Cleverdon, Douglas (1903-1987)
Dates
- Existence: 1903 - 1987
Biographical Note
Douglas Cleverdon was born in 1903 and graduated from Oxford in 1926. He maintained a book shop for many years, and published works on English artists and authors such as Eric Gill, David Jones and Stanley Morison. From 1939 to 1969 he worked for the BBC. Cleverdon died on October 1, 1987 at his home in London.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Douglas Cleverdon correspondence
The correspondence of Douglas Cleverdon, a twentieth-century British bookseller and radio producer who was also a printing enthusiast and producer of fine books. Includes letters to Cleverdon from typographer Stanley Morison.
Collection is open for research.
Boston College collection of David Jones
This collection documents nineteenth-century British author and artist David Jones through his correspondence, ephemera, drawings, engravings, paintings, manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of his poetry and short prose. Also included are some materials about Jones and his works, as well as ephemera he collected.
Collection is open for research.