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1. Add MS 88984/1/1

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Title:
Articles of Association
Scope & Content:
Contains a draft Articles of Association and a final version of the original Articles, a Certificate of Incorporation, as well as correspondence with Bird & Bird, solicitors, relating to the foundation of the PBS and the drawing up of the Articles. Papers relating to amendments to the Article...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1953-1955, 1981-1985
Extent:
1 folder

2. Add MS 88984/1/2

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Title:
Correspondence and papers relating to the foundation, constitution, and Articles of Association of the Poetry Book Society
Scope & Content:
Includes invitations to meetings to discuss the foundation of the Society and correspondence with Erica Marx, Robert Lusty, Dennis M. Cohen, T. S. Eliot, Herbert Read, John Lehmann, John Murray, C. Day-Lewis, Peter du Sautoy, Stephen Spender, John Hayward, and representatives of other major publ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1952-1954
Extent:
1 folder

3. Add MS 88984/1/3

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Title:
Correspondence relating to legal membership of the Poetry Book Society
Scope & Content:
Contains correspondence with, and relating to, legal members of the PBS. Legal membership was distinct from ordinary public membership in that the legal members were personally liable for a maximum of £5 in the event of the Society being wound up. Includes correspondence with: Janet Adam Smith, ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1993
Extent:
1 folder

4. Add MS 88984/10/1

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Title:
Correspondence of the Poetry Book Society with the Poetry Society
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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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

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