Rupert Brooke: Book of words and extracts

Scope and Content

Notes on poetry and prose compiled by Brooke at school and university, including inserted leaves of miscellaneous notes.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Received from the library of Sir Geoffrey Keynes, 1982.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Custodial History

Given to Sir Geoffrey Keynes by Rupert Brooke's mother around 1925.

Related Material

Cambridge University Library holds other papers relating to Rupert Brooke, MSS.Add.6202, 6203, 7460, 7467, 7468, 8479 and 8481.

Bibliography

Number 1075 in Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Bibliotheca bibliographici (London, 1964), p. 113.