Manuscripts

[Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986]. Afterwards : [short story, typewritten]

Description: (56 p.). Cataloger's Note: according to Don Bachardy this short story was written for Isherwood's own amusement and shown to only a few people; unpublished as of Jan. 2017. Subjects: Erotic literature ; Male homosexuality.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [approximately 1960]?
Call number: CI 4186
Creator: Isherwood, Christopher (1904-1986)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired as a gift and purchase from Don Bachardy, April 1999, July 2000, June 2012, and May 2020.; purchased from Wayne Shimabukuro, June 1999.; gift of Robin French, August 1999.

Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. Afterwards: [short story], 1959, June 9 – July 31, MS. (typewritten: 60 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 1015.

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[Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986]. [Diary of a Summer in Greece, 1933 : typewritten]

Manuscripts

(57 p.). Cataloger's Note: title supplied by Don Bachardy.

CI 4196

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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. [Account of a dream], before 1986, MS. (typewritten: 1 p.)

Manuscripts

CI 1013.

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[Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986]. "To me, it is very important to be an outsider…:" [lecture : typewritten]

Manuscripts

(8 p.). With autograph corrections. Subject: Male homosexuality.

CI 4219

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[Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986]. "For a long time, I used to go to bed late :" [unidentified manuscript, autograph]

Manuscripts

(5 p.). A black, leather-covered composition book, blank except for 5 pages. Cataloger's Note: Don Bachardy found this volume in Isherwood's desk, long after his death.

CI 4200

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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-. Untitled short story [concerning a private tutor: typescript], ca.1925?, MS. (typewritten: 4 p.)

Manuscripts

CI 1146.

[Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986]. Afterwards : [short story, typewritten]

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