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    Ephemera : Watches, Bridgework, Cardboard chest. (1-3)

    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.

    mssCI

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    Los Angeles State College Certificate of Acknowledgement : [printed}

    Manuscripts

    (1 piece)

    Folder 3

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    "An Integrity Born of Hope…:" [essay]

    Manuscripts

    (1 piece) With: autograph note by John [Corly]? to Don Barchardy, 1990, July 21.

    mssCI

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    The World in the Evening

    Manuscripts

    (1 piece) With: autograph note on verso from Alton Williams to Christopher Isherwood, n.d., concerning Angus Wilson.

    mssCI

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    Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986. Diary. SEALED until January 1, 2030

    Manuscripts

    1 bound vol (300 p.). Note: inside front cover and title pages were used by Isherwood to write an outline of events from 1945, Jan. 1-1949, Dec. 1 (3 p.)

    CI 4170

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    [Prabhavananda, Swami, 1893-1976]. Hari Om Tat Sat : [commentary on the Teachings of Sri Ramakrishna : autograph]

    Manuscripts

    (1 vol.). Note: written in a composition book, with two inserted pages. Also enclosed: printed material originally laid into volume.

    CI 4223