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Moore, Olive


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 SL V 69

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Moore, Olive

Date(s): 1932

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume

Name of creator(s): Moore | Olive | c 1905-1970 | author

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Little is known about the life of Olive Moore. She was born in England around 1905 and visited America during the 1920s, where she did some writing. Her poem, First Poem was published by Charles Lahr's publishing company Blue Moon Press in 1932. Between 1929 and 1934, she wrote and had published Celestial seraglio, Spleen, Fugue, and The Apple is bitten again. Moore died circa 1970.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

A holograph manuscript, 1932, of Fugue written by Olive Moore.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

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.

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Finding aids:

University of London Library, The Sterling library: a catalogue of the printed books and literary manuscripts collected by Sir Louis Sterling and presented by him to the University of London, Cambridge, (1954).

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: 1999-08-11 Simon McKeon


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Literature

Personal names
Moore | Olive | c 1905-1970 | author

Corporate names
Blue Moon Press

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