Supplementary Mandeville Press / Peter Scupham papers
Scope & Content:
Contains business correspondence and papers, including poetry submissions and manuscripts, of the Mandeville Press. Also contains poetry papers of Peter Scupham, co-founder of the Press.
Contains: indexes to Mandeville publications by Simon Apted (1984, and an updated version 1991), and another covering 1974-1986; descriptions of all Mandeville's publications by David Chambers, Hon. Publications Secretary of the Private Libraries Association; an article (partly in proof form) abo...
Contains correspondence with poets, publishers, arts organisations, universities, and customers. Also contains orders for Mandeville publications. Given Peter Scupham's dual roles as a founder of the Press and as a published poet in his own right some overlap between his business correspondence a...
Given the overlap between Scupham’s personal poetry career and his publishing career some papers relating to Scupham’s own poetry may appear in Add MS 89093/1.
Contains manuscript and typescript poetry, some heavily edited or corrected, submitted to Mandeville for consideration for publication. Related correspondence is also included.
Contains: 'In Care of Strangers', a screenplay by Stephen Mollett; Selected Poems by María Victoria Atencia; the text of a death notice for Scupham's father, John; obituaries of John Scupham; and an order of service for the funeral of Patric Dickinson.