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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 88984

1441. Add MS 88984/10

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Add MS 88984/10
Title:
Papers relating to the Poetry Society
Scope & Content:
Contains papers relating to the Poetry Society, its activities, and its relationship with the Poetry Book Society. The PS assumed formal responsibility for the administration of the PBS in 1984.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1986
Extent:
13 files

1442. Add MS 88984/10/1

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Title:
Correspondence of the Poetry Book Society with the Poetry Society
Scope & Content:
The correspondence relates to the confusion that arose when Faber and Faber published two books, Vernon Watkins’s The Death Bell and Norman Nicholson’s The Pot Geranium, with bands suggesting, incorrectly, that the books had been chosen and recommended by the Poetry Society. As a consequence of t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954
Extent:
1 folder

1443. Add MS 88984/10/2

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Title:
Poetry Society relations with the Arts Council
Scope & Content:
Contains papers relating to the Arts Council assessment of the Poetry Society in 1976; internal review papers; planning, staffing, and budget papers; and a discussion paper on merging the Society’s library with that of the Arts Council.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-1986
Extent:
1 folder

1444. Add MS 88984/10/2-3

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Title:
Poetry Society relations with the Arts Council
Scope & Content:
Contains papers relating to the Arts Council assessments of the Poetry Society in 1976 and 1988, internal review papers, and planning, staffing, and budget papers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-1990
Extent:
2 files

1445. Add MS 88984/10/3

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Title:
Poetry Society relations with the Arts Council
Scope & Content:
Contains papers relating to the Arts Council assessment of the Poetry Society in 1988, and planning and budget papers, including the Society’s three year plan drawn up for the Arts Council in 1990.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1990
Extent:
1 folder

1446. Add MS 88984/10/4

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Title:
Papers relating to spoken word cassettes published by the Poetry Society
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence with poets and writers approached for their permission, including John Betjeman, Dannie Abse, and Stan Tracey; Arts Council grant applications to fund the recordings; correspondence and agreements with production companies; and royalty statements.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981-1983
Extent:
1 folder

1447. Add MS 88984/10/4-5

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Add MS 88984/10/4-5
Title:
Papers relating to spoken word cassettes published by the Poetry Society
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence and papers relating to the Poetry Society’s wish to release spoken word cassettes of readings held under its aegis. Contains correspondence with poets and writers approached for their permission, Arts Council grant applications to fund the recordings, correspondence and ag...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981-1986
Extent:
2 files

1448. Add MS 88984/10/5

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Title:
Papers relating to spoken word cassettes published by the Poetry Society
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence with poets and writers approached for their permission, including Linton Kwesi Johnson, Seamus Heaney, Ian McEwan, Anthony Thwaite, Stephen Spender, and John Cooper Clarke; Arts Council grant applications to fund the recordings; correspondence and agreements with productio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1984-1986
Extent:
1 folder

1449. Add MS 88984/10/6

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Title:
Papers relating to the Poetry Society’s Poetry Review
Scope & Content:
Chiefly contains correspondence and papers relating to the selection of editors to succeed Andrew Motion in 1983 (succeeded by Mick Imlah and Tracey Warr as joint editors) and Imlah in 1986 (succeeded by Peter Forbes). Also contains discussion papers relating to the future of the Review.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981-1986
Extent:
1 folder

1450. Add MS 88984/10/7

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Title:
Britain Salutes New York
Scope & Content:
Contains papers relating to the British arts festival held in New York in 1983 to mark the bicentenary of the signing of the peace treaty to end the American War of Independence. The Poetry Society’s contribution, in conjunction with Artscope Ltd, was 'Live Poetry in Britain Today', the broadcast...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1982-1983
Extent:
1 folder