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141. Add MS 88918/12/1-10

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Title:
Material from Hughes's workroom and workhut
Scope & Content:
Notes, poetic and prose drafts, copies of articles, correspondence and sketches by Hughes that were on the tables in his workroom and workhut at the time of his death. This material was worked on by Hughes in a workroom in his house at North Tawton in Devon and a workhut, which he had in the gard...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1930s]-1998
Extent:
10 folders and boxes

142. Add MS 88918/12/9

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Add MS 88918/12/9
Title:
Papers on walls of workhut
Scope & Content:
These papers were pinned up on the walls of Hughes's work hut. Details of exactly where they were placed on the walls have been provided by Carol Hughes and these are included. This material is undated and the date range given is an approximation.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s-1990s]
Extent:
1 folder

143. Add MS 88918/12/10

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Title:
Shakespeare miniatures
Scope & Content:
39 miniature volumes published by Allied Newspapers Ltd. A note at the front of each volume explains that the plays have been 'carefully edited and compared with the best texts'. Includes printed copies of all Shakespeare's plays with the exception of King Lear. Also includes a volume containing...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1930s]
Extent:
1 box

144. Add MS 88918/13-16

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Add MS 88918/13-16
Title:
Poetry Anthologies
Scope & Content:
Notes, drafts, correspondence and publishers' proofs connected with Hughes's work as editor of three anthologies, The Rattle Bag, The School Bag and By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember, two of which he edited with Seamus Heaney.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1967]-29 Apr 1997
Extent:
18 folders and packages

145. Add MS 88918/13/1-5

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Title:
By Heart 101 Poems to Remember
Scope & Content:
Partly printed and typewritten, partly autograph material consisting of photocopies of poetry and notes about poems, and three publishers’ proofs. Add MS 88918/13/1 contains photocopies of poems, notes, copies of different possible dustcover designs, drafts of an introduction to the anthology ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1997-29 Apr 1997
Extent:
5 folders and packages

146. Add MS 88918/14/1

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Add MS 88918/14/1
Title:
Poetry in the Making
Scope & Content:
Typewritten material from Poetry in the Making including a draft of the introduction, which differs from the published version, and appendices to chapters 2-5. Poetry in the Making: An Anthology of Poems and Programmes from Listening and Writing was compiled by Hughes from the programmes, which h...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1967]
Extent:
1 folder

147. Add MS 88918/15/1-2

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Add MS 88918/15/1-2
Title:
The Rattle Bag
Scope & Content:
Partly printed and typewritten, partly autograph. Contains notes on poets, photocopies of poems presumably collected during the selection process, some of which are arranged by poet, lists of contents and a leaflet about W.B. Yeats's house. Letters from Faber and Faber relating to publication of ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1981-24 Nov 1994
Extent:
2 folders

148. Add MS 88918/16/1-2

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Title:
The School Bag
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten and printed, partly autograph. Contains correspondence between Hughes, Seamus Heaney and staff at Faber and Faber relating to the anthology, including selection of poetry, order of the poetry in the anthology and publicity around its publication. Notes on poems to be included, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Jan 1995-9 Mar 1997
Extent:
2 folders

149. Add MS 88918/16/1-10

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Title:
The School Bag
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, notes and photocopies of poetry relating to the compilation of The School Bag poetry anthology, edited by Hughes and Seamus Heaney. Drafts of an afterword by Hughes are also included.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Before 1997]-9 Mar 1997
Extent:
10 folders and packages

150. Add MS 88918/16/3-9

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Add MS 88918/16/3-9
Title:
The School Bag
Scope & Content:
Mainly typewritten and printed, with some autograph material. The majority of the folders (Add MS 88918/16/5-9) contain photocopies of poems, some of which are arranged in paper enclosures. Add MS 88918/16/7 also contains sections of Seamus Heaney’s translation of Beowulf. The poems were presuma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1997]
Extent:
7 folders