Manuscripts and Typescripts written by Spender

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1. Answers to a questionnaire (3 p.). Composed by Philip O'Connor. Typewritten
2. Burning cactus, The. Holograph story
3. "Dear love it was your need for love that first." Holograph fragment of poem
4. [Destructive element, The. T. S. Eliot in his criticism] Holograph draft
5. [Deus ex machina] Holograph short story
6. [Draft of the opening lines of a long poem on a photograph of a friend, P. W. (obit. 1956)] Eight successive holograph drafts, typescript and first proof with ms. corrections in the author's hand
7. Dreams. Holograph drafts of poem. Title taken from label on cover. Includes some original pencil and pen-and-ink drawings
8. [Dreams] Holograph drafts (incomplete) of poem
9. Errors of fact and misreadings of texts in Stephen Spender: a portrait with background by Hugh David (Heinemann, 1992). Typescript (copy) of list with appendices
10. [Fable and reportage] Left review article. Holograph draft. Review of The ascent of F6 by W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood, and Auden's Look, stranger!
11. [Generous days, The. If it were not; Sleepless; The generous days; Bagatelles. VII] Holograph drafts of four poems
12. [Generous days, The. If it were not; Sleepless; The generous days; Bagatelles. I, XI] Holograph drafts of three poems
13. Graves. Holograph notes
14. "I think continually of those who were truly great" "Oh young men, Oh young comrades." Typescript of two poems, one with the author's ms. correction
15. List of poets. Holograph
16. [Note on story by Edward Upton] Holograph draft
17. "Performing at / the gathering commemorating / Aldous Huxley dead..." Holograph draft of poem
18. [Poems] Holograph notebook. Includes original pencil and pen-and-ink sketches. Mutilated (many pages completely torn out)
19. Poems. Vol. 3. Holograph notebook with 11 eleven poems
20. [Poland] Holograph notes for essay or speech
21. [Reviews. Leavis, Frank Raymond; Revaluation] Holograph draft
22. [Rilke] Holograph fragment of essay or book review
23. [Selected poems (1965). "Earth-treading stars that make dark heavan light"; One more new botched beginning] Holograph drafts of two poems
24. [Selected poems (1965). Subject: object: sentences; "Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light"] Holograph drafts of two poems
25. "Some few arrived upon a new found land." Holograph draft of poem
26. [Spain invites the world's writers] Holograph draft, incomplete, of article. Paginated 5 and 16. Mentions Sylvia Townsend Warner
27. [Still centre, The] Holograph drafts of four poems
28. "They cheer for peace. If this were peace." Two holograph drafts of poem
29. To the island; a poetic drama. Typescript (carbon), with the author's ms. corrections. Incomplete? Page 1 wanting?
30. [Trial of a judge] Early holograph draft of play. On pages [1-25], rectos only
31. [Trial of a judge] Holograph drafts of several speeches. One page on verso of Trial draft beginning "And now the tears exiled since childhood."
32. Versions for a volume of poems. Holograph notebook. Includes original pencil and pen-and-ink sketches. Mutilated (some pages completely torn out). Dated "Summer 1957-1958"
33. Vienna. Holograph poem. Inscribed by the author to Muriel to whom the work is dedicated
34. "We cannot hold on..." Holograph poem