Dark maroon notebook, circa 1956-1958

File — Box: 4, Folder: 12

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

Notebooks containing drafts and poetry encompassing a range of topics as well as printing and binding styles. Works written back to front are noted as "reversed". Contents listed at the item level are not exhaustive.

Dates

Creation: circa 1956-1958

Creator

From the Collection: Gathorne-Hardy, Robert, 1902-1973 (Person)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Bulk of materials in English with some entries in Italian.

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research under the terms of the NIU Rare Books and Special Collections.

Full Extent

1 items : (dark maroon cover detaching at various point on the front and back.) ; Dimensions: 17.8 x 22.7 cm.

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Additional Description

Contents Note

Front: Draft of prospectus for L.P.S. Society; botanical texts (11 pages); draft letters and book reviews (5 pages); draft introduction for Mill House Press book, A Month of Years (31 pages); draft passages and notes for botanical book (33 pages).

Reversed: Copies of 7 letters from Logan Pearsall Smith to various persons (7 pages); draft introduction for The Tranquil Gardener (2 pages); other drafts and notes (13 pages).