Finding Aid
Iris Murdoch collection. First and second accruals.
Box 1
F.1 Correspondence
1 APcs. from Murdoch to W.A. Meeuws, 6 Feb., 1966.
1 APcs. from Murdoch to W.A. Meeuws, n.d. [1966?].
1 APcs. from Murdoch to [W.A. Meeuws], n.d.
1 ALs. from Roberta Tyson Rawlings (Viking Pres) to Murdoch, 17 Nov. 1967, w/envelope.
F.2
Programme of “The Black Prince”, a play by Iris Murdoch as performed at the Aldwych Theatre, London, beginning 25th April, 1989.
Christ Church Dramatic Society’s programme for T.S. Eliot’s “Murder in the Cathedral”, June 1940, listing Iris Murdoch as the chorus leader.
Order form and advertisement from The Delos Press for Murdoch’s The Existentialist Political Myth (1989).
Announcement and order form for Christ’s Shadow in Plato’s Cave (1990), published by Amate Press.
F.3 Chatto & Windus - The Hogarth Press catalogue for January to August 1989, announcing Murdoch’s 24th novel” The Message to the Planet. The cover of this catalogue is illustrated with Tom Phillips’ portrait of Dame Iris Murdoch in the National Portrait Gallery.
F.4
Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. XI, Number 2, Fall 1978 containing articles on Murdoch:
“Malformed treatise...” by Peter Wolfe and “An interview with Iris Murdoch” by Jack I. Biles. Atlanta, Georgia State University Press, 1978.
F.5
The Listener, Vol. XLIII, No. 1103, 16 March 16 1950, containing an article by Iris Murdoch: “The Novelist as Metaphysician”.
The Listener, Vol. XLIII, No. 1104, 23 March 1950, containing article by Iris Murdoch: “The Existentialist Hero”.
F.6
Encounter, Vol. XXVII, No. I, July 1966, containing an article by Murdoch: “The Darkness of Practical Reason”.
Encounter, Vol. XVI, No. 1, January 1961, containing an article by Iris Murdoch: “ Against Dryness”.
F.7 Poetry London/Apple Magazine, Vol. I, No. 1, Autumn 1979 containing four poems by Murdoch.
F.8 The Oxford Magazine, Vol. LVII, No. 24, June 13, 1940 containing a write-up of the performance of ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ at Christ Church in June 1940.
F.9 The Iris Murdoch Newsletter. Number 1, July 1987; Vol. 2, December 1988; Summer 1989. Published by the Iris Murdoch Society, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
F.10 Newsclipping from The Weekend Guardian, April 22-23, 1989 with article by Ed Vulliamy entitled “The Murdoch Dialogues”.
Oversize
Poster/leaflet for Murdoch’s The Message to the Planet (1989), showing portrait of Dame Iris Murdoch by Tom Phillips and caption: “The message...is Murdoch”. [Encapsulated and filed in flat cabinet]. 63 mm x 26 mm.
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