Burgundy notebook, circa 1957

File — Box: 4, Folder: 13

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 1957

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 : (burgundy cloth cover with faint blue or grey sprinkled edges). ; Dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm.

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Additional Description

Contents Note

Front: Draft for "The Dragron Tree" chapters 5-7 (29 pages); notes concerning friend's marriage (6 pages); draft of poem "The Swallows of Autumn"; draft of lecture, "The Grammar of Poetry" (60 pages).

Reversed: 3 draft chapters for botanical book (69 pages); botany notes (5 pages); notes on poetry by Robert Bridges.

Inserts: Revised typescript of "The Swallows of Autumn"; 2 pages of botany notes.