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Finding Aid for Richard Aldington collection of papers, 1914-1962

Guide to the Richard Aldington collection of papers,1914-1962

Berg Coll MSS Aldington
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320.
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Date Completed:
2006
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Table of Contents

Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
Richard Aldington collection of papers, 1914-1962
Creator
Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Aldington
Size
394 items
Repository
The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American LiteratureNew York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, diaries for 1933, an undated notebook, and financial documents.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

Previous owners include Rob Lyle. The author's letters to Rachel Annand Taylor were a gift of Miriam Benkovitz in memory of John D. Gordan.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography Table of Contents

Richard Aldington was an English novelist, essayist, satirist, biographer, literary critic, and translator.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence by and about the author, diaries for 1933, an undated notebook, and financial documents. The manuscripts and typescripts include poems, radio talks, biographies, and translations by the author, as well as essays relating to the author by Frieda Lawrence and Walter Lowenfels. The correspondence consists of letters, dating from 1916 to 1962, from the author to Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong, Alan Bird, Rob Lyle, Thomas Moult, Rachel Annand Taylor, Louise Morgan Theis, Virginia Woolf, and others, and well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1930 to 1955, between various correspondents including Michael Arlen, Roy Campbell, Nancy Cunard, Rob Lyle, Thomas McGreevy, Humbert Wolfe, and the literary agency J. B. Pinker and Son.

Series Descriptions Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts & Typescripts Table of Contents
   
Manuscripts Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Be unto me as sunlight. Holograph poems n.d.
ms.
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Fifteen years ago. Holograph poem. On French table of contents and advertisement torn out of unidentified book n.d.
ms.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
To: Brigit. Another of your poets! Holograph poem n.d.
ms.
( 1 p. )

Signed with initials

   
Diaries & Notebooks
    
Engagement book with holograph entries 1933 Jan. - 1933 Mar.
diaries
( 1 v. )

With undated diary of a visit to North Africa

    
Diary entries of a visit to North Africa. Holograph n.d.
diaries
( 1 v. )

With engagement book with entries for Jan.-March, 1933

    
Notebook of poems. Holograph n.d.
notebooks
( 1 v. )

Four poems laid in. All but one unpublished in [The complete poems, London, Wingate, 1948] B.

   
Typescripts Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Gotham). In: Gotham book mart, New York. We moderns. Folder 30     
Gotham Book Mart. Richard Aldington. Typescript of contribution to We moderns n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )

Published in Gotham book mart catalog, no. 41, New York, 1940

Manuscript box. In: Aldington, Richard. 99 TLS, 3 telegrams to Rob Lyle. 1954-1956. Enclosed in letter of Sept. 12, 1954. Folder 2     
Lawrence, Frieda. Letters from Frieda Lawrence Ravagli. Typescript (carbon). Relate to Norman Douglas and D. H. Lawrence [1954]
typescripts
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box. In his: 99 TLS, 3 telegrams to Rob Lyle. 1954-1956. Enclosed in letter of Nov. 21, 1954. Folder 7     
Lawrence d'Arabie. Typescript (carbon) of radio talk with the author's ms. corrections n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 3 p. )

With ms. note, "Radio France 25/11/54"

Manuscript box (Aldington)     
Lowenfels, Walter. The Ideal reader. Books 6 and 7. Typescript with Richard Aldington's ms. comments n.d.
typescripts (annotated)
( 34 p. )
Oversize (+)     
Portrait of a genius but. The life of D. H. Lawrence. Typescript with the author's ms. corrections. "First draft" on spine of case n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 270 p. )

Signed Author's ms. note on title-page, signed and dated "Montpellier, 1955"

Oversize (+)     
Portrait of a genius but. The life of D. H. Lawrence. Later typewritten draft (carbon) with the author's ms. corrections. "Second draft" on spine of case. Pages 42, 356-359, 391 omitted in numbering n.d.
typescripts (emended)
( 508 p. )

Published, London: Heinemann, 1950

Manuscript box. In his: 11 TLS to Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong. 1946-1951     
Syrian dancer, The. Attributed to Vergil. Translated by Richard Aldington. Typescript n.d.
typescripts
( 1 p. )
   
