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[Thompson, Dunstan, 1918-1975]. "A Letter to Shelley:" [essay on poetry: early & later drafts], 2 pieces, ([ca. 1950])

Description
The collection consists of manuscripts by Dunstan Thompson, including book reviews, diaries, essays, plays, poems, and short stories, and correspondence (both to and from Thompson), photographs, drawings and ephemera. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Harry Brown, Cyril Connolly, Paul Dehn, T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Philip Trower, Howard R. Turner, and Oscar Williams. Business correspondents include: William Abrahams, Margot Johnson, John Lehmann, Simon and Schuster and William Morris Agency.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1865-2014.
Call number
mssThompson
Creator
Thompson, Dunstan (1918-1975)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Philip Trower, July 2009.
gift of Philip Trower, August 2014.
Associated people
Abrahams, William Miller, (1919-1998.)
Brown, Harry, (1917-1986.)
Connolly, Cyril, (1903-1974.)
Dehn, Paul, (1912-1976.)
Eliot, T. S. (1888-1965.)
Johnson, Margot, (1921-)
Lehmann, John, (1907-1987.)
Sitwell, Edith, (1887-1964.)
Sitwell, Osbert, (1892-1969.)
Spender, Stephen, (1909-1995.)
Trower, Philip, (1923-)
Turner, Howard R., (1918-)
Williams, Oscar, (1900-1964.)
Associated organizations
Atlantic Monthly Press.
David Higham Associates.
Simon and Schuster, Inc.
William Morris Agency.
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