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31. Add MS 88918/11/1

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Title:
Research notes and five year plan
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten, partly autograph research notes compiled by Hughes on the lineage of St George (including copy letter to unknown individual); poets and their work (notes made from the 'New Oxford Book of English Verse' in a former school exercise book) and T.S. Eliot's apparent anti-Semitism....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jun 1992
Extent:
1 folder

32. Add MS 88918/10/4-5

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Title:
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Scope & Content:
Autograph material consisting of notes and drafts, and a printed copy of the book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (first published 1949, ninth printing, 1967). The drafts include a script, poetry and prose, which mention 'God' and 'Heaven'. A diagram or mind map with a sketch o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-1997
Extent:
2 folders

33. Add MS 88918/9/9

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Title:
Unpublished poetry drafts and personal reflections
Scope & Content:
Autograph poetry drafts and writings about various subjects including a draft of 'Agdistis', a poem about Torridge (in Devon), poetry drafts entitled 'Heron' and 'Me as River' and untitled poetry drafts and notes. Commentaries on theatre, poetry and will are also included. This folder includes so...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Jan 1968-2 Aug 1984
Extent:
1 folder

34. Add MS 88918/9/14

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Title:
Exercise books of notes and drafts
Scope & Content:
Autograph notes, poetry and prose drafts written in four former school exercise books. Green and pink exercise books contain lists and some notes on autobiographical reminiscences; another marked 'Wheeldon History' includes an undated diary account and red book marked 'A.D. Stone' includes poetry...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Feb 1984-12 Oct 1989
Extent:
1 folder

35. Add MS 88918/12/9

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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

36. Add MS 88918/9/7-8

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Title:
Unpublished poetry, prose and notes
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten, partly autograph poetic and prose drafts, the majority unpublished; lists and notes, some about animals (including mindmaps) written in five notebooks and on loose papers. Although undated, material appears to date throughout Hughes's life. Includes a draft of a letter to Caro...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1996
Extent:
2 folders

37. Add MS 88918/7/1-3

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Title:
Autobiographical notes and commentaries on literary works
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten and printed, partly autograph material all of which contains autobiographical information about Hughes and / or insight into his literary work. These folders include undated material. Add MS 88918/7/1: This folder includes - a document entitled ‘Comments About Books at Sothe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
7 Jun 1985-6 Dec 1997
Extent:
3 folders

38. Add MS 88918/8/1

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Title:
Unpublished children's stories
Scope & Content:
Nine autograph children's stories, which appear to have been written for Hughes's children, Frieda and Nicholas, and often feature two characters called Frooda and Nooky. The stories are written on the back of letters and other literary drafts including 'The Courting of Petty Quinnett', and 'Diff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s-1970s]
Extent:
1 folder

39. Add MS 88918/10/13-14

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Title:
Shakespeare
Scope & Content:
Partly printed, partly autograph. Contains a copy of An Anthology of Poetry for Shakespeare (selected by Charles Osborne, 1988) for which Hughes wrote a foreword and poetry together with drafts of the poem 'A Full House for Moelwyn'. Notes on Shakespeare, his work and the period in which he lived...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Sep 1968-1988
Extent:
2 folders

40. Add MS 88918/9/12-13

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Title:
Early unpublished prose and research notes
Scope & Content:
Autograph drafts and research notes written in a notebook and on inserted pages some of which were taped or pasted into the notebook (where it is clear that these insertions are linked to the text in the notebook they have been retained in the correct place). Material in the notebook and particul...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1940s]-20 Jun 1993
Extent:
2 folders