The notebook includes: notes relating to Harwood's participation in the 'Poets in Schools Programme' (October-December 1977); further teaching notes, Yarm, County Durham (3 March 1978); notes for a review of John Hall, Couch Grass; notes for a review of F. T. Prince, Collected Poems, together wi...
Notebook completed during the period that Harwood lived with the writer Bobbie Louise Hawkins in Bolinas, California. Dated entries record road trips made together, particularly landscape observations. The notebook begins with a trip to Vancouver (11 July 1983). Later notes record a trip to Albu...
Poems in draft, including material on sheets losely inserted, some typed. Dated material from August 1998 to January 2004. Among the poems included are: 'A Dark Face in the Silver'. 'Jobs' ['In Work']. 'Pagham Harbour Spring'. 'Safe-Past-Words'. 'Alfred Wallis'. 'Eric Satie'. 'Istvan Martha Meet...
Notebook largely not used, containing notes and draft text for Harwood's two entries in Iain Sinclair (ed.), London: City of Disappearances (2006). The first item is 'Better Books'. The second item is 'Lou Esterman' (stonemason). In addition to the material in the notebook, there are 8 loose shee...
Pocket notebook. Entries from 4 November 2005 (London, reading) to 4 October 2006. Includes record of trips to: North Wales (7-21 November 2005); Rousseau exhibition, Tate (30 November 2005); Kew, Orchid Festival (15 February 2006); Devon, John Hall, Tony Lopez, Tony Frazer (2-6 March 2006); L...
Various dated entries spanning 2 October 1973 - 30 July 1974, including: 'Boston Spring'. 27 December 1973: 'Bob [Cobbing] & I duplicated, collated, stapled the first copies of "Capt Harwood's Log". (Also cut the last 3 stencils.)' Notes on Chris Torrance, The Magic Door. Tristan Tzara notes...