World War I British poet and English
professor Edmund Blunden’s papers consist almost entirely of materials acquired from
him
during his lifetime. Nearly all of Blunden’s poetry, fiction, and nonfiction is represented
in the Works series. Among the most extensive correspondences are those of fellow
poet
Siegfried Sassoon, publisher Rupert Hart-Davis, second wife Sylva Norman, and literary
agent
A. D. Peters. Four indexes (for Works, Letters, Recipients, and Miscellaneous) follow
the
Container List and provide more detailed access to the contents of these
papers.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection
MS-0426
Language:
The bulk of the collection is in English , with some materials in Chinese, French,
German, Japanese, Spanish, and
Welsh.
Access:
Open for research.
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Edmund Blunden Papers (Manusscript Collection MS-0426). Harry Ransom Center, The University
of Texas at
Austin.
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Richard Workman, 2018
Note:
This finding aid replicates and replaces information previously available only in
a card
catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for information
regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the abbreviations commonly
used in
descriptions.
Sound Recordings were transferred to the Ransom Center's Sound Recording collection and are described individually in a list at the end of this finding aid and in a searchable database
