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Box Fisher Box 32

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Early career, 4 July 1951–12 October 1971

 File — Box: Fisher Box 32
Reference code: 479/8/1
Scope and Contents Folder containing correspondence from Devon County Education Committee; Wulfrun College, Wolverhampton; Birmingham University, and City of Birmingham Education Dept.; Chiswick Poly; Bordesley College; Royal College of Art; Dudley Training College, and others. Also includes typescript and manuscript versions, dated 1957, of Roy's application for the post of lecturer in the Deptartment of Education, University of Birmingham, and to the RCA dated 1958, and to Dudley Training College also 1958....
Dates: 4 July 1951–12 October 1971

Keele University, 4 June 1971–21 November 1982

 File — Box: Fisher Box 32
Reference code: 479/8/2
Scope and Contents

Folder 1 consists of correspondence, messages, staff notices, external examiner requests, newsletters, etc. from Roy Fisher's time at Keele University. Also includes a small number of items from Roy Fisher's part-time teaching post-1982 in the Department of American Studies. Folder 2 contains lecture notes and hand-outs, plus rough draft of his CV, possibly to send to US institutions when applying for reading dates.

Dates: 4 June 1971–21 November 1982

Adult Continuing Education, 4 February 1975–22 September 1988

 File — Box: Fisher Box 32
Reference code: 479/8/3
Scope and Contents Folder containing work by participants of the Arvon Foundation’s residential courses in the summer of 1983 when Roy Fisher tutored at Lumb Bank. Together with information on the weekend courses at Belstead House, Ipswich, where Roy Fisher ran the course ‘Writing Poetry’ in May, 1983. Also contains a typescript poem by Roy Fisher, ‘Drafts Towards an Alphabet’, and pamphlet 'A conversation with Ted Hughes about The Arvon Foundation'. Includes correspondence from: David Pease; Michael...
Dates: 4 February 1975–22 September 1988

Visit to Romania, 18 May 1984–24 October 1984

 File — Box: Fisher Box 32
Reference code: 479/8/4
Scope and Contents

Roy Fisher's visit to Romania, under the programme of Anglo-Romanian Cultural Exchanges. Includes: Roy Fisher’s report on his visit, 6 leaves, typescript; a reference copy of Alan Brownjohn’s report on his visit to Romania 14–28 March, 1983, sent to Roy Fisher by the British Council, 30 leaves, photocopied typescript; various correspondence from the British Council about the visit; 1 leaflet, ‘Security advice about visits to Communists countries’.

Dates: 18 May 1984–24 October 1984