Financial Documents Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Aldington)     
English review. Check made out to Richard Aldington by Violet Hunt 1914 July 21
financial docs.
( 1 item )

Endorsed by Richard Aldington

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Armstrong, Terence Ian Fytton. 11 TLS 1946 - 1951
corr. Out
( 11 items )

Accompanied by his: The Syrian dancer. Attributed to Vergil. Trans. by Richard Aldington. Typescript, [n.d.] 1 p.; galley proof, 1 p. The vigil of Venus. Trans. by Aldington. Galley proof. 2 p.

Manuscript box     
Bird, Alan. 147 TLS. Relates to his Lawrence of Arabia 1949 Feb. 3 - 1962 Feb. 5
corr. Out
( 147 items in 29 folders )

Published, London: Collins, 1955

Inserted in his: Death of a hero, 1929. 1st American edition     
Buck, Mr.. ALS 1921 Aug. 2
corr. Out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Buck, M[--?] S[--?]. TLS 1916 Feb. 18
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Campbell, Roy. 4 TLS. Mention Norman Douglas and Thomas Edward Lawrence 1954 July 5 - 1954 Sept. 12
corr. Out
( 4 items )

Letter of July 5 encloses an anonymous letter to Aldington [n.d.] 1 l. Came with Aldington's correspondence with Rob Lyle

Manuscript box. In his: 99 TLS, 3 telegrams to Rob Lyle. 1954-1956. Enclosed in letter of March 3, 1955. Folder 12     
Daily Telegraph, TL (carbon) to the editor. Relates to Basil Henry Liddell Hart and Thomas Edward Lawrence 1955 Mar. 2
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Haley, [--?]. TL (carbon). Relates to Norman Douglas 1954 May 14
corr. Out
( 1 p. )

Came with his correspondence with Rob Lyle

Manuscript box     
Hunt, Violet. ALS 1921 Nov. 9
corr. Out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Lyle, Rob. 99 TLS, 3 telegrams. Relate to his books on Norman Douglas and T. E. Lawrence 1954 July 20 - 1956 Oct. 19
corr. Out
( 102 items in 21 folders )

Detailed list of enclosures typed on folders

Manuscript box     
Marshall, Kenneth W. 4 TLS 1929 Sept. 16 - 1929 Oct. 2
corr. Out
( 4 items )
Manuscript box     
Moult, Thomas. ALS 1920 June 21
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Moult, Thomas. TLS 1920 July 20
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Moult, Thomas. TLS 1923 Jan. 26
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Moult, Thomas. TLS 1935 July 26
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Pinker and son, James B. 12 LS, ALS, etc. 1931 - 1940
corr. Out
( 12 items )
Manuscript box. In his: 99 TLS, 3 telegrams to Rob Lyle. 1954-1956. Enclosed in letter of March 17, 1955. Folder 13     
Revue de Paris. TL (carbon) to le redacteur en chef. [In French] 1955 Mar. 15
corr. Out
( 1 p. )

Manuscript box. In his: 99 TLS, 3 telegrams to Rob Lyle. 1954-1956. Enclosed in letter of Oct. 16, 1954. Folder 5     
Roditi, [--?]. TL (carbon). Relates to Sir Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence 1954 Oct. 15
corr. Out
( 1 item )
Manuscript box     
Russell, [--?]. TLS 1955 Mar. 13
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Taylor, Rachel Annand. 2 TLS 1950 Jan. 6; 1952 July 2
corr. Out
( 2 items )

Gift of Miriam Benkovitz in memory of John D. Gordan

Manuscript box     
Theis, Louise Morgan. 28 letters and 4 postcards 1929 - 1936
corr. Out
( 37 p. )
Manuscript box     
Woolf, Virginia. ALS 1923 Sept. 22
corr. Out
( 1 p. )
   
Incoming Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Greene, Graham. TL (copy) to Aldington 1954 May 18
corr. In
( 1 p. )

