University of Texas at Austin

H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson

Creator: Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major), 1873-1958
Title: H. M. (Henry Major) Tomlinson Collection
Dates: 1867-1958, undated
Extent: 57 document boxes (23.94 linear feet), 1 oversize folder (osf), 8 galley folders (gf)
Abstract: British writer and journalist Henry Major Tomlinson, known for his novels of seafaring and adventure, is represented by manuscripts and notebooks for articles, broadcasts, diaries, lectures, novels, reviews, short stories, and travel sketches. His sizeable correspondence files include letters to and/or from Edmund Blunden, Norman Douglas, Edward Garnett, Kenneth Hopkins, Christopher Morley, John Middleton Murray, Siegfried Sassoon, Frank Swinnerton, and Tomlinson family members, among others. Additional correspondence with English and American publishers also includes contracts and royalty statements. Elsewhere in the Ransom Center are photographs, books by Tomlinson, and volumes from his personal library.
Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-04252
Language: English
Access: Open for research. This collection is fully described in the Ransom Center's onsite card catalog. Please contact the Center for details about content or accessibility: Reference