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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Language English Name Arts Council of Great Britain, 1946-1994

1. Add MS 57486

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Add MS 57486
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; circa 1736-1954, n.d. Paper; ff. 64. British Library arrangement. A. Letter to 'George' from Philip Arthur Heseltine (the composer 'Peter Warlock'), relating to the proposed publication of his edition of 'Giles Earle. His Booke' (Add. 24665); 21 Aug. 1930. Presented by Mrs Elsie Roberts, 1972. f. 1. 260 x 200mm. B. Letter of General Charles George Gordon, 'Chinese Gordon', to Romulus Gessi, concerning his meeting with Ismail and the period spent as p...
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includes: f. 1 Philip Arnold Heseltine, alias 'Peter Warlock'; composer: Letter to George — from Philip Arnold Heseltine: 1930.f. 2 Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB: Letter to R. Gessi from Maj.-Gen. Charles George Gordon: 1879: With typewritten transcript.f. 14v Art. Photographs: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1700-1954
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 57977

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Add MS 57977
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KEITH DOUGLAS PAPERS. Vol. XI. Ten letters of Keith Douglas to Margaret Stanley-Wrench; 1938-1943. Partly typewritten and airgraph. Supplementing Add. 53773-53776, 56355-56360, 59833-59835, 60585-60589, 61938 and 61939. For two airgraph letters of Miss Stanley-Wrench to Douglas, 1942, 1943, see Add. 56356, ff. 31, 52. Purchased from Desmond Graham through the Arts Council. Paper; ff. ii+11.
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Keith Castellain Douglas, poet and author; d.1944: Margaret Stanley-Wrench, daughter of Mollie Stanley-Wrench; poet: Letters to Margaret Stanley-Wrench from Keith Castellain Douglas: 1938-1943: Partly typewritten, partly airgraph. includes: ff. i, ii Margaret Stanley-Wrench, daughter of Moll...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1943
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 58282

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Add MS 58282
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VERNON SCANNELL: notebook of Vernon Scannell (b.1922), poet, containing poems, many published in Walking Wounded (1965) and Epithets of War (1969); 1963-1967. Mostly autograph drafts, partly fair copies. See Vernon Scannell, New and Collected Poems 1950-1980 (1980). For further Scannell material, see Add. 56071. Purchased from the Arts Council, 11 Oct. 1974. Paper; ff. 67. 200 x 165mm. Bound in maroon boards.
Scope & Content:
Vernon Scannell, poet: Notebook containing poems by Vernon Scannell: 1963-1967: Autogr. drafts and fair copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963-1967
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 70809 C

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MANDEVILLE PRESS PAPERS. Vol. XXIII C (ff. ). Letters sent to Peter Scupham and John Mole from publishers, companies and organisations: Agenda - Country Life. includes: ff. 1-4 William Cookson, editor, 'Agenda' Magazine & Editions: Agenda; magazine and editions: Letters to Peter Scupham: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1955-1988]
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 73084 A-M

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Add MS 73084 A-M
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Miscellaneous Letters and Papers. Paper; ff. 87. British Library arrangement.
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includes: f. 1 James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos: Bibliography: Letter of 1st Earl of Egmont rel. to a manuscript in the library of James Brydges: 1724.f. 1 John Clyn, Irish historian: Letter of 1st Earl of Egmont rel. to manuscript of his `Annals of Ireland': 1724.f. 1 Bibliography: Let...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1666-1970]
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 81996

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Add MS 81996
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Vol. xxiv (ff. 202). A- Bo includes: f. 1 Christabel Mary Melville McLaren, née Macnaghten; wife of Henry, 2nd Baron Aberconway: Letter to M. Holroyd: 1962. f. 2 Joe Randolph Ackerley, writer: Letter to M. Holroyd: 1963: With typewritten copy. f. 7 Sir Harold Mario Mitchell Acton, writer: Lett...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1961-1995
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 89011/8/2

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Correspondence relating to pensions paid to and awards presented to Gascoyne for his literary work from the Royal Literary Fund, the Royal Society of Literature, a Civil List pension, with linked invitations to royal garden parties and payslips, a letter from the Arts Council of Great Britain to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1966-2002
Extent:
1 file

8. Add MS 89154/10/7

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Add MS 89154/10/7
Title:
Arts Council, correspondence
Scope & Content:
Letters from the Arts Council regarding writer's grants.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971-1982
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 89160/2/10

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Add MS 89160/2/10
Title:
Barry Miles projects folders: 'Arts Council'
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to Arts Council related projects and Miles's appointment as member of the Literature Panel in January 1967, and his dismissal soon after, including: Press cutting from The Evening Standard about Lord Goodman, February 1967. Christmas card from Eric White, 1967. Typescript about ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1966-1969
Extent:

1 file

10. Add MS 89209/4/37

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Add MS 89209/4/37
Title:
Robert Aickman Literary Correspondence: 1956-1958
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Correspondence of Aickman, mostly regarding his literary works, some relating to the waterways, including: correspondence with agents, editors, publishers, journals and magazines regarding publication of his literary works and proposals for articles and new projects, including The Educational Su...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956-1958
Extent:

1 file