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Add MS 88918/1/59-61
- Record Id:
- 038-000374488
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000374435
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000047.0x000118
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88918/1/59-61
- Title:
- What is the Truth? A Farmyard Fable for the Young
- Scope & Content:
- Partly printed, partly typewritten and autograph. What is the Truth? consists of a series of untitled poems connected by a narrative. Material includes three printed proofs with autograph annotations and revisions of the content and layout of the poetry and prose. The proofs are dated 12th July 1983, 18th August 1983 and 21st March 1984. Drafts of a piece in which Hughes explains how he came to write What is the Truth?, The Cat and the Cuckoo and the Collected Animal Poems and photocopies of seven pages from What is the Truth? are also included.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000374435
036-000374436
037-000374437
038-000374488 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88918 : Edward James Hughes Papers
Add MS 88918/1-6 : Drafts of poetry, prose, plays, radio scripts and non-fiction
Add MS 88918/1/1-63 : Collected Poetry
Add MS 88918/1/59-61 : What is the Truth? A Farmyard Fable for the Young - Hierarchy:
- 032-000374435[0001]/036-000374436[0001]/037-000374437[0029]/038-000374488
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88918
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSubSeries
- Extent:
- 3 folders and packages
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1983
- End Date:
- 1984
- Date Range:
- 21 Jul 1983-21 Mar 1984
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 1 folder and 2 oversize items
- Arrangement:
- Originally found in a cardboard box containing proofs of different works
- Publications:
- The poems about the hen, bullfinch and treecreeper were previously published in A Primer of Birds (1981).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)