John Masefield papers, 1912-1972

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Series I: Correspondence


Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 Betjeman, John


Box 1 Binyon, Laurence


Box 1 Bottomley, Gordon


Box 1 Bowra, Sir (Cecil) Maurice


Box 1 Gawsworth, John


Box 1 Gibson, Wilfred


Box 1 Gielgud, Sir John


Box 1 Godfrey, M


Box 1 Graves, Robert


Box 1 Hardy, Thomas


Box 1 Hassall, Christopher


Box 1 Housman, Alfred Edward


Box 1 Knight, George Richard Wilson


Box 1 Knight, Dame Laura


Box 1 Lamont, Florence (Mrs. Thomas W.)


Box 1 Lamont, Thomas William


Box 1 Leverson, Ada


Box 1 MacClymont, Murray


Box 1 Masefield, John, undated



Box 2 Masefield, John, 1902-1955



Box 3 Masefield, John (1956- ) - Z


Box 3 Masefield, Judith


Box 3 Morgan, Charles


Box 3 Munnings, Sir Alfred J.


Box 3 Murray, Gilbert


Box 3 Nevinson, Henry W[oodd]


Box 3 Sackville-West, Victoria Mary


Box 3 Shaw, George Bernard


Box 3 Sitwell, Sir Osbert


Box 3 Synge, John Millington Wilson, Caroline


Box 3 Yeats, George


Box 3 Yeats, Jack Butler


Box 3 Yeats, William Butler


Box 3 Correspondence--Miscellaneous


Subseries I.2: Other Correspondence



Box 4 Lamont, Corliss, 1925-1967

Correspondence with Corliss Lamont. Printed facsimile; 2 volumes.



Box 4A Vernon, Barbara, 1939-1959

Letters of John Masefield to the ballerina Brangwen (Barbara Vernon).



Box 5 Masefield, Constance, 1917 February 26-May 24

Letters of John Masefield to his wife, Constance. The original letters, as well as a corrected typescript, and photocopies of the original correspondence, are in Box 5.

Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts and Documents



Box 6 A - Masefield, John (A-K)



Box 7 Masefield, John (L-N)



Box 8 Masefield, John (O-Z) - Z

Series III: Materials Concerning the Production of The Coming of Christ, 1928-1972

Includes John Masefield and Carl Woodring materials related to productions, including correspondence and other materials.


Subseries III.1: Cataloged Letters and Manuscripts



Box 4 Irving, Laurence Henry Forster, 1972 May 10

Wittersham [UK]. 1972 May 10; To Carl Woodring; a.l.s., 3p. (Re: the Wittersham production of The Coming of Christ by John Masefield in 1953 December.)


Box 4 Irving, Laurence Henry Forster, 1972 [December]

Wittersham [UK]. 1972 [December]; To [Carl Woodring]; a.l.s., 1p. (on the verso of a mounted reproduction of his study for a picture of the final tableau of The Coming of Christ by John Masefield at Canterbury Cathedral in May of 1928: the picture is dedicated: "In memoriam GB [George Kennedy Allen Bell] JM [John Masefield] GH [Gustav Holst] CR [Charles Ricketts]"


Box 4 Irving, Laurence Henry Forster, 1953 Novembeer 28

The Coming of Christ; plan; Wittersham Church. [Wittersham, UK]. 1953 November 28; a.ms., 2p. (Diagram of the Wittersham Church, used as the setting for the 1928 December production of The Coming of Christ by John Masefield)


Box 4 Jefferson, Alan, 1972 January 30

Guildford [UK], 1972 January 30. To Carl Woodring, t.l.s., 1p. (with t.l. copy of a related letter, re: the Wittersham production of The Coming of Christ by John Masefield in 1953 December)


Box 4 Jefferson, Alan, 1972 May 9

Guildford [UK], 1972 May 9; to Carl Woodring; a.l.s., 2p. (re: the Wittersham production of The Coming of Christ by John Masefield in 1953 December)


Box 4 Masefield, John, [1928]

Boar's Hill [UK] [1928] To Charles de Sousy Ricketts; a.l.s., 1p. (re: the Canterbury production of The Coming of Christ by John Masefield, in 1928 May)


Subseries III.2: Uncataloged Items


Box 4 The Coming of Christ , 1928, 4 items

The Canterbury production in 1928 May. Printed, miscellaneous.


Box 4 The Coming of Christ , 1953, 4 items

The Wittersham production in 1953 December. Programs and printed, miscellaneous.

Series IV: Other Materials



Box 9 Art Works


Box 9 Masefield's Gravestone at Westminster Abbey


Box 9 Photographs


Box 9 Printed Material--Centenary



Box 10 Printed Material

Series V: Oversized Materials



Flatbox 320 Masefield, John--The Western Hudson Shore

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Phonograph record, 1 side, 33 1/3 rpm.


Flatbox 320 Hill Players Testimonial to John Masefield



Box 320 Portrait by William Strang, 1903



Folder Oversized 13V Appointment as Poet Laureate, 1930 May 9, ms.d. 1p.

Appointment as Poet Laureate, signed by Sir Rowland Thomas Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer, the Lord Chamberlain; with envelope.

Gift of Corliss Lamont, 1978