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1. Add MS 88918/1/1

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Title:
Adam and the Sacred Nine
Scope & Content:
Undated printed copies of poems ('The Wild Duck', 'The Swift comes the swift' and 'And the Phoenix has come') from poetry collection with a copy of the content page.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[Before 1979]
Extent:
1 folder

2. Add MS 88918/1/2-16

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Title:
Birthday Letters
Scope & Content:
Poetry drafts, notes, personal reflections and correspondence relating to the creation, development and publication of Birthday Letters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before Feb 1998] - 26 Feb 1998
Extent:
15 folders and volumes

3. Add MS 88918/1/17-18

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Title:
Capriccio
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten and partly autograph. Includes a notebook of heavily annotated autograph drafts, in which some poems have different working titles and others were not included in the published collection. An exercise book with prose notes relating to Capriccio, Assia Wevill and a book by de Bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1967-8 Nov 1993
Extent:
2 folders

4. Add MS 88918/1/19

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Title:
The Cat and the Cuckoo
Scope & Content:
Undated typewritten copies of poems included in the collection, except 'Otter', with autograph annotations and corrections.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1987]
Extent:
1 folder

5. Add MS 88918/1/20

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Title:
Cave Birds
Scope & Content:
Undated typewritten poetry with autograph annotations consisting of drafts of the poems, 'Bride and Groom Lie Hidden for Three Days' and 'His Legs Ran About' which differ from the published versions. Notes on the poems in the collection are also included.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1975]
Extent:
1 folder

6. Add MS 88918/1/21-22

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Title:
Collected Animal Poems
Scope & Content:
Printed publishers' proofs of Collected Animal Poems volumes 1-4 with some annotations including a bound uncorrected proof.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1995
Extent:
2 folders

7. Add MS 88918/1/23-34

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Title:
The Life and Songs of the Crow
Scope & Content:
Prose and poetry drafts and notes relating to Hughes's continuing work on the Crow project. The original titles written on the folders have been retained for this material. Notes that appear to form an introduction to a poetry reading by Hughes that starts 'The poems I'm going to read belong to t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s-1990s]
Extent:
12 folders

8. Add MS 88918/1/35

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Title:
Earth-numb
Scope & Content:
Typewritten and printed poetry from the collection with autograph annotations and one autograph poem. Some of the drafts differ from the published versions and one does not appear to have been published in that form at all. One page includes one poem from Earth-numb and another from Moortown Diar...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1979]
Extent:
1 folder

9. Add MS 88918/1/36

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Title:
The Earth-Owl and Other Moon-People
Scope & Content:
Incomplete set of typescript copies of poems from the collection. The order of the poems, which have been arranged on numbered pages varies in places from the order of the published collection.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1963]
Extent:
1 folder

10. Add MS 88918/1/37

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Title:
Flowers and Insects
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten and partly autograph. Contains poetry drafts, some of which are not included in the published collection including a number about daffodils, 'The Tacax', 'The Begonia for her pot', 'Balsam', 'Snowdrops', 'Wild Garlic', 'Harvest', 'Violet and Apple Blossom', 'The Flea', 'A Viole...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1986]
Extent:
1 folder

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