GB 0114 MS0019 - KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936)

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GB 0114 MS0019 c1888-1943 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Kipling , Rudyard , 1865-1936 , author

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay on 30 December 1865. He was the son of the architectural sculptor and designer John Lockwood Kipling (1837-1911) and a cousin of Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947). He was educated at United Services College, Westward Ho! North Devon. In 1882, he joined the staff of the Civil and military gazette and pioneer in Lahore, and became Assistant Editor serving until 1889. He then settled in London though travelled widely in China, Japan, America, Africa, and Australia. From 1902 he lived in Burwash. His early writing included Plain tales from the hills (1887), Soldiers three and Wee Willie Winkie . Other stories and verse such as The light that failed (1891), The jungle book (1894), Second jungle book (1895), and Captains Courageous (1897) brought him to the height of his fame. His publications also included Barrack-room ballads (1897), Kim (1901), the Just so stories for little children (1902), Puck of Pook's hill (1906), and A school history of England (1911). In 1907 Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Rudyard Kipling, who was a cousin of Stanley Baldwin, died on 18 January 1936.

The volume was presented to the Royal College of Surgeons of England by Sir A Webb-Johnson in 1944.

Papers of Rudyard Kipling, c1888-1943, comprising letters from Edward Burne-Jones to Kipling, [c1888-1897]; Kipling to Sir John and Lady Bland-Sutton, [1917-1934]; letters from and to Lord Webb-Johnson, Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt concerning two unpublished poems poems by Kipling, 1943; text of the two unpublished poems, 'The Burden of Jerusalem' and 'A Chapter of Proverbs'.

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

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English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Other papers of Rudyard Kipling include correspondence, literary MSS and papers, c1880-1947 held by Sussex University Library Special Collections (Reference: SxMs 38); literary MSS held by the British Library, Manuscript Collections (Reference: Add MSS 44481, 45540-42, 59840); correspondence, literary MSS and papers (1425 items) held by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington DC (Reference: NUC MS 62-529, 85-1636) and correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook, 1910-1818, held by the House of Lords Record Office: The Parliamentary Archives (Reference: BBK C/197-9). See the Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives website http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/ for further details.

Sources: Archives Hub website; Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives; British Library Public On-line Catalogue. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. October 2002 Authors Churchill , Sir , Winston Leonard Spencer , 1874-1965 , Knight , statesman Johnson , Alfred Edward , Webb- , 1880-1958 , Baron Webb-Johnson , surgeon x Webb-Johnson , Alfred Edward Jones , Sir , Edward Coley , Burne , 1833-1898 , Knight , painter x Burne Jones , Sir , Edward Coley Kipling , Rudyard , 1865-1936 , author Literary forms and genres Literature Poetry Poets Roosevelt , Franklin Delano , 1882-1945 , US President Sutton , Lady , Edith , Bland- , fl 1899-1934 , wife of Sir John x Bland-Sutton , Lady , Edith Sutton , Sir , John Bland- , 1855-1936 , formerly John Sutton , 1st Baronet , surgeon x Bland-Sutton , Sir , John Writers

The volume was presented to the Royal College of Surgeons of England by Sir A Webb-Johnson in 1944.

Papers of Rudyard Kipling, c1888-1943, comprising letters from Edward Burne-Jones to Kipling, [c1888-1897]; Kipling to Sir John and Lady Bland-Sutton, [1917-1934]; letters from and to Lord Webb-Johnson, Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt concerning two unpublished poems poems by Kipling, 1943; text of the two unpublished poems, 'The Burden of Jerusalem' and 'A Chapter of Proverbs'.

The records are arranged as outlined in the scope and content.

Open to bona fide researchers by written appointment.

At the discretion of the Librarian.

• English

• Latin

English

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Other papers of Rudyard Kipling include correspondence, literary MSS and papers, c1880-1947 held by Sussex University Library Special Collections (Reference: SxMs 38); literary MSS held by the British Library, Manuscript Collections (Reference: Add MSS 44481, 45540-42, 59840); correspondence, literary MSS and papers (1425 items) held by the Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington DC (Reference: NUC MS 62-529, 85-1636) and correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook, 1910-1818, held by the House of Lords Record Office: The Parliamentary Archives (Reference: BBK C/197-9). See the Historical Manuscripts Commission On-line National Register of Archives website http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/ for further details.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

• English