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Research Notes

6 folders (box 1)

1/1: Research materials on Harold Monro's ancestry, including information on the genealogy, wills, businesses, weddings, residences, and publications of the family. Folder contains a hand-drawn family tree, notes on books published about the lineage, photocopies of materials written by Monro and various relatives, letters concerning family members, and handwritten notes on the lives and activities of Monro's extended family.

1/2: Chronological information about Monro's life through the creation of The Poetry Bookshop, including notes about his education at Cambridge and Lincoln's Inn, his life in Ireland, his first marriage, and his son Nigel. The notes also describe the founding and work of Monro's Samurai Press and his pilgrimage to Italy and subsequent life at Monte Verita. The folder contains a floor plan for The Poetry Bookshop and information on the building and staff, as well as a description of The Poetry Review, the Monro designed and edited journal of the Poetry Society. Also included are notes on Monro's army service during World War I.

1/3: Notes on Monro's legacy and stature. Handwritten notes on how other authors, from J. R. Ackerley to Virginia Woolf, viewed Monro. Arranged alphabetically by first letter of last name. Includes the reminiscences, comments, and criticisms of almost one hundred of his contemporaries. Folder includes notes on manuscript collections found in various libraries and photocopies of articles by Arundel del Re, an Italian professor of English literature.

1/4: Hibberd's extensive handwritten notes from his research of the British Library's Poetry Bookshop Papers. Folder includes an index of the manuscript collection and notes regarding Monro's literary notebooks, photographs and lecture notes. Also contains letters written by Monro to his second wife and assistant, Alida Klemantaski, and to Galloway Kyle, who succeeded Monro as the editor of The Poetry Review, as well as others.

1/5: Notes from and on Monro's 1906, 1907, and 1908 diaries, also part of the British Library's Poetry Bookshop Papers. Hibberd highlighted those portions of his notes that he considered suitable to use as quotes in his Monro biography, and this section contains the most highlighting. The notes document the poetic sentiments, commentary on public affairs, daily activities, and discussion of relationships found in Monro's personal journal. Also includes notes on the memos with Monro's broader autobiographical recordings as well as brief descriptions of Monro's accounts and business affairs.

1/6: Hibberd's British Library collection notes specifically about the Poetry Bookshop. The notes describe the readings schedule, business affairs, printings, important contacts and addresses, account information, and photographs found in the British Library collection. The folder also contains notes on other British Library manuscripts of relevance.