Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Graves, Richard Perceval.
- Abstract:
- The Graves mss., 1914-1994, consist of correspondence and research materials collected by Richard Perceval Graves, 1945- , in preparation for writing his biography of Welsh author, Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, 1900-1976.
- Extent:
- 225 Items
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Graves mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Richard Perceval Graves was born in Brighton, England, and educated at Oxford, where he met Hughes for the first time in the mid-1960s. Hughes had been a close friend of the Graves family since the 1910s. Following publication of his biography of A.E. Housman in 1979, Graves approached Hughes's widow, Frances, about doing a biography of her husband. Meanwhile he conducted research and corresponded with Hughes's family and friends and in 1984 was selected by Hughes's literary executor Lucy McEntee, to do an authorized biography. The resulting book, Richard Hughes: A Biography, was published by A. Deutsch in 1994. [Lilly PR6015.U35 Z6]
- Scope and Content:
The Graves mss., 1914-1994, consist of correspondence and research materials collected by Richard Perceval Graves, 1945- , in preparation for writing his biography of Welsh author, Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, 1900-1976.
Included in the collection are biographical notes on both Richard and Frances Hughes, correspondence of Richard Perceval Graves with family and friends of Hughes, with Hughes's literary executor, and with his eventual publisher of the biography, Andre Deutsch, Ltd. Correspondents include: Gwenol (Satow) Heneker, Frances Catherine Ruth (Bazley) Hughes, Owain Gardner Collingwood Hughes, Richard Arthur Warren Hughes, Robert Elistan Glodrydd Hughes, Peter Levi, Lucy McEntee, Penelope (Hughes) Minney, Geraint Dyfnallt Owen, Lleky (Hughes) Papastavrou, Thomas Gabriel Rosenthal, Norah Smallwood, Anthony Thwaite, and Colin Michael Wells.
Also present in the collection are several issues of The Carthusian, the school magazine of Charterhouse which Hughes attended before going on to Oxford, and a folder of clippings about Hughes or his writings. Two drafts of the full biography, including end-notes, complete the collection.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired: 1994
- Custodial history:
Richard Perceval Graves. Shrewsbury, England.
- Arrangement:
The collection is divided into three series: I. Biographical materials and correspondence; II. Printed materials; III. Richard Hughes Biography.
Indexed Terms
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Prior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however, patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly Library.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Graves 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