Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Hampton, Christopher, 1946-
- Extent:
- .42 linear feet and 1 box
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Christopher Hampton papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Correspondence, manuscripts, and miscellany relating to the presentation of poems at a Shakespeare's Birthday Concert on 23 April 1972, by a number of British poets including W.H. Auden, C. Day Lewis, Robert Graves, and Stephen Spender. The collection consists primarily of correspondence with the poets involved; several manuscripts of poems both presented at and eliminated from the program; some business correspondence of the Globe Playhouse Trust and Calder and Boyars, Ltd., Publishers; and Hampton's notes.
- Biographical / Historical:
British playwright. Hampton organized Shakespeare's Birthday Concert, 23 April 1972 which was sponsored by the Globe Playhouse Trust. He also edited the published version, POEMS FOR SHAKESPEARE (London, 1972).
- Acquisition information:
- Source of acquisition--335366. Date of acquisition--1974. Accession number--M-74.
- Processing information:
Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 06/--/89.
- Arrangement:
Cataloged and arranged.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Christopher Hampton papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu