Purchase of the Schroder Collection of Rupert Brooke Material

The purchase of the John Schroder Collection of Rupert Brooke papers joins together two halves of Brooke's archive for the first time in King’s College Library archive. The Schroder collection contains over 170 documents connected to Brooke, who is one of the most renowned poets of the First World War.

Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke as a Rugby student
Rupert Brooke as a Rugby student
Region
East of England
Grant awarded
£430,000
Year awarded
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NHMF grant brings world’s most comprehensive Rupert Brooke collection in reach

Rupert Brooke, war poet and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, died 100 years ago (23 April 1915) on his way to fight at Gallipoli, and is buried on the island of Skyros. A £430,000 award from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) will enable the college to acquire the last great collection of Rupert Brooke manuscripts in private hands, the John Schroder Collection.