Collection Summary
John Gawsworth, 1912-1970
John Gawsworth Collection
1875-1965, undated
Manuscript Collection MS-00124
60 document boxes (25.20 linear feet), 2 oversize folders (osf), 14 galley folders
(gf)
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at
Austin
Manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks,
drawings, and other materials document the life and career of British poet, editor, and
anthologist T. I. F. (Terence Ian Fytton) Armstrong, who was best known by his pseudonym,
John Gawsworth, Associates of Gawsworth well-represented in this collection include
Frederick Carter, Havelock Ellis, W. H. G (Wilfrid Herbert Gore) Ewart, Edgar Jepson, Hamish
Maclaren, and M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel.
English, French, Greek, Italian,
Latin, Serbian
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, correspondence, notebooks, drawings, and other materials document the life and
career of British poet, editor, and anthologist T. I. F. (Terence Ian Fytton) Armstrong, who
was best known by his pseudonym, John Gawsworth, Associates of Gawsworth well-represented in
this collection include Frederick Carter, Havelock Ellis, W. H. G (Wilfrid Herbert Gore)
Ewart, Edgar Jepson, Hamish Maclaren, and M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel.
This collection was originally described in a card catalog (under the name T. I. F.
Armstrong) and this finding aid now replicates and replaces the former card catalog
description. The card catalog segment remains organized into four series: I. Works; II.
Letters (Outgoing Correspondence); III. Recipient (Incoming Correspondence); and IV.
Miscellaneous (Third-party Works and Correspondence). See the Indexes for Works, Letters,
Recipient and Miscellaneous in this finding aid to further identify titles of works and
correspondent names present in this collection.
Acquisition:
Purchases, 1960-1975 (unidentified accession number, 1960; R1506, R1985, R1986, R2899,
R3117, R5152, unidentified accession number, 1972; R5788, R5890, R6079, R6412, R6636).
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HRC Guide Headings
Subjects
Detective, Fantasy and Science
Fiction
Literature: British and Irish
Preferred Citation
John Gawsworth Collection (Manuscript Collection MS-00124). Harry Ransom Center, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Processed by:
Lacey Burtscher, Joan Sibley, and Richard Workman, 2024
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.
Related Material
University of California, Los Angeles: E. P. Conkle Papers,
1928-1994.John Gawsworth Papers, 1945-1954
University of Iowa: Gawsworth
(Armstrong)/Shiel/Redonda Papers
University of Reading: John
Gawsworth Collection
University of Victoria: John
Gawsworth Collection
Separated Material
Harry Ransom Center Library (662 items): Search Books & Media in The University of Texas
at Austin Libraries Catalog by Provenance to locate books formerly owned by John
Gawsworth
Harry Ransom Center Photography Collection (42 items): John Gawsworth Literary File Photography Collection
Harry Ransom Center Vertical File Collection (5 boxes): Printed materials removed from
manuscripts and books during cataloging, searchable database available onsite.
Container List
Works:
1
Unidentified; A – D
2
E – I
3
J – L
4
M – O
5
The Orphean (vols. I – III)
5
P – R
6
S – U
7
V – Z
Bound volumes:
57
A – B: About a thousand; Above the river; Apes, japes, and Hitlerism;
Backwaters
58
C – O: Confession; Eighty new poems; Fifteen poems; Lyrics to Kingcup; One
hundred and twenty-two uncollected published poems
59
S – Z: Strange assembly; Ten contemporaries; The works of Orpheus Scrannel;
Works I
Letters (Outgoing Correspondence):
7
A – Z
Recipient (Incoming Correspondence):
7
Unidentified; A
8
B – Bo
9
Bp – Ch
10
Caddick, Arthur, 1949-1951
10
Carpenter, Maurice, 1948-1952
10
Carter, Frederick, 1935-1949
10
Chandra, Nogendra Nath, 1945
10
Ci – Cz
11
D
12
E – F
13
G
14
H
15
Hare, Kenneth, 1936-1942
16
Hare, Kenneth, 1943-1953
17
I – Li
18
Lj – McG
19
McH – Mi
20
Meyerstein, Edward Harry, 1934-1952
20
Mj – Mr
21
Ms – O
22
P – Pi
23
Palmer, Edward, 1931-1961
24
Pj – Rn
25
Ro – Sa
26
Sb – Sz
27
Stonor, Oliver, 1929-1952
27
Storer, Edward, 1938-1941
27
Swingler, Rendall, undated
27
Swinnerton, Frank Arthur, 1934-1951
27
T
28
U – We
29
Wf – Z
Miscellaneous:
30
Unidentified; A
31
B – Br
32
Bs – Ci
32
Carter, Frederick: Works Unidentified; A – N
33
Carter, Frederick: Works O – Z
33
Cj – Cz
34
D – E
35
Ellis, Havelock: Works Unidentified; A – R
36
Ellis, Havelock: Works S – Z; Correspondence
36
Ewart, W. H. G.: Works A – E
37
Ewart, W. H. G.: Works F – L
38
Ewart, W. H. G.: Works M – Z; Correspondence
38
Eyre, Frank, 1935-1936
38
F
39
Fraser, George Sutherland, 1948-1953
39
Fytton, Francis, 1962
39
G – Gi
40
Gj – Ha
41
Hb – Hz
42
I – J
42
Jepson, Edgar: Works Unidentified; A – D
43
Jepson, Edgar: Works E – F
44
Jepson, Edgar: Works G – L
45
Jepson, Edgar: Works Lucy and the dark gods
45
Jepson, Edgar: Works M – Z; Correspondence
46
Jepson, Edgar: Works Memories of an Edwardian and Neo-Georgian
47
Jewson, Lydia, 1915-1917
47
Joseph, Jenny: Let's celebrate, 1962
47
K – Mac
47
Maclaren, Hamish: Works Unidentified; A – Q
50
Maclaren, Hamish: Works R – Z; Correspondence
50
Maclaren-Ross, Julian, 1956
50
Mad – Me
48
Mf – Pd
49
Pe – R
51
S – Sq
52
Shiel, M. P.: Works Unidentified; A – L
53
Shiel, M. P.: Works M – Z; Correspondence
54
Sr – Wh
55
Visiak, Edward: Works A – Z; Correspondence
56
Waller, John, Works A – Z; Correspondence
56
Wi – Z
60
Bound volumes: Kavanagh, Patrick J. Verses; Shiel, M. P. Jesus