Letters of James Hanley
Overview
The correspondence of British novelist and playwright, James Hanley (1897-1985) consists of correspondence with other British literary figures. It includes 3 letters from Richard Aldington, 1929-1930; 10 letters to Arnold Bennett, 1930; 6 letters from Arnold Bennett, 1930; 2 letters from H.G. Wells, 1930; and 38 letters to Kenneth W Marshall, 1931-1951. The miscellaneous material consists of a draft of a book-review; a photograph of Hanley, and material about the censorship of Hanley's novel Boy (mimeographed and clippings).
Dates
- Creation: 1929 - 1951
Creator
- Hanley, James, 1897-1985 (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.
Biography of James Hanley
James Hanley was born in 1897 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England to a working class family of Irish parents Edward and Bridget (Roache) Hanley. He died in 1985 and was buried in Llanfechain, Wales, where he lived for several years. Hanley left school as a teenager to go to sea. He served briefly in World War I as part of the Canadian Army.
In 1930 Hanley's first novel, Drift, was published. Many of his early works were about the Irish community in Liverpool or about life at sea. Boy, another early work (1931) was put on trial for obscenity in the mid-1930s.
Extent
.25 Linear Feet (1 document case containing approximately 59 letters and miscellaneous material and 1 photograph)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is organized by correspondent: series A. for Richard Aldington, B. for Arnold Bennett, C. for Herbert George Wells, and D. for Kenneth W. Marshall and miscellaneous material.
Physical Location
MS 33
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Carnegie Book Shop; H.A. Clodd, 1964
Subject
- Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962 (Person)
- Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931 (Person)
- Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 (Person)
- Title
- Guide to the James Hanley Correspondence Collection
- Subtitle
- Letters of James Hanley
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1964; revised by ksc, 2006. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in<language encodinganalog="language">English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8703071718
- Preferred citation
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Letters of James Hanley, MS 33, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository