Black notebook, circa 1961

File — Box: 5, Folder: 18

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 1961

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 : (black coated paper cover with faint red colored edges). ; Dimensions: 14.5 x 20 cm.

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Additional Description

Contents Note

Front: "Hortus Brittenicus VII" title written on page 1 of notebook; draft chapters for Gathorne-Hardy's botanical book, possibly, The Native Garden (70 pages).

Reversed: Drafts for poem "Endings of Calvus" (8 pages).