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Dunstan Thompson, 1918-1975, posing with other Canterbury School students, photograph: B&W, 1 piece, ([ca. 1935?]). Note: damaged and creased

Description
The collection consists of manuscripts by Dunstan Thompson, including book reviews, diaries, essays, plays, poems, and short stories, and correspondence (both to and from Thompson), photographs, drawings and ephemera. Correspondents represented in the collection include: Harry Brown, Cyril Connolly, Paul Dehn, T.S. Eliot, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Stephen Spender, Philip Trower, Howard R. Turner, and Oscar Williams. Business correspondents include: William Abrahams, Margot Johnson, John Lehmann, Simon and Schuster and William Morris Agency.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1865-2014.
Call number
mssThompson
Creator
Thompson, Dunstan (1918-1975)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Philip Trower, July 2009.
gift of Philip Trower, August 2014.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
RESTRICTED: all photocopies, for which the Huntington does not own the original manuscript, may not be copied in any way, as noted in the Container List and on the folders.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Abrahams, William Miller, (1919-1998.)
Brown, Harry, (1917-1986.)
Connolly, Cyril, (1903-1974.)
Dehn, Paul, (1912-1976.)
Eliot, T. S. (1888-1965.)
Johnson, Margot, (1921-)
Lehmann, John, (1907-1987.)
Sitwell, Edith, (1887-1964.)
Sitwell, Osbert, (1892-1969.)
Spender, Stephen, (1909-1995.)
Trower, Philip, (1923-)
Turner, Howard R., (1918-)
Williams, Oscar, (1900-1964.)
Associated organizations
Atlantic Monthly Press.
David Higham Associates.
Simon and Schuster, Inc.
William Morris Agency.
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