King's Collections / Archive Catalogues

Working notes, 1977-1982, for a possible revision of Johnston's translation of Eugine Onegin by Alexander Pushkin

JOHNSTON, CH 5/5/6
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1977 - 1982 Sep 26

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin (1977). Translation. 'Working Folder'. Chiefly notes on the rhyme scheme and improvements suggested by Sir John Balfour.

Unbound text of The brink of Jordan 1972

JOHNSTON, CH 4/3/1
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1972

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

The Brink of Jordan (1972) Published text. Unbound

Typescript text for Estuary in Scotland, 1974

JOHNSTON, CH 5/4/3
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[1974]

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Estuary in Scotland. Typescript.

Translation from Russian poets' by Vladimir Nabokov, 1951-1952

JOHNSTON, CH 5/17/1
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1951-1952

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Translation from Russian Poets by Vladimir Nabokov, published by Dept of Slavonic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University.

Translation by Robert Fitzgerald of Book 7 of Virgil's Aeneid, 1981

JOHNSTON, CH 6/4
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1981 Sep 30

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Translation of 'Aeneid' VII by Robert Fitzgerald.

Transcript of an unpublished opera libretto by Ivan Turgenev, c 1868

JOHNSTON, CH 5/17/9
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[c 1868]

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Transcript of an unpublished scenario for an opera libretto composed by Ivan Turgenev for Brahms, c1868. Extract from auction catalogue.

Texts of speeches, 1965-1970

JOHNSTON, CH 2/38
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1965 Aug 4 - 1970 Dec 8

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Speeches.

Texts of speeches, 1961-1963, chiefly given at the opening of Legislative Council sessions

JOHNSTON, CH 2/31
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1961 Jan 16 - 1963 Jul 8

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Speeches, chiefly delivered at the opening of the Legislative Council sessions. Includes some farewell speeches to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston.

Text, 'Walter Smart by some of his friends', [1962]

JOHNSTON, CH 2/15
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[1962]

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Walter Smart by Some of his Friends, Smart was Oriental Counsellor, Cairo, 1929-45.

Text, 'An Australian view of revolutionary war', by Brigadier F P Serong, 1971

JOHNSTON, CH 2/44
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1971 Sep

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Conflict studies No 16: An Australian View of Revolutionary War by Brig F P Serong.

Text of a speech by diplomat and book collector John Jermain Slocum on the importance of history and classical literature, [c 1980]

JOHNSTON, CH 6/5
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[c 1980]

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Transcript of speech by John Jermain Slocum to Phoenix Country Day School on the importance of history and the classics.

Text of a libretto for Pyotr Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin, based on Johnston's adaptation, with related correspondence, 1980-1986

JOHNSTON, CH 5/5/8
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1980 - 1986 Apr 18

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Text of libretto of Eugene Onegin, adapted from CGJ's translation, and correspondence with the Royal Opera House concerning the possible adaptation of the translation for use in Tchaikovsky's opera.

Second edition of Johnston's translation of Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin, 1978

JOHNSTON, CH 5/5/1
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1978 Jan

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin (1977). Translation. Second impression of published text with annotations and corrections.

Reviews, 1972-1974, for The brink of Jordan

JOHNSTON, CH 4/3/6
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1972 May 26 - 1974 Nov 16

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

The Brink of Jordan (1972) Reviews, including Jordanian and Australian, and related correspondence.

Review by Patrick Leigh Fermor, 1982, of Royal Highness... by Sir Iain Moncreiffe

JOHNSTON, CH 6/6
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1982 Oct

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Three Oaks Ago' by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Review of Royal Highness. Ancestry of the Royal Child by Sir Iain Moncrieffe.

Reports by Johnston to the Foreign Office, 1960-1962, on visits to the Protectorate of South Arabia

JOHNSTON, CH 2/29
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1960 Nov 23 - 1962 Mar 13

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Travelogues'. Reports by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston to the Foreign Office on his visits to the Protectorate states.

Reports by Johnston to the Foreign Office, 1950, on trials of opponents to the regime of General Franco, Spain

JOHNSTON, CH 2/16
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1950 Mar 24 - Jun 21

Part of JOHNSTON, Sir Charles (1912-1986)

Reports by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston to the Foreign Office on the trials in Madrid of opponents of the Franco regime. Includes a translation of a leaflet attacking the 1950 budget issued by the Orgainzation of Officials, Students, Employees and Women.

Recorded lecture on Russian authors, 1984