Thomas Dilworth: Virgil Thomson., 02/14/1981-02/15/1981
Collection-level Scope and Content Note
This collection comprises the second acquisition of the papers of Harman Grisewood (1906-1997). Included is a long run (Boxes 1 through 5) of correspondence from notable individuals such as W.H. Auden, Max Beerbohm, Violet Bonham-Carter, Tom Burns (editor of "The Tablet”), Winston S. Churchill, historian Christopher Dawson, B.B.C. director general Hugh Greene, Vivien Greene (wife of writer Graham Greene), Deirdre and Rupert Hart-Davis, Sibyl Hathaway (Dame of Sark), Saunders Lewis, members of the Plunket Greene family (Alexander, Gwen, Olivia and Richard), Christopher Sykes, Evelyn Waugh, and Mia and Douglas Woodruff.
Included is correspondence from friends of the artist and poet David Jones: Joan and Rene Hague, Prudence Pelham, Mike Richey, and Barbara and Bernard Wall. In addition there is considerable correspondence from Thomas Dilworth, scholar and writer on David Jones, regarding research for his books. Lengthy correspondence from friend Leslie Hope, daughter Sabina Bailey and wife Margaret Grisewood, are also included.
A group of letters from various family members discusses the Grisewood genealogy.
One box consists of correspondence, articles, and printed ephemera relating to the poet and artist David Jones.
The collection includes subject files, articles and lectures by Grisewood relating to his career with the B.B.C. The final three boxes of the collection contain manuscripts of unpublished works by Grisewood, primarily manuscripts for novels.
Dates
- 02/14/1981-02/15/1981
Collection-level Access Restrictions
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Extent
From the Collection: 8.96 Linear Feet (17 Hollinger boxes: 7 Document Cases, 5 Slim Document Cases, 1 Record Storage Carton.)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Container Summary
Transcription of a monologue by Virgil Thomson recorded and edited by Thomas Dilworth (February 14-15, 1981). Entitled, "Paris Between the Wars," and consisting of reminiscences by Thomson of his circle of friends and acquaintances which included Nadia Boulanger, Erik Satie, George Antheil, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, T.S. Eliot, Max Jacob, Pablo Picasso, Tzara and Paul Eluard, Marcel Duchamp, Pierre Boulez, Man Ray, Salvador Dali, among others.
Subjects and Associated Physical Materials
DILWORTH, THOMAS - TRANSCRIPT: VIRGIL THOMSON REMINISCING (1981): Manuscript
THOMSON, VIRGIL - REMINISCENCES: PARIS BETWEEN THE WARS (TRANSCRIPT): Manuscript
BOULANGER, NADIA - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
SATIE, ERIK - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
ANTHEIL, GEORGE - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
POUND, EZRA - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
STEIN, GERTRUDE - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
JOYCE, JAMES - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
ELIOT, T.S. - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
JACOB, MAX - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
PICASSO, PABLO - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
ELUARD, TZARA & PAUL - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
DUCHAMP, MARCEL - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
BOULEZ, PIERRE - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
RAY, MAN - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
DALI, SALVADOR - REF. BY THOMSON, VIRGIL 1981: Manuscript
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
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