Teal notebook, circa 1962
Scope and Contents
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 1962
Creator
- From the Collection: Gathorne-Hardy, Robert, 1902-1973 (Person)
Language of Materials
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 : (teal book cloth cover and red cloth at spine with blue sprinkled edges). ; Dimensions: 20.3 x 25.4 cm.
Contents Note
Front: Notes on travels to Kilinek and Labrador (16 pages); "The Primrose of Palinuri" (38 pages).
Reversed: Draft of poem (2 pages); drafts of passages for "At a Solem Music"; draft letters addressed to Nelson publishers in response to inserted letters received by Gathorne-Hardy.
Inserts: 2 typed letters from Nelson Publishers.
Repository Details
Part of the Northern Illinois University Repository
Founders Memorial Library
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb IL 60115 US
815-753-9392
rhcua@niu.edu