its preparation and an attempt at publication in 'Burlington Magazine'.
1 folder in envelope; paper.
1942–1962
18 'Reykjavik to Jerusalem'. The file comprises a typescript with autograph manuscript notes and a typed letter signed from F. D. Tredrey of William Blackwood and Sons Ltd., rejecting it for publication, 12 Jan. 1965.
3 items in envelope; paper.
1964–1965
19 'Hiccoughing bedouin'. The file comprises a typescript article.
1 item in envelope; paper.
20 'Samaritan evening, with sacrifice'. The file comprises a copy typscript article.
1 item in envelope; paper.
21 'Canada's Maritime Provinces'. The file comprises a typescript and copy typescript of the article.
2 items in envelope; paper.
22 Assorted notes on aspects of art history and aesthetics.
1 bundle in envelope; paper.
1950–1959
23 Note for a volume of essays. The file comprises an autograph manuscript note for a volume of essays, selected from published books, radio talks, articles, notebooks and travel diaries.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.
24 Assorted lecture notes. The lecture notes comprise:-. - copy typescript 'Mannerist painting', c. 1955;. - autograph manuscript 'Artists whom Blake knew', given at the Thomas More Institute, Montreal, Winter 1957-8;. - typescript 'Religious art', undated;. - copy typescript 'Modern Turkish painting', given at Londra Turk Halkevi, Oct. 1944;. - copy typescript 'Dilemma of Modern Art', given in Canada, 1959;. - typescript '19th century painting in England and France', undated;. - copy typescript 'Notes on the nature of a National Portrait Gallery', given in Warsaw, Sept. 1960;. - untitled typescript on the holdings of the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, given to Institut d'education des adultes at the Museum, 1957, in French;. - typescript 'The Oxford Union Mural Paintings', given at the Art Workers' Guild, Feb. 1939;. - autograph manuscript 'Our heritage from the Arts', given 14 Apr. [no year date];. - typescript 'Reynolds: the artist and his studio', 1960;. - typescript 'Early Victorian taste', undated;. - typescript 'The rule of taste', undated;. - typescript 'Painting in Canada: past and present generations', given at the National Museum of Wales, Sept. 1965;. - typescript 'The origins and growth of art in Canada', given at the University of Delaware, Newark, Oct. 1960;. - untitled copy typescript on academies, given at the annual dinner of the Royal Canadian Academy, Montreal, 8 Nov. 1958;. - copy typescript 'Museums as instruments of education', given in Warsaw, Sept. 1960.
1 folder in envelope; paper.
1939–1965
25 'Bath and the Royal Crescent'. The file comprises a copy typsecript script, broadcast on BBC radio Western Regional from Bristol.
1 item in envelope; paper.
2 Sept. 1937
26 'Family likenesses in a royal line'. The file comprises a copy typescript TV script, broadcast from Alexandra Palace, London.
1 item in envelope; paper.
5 Nov. 1937
27 'Impressions of a recent visit to Portugal'. The file comprises a copy typescript talk for the British Council.
1 item in envelope; paper.
Apr. 1943
28 'French painting'. The file comprises a roneo typescript script, broadcast on BBC radio from Cardiff.
1 item in envelope; paper.
10 Mar. 1946
29 'Children's art'. The file comprises a typescript talk for the British Council in Cardiff.
1 item in envelope; paper.
July 1946
30 'Spanish Art'. The file comprises a copy typescript script, broadcast on BBC radio from Cardiff.
1 item in envelope; paper.
29 Nov. 1946
31 'The economics of art'. The file comprises a roneo typescript script, broadcast [on BBC radio] as 'The Tuesday Talk'.
1 item in envelope; paper.
30 Sept. 1947
32 'Turner'. The file comprises a roneo typescript script, broadcast [on BBC radio from Cardiff].
1 item in envelope; paper.
19 Dec. 1951
33 '"The drawings of Richard Wilson". Brinsley Ford'. The file comprises a copy typescript review, broadcast on BBC radio from Cardiff.
1 item in envelope; paper.
Jan. 1952
34 'Responsibility of a museum towards modern art'. The file comprises a typescript script, broadcast on CBC Montreal.
1 item in envelope; paper.
2 Mar. 1955
35 'Henry Moore'. The file comprises a typescript script, broadcast on CBC.
1 item in envelope; paper.
29 Sept. 1955
36 'Rembrandt anniversary'. The file comprises a copy typescript script, broadcast on CBC Toronto, June 1956, with related correspondence, Apr. 1956.
2 items in envelope; paper.
Apr. 1956-June 1956
37 'Art as I see it'. The file comprises copy typescript scripts for 13 talks broadcast on CBC Montreal.
27 items in envelope; paper.
1957
38 'Twenty years of television'. The file comprises a copy typescript with correspondence concerning its writing and suggested use by CBC Toronto in their radio series 'Tabloid'.
1 bundle in envelope; paper.
Nov. 1958
39 'Patronage of the arts'. The file comprises a typescript script broadcast on BBC radio European Service.
1 item in envelope; paper.
20 Mar. 1961
40 'Art galleries and the public'. The file comprises a typescript script, with autograph manuscript amendments, recorded for the New Zealand Broadcasting Service, Aug. 1961 and subsequently revised for another, possibly Canadian, audience.
1 item in envelope; paper.
1961
41 'Canadian artists in England, 1964'. The file comprises a roneo typescript, recorded for the Central Office of Information.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.
Sept. 1964
42 'Shenstone's garden of ideas'. The file comprises a typescript, with autograph manuscript notes and a typed letter signed from D. L. Porter of the BBC to JEHS concerning its submission as a talk, 15 Sept. 1964.
3 items in envelope; paper.
1964
43 The file comprises autograph manuscript and copy typescript poems.
Creator: Steegman, Philip.
1 item in envelope; paper.
1938–1943
44 'A dish of Ortolans'. Copy typescript article.
Creator: Steegman, Philip.
1 item in envelope; paper.
1951
45 'Froliches weinachten von der P-VSN-R-Reise'. The file comprises anonymous copy typescript verse on Nikolaus Pevsner, sent to JEHS by Wyndham Lloyd in Dec. 1955.
Creator: Unknown.
1 sheet in envelope; paper.

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