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Add MS 88919/103
- Record Id:
- 040-000209244
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000011135
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000874.0x0000ad
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88919/103
- Title:
- Concerning Fishing
- Scope & Content:
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1. Four letters to Swift (1988-99) from Mrs Terry and Gp Capt Norton-Smith, of Winkleigh, Devon. Fishing friends, and friends of Ted Hughes.
2. Two colour photographs of Swift taken by David Profumo (August 1990), River Spey, Arndilly, Scotland: Swift casting his rod, and Swift holding rod and caught fish. Each photograph 100 x 150mm.
3. Cutting of a brief article on fishing by David Profumo published in the Daily Telegraph (25 September, 1993), together with:
- a photocopy of two related pages from Swift's fishing log (for 14-16 September, 1993);
- a black and white printed photograph taken by Swift of Profumo with a Torridge salmon (referred to in Making an Elephant);
- a colour photograph (125 x 180mm) of two salmon caught by Swift and Profumo.
4. Printed information sheet about Halsdon Fishery, Devon, annotated with sketch and note by Swift, with three sheets of autograph notes (1993).
5. Two letters and a card to Swift from Len Colclough, of Cranleigh, Surrey (2001-03), with a cutting about 'The Rejuvenation of the Wandle Valley'.
6. Correspondence with Charles Inniss, of Beaworthy, Devon, concerning his fishing memoirs in draft. Three letters from Inniss, and a letter from Swift commenting on the draft (2007).
7. A signed sketch of an eel, by Swift. A note by Swift indicates that it is for a 'book of author's doodles'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000011135
033-000209241
040-000209244 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88919 : The Papers of Graham Swift
Add MS 88919/101-104 : Miscellaneous Items
Add MS 88919/103 : Concerning Fishing - Hierarchy:
- 032-000011135[0010]/033-000209241[0003]/040-000209244
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88919
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1988
- End Date:
- 2007
- Date Range:
- 1988-2007
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)