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Add MS 88948
- Record Id:
- 032-000799372
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000799372
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000087
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88948
- Title:
- Olwyn Hughes correspondence
- Scope & Content:
- Correspondence and enclosures sent to Olwyn Hughes by her brother, the poet, Edward James (Ted) Hughes and his first wife, Sylvia Plath. The enclosures consist of poetry and prose drafts by the couple. In addition there are also a small number of letters to Olwyn Hughes from family and friends.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-000799372", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 88948: Olwyn Hughes correspondence" },{ "id" : "036-000799373", "parent" : "032-000799372", "text" : "Add MS 88948/1: Letters from Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath" },{ "id" : "040-000799374", "parent" : "036-000799373", "text" : "Add MS 88948/1/1: Letters from Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000810528", "parent" : "036-000799373", "text" : "Add MS 88948/1/2: Letters from Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-000897915", "parent" : "032-000799372", "text" : "Add MS 88948/2: Letters to Olwyn Hughes from friends and family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-000897968", "parent" : "032-000799372", "text" : "Add MS 88948/3: Poetry and prose drafts by Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath" },{ "id" : "040-000897985", "parent" : "036-000897968", "text" : "Add MS 88948/3/1: Prose and poetry drafts by Ted Hughes" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001101573", "parent" : "036-000897968", "text" : "Add MS 88948/3/2: Poetry drafts by Sylvia Plath" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001605716", "parent" : "032-000799372", "text" : "Add MS 88948/4: Miscellaneous papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000799372
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 88948/1 : Letters from Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath
Add MS 88948/2 : Letters to Olwyn Hughes from friends and family
Add MS 88948/3 : Poetry and prose drafts by Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath
Add MS 88948/4 : Miscellaneous papers
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Add MS 88948 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000799372
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88948
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 6 folders
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1969
- Date Range:
- 1943-[1960s]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Copyright for unpublished material by Ted Hughes and Edith Hughes is held by Mrs Carol Hughes. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be obtained from the rights' holder, Mrs Carol Hughes. Forms requesting permission from Mrs Hughes can be obtained from the Imaging Services department at the British Library.
- Former Internal References:
- Dep 10636
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Ms O. Hughes in July 2010
- Arrangement:
-
Papers are arranged as follows:
- Add 88948/1: Letters from Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath
- Add 88948/2: Letters to Olwyn Hughes from others
- Add 88948/3: Poetry and prose drafts by Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath
- Add 88948/4: Miscellaneous papers
British Library arrangement
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hughes, Edward James, poet and author; known as Ted, 1930-1998,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121037150
Hughes, Olwyn Marguerite, literary agent, 1928-2016
Plath, Sylvia, poet, 1932-1963 - Related Material:
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The British Library holds manuscripts of and relating to Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath the details of which are as follows: Add MS 88918 (Edward James Hughes Papers); Add MS 83684-83698 (Correspondence and literary manuscripts of Ted Hughes and L. Baskin); Add MS 53784 (Verse and prose of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath); Add MS 78756-78761 (Ted Hughes correspondence with Keith Sagar); Add MS 74257 (Correspondence of Ted Hughes and A. Skea); Add MS 83260 (Letters from Ted Hughes to Rosemarie Rowley); Add MS 88482-88611 (Correspondence and Papers of Alfred (Al) Alvarez); Add MS 88612 (Letters to E. Compton from Ted Hughes and others); Add MS 88613 (Letters to J. Brown from Ted Hughes); Add MS 88614 (Letters, etc., to P. Keen from Ted Hughes); Add MS 88615 (Papers relating to the publication 'River'); Add MS 88616 (Letters to Terence McCCaughey and his wife Ohna from Ted Hughes); and Add MS 88617 (Correspondence, etc., of G. Hughes with Ted Hughes and others ).
Refer to the British Library Sound Archive catalogues for recordings of Hughes and Plath. Hughes archival material can be found in the following institutions: Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, Emory University; Special Collections, Exeter University Library; Special Collections and Archives, Liverpool University Library; Lilly Library, Indiana University; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries; Washington University, St Louis; McPherson Library, University of Victoria, Canada.
Plath material can be found in a large number of institutions including the following: Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College; Lilly Library, Indiana University; Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Book Library, Emory University; Liverpool University Library; Harvard University; Morgan Library and Museum; New York Public Library and University of Victoria, Canada.