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British and Commonwealth Literary Studies
Walter De la Mare Papers
The Papers
Location: Department of Special Collections, Green Library
Call Number: M0589
Size: 4 linear ft.
Finding Guide: A printed version is available in the reading
room of the Department of Special Collections. Electronic versions of
this finding guide are also available. If you have Microsoft's Internet
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Research Access and Use: Materials in the Department of Special
Collections are non-circulating and must be used in the Special Collections'
Reading Room in the Cecil H. Green Library. The Reading Room is open
10:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday. Photocopies, photographs, and
microfilm can be made of some materials in the collections. For more
information about the collections and access policies, please contact
Special Collections by telephone at (650) 725-1022, by electronic mail
at speccollref@stanford.edu or by regular mail at the Department of Special
Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6004.
Career of Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)
English poet, novelist, anthologist, and writer for children, Walter
de la Mare was born at Charlton, Kent and educated at Saint Paul's Choir
School. Songs of Childhood (1902), a collection for children published
pseudonymously, was his first book. Serious critical attention
came
to De la Mare with Poems (1906). Awarded a civil list pension
in 1908, he devoted himself full time to writing into his eighties.
During
his lifetime he published 5 anthologies, 27 books of poetry, 21 books
for children, 5 novels, and 7 books of short stories. He was made a
Companion
of Honour in 1948 and awarded the Order of Merit in 1953.
Highlights and Research Potential of the Papers
The collection includes letters, manuscripts of poetry, musical scores,
clippings of reviews, and other printed ephemera. Major correspondents
include John Black, Richard Church, Leonard Clark, Graham Greene, Dorothy
Hatch, Edward Marsh, Barbara Morison, Christopher Morley, Lady Ottoline
Morrell, F. C. Owlett, Herman Peschmann, and Elizabeth Myers Powys.
Related Manuscript Collection at Stanford
Letter from Walter de la Mare to R.L. Megroz.
Size: 1 item (4 p.)
Call Number: Misc 311
Content: Autograph letter signed c. 1923, describing de la Mare's
family and genealogy.
Bibliography
- Clark, Leonard. Walter de la Mare: A Checklist. Cambridge :
The University Press, 1956.
Selected Biography and Criticism
- Whistler, Theresa. Imagination of the Heart : The Life of Walter
de la Mare. London: Duckworth, 1993.
- McCrosson, Doris Ross. Walter de la Mare. New York: Twayne
Publishers 1966.
Other Manuscript Depositories
- Edinburgh University Library
- King's College, Cambridge, England
- Temple University Libraries, Rare Book Department, Philadephia, PA.
- University of Chicago Library, Chicago IL.
Last modified:
July 12, 2006
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