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Add MS 88918/1/34
- Record Id:
- 040-000374462
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000374435
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000177.0x000161
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88918/1/34
- Title:
- Crow notebook and poetry
- Scope & Content:
- Partly typewritten, partly autograph material comprising an autograph commentary on prose and poetry about Crow written in a spiral notebook and drafts of poems with some autograph annotations. The poems included were published in different collections relating to Crow as follows - 'Carnival' ('A Few Crows', 1970); 'Crow Wakes', 'Amulet' (this was also published in Under the North Star), 'In the Land of the Lion', 'I See a Bear' and 'Bedtime Anecdote' (here entitled 'Ninth Bedtime Story) ('Crow Wakes' 1971). There are also drafts of unpublished crow poems, which are entitled as follows - 'Crow Compromises', 'Crow Fails', 'Crow Pulped', 'Struggling for Light', 'Crow's Totem' (also draft entitled 'Totem'), 'Today', 'Corporal Crow Goes Into Battle', 'Carrion Tiresias Examines The Sacrifice', 'Crow Outlawed', 'Crow', 'A Bout', 'Crow's Conquests', 'Crow Begets Crow' and 'A Crow Joke'. A fragment of a letter sent by Hughes (recipient unknown) in which he writes about Crow is also included. This folder contains undated material.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000374435
036-000374436
037-000374437
038-000374453
040-000374462 - 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 88918/1/23-34 : The Life and Songs of the Crow
Add MS 88918/1/34 : Crow notebook and poetry - Hierarchy:
- 032-000374435[0001]/036-000374436[0001]/037-000374437[0007]/038-000374453[0008]/040-000374462
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88918
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1960
- End Date:
- 1999
- Date Range:
- [1960s-1990s]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)