Letters to Arthur Joseph Lawrence Pollen (1899-1968) and his wife Daphne Pollen née Baring (1904-1986) from the artist and poet David Jones
MS. 17906/15
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Letters to Arthur Joseph Lawrence Pollen (1899-1968) and his wife Daphne Pollen née Baring (1904-1986) from the artist and poet David Jones
Shelfmark
MS. 17906/15
Summary
Comprises:
Five letters to Arthur Pollen from David Jones, 1947-1965, and one to Daphne Pollen from David Jones, 1952. Letter of 31 Dec 1959 written on reverse of photographic print of David Jones's 'I Sing of a Maiden...' and of Xmas 1961 on reverse of photographic print of Jones's 'Accendat in Nobis Dominus Ignem...'.
Photocopies of letters from David Jones to Arthur Pollen [1947-1965], with two to Victoria Reid [later Ingrams] and Cecile Geoffroy Dechaume [later Howard] from Cairo and Jerusalem [1938?].
Typescript copy of 'The Anathemata' by David Jones, adapted for broadcasting and produced by Douglas Cleverdon, Third Programme, 5 May 1953.
Letters from Tony Stoneburner, 1975 and copy of 'A List of Letters by David Jones' (1977), with notes made by Daphne Pollen on her and Arthur Pollen's friendship with Jones (1975).
Printed copy of Peter Levi's sermon, 'In memory of David Jones' (1975, London, The Tablet), with typescript copy of text enclosed.
Typescript copy letter to Nicolette Gray from Rupert Baring [brother of Daphne Pollen], regarding a work by David Jones, 5 Oct 1977 with [manuscript] reply, 5 Nov 1977.
Printed material: invite for David Jones exhibition at the Tate Gallery [1981]; photocopy of newspaper cutting from the Irish Times on Jones, 14 Feb 1996; Offprint from Burlington Magazine, Thomas Dilworth, 'Letters from David Jones to Kenneth Clark', Apr 2000; photocopies of articles 'David Jones's The Deluge: Engraving the Structure of the Modern Long Poem' by Thomas Dilworth, and 'On the Traverse of the Wall: The Lost Long Poem of David Jones' by Tom Goldpaugh, in the Journal of Modern Literature [n.d.], both inscribed 'For Lucy from Tom'.
Printout notes on Arthur and Daphne Pollen, and David Jones, by Louis Jebb [2010s].
Date
[1938]-2010s
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (8 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of John Hungerford Pollen and the Pollen Family
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Letters to Arthur Joseph Lawrence Pollen (1899-1968) and his wife Daphne Pollen née Baring (1904-1986) from the artist and poet David Jones
