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Add MS 52617
- Record Id:
- 040-002002227
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002002226
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000634.0x0003ce
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- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 52617
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SUPPLEMENTARY MODERN LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I. Cheltenham Festival Prize Poems, etc.; 1957-1963. Autograph and typewritten drafts and fair copies, mostly of poems selected for the Guinness Poetry Awards at the Cheltenham Festivals of Literature, together with related letters of some of the poets here represented to Eric Walter White, compiler of the collection, 1959-1963. See Stratford, pp. 7-9. National Manuscript Collection of Contemporary Writers MS. 2. Presented by E. W. White, Esq., C.B.E., through the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Paper; ff. 129. Folio. Bound into a light brown quarter morocco guard-book by Sangorski and Sutcliffe.
Poetry ENGLISH: Cheltenham Festival prize poems: 1957-1963.
Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Ltd: Poems selected for Guinness Poetry Awards at Cheltenham festivals of literature: 1957-1963.
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: Festival prize poems: 1957-1963.
Bindings ENGLISH: Brown morocco and fawn cloth by Sangorski and Sutcliffe: circa 1963.
Sangorski and Sutcliffe; bookbinders: Bound: circa 1963.
includes:
- ff. 4-25 Paul Edward Dehn, writer: Poem: 1957: Autogr. drafts.
- ff. 26-28 Julian Randolph Stow, Australian writer: Poem: 1957: Autogr.
- ff. 29, 30, 51, 52 Alan Charles Laurence Whistler, CBE; writer and engraver: Two poems: 1957, 1959: Autogr.
- ff. 32-34 John Bryant Press, writer: Correspondence with E. W. White: 1959: Partly signed.
- ff. 35, 36 John Bryant Press, writer: Poem: 1958: Autogr.
- ff. 37-46, 124 Patricia Beer, writer; wife of J D Parsons: Two poems: 1958, 1963: Autogr.
- ff. 47-49 Norman Alexander MacCaig, OBE; writer: Two poems: 1958: Autogr. drafts.
- f. 53 Helen Spalding: Letter to E. W. White: 1959.
- ff. 54-56 Helen Spalding: Poem: 1959: Typewritten drafts: Autogr.
- ff. 57, 58 William Anthony Younger: Poem: 1959: Autogr.
- f. 60 Mark Richards, writer: Letter to E. W. White: 1960.
- ff. 61-68 Mark Richards, writer: Poem: 1960: Autogr.
- ff. 69, 87-89 Alastair Thompson: Two poems: 1955, 1961: Autogr.
- ff. 70, 71 William Stanley Merwin, American poet: Poem: 1960: Autogr.
- ff. 72-75 A. E. Wylde: Poem: 1960: Typewritten drafts: Autogr.
- f. 77 Sylvia Plath, American poet; wife of Ted Hughes: Letter to E. W. White: 1961.
- ff. 78-83b Sylvia Plath, American poet; wife of Ted Hughes: Poems: circa 1960-1961: Typewritten drafts: Autogr.
- f. 84 Herbert Lomas: Letter to E. W. White: 1961: Signed.
- ff. 85, 86 Herbert Lomas: Poem: 1961: Typewritten drafts: Autogr.
- f. 91 Richard Murphy, Irish poet: Letter to E. W. White: 1962.
- ff. 92-94 Richard Murphy, Irish poet: Poem: 1961: Autogr.
- f. 95 Harold William Massingham: Letter to E. W. White: 1962: Signed.
- ff. 96-100 Harold William Massingham: Poem: 1962: Typewritten: Autogr.
- f. 101 Marion Lineweaver, American poet: Letter to E. W. White: 1962: Signed.
- f. 102 Marion Lineweaver, American poet: Poem: 1962: Autogr.
- f. 104 Nathaniel Tarn, poet and translator: Letter to E. W. White: 1963: Signed.
- ff. 105, 106 Nathaniel Tarn, poet and translator: Two poems: 1963: Autogr.
- f. 107 Mrs Irene Dayton, American poet: Letter to E. W. White: 1963: Signed.
- ff. 108-118 Mrs Irene Dayton, American poet: Poem: 1963: Typewritten drafts: Autogr.
- f. 119 Terence Rogers Tiller, poet and playwright: Letter to E. W. White: 1963: Signed.
- ff. 120-123 Terence Rogers Tiller, poet and playwright: Poem: 1963: Autogr. drafts.
- f. 125 Kenneth John Smith, poet: Letter to E. W. White: 1963: Signed.
- ff. 126-129 Kenneth John Smith, poet: Poem: 1963: Typewritten drafts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002002226
040-002002227 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52617-52619 : SUPPLEMENTARY MODERN LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS
Add MS 52617 : SUPPLEMENTARY MODERN LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I. Cheltenham Festival Prize Poems, etc.; 1957-1963. Autograph and typewritten… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002002226[0001]/040-002002227
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52617-52619
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1957
- End Date:
- 1963
- Date Range:
- 1957-1963
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Eric Walter White, writer on music and arts administrator: Presented, in 1969.
Arts Council of Great Britain: Committee of the National Manuscript Collection of Contemporary Writers: MS acquired through, in 1963.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Arthur Guinness Son & Co Ltd (Subject)
Arts Council of Great Britain, Committee of the National Manuscript Collection of Contemporary Writers (Former owner)
Beer, Patricia, writer, wife of J D Parsons (Author)
Dayton, Irene G, poet and novelist, 1922-2013 (Author)
Dehn, Paul Edward, screenwriter and librettist, 1912-1976 (Author)
Lineweaver, Marion, American poet (Author)
Lomas, Herbert (Author)
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, OBE, writer (Author)
Massingham, Harold William (Author)
Merwin, William Stanley, American poet, 1927-2019 (Author)
Murphy, Richard, Irish poet, 1927-2018 (Author)
Plath, Sylvia, poet, 1932-1963 (Author)
Press, John Bryant, writer (Author)
Richards, Mark, writer (Author)
Sangorski and Sutcliffe, bookbinders (Author)
Smith, Kenneth John, poet (Author)
Spalding, Helen (Author)
Stow, Julian Randolph, Australian writer (Author)
Tarn, Nathaniel, poet and translator, b 1928 (Author)
Thompson, Alastair (Author)
Tiller, Terence Rogers, poet, translator, radio producer, 1916-1987 (Author)
Whistler, Alan Charles Laurence, Knight Bachelor, poet, author, engraver, 1912-2000 (Author)
White, Eric Walter, writer on music and arts administrator, 1905-1985 (Former owner)
Wylde, A E (Author)
Younger, William Anthony (Author) - Places:
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire