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Repository:
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
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Creator:
Bridson, D. G. 1910-
Title:
Bridson mss., 1934-1980
Collection No.:
LMC 1848
Extent:
657 items
Language:
Materials are in English
Abstract:
The Bridson mss., 1934-1980, consists of
correspondence and writings of Douglas Geoffrey Bridson, 1910-1980, producer and
author.
This collection is open for research.
Douglas Geoffrey Bridson, 1910-1980, began his career in 1933 as a free-lance radio writer and joined the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1935 as Feature Programmes Assistant in the North Region. He then moved to London in 1941 to become Overseas Features Editor, Assistant Head of Features following the War, and Programme Editor for Arts, Sciences, and Documentaries (Sound), from 1964-1967. In this latter position, Bridson was referred to as the cultural boss of the BBC. D.G. Bridson retired from the BBC in May 1969, after more than 35 years and 800 broadcasts that carried his name.
The collection has been organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Writings; III. Miscellaneous; IV. Diaries; V. Press Clippings.
The Bridson mss., 1934-1980, consists of correspondence and writings of Douglas Geoffrey Bridson, producer and author. The correspondents in the collection are chiefly writers whom Bridson recorded for broadcast during his career. Writings include original radio scripts by D.G. Bridson, Norman Cameron, T.S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Wyndham Lewis, Ezra Pound, and Kenneth Rexroth, as well as Bridson's manuscript for his autobiography Prospero and Ariel: The Rise and Fall of Radio (London: Victor Gollancz, 1971). A group of 186 Listener reports (later called: Audience research reports) for programs written or produced by Bridson, 1944-1969, a typescript chronological list of all Bridson's productions, Bridson's daily desk diaries, 1950-1980, and five scrapbook volumes of press clippings, 1934-1972, complete the collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in IUCAT , the IU Libraries' online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using these terms.
Bridson mss. II; also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Acquisition Information:
Acquired. 1977, 1981, 1988
Usage Restrictions:
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Item], Bridson mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
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Series: Correspondence
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Arranged in chronological order, followed by the four individual files and
correspondence notes.
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Scope Note:
Consult the Manuscripts Index in the Lilly Library for dates of letters of
individual correspondents. Bridson provided a brief description of his
relationship with each correspondent. These typed notes have been gathered
into a single file and placed at the end of the correspondence series.
Correspondents include:
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1943-1974
(9 folders)
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Aiken, Conrad and Mary
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Eliot, T.S.
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Grieve, Christopher Murray
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Pound, Ezra
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Correspondence notes
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Arranged in alphabetical order by title.
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| Box 1 |
Aaron's Fallout Shelter.
1962
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The Christmas Child.
1948
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The Great Trek.
1947
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Life and Death of Rowley.
1969
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Ye Are Many - They Are Few.
1969
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Prospero and Ariel. 1st draft
(3 folders)
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Prospero and Ariel. Final ms.
(3 folders)
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Cameron, Norman.
The Grand Testament.
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Eliot, T.S.
The Wasteland.
1938
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Hughes, Langston.
The Man Who Went to War.
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James, Henry.
Covering End.
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Lewis, Wyndham.
The Human Age - Monstre Gai.
(galleys)
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Lewis, Wyndham.
The Human Age - Malign Fiesta.
(galleys)
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Lewis, Wyndham.
The Human Age,
1955
(typescript)
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Pound, Ezra.
Four Steps.
1958
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Pound, Ezra.
Letters to a Friend.
1955
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Rexroth, Kenneth.
The Beat Generation.
1966
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Stendahl.
The Red and the Black
(4 folders)
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| Box 1 |
Listener reports. 1944-1949 (5 folders)
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List of productions by Bridson.
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[In Memoriam] 1980-1981
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| Box 2 |
Series: Diaries
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1950-1980
(31 volumes)
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| Oversize 1 |
1934-1950
(3 scrapbooks)
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| Oversize 2 |
1951-1972
(2 scrapbooks)
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