Contains agendas, minutes, and papers circulated for discussion at Board meetings, including reports and accounts. Includes minutes of meetings at which the formation, and terms of reference, of the PBS were discussed.
Poetry Book Society annual general meetings and annual reports
Scope & Content:
Contains agendas for, and minutes of, annual general meetings, annual reports and financial statements. For further annual financial papers, see Add MS 88984/3/1.
Correspondence of the Poetry Book Society and publishers
Scope & Content:
Much of the correspondence relates to submissions for the Society’s quarterly Choice and Recommendation. Further correspondence, and proof copies of some submissions, can be found at Add MS 88984/5/1-28 and Add MS 88985/5/29-59.
Poetry Book Society Choice and Recommendation correspondence
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence, chiefly with publishers but also containing correspondence with poets and selectors, relating to submissions for the quarterly Choice and Recommendation. Some years’ files are missing one or more quarter’s papers. Some files also contain copy submitted by the authors of e...
Books submitted by publishers for consideration as a Poetry Book Society Choice or Recommendation
Scope & Content:
Contains (chiefly proof) copies of works of poetry submitted by publishers, includes proof copies of both selected and non-selected books. Correspondence relating to the submissions can be found at Add MS 88984/4/8-12 and Add MS 88984/5/1-28.