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Carver Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 352
Scope and Contents A collection of correspondence written to Catharine DeFrance Carver (1921-1997), publisher´s editor, mostly during the period 1991 to 1997 (where dated).The collection consists mostly of correspondence in the form of letters, postcards, etc. sent to Catharine Carver by her friends and colleagues, who included writers and poets such as Virginia Crosby, Desmond Graham, Jon Stallworthy, Michael Millgate and Richard Hoggart, as well as fellow editors and others from the publishing...
Dates: 1991 - 1997

Empson Documents

 Fonds
Reference code: 292
Scope and Contents Material relating to Sir William Empson (1906-1984), poet, academic and critic and his wife, Hetta, Lady Empson (1915-1996), sculptor, political activist and socialite. The first part of the collection comprises papers (mainly letters) from William and Hetta Empson, to each other and to others, notably Walter Brown and David Jones. They include both domestic matters and also descriptions of world events such as their experiences in China during the Communist Revolution, and Hetta´s work in...
Dates: 1915 - 2000

Morris Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 288
Scope and Contents The collection comprises the surviving personal and working papers, manuscripts and associated correspondence relating to the life and work of Brian Robert Morris, university teacher and professor of English Literature, University Principal, writer, broadcaster and public figure through his membership/chairmanship of many public and private cultural bodies and his appointment to the House of Lords.The papers consist of :Material collected from BRM´s home in Foolow...
Dates: 1912 - 2002

Private Presses Collection

 Collection
Reference code: PPC1
Scope and Contents A developing collection of books published by private presses worldwide dating from the late nineteenth century to the present day.The original legacy core collection purchased in the mid-twentieth century comprises works of collaboration between important contemporaneous artists, writers and poets, as well as classic works by canonised figures such as Shakespeare and Goethe reinterpreted by nineteenth and twentieth century artists, all enabled and published by innovative small...
Dates: 1891 - 2020

Redgrove Collection

 Collection
Reference code: RED1
Scope and Contents

A collection of the published texts of the poet Peter Redgrove, works of criticism, a selection of books from Redgrove’s personal library, and some of the work of his partner and co-author Penelope Shuttle. The collection is intended to complement and support the Redgrove Papers.

For further details of this collection please see the listing in the external documents section below.

Dates: 1959 - 2012

Redgrove Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 171
Scope and Contents Papers of the poet Peter Redgrove, including working notebooks and correspondence. The bulk of the collection consists of Redgrove's correspondence (some 10,500 letters) during the period 1970 to 1989, including correspondence with many significant figures in the world of contemporary literature, together with his complete working papers recording the composition of his work during this period, drafts of several literary works, and copies of interviews and reviews.A small...
Dates: 1952 - 2002

Tom Hague Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 407
Scope and Contents

Papers from the life and works of miner Tom Hague (1915-1998), also known as Totley Tom. The majority of the papers date from the 1970s to the 1990s, but also includes later recordings of interviews with family members.

Dates: 1970s - 2011