Correspondence of the Poetry Bookshop
Overview
Collection of 68 letters, postcards, telegrams, by literary and artistic figures, all addressed to Poetry Bookshop, 38 Great Russell Street, London, regarding its grand reopening at its new location.
Dates
- Creation: September-October 1926
Creator
- Monro, Harold, 1879-1932 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
History of the Poetry Bookshop
Harold Monro founded the Poetry Bookshop in 1912, as a place for poets of all sorts to meet, and give readings of their works; it also sponsored certain publications.
The bookshop was a success, and in 1926 Munro moved it to Great Russell Street. He planned a formal opening on September 30, 1926, for which T.S. Eliot would give a short speech, and sent out some 600 invitations.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (68 items in 1 document case)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
MS 177
Custodial History
Bookseller: "From Harold Monro's archives" (Monro died in 1932).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Sims 31:259, May 15, 1956
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Poetry Bookshop Collection
- Subtitle
- Correspondence of the Poetry Bookshop
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, April 16, 1979. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2005.
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8532423257
- Preferred citation
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Correspondence of the Poetry Bookshop, Department of Special Collections, MS 177, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository