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Add MS 88936/2/159
- Record Id:
- 040-000786660
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000786456
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001245.0x0001a0
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- Add MS 88936/2/159
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Speeches, reports and addresses, mostly given at the judging and award ceremonies for competitions at which Lee was a judge.
Contents:
1. Answers to questionnaires from Horizon, vol. 14, no. 81 (Sept. 1946), The London magazine, vol. 1, no. 11 (Feb. 1962), and some Indian students; [1946], n.d. Autograph and typewritten.
2. Address probably given at the memorial service to Cathleen Mann, Marchioness of Queensberry, on 23 Sept. 1959; [1959]. Autograph and typewritten.
3. 'Report on contributions to The Old Lady of Threadneedle St, 1977'; 1977. Photocopy of autograph.
4. Two addresses given at the awards of Observer/Whitbread National Essay Competitions, circa 1980.
5. Speech given to the Berkeley Hunt Agricultural Society; 1981. Autograph.
6. Speech on his early reading experiences prepared for the fiftieth anniversary of the launch of Penguin Books, and delivered at the Cheltenham Festival of Literature; [1985]. Autograph and typewritten, with a notes towards the speech.
7. Answers to questions sent from Bradford Grammar School; 1986.
8. 'Poetry cup. Comments by the judges, Mr C. Day Lewis & Mr. Laurie Lee'; n.d. Won by Sylvia Easthaugh. Typewritten copy.
9. 'Note on children's art'; 1967. An introduction to an unspecified exhibition. Autograph and typewritten drafts, with a folder.
10. Five untitled speeches on poetry and reading; n.d. The draft of one of the speeches is in a notebook which also contains other notes, mostly on Slad village. Autograph and typewritten.
11. Address at National Children's Home, Ebley, n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000786456
036-000786486
040-000786660 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88936 : Laurie Lee Papers
Add MS 88936/2 : Laurie Lee: Prose Works
Add MS 88936/2/159 : Speeches, reports and addresses, mostly given at the judging and award ceremonies for competitions at which Lee was a… - Hierarchy:
- 032-000786456[0002]/036-000786486[0022]/040-000786660
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88936
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1946
- End Date:
- 1985
- Date Range:
- [1946]-[1985], nd
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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