Drinkwater, John, (1882-1937), playwright, poet and actor

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Surname:	Drinkwater
Forenames:	John
Gender:	Male
Date:	1882-1937
Biography:	ODNB link for Drinkwater, John (1882-1937), playwright poet and actor
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P160361 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P8487 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for John Drinkwater

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1907-59: corresp, literary MSS and papers	Dickinson College Library		See NUC MS 73-436
2	1912-34: literary MSS	Waltham Forest Archives	L 96 DRI	NRA 30762 Waltham misc
3	corresp and literary MSS	University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library		See Creative century exhibition catalogue 1964
4	MSS of poems	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	Drinkwater	NRA 13212 Drinkwater
5	papers	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	GEN MSS 234
6	1916: memoir of Rupert Brooke	Cambridge University: King's College Archive Centre	Brooke Papers/Xd/15	NRA 16440 Brooke
7	1914-22: corresp (1 vol)	Rutgers University Libraries		See Hamer, Archives and MSS in USA 1961
8	1921-37: corresp mainly with his second wife	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 62564-67
9	1913-20: letters (23) to Sir Edmund Gosse	Leeds University Library, Special Collections	Library Publications no 3	NRA 9840 Gosse
10	1916-28: letters to Allan Monkhouse	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
11	1918-35: letters to Royal Society of Literature	Royal Society of Literature		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
12	1921-37: corresp with Society of Authors	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 63237
13	1913-31: letters to Percy Withers	Oxford University: Somerville College		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
14	MS of The Plea	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 52540
15	MS of Laying the Devil	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	fe8	NRA 18661 Osborn coll
16	1912-20: letters and literary papers	Indiana University: Lilly Library	Drinkwater mss	See information from website
17	1912-1934: letters to Ivor Barnard	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	LAdd/6199-6208	See Annual Return 2004
18	1909-1918: autograph MS poems	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89215	See Annual Return 2016
19	1927: autograph manuscript of 'Laying the Devil'	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 89641	See Annual Return 2022