Collection context
Summary
- Abstract:
- The Ayelsford mss., 1941-1968, consists primarily of correspondence, articles, photographs, and miscellaneous material collected by friar Father Brocard Sewell, 1912-2000, during the years he edited The Aylesford Review, a literary quarterly sponsored by the British Carmelites, 1955-1968.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard) and 1 folio
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Aylesford mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Brocard Sewell (née Michael Seymour Gerveys Sewell), 1912-2000, was born in Bangok, Thailand before being sent to Cornwall, England after his mother died. He became a Carmelite friar in 1952, a priest in 1954, and established The Ayelsford Review as the magazine for his monastery in 1955. He worked as both an editor and an author of literary material. Brocard edited the magazine from 1955 to 1968. The review was published by St. Albert's Press, also established in 1955. He featured several young and counterculture poets in the magazine, including Michael and Frances Horovitz. He also published political articles often related to police corruption and national security. The review ceased publication after 1968, when Father Brocard was expelled from Aylesford due to a piece he wrote for the Times that criticized Pope Paul VI's "Humane Vitae," which condemned artificial birth control. Brocard moved to Canada to teach at various institutions until he was allowed back at Aylesford. He died in 2000.
- Scope and Content:
Most of the material relates to contemporary literary figures and movements with the focus on individuals who were contributors to or subjects of the Review.
Among the correspondents represented are Kenneth Allsop, D.A.I. Ardizzone, Alan Gabriel Barnsley, Charlotte Bingham, Madeleine Bingham, John Blyth-Praeger, David Langstone Bolt, Bernard Bromage, Brigid Brophy, Jim Burns, Sidney Ronald Campion, Mrs. Angela Carter, Charles Causley, Jack R Clemo, Andrew Crozier, Lionel Daken, Caroline (Dudley) Delteil, Joseph Delteil, Kay Dick, Anthony D'Offay, Malcolm Elwin, Kathleen Farrell, Ian Fletcher, Jean Overton Fuller, Charles Wrey Gardiner, Joan Gilbert, Victor Gollancz, Graham Greene, Viole Hall, Evelyn Hardy, Michael Hastings, Anselm Hollo, Henry S. Johnson, Pamela Hansford Johnson, Ernest Kay, Frank Kermode, Marghanita Laski, Peter Levi, Harry G. Lock, Vincent Joseph McNabb, Ruth McQuillan, Irene Mitchell, Hon. Diana (Freeman-Mitford), Lady Mosley, Max Mosley, Sir Oswald Mosley, Mary Middleton Murry, Sophie (Raffalovich) O'Brien, Kathleen O'Riordan, Sah Owed, George Duncan Painter, Margaret (Ludwig) Read, Brian Reade, Sir John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein, Florence Margaret Smith, Charles Percy Snow, baron Snow, Margaret Thomson, Fred Uhlman, Edward Harold Visiak, Vivyan (Eyles) Volbach, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Eric Watkins, Dee Wells, Rensa Whistler, Maurice Wiggin, Alexandra Wigginton, Christine Mary (Duffield) Williamson, Henry Williamson, Colin Henry Wilson, Dorothy Betty (Troop) Wilson, Joy (Stewart) Wilson, Paul A. Winckler, G.J. Yorke, Gerald Yorke.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase: 1967
- Arrangement:
The collection is arranged chronologically.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- English Poetry
Publishers and publishing - Names:
- Castañeda, Hector-Neri, 1924-1991
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
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- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Aylesford mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu