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- 1907-1966 (Creation)
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18 boxes
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Max Plowman was born on 1 September 1883 at Northumberland Park, Tottenham, and was educated at various private schools. From 1937 to 1938 he was Secretary of the Peace Pledge Union. He was the Editor of The Adelphi from 1938. Plowman married Dorothy Lloyd Sulman in 1914 and had one son. Plowman died on 3 June 1941. Publications: four books of verse; War and the creative impulse (1919); Introduction to the study of Blake (1927); A subaltern on the Somme (by Mark VII) (1928); and The faith called pacifism (1936).
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GB 0103 PLOWMAN 1907-1966 Collection (fonds) 18 boxes Plowman , Mark (Max) , 1883-1941 , writer
Plowman , Dorothy Lloyd , d 1967 , née Sulman , wife of Max Plowman
Max Plowman was born on 1 September 1883 at Northumberland Park, Tottenham, and was educated at various private schools. From 1937 to 1938 he was Secretary of the Peace Pledge Union. He was the Editor of The Adelphi from 1938. Plowman married Dorothy Lloyd Sulman in 1914 and had one son. Plowman died on 3 June 1941. Publications: four books of verse; War and the creative impulse (1919); Introduction to the study of Blake (1927); A subaltern on the Somme (by Mark VII) (1928); and The faith called pacifism (1936).
The bulk of the collection was donated to UCL in 1967. Further papers were placed on permanent loan by Piers Plowman (son of Max and Dorothy) in September 1982.
Papers, 1907-1966, of Max Plowman and Dorothy Lloyd Plowman, comprising papers of Max Plowman, including correspondence, manuscripts and notebooks including publications, drafts of works, typescripts of plays, poems, articles and addresses, newspaper articles, and diaries; papers of Dorothy Lloyd Plowman, including correspondence, poems, prose, and writings on Max Plowman and on family relationships.
Part of the collection is closed. Please contact Special Collections for further information.
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Draft handlist.
Newcastle upon Tyne University, Robinson Library, holds 23 letters of Max Plowman to Jack Common, 1930-1940. Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, holds 42 letters to Geoffrey Keynes, 1924-1925. University of London (Library - Senate House) holds letters to Thomas Sturge Moore (Ref: MS 978). See also Location register of twentieth-century English literary manuscripts (1988).
Source: National Register of Archives. Revised by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 1999, revised Nov 2001 Adelphi , periodical Authors Diaries Documents Drama Information sources Literary forms and genres Literature Nonfiction Pacifism Peace Pledge Union Plowman , Dorothy Lloyd , d 1967 , née Sulman , wife of Max Plowman x Sulman , Dorothy Lloyd Plowman , family Plowman , Mark , 1883-1941 , writer x Plowman , Max Poetry Political doctrines Primary documents Prose Writers
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The bulk of the collection was donated to UCL in 1967. Further papers were placed on permanent loan by Piers Plowman (son of Max and Dorothy) in September 1982.
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Papers, 1907-1966, of Max Plowman and Dorothy Lloyd Plowman, comprising papers of Max Plowman, including correspondence, manuscripts and notebooks including publications, drafts of works, typescripts of plays, poems, articles and addresses, newspaper articles, and diaries; papers of Dorothy Lloyd Plowman, including correspondence, poems, prose, and writings on Max Plowman and on family relationships.
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Part of the collection is closed. Please contact Special Collections for further information.
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Normal copyright restrictions apply.
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- English
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- Latin
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Draft handlist.
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Newcastle upon Tyne University, Robinson Library, holds 23 letters of Max Plowman to Jack Common, 1930-1940. Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, holds 42 letters to Geoffrey Keynes, 1924-1925. University of London (Library - Senate House) holds letters to Thomas Sturge Moore (Ref: MS 978). See also Location register of twentieth-century English literary manuscripts (1988).
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- English