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T.S. Eliot Collection
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Identifier: MS-MS-ms153
Scope and Contents
The T.S. Eliot Collection includes revised copy of T. S. Eliot's Collected Poems, 1909-1935, with corrections and annotations in the author's hand, undertaken in preparation for a new edition. Also included is a typescript of section titled Occasional Verses, which was added to the original edition. These poems include "Defense of the islands," "A Note on War Poetry," "For the Indian Soldiers [sic] Who...
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T.S. Eliot Collection
Eliot to Collin Brooks, 1944 September 30
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Description
Typed letter signed, 3 pages. Written on Faber and Faber stationery with Eliot’s autograph corrections in ink.Eliot offers his critique of a submission, Captain Owen’s The Political Battlefield, sent by Brooks for consideration at Faber and Faber. He worries about the timeliness of the book, writing, “he has undertaken something…which nobody is quite safe in undertaking unless he is pretty close to the political scene, and can form a pretty accurate...
Autograph lists [two] of Eliot poems, some with page numbers (?) indicated
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Description
One set numbered 1 - 7, some with two or more poems grouped under one number. Two poems crossed out, one with question mark. Unidentified initials [M.I.T.?] at head of list. At foot of sheet, upside down and crossed out reads `Poetry Center 25.11.61.' Verso. List in pencil; varies slightly from first list. Some titles unidentified. Heading reads [Boston Coll.?] Lists apparently not connected to book or other typescripts. Possibly prepared in preparation for a reading. Ink and pencil, 2...
Eliot/Faber and Faber Christmas and New Year's Eve card, 1945
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Description
Autograph card signed, 3 pages. (MSS2016-028)
Publications lists of Eliot's complete works, 1963 January 3
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Description
Typescript heading notes Collected Poems, 1909 - 1962 [corrected in pencil from 1960]. Upper left corner reads Mr. Bland. Manuscript notation in right corner `As knowledge and experience' in Eliot's hand, and manuscript paging note. Lower left corner reads, JL/ab. Unidentified printer's note. [Does not correspond with published version] The following is a setting copy for Occasional Verses for the new edition of Collected Poems,...
Eliot to Collin Brooks, 1949 December 30
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Description
Typed letter signed, 1 page. Written on on Faber and Faber stationery.
Eliot discusses a pamphlet on Ezra Pound out from Poetry Chicago, and enclosed material incorporated into that pamphlet.
Typescript and typescript [carbon] author's notes
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Description
To accompany Occasional Verses in the new edition, not including Dedication to my wife. States origin of poems; slight corrections in ink; pencil printer's marks. Note in Eliot's hand read `Each of the above notes to precede the verses attached.' Carbon unmarked. 2 pages
Typescript and typescript [carbon] of Defense of the Islands, 1940 June 9
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Description
One correction, line 22. Text corresponds. Written [in the author's hand] June 9th, 1940 in several places; all crossed out. T.S. Eliot also crossed out. Printer's marks. Carbon has no marks. 2 pages