With TL (carbon) reply, May 30, 1954. 2 p.; with ms. note "not sent". Encloses: Lawrence, Frieda. TL (copy) to Aldington, Mar. 29, 1954. 1 p. Relates to Aldington's Pinorman and D. H. Lawrence Originally an enclosure in a letter from Aldington or Roy Campbell to Rob Lyle

Manuscript box     
Lawrence, Frieda. TL (copy) to Aldington. Relates to Aldington's Pinorman and D. H. Lawrence 1954 Mar. 29
corr. In
( 1 p. )

Enclosed in TL (carbon) reply accompanying: Greene, Graham. TL (copy) to Richard Aldington. May 18, 1954

Manuscript box. In: Aldington, Richard. 99 TLS, 3 telegrams to Rob Lyle. 1954-1956. Enclosed in letter of Jan. 12, 1955. Folder 9     
Massignon, Louis. TLS to Aldington. Relates to T. E. Lawrence 1954 Dec. 9
corr. In
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box. In: Aldington, Richard. 99 TLS, 3 telegrams to Rob Lyle. 1954-1956. Enclosed in letter of Sept. 6, 1954. Folder 1     
Maugham, William Somerset. TL (copy) to Aldington 1954 Aug. 29
corr. In
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Sitwell, Sacheverell. 2 ALS to Aldington 1922 Nov. 26; 1923 Feb. 27
corr. In
( 2 items )
Manuscript box     
Sitwell, Osbert. 4 ALS to Aldington [1927? Dec. 26] - 1928 Jan. 15
corr. In
( 4 items )
Manuscript box (Aldington)     
Urnov, Mikhail. Postcard to Aldington 1917 Dec. 21
corr. In
( 1 item )

With a copy of A Soviet Review of World Events, Apr. 7, 1965, where on p. 29 a review by the same author is printed

Manuscript box     
Wolfe, Humbert. TL (carbon) to Aldington 1933 Feb. 21
corr. In
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Aldington)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from miscellaneous correspondents, not listed separately, to Aldington. Relate to T. E. Lawrence 1954 - 1955
corr. In
( 5 items )

Came with Aldington's correspondence with Rob Lyle

   
Related Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Arlen, Michael. 2 TLS to Humbert [Wolfe] Letter of Dec. 15, 1936 relates to Gerald Gould; letter of March 16, 1937, mentions Richard Aldington 1936 Dec. 15; 1937 Mar. 16
corr. About
( 2 items )

With 2 TL (carbon) replies; accompanied by: Livesey, Monica. TLS to Humbert Wolfe, Jan. 14, 1937. 1 p. Written as secretary to Michael Arlen

Manuscript box     
Campbell, Roy. 2 ALS to Rob Lyle. Relate to a proposed pamphlet on Richard Aldington's Pinorman [1954]
corr. About
( 2 items )

One letter is at bottom of: Cunard, Nancy. Postcard (copy) to William Heinemann, ltd. April 1954. 1 p. Relates to Norman Douglas

Manuscript box     
Cunard, Nancy. 2 ALS to [J. B. Pinker and son]. Relate to Richard Aldington [n.y.] Feb. 17; [n.y.] May 28
corr. About
( 2 items )
Manuscript box (Aldington)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from miscellaneous correspondents to Alan Bird relating to research done for Richard Aldington's Lawrence of Arabia [n.d.]
corr. About
( 35 items in 5 folders )
Manuscript box (Aldington)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from miscellaneous correspondents, not listed separately, to Rob Lyle. Relate to proposed pamphlet on Richard Aldington's Pinorman. Several letters mention Nancy Cunard 1954 - 1955
corr. About
( 11 items )
Manuscript box (Pinker, J. B., firm)     
Letters, ALS, telegrams, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of James B. Pinker and son as literary agent for Richard Aldington [n.d.]
corr. About
( 11 items )

B.

Manuscript box     
McGreevy, Thomas. 4 ALS to J. B. Pinker and son. Mentions Richard Aldington and John Rodker. Two letters undated 1930 Oct. 2 - 1930 Oct. 8
corr. About
( 4 items )

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