IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL312
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Hamilton, George Rostrevor: letters (1932-1934)
Date(s): 1932-1934
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 8 items (19 leaves)
Name of creator(s): Hamilton | Sir | George Rostrevor | 1888-1967 | Knight | poet, writer, and civil servant
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
George Rostrevor Hamilton was educated at Oxford University before becoming a civil servant. His first book of poems was published in 1916 and he later compiled anthologies of Greek and Latin verse for Nonesuch Press. Hamliton was a director of the Poetry Book Society and corresponded with many other literary figures of his time. He was knighted in 1951.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters, notes and poems from George Rostrevor Hamilton to Thomas Sturge Moore and his wife Marie, 1932-1934. Topics covered include Hamilton's poems and other books, about which he solicits Sturge Moore's opinions. All items are autograph or typescript, with signatures.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
In chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
See archivist
Immediate source of acquisition:
Found among the library's Sturge Moore collection (c 1962).
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
A typed transcript is filed with the original letter.
Related material:
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008