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1. Add MS 88918

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Title:
Edward James Hughes Papers
Scope & Content:
Archive of the poet, writer and Poet Laureate Edward James (Ted) Hughes (b 1930, d 1998), including literary manuscripts, research notes and unpublished material, correspondence, press cuttings and professional papers. The archive also includes material relating to Hughes’s involvement with the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Bosnian, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Slovenian, and Turkish
Date Range:
18 Dec 1890-20 Mar [2005]
Extent:
483 folders, packages, volumes, boxes and items

2. Add MS 88918/35-42

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Title:
Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, mostly sent to Hughes,with some printed enclosures. Includes letters sent by friends and literary figures, acquaintances and members of the public (including children) as well as copy letters sent out by Hughes and letters sent to his wife, Carol Hughes after his death.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Turkish
Date Range:
18 Mar 1958-20 Mar [2005]
Extent:
74 folders and packages

3. Add MS 88918/13-16

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Title:
Poetry Anthologies
Scope & Content:
Notes, drafts, correspondence and publishers' proofs connected with Hughes's work as editor of three anthologies, The Rattle Bag, The School Bag and By Heart: 101 Poems to Remember, two of which he edited with Seamus Heaney.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[before 1967]-29 Apr 1997
Extent:
18 folders and packages

4. Add MS 88918/27-34

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Title:
Professional Papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and enclosures relating to Hughes's professional writing, much of which consists of letters from publishers. Requests to include Hughes's work in other publications and invitations for him to participate in events, television and radio programmes are also included.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
9 Jul 1958-[1990s]
Extent:
24 folders

5. Add MS 88918/121-127

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Title:
Subject Files
Scope & Content:
Subject files relating to areas of interest for Hughes, mostly environmental and literary matters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Jan 1972-3 Apr 1999
Extent:
45 folders and volumes

6. Add MS 88918/144-149

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Title:
Miscellaneous material
Scope & Content:
Material relating to Hughes's sale of his archive to Emory University, letters between third parties, poems written for Hughes, artwork and other miscellaneous items in the archive.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 Dec 1890-15 Aug 1998
Extent:
7 folders and packages

7. Add MS 88918/130-131

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Title:
Press cuttings and reviews
Scope & Content:
Press cuttings included here were originally stored together and relate to literary works and organisations, and environmental issues. Other press cuttings on single issues found elsewhere in the archive have been retained in their original positions.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Aug 1985-10 Nov 2000
Extent:
7 folders

8. Add MS 88918/128-129

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Title:
Diaries and Notebooks
Scope & Content:
Autograph diary entries and notebooks containing research notes, personal reflections, accounts of daily life, names and addresses dating throughout Hughes's life from the mid 1950s.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Hebrew
Date Range:
c 1955-16 Jul 1998
Extent:
24 folders and volumes

9. Add MS 88918/138-143

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Title:
Material written about Hughes
Scope & Content:
Material written about Hughes's literary work, including material relating to The Epic Poise: a celebration of Ted Hughes, which was edited by Nick Gammage, and workbooks for school children.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1965-2 Oct 1999
Extent:
7 folders

10. Add MS 88918/132-137

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Title:
Sylvia Plath
Scope & Content:
Material relating to the administration of the Plath Estate and to publication of Plath's work. Also includes some original Plath drafts and a set of bibliographic index cards.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1950s]-[1990s]
Extent:
11 folders and boxes