- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Patmore, Derek, 1908-1972
- Title:
- Derek Patmore Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rr171x26z
- Dates:
- 1929-1963
- Size:
- 1 box and 0.2 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of selected papers of English poet Derek Patmore.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of selected papers of Patmore. Included are typescripts for The Feverish Interlude, published as Private History: An Autobiography (1960); The Star and the Crescent: An Anthology of Modern Turkish Poetry (1946), chosen and translated by Patmore, with a few translations by Lord Dunsany; and Aegean Interlude: Pages from a Greek Journal, 1945-1946, an unpublished book. Also present are manuscripts for a poem and two articles, and a commonplace book (1929-1931) containing notes on interviews with Michael Arlen, Rosita Forbes, Rebeccca West, W. B. Maxwell, Paul Robeson, Tallulah Bankhead, Cecil Beaton, and others.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Patmore, Derek, 1908-1972
Great-grandson of the noted English poet Coventry Patmore, Derek Patmore was not only a poet but also a journalist, translator, and writer on interior decoration.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
Purchased from Phoros Books in 1992 (AM1992-129).
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Derek Patmore Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/rr171x26z
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1
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- Existence and Location of Copies
The manuscripts were published as Private History: An Autobiography (London: J. Cape, 1960) and The Star and the Crescent: An Anthology of Modern Turkish Poetry (London: Constable & Co., 1946)
- Subject Terms:
- Poets, English -- 20th century.
Turkish poetry -- Translations into English -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Commonplace books -- 20th century.
Drafts (preliminary versions) -- 20th century.
Poems -- 20th century. - Names:
- Patmore, Derek, 1908-1972
- Places:
- Greece -- Description and travel.
