Rare Books

Christopher Isherwood Reference Library

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Description: Christopher Isherwood kept this group of books as a "reference" collection near a large chair in his study. The works consist of personal favorites, such as poetry anthologies, short stories, and the works of Carlos Casteneda, as well as writing tools such as Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fables, Roget's Thesaurus, etc.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Call number: 618184:001-140
Associated people: Isherwood, Christopher, (1904-1986,)
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Baxter, Anne. 1 letter (1984, June 23) to Christopher Isherwood, 1904-, A.N.S. on a card (1 p.)

Manuscripts

The collection includes drafts of most of Isherwood's works, as well as book reviews, essays, interviews and travel narratives; the collection also includes extensive correspondence files containing letters from W. H. Auden, Don Bachardy, Truman Capote, E. M. Forster, John Lehmann, Stephen Spender, Edward Upward, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams, and others. The correspondence files also contain the letters of Isherwood's parents, Frank Bradshaw-Isherwood and Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood, as well as diaries kept by Kathleen, containing references to the first World War. The correspondence files deal with the literary works of Isherwood and others, male homosexuality, Isherwood's interest in Hinduism, World War One and World War Two among other subjects. Also included are important series of poems and other literary manuscripts by Auden and Spender, audiovisual material, photographs and negatives, a scrapbook and ephemera. A box of Addenda was added to the collection in 2020, it contains manuscripts, photographs, printed material, and ephemera.

CI 140.

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