Some of these poems were included in anthologies or published in pamphlet form. The majority were posthumously published with Hughes' poetry collections in Ted Hughes Collected Poems in 2003.
Drafts of poetry, prose, plays and research notes by Hughes relating to different research topics. Some copies of articles and dream diary entries are also included.
Correspondence, papers, poetry and press cuttings exchanged between Hughes and Buzan who shared an interest in the brain and memory, which included the use of mind maps.
Partly typewritten, partly autograph correspondence and printed enclosures relating to requests for permission to publish or cite Sylvia Plath material. Includes two contracts and a letter about the creation of an audio version of The Bell Jar by Harper Collins, requests forwarded by Faber and Fa...
Partly typewritten, partly autograph correspondence between Hughes, Ron Schuchard (Professor of English at Emory) and Steve Enniss (then Curator of Literary Collections).
Partly typewritten, partly autograph material about Grimersta, a fishery in the Outer Hebrides where Hughes had fished many times, mostly relating to a book being written about the fishery by Michael Wigan. Before his death Hughes agreed to write a foreword to the book, but he died before he was ...
Partly typewritten, partly autograph research notes and poetry drafts relating to Agdistis who was an androgynous deity in Roman, Greek and Anatolian mythology. Material was described by Hughes in a letter to Emory University as being '1 box file of drafts and outlines of pieces based on the myth...
Partly typewritten and partly autograph letters and notes (some by Hughes) relating to the Torridge Action Group and Bideford estuary, with which Hughes was involved.
Autograph pages of diary entries, which include accounts of family life, events and people whom Hughes met. An account of his purchase of Lumb Bank; reflections on his literary work; thoughts on the Poetry International festival (1967); his mother's illness and death; and his visit to Buckingham ...
Autograph pages of diary entries, which include accounts of family life, events and people whom Hughes met during the course of his daily life. Accounts of his visit to Australia and participation in the Adelaide Festival; foreign travels and visit to Buckingham Palace when he received an OBE in ...