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Archives15
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quotations3
english poetry1
political science1

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Greece, Modern1
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Mceachran, Frank (1900-1975)6
Auden, Wystan Hugh1
Bridgen, John William1
Herder, Johann Gottfried, 1744-18031
Mceachran, F. (Frank), 1900-1
Moore, Humphrey John1
Shrewsbury School (Shrewsbury, England)1

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Archive Collection

Humphrey Moore Archive, assembled by John Bridgen

Bridgen, John William

1927-2002

Literary archive of Humphrey Moore and associated materials on twentieth-century poetry, assembled by John Bridgen.

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Box 1 - Bridgen's correspondence from W.H. Auden

No date

Bridgen's correspondence from W.H. Auden, Francis King, Jeffrey Archer (describing Lady Archer as a 'modern day Portia'), John Auden (the older brother or W.H. Auden), Edward Mendelson (the literary e...

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Box 10 - Bridgen's correspondence with Alexis Lykiard

c.1955

Bridgen's correspondence with Alexis Lykiard, Tony Tanner, and others, mainly about Moore and including letters from Moore, W.H. Auden Society newsletters, Rupert Brooke Society newsletters and relate...

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Box 11 - TS essay on A.E. Housman

1935-1989

TS essay on A.E. Housman, MS notebook "Poems read at the Merry Meeting Cambridge Spring 1935", Bridgen's article in the W.H. Auden Society Newsletter (no. 3, 1989) "Auden on Christianity - A Memoir", ...

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Boxes 12 and 13 - Two boxes of Moore's photographs

1949-1960s

Two boxes of Moore's photographs, mainly of his pupils, including photographs of Bridgen as a schoolboy, 1950s-1960s, and a box file with 4 panoramic photographs of the pupils and teachers of Clayesmo...

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Box 14 - 6 books by F. McEachran

No date

6 books by F. McEachran (mostly presentation copies) and 12 miscellaneous journals with articles by him.

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Box 15 - TS presentation copy of McEachran’s book “Freedom the only end”

1930s-1960s

TS presentation copy of McEachran’s book “Freedom the only end”; Clayesmore School and Bradfield College publications having belonged to Moore; a “story book” with pasted-in drawings / water...

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Box 2 - Poems by Bridgen in MS

No date

Poems by Bridgen in MS, correspondence relating to his memoir of Moore, McEachran's teaching notes, press-cuttings about W.H. Auden, MS notes about Moore and McEachran, Bridgen's MS copies of his corr...

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Box 3 - "Poems by Humphrey John Moore"

1974

"Poems by Humphrey John Moore", 1974, published, edited and selected by Bridgen, with MS corrections, and a 1975 edition of the same booklet published by Outposts, Moore's autograph poetry drafts, als...

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Box 4 - Pamphlets and leaflets that belonged to Moore

No date

Pamphlets and leaflets that belonged to Moore, mainly about Clayesmore School.

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Box 5 - 20 of Moore's notebooks

1932-1968

20 of Moore's notebooks, 1932-1968, containing music notes, diary entries, poetry (one poem marked "For John Bridgen", 1956).

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Box 6 - Bridgen's correspondence about J.M. Murry and Moore

1974-1981

Bridgen's correspondence about J.M. Murry and Moore, TS essays on Christian topics by Murry, correspondence (1974-1981) with Anthony Dickins, the co-founder of 'Poetry London', extracts from Dickins's...

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