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Beckett, Samuel Barclay, (1906-1989), author, playwright and poet

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Surname: Beckett
Forenames: Samuel Barclay
Gender: Male
Date: 1906-1989
Places:
  • Dublin, County Dublin
Biography: ODNB link for Beckett, Samuel Barclay (1906-1989), author and dramatist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P130058 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P1993 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Samuel Barclay Beckett
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1930-1990: literary ms, corresp
University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library
2
literary papers
Dartmouth College Library
See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
3
literary papers
Ohio State University Library
See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
4
1928-66: letters to Thomas McGreevy
Trinity College Dublin
NRA 38501 McGreevy
5
1936-37: diaries
See information in published source
See The Times 9 September 1996
6
1935-1974: additional papers incl notebooks containing manuscript of 'Murphy', and corresp with Gunter Albrecht and Mira Avrech
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Annual Return 2013
7
c1946-67: letters, literary MSS and papers
Washington University in St Louis
See NUC MS 68-965
8
1953-60: corresp with Alan Simpson re Pike Theatre productions of his works
Trinity College Dublin
NRA 42678 Pike Theatre
9
1953-77: corresp with Percy Arland Ussher (32 items)
Trinity College Dublin
NRA 34811 Ussher
10
1954-63: MSS of plays and prose
Trinity College Dublin
NRA 19217 Trinity Coll Dublin
11
1955-63: letters to Herbert Martin Oliver White
Trinity College Dublin
NRA 22030 White
12
1956-84: ephemeral material
Trinity College Dublin
NRA 24842 Trinity Coll misc
13
1958-89: letters to Bettina Jonic
Trinity College Dublin
See Annual Return 1999
14
1947-1988: corresp with Henri and Josette Hayden
Trinity College Dublin
See Annual Return 2014
15
1960-75: corresp, literary MSS and papers (c75 items)
Harvard University: Houghton Library
See NUC MS 81-424
16
1961: Manuscript draft, typescript and galley proofs of 'The North'
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Annual Return 2012
17
1962-76: letters and literary MSS
University of Reading: Special Collections
NRA 23673 Beckett
18
1968-89: letters to John and Vera Beckett, with notes by John Beckett
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Annual Return 2010
19
1969-82: corresp with Laure Riese
Victoria University Library
See Union list of MSS in Canadian repositories, suppl 1981-82
20
1968-1987: letters and postcards to Aldo Tagliaferri
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Annual Return 2015
21
1972-1989: letters and cards to David Warrilow
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Annual Return 2015
22
1960-74: letters to Miss Willard
Harvard University: Houghton Library
See Reports xxx-xxxiv
23
c1980-85: further papers
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1985
24
2011: corrected proofs of the 'Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett', edited by Sean Lawlor and John Pilliing, published by Faber
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Annual Return 2012
25
miscellaneous papers
Trinity College Dublin
See Annual Return 2011
26
20th cent: additional papers incl production design material for Waiting for Godot set by Peter Snow (1955), theatre memorabilia, corresp, notes by Katharine Worth, and recordings
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Annual Return 2014
27
1926-1969: corresp (7) with Ifan Kyrle Fletcherl
Columbia University Libraries: Rare Book and Manuscript Library
28
1960-80: letters and published works sent to Marion Leigh, theatrical ephemera and materials rel to the first production of the work Rockaby
Trinity College Dublin
See Annual Return 2018
29
c1960: letters from Lütfi Özkök (c1923-2017), poet and photographer
Trinity College Dublin
See Annual Return 2022
30
1970-1971: autograph letter to David Roe; incl a copy of Roe's ms entitled Concluding Sections in Joyce's Finnegan's Wake and Beckett's Trilogy Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnameable
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Annual Return 2022
31
1948: typescripts of Malone Meurt and Molloy from the French publishing house Minuit; incl a letter from Beckett and one from Suzanne
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Annual Return 2022