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61. Add MS 88918/147

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Add MS 88918/147
Title:
Miscellaneous items
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten, partly autograph material, which consists of the following - two poems written for Hughes by Assia Wevill and one poem written by Leonard Baskin; a letter 'from Bill [William] Merwin to Dido' dated 15th October 1970; a letter to Nicholas Hughes from Aurelia Plath dated 25th Au...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1890-15 Oct 1970
Extent:
1 folder

62. Add MS 88918/1/1-63

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Add MS 88918/1/1-63
Title:
Collected Poetry
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten, autograph and printed poetry drafts, prose, notes and correspondence connected with Hughes's collected poetry.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1954]-20 Jul 1998
Extent:
63 folders, packages and volumes

63. Add MS 88918/5/1

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Add MS 88918/5/1
Title:
Radio Scripts
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten and partly autograph. Contains copy of script for 'The Worst Journey in the World' written and recorded by Hughes with Fraser Kerr and Norman Claridge for the BBC (recorded 13th March and transmitted on 10th April 1964) with accompanying letter; script for 'The Novel Today: "Vo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1 Dec 1961-31 Mar 1964
Extent:
1 folder

64. Add MS 88918/34/11

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Add MS 88918/34/11
Title:
Professional correspondence
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten, partly autograph undated letters sent to Hughes relating to the publication of his works, together with requests for permission to use his work and requests for him to participate in events, television and radio programmes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s-1990s]
Extent:
1 folder

65. Add MS 88918/121/3

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Add MS 88918/121/3
Title:
Geoffrey Graham
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten, partly autograph letters, enclosures and photocopies of printed press cuttings sent to Hughes by Colonel Geoffrey Graham relating to environmental issues including pollution of rivers in Devon. Also includes a copy of a letter sent to Emma Nicholson (MP) by 'Peter' about envir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
23 Mar 1989- 17 Feb 1991
Extent:
1 folder

66. Add MS 88918/129/10-11

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Add MS 88918/129/10-11
Title:
Notebooks
Scope & Content:
Red ledger containing autograph dream diary and diary entries (1979-1988) together with notes, lists and poetry drafts. Pages of other dream diaries, which were previously inserted into the volume (22 Oct 1959- 8 May 1983) have been removed and placed in a separate folder.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
22 Oct 1959-13 Feb 1988
Extent:
2 folders and volumes

67. Add MS 88918/129/17-18

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Add MS 88918/129/17-18
Title:
Notebooks
Scope & Content:
Two large autograph notebooks, which contain notes on different subjects including Ireland, Babylon and figures from Greek mythology. Loose papers including untitled poetry drafts inserted in Add MS 88918/129/17 have been left in the volume. This material is undated and the date range given is an...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s-1990s]
Extent:
2 folders (containing 2 notebooks)

68. Add MS 88918/24

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Add MS 88918/24
Title:
Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Scope & Content:
Typewritten text with autograph annotations and corrections. Text entitled 'My Russia' has been heavily annotated and the final page is signed by the Russian writer and dramatist. Hughes appears to have started to write a new version of the text using the literal translation provided. This materi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s-1990s]
Extent:
1 folder

69. Add MS 88918/37/1-10

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Add MS 88918/37/1-10
Title:
Letters from children, schools and colleges
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten, partly autograph letters from children and teachers, some sent by schoolchildren with questions about Hughes's work, drawings and photographs of projects, many relating to The Iron Man. Also includes letters requesting support for fundraising by schools and colleges, or person...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
29 Feb 1972-4 Mar 2000
Extent:
10 folders and packages

70. Add MS 88918/148

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Add MS 88918/148
Title:
Poet Laureate's sherry box
Scope & Content:
Side of a cardboard box marked 'Laureate's Choice Oloroso Seco Sherry Williams and Humbert'. This box was one of those in which Hughes's Poet Laureate sherry was sent to him. The motif of the bird within the laurel wreath was designed and drawn by Hughes himself (sketches of the motif can be foun...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1984-1990s]
Extent:
1 item