Gathorne-Hardy, Robert, 1902-1973

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Collection of manuscripts, correspondence, and ephemera collected by Robert Gathorne-Hardy while conducting research for, A bibliography of the writings of Jeremy Taylor to 1799 with a section of Tayloriana, co-written with William Proctor Williams former NIU Faculty.

Content Description The collection includes a number of Gathorne-Hardy notebooks, manuscripts, and correspondence. The notebooks in Series I span from his early writing career to late 1968 and include notes, research, and drafts of his works. Of interest is Gathorne-Hardy's peculiar habit to reverse the notebooks and write from back to front. His notebooks exhibit his disjointed thought process, often beginning an entry mid-sentence.Writings in Series II include typescripts for ...