MS 685 01 07
Reference code
MS 685 01 07
Title
E.A. Craig collection: Copies of Edward Gordon Craig's diaries and daybooks
Level
Series
Date
1894-1958
Extent & medium
7 items
Content description
The daybooks were used by Gordon Craig to record his thoughts on everything that happened. While predominantly personal in nature, the diaries and daybook also provide an insight into the professional life of Edward Gordon Craig, containing his theatrical theories and ideas as well as accounts of his professional day-to-day business.
The daybooks dated 1908-1943 were given to his son Edward A. Craig, when the possibility of E.A. Craig writing a biography of his father was first mentioned. The originals were sold to the Bibliothèque Nationale, with these photocopies retained by Edward A. Craig.
The daybooks dated 1908-1943 were given to his son Edward A. Craig, when the possibility of E.A. Craig writing a biography of his father was first mentioned. The originals were sold to the Bibliothèque Nationale, with these photocopies retained by Edward A. Craig.
Arrangement
The copies are listed in chronological order.
Associated material
Copies of the daybooks volumes I-IV were reproduced on reel to reel and are listed under the appropriate series
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Beneath this record in the archive hierarchy
- E.A. Craig collection: Photocopy of Edward Gordon Craig’s 1894 diary, MS 685 01 07 01, (1894)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photocopy of Edward Gordon Craig’s 1908-1910 daybook, MS 685 01 07 02, (1908-1910)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photocopy of Edward Gordon Craig’s 1910-1911 daybook, MS 685 01 07 03, (1910-1911)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photocopy of Edward Gordon Craig’s 1911-1914 daybooks, MS 685 01 07 04, (1911-1914)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photocopy of Edward Gordon Craig’s 1914-1918 daybook, MS 685 01 07 05, (1914-1918)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photocopy of Edward Gordon Craig’s 1919-1929 daybook, MS 685 01 07 06, (1919-1929)
- E.A. Craig collection: Photocopy of Edward Gordon Craig’s 1952 and 1958 daybook, MS 685 01 07 07, (1952-1958)