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Add MS 88998/2/24
- Record Id:
- 040-002788917
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002354004
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023486181.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88998/2/24
- Title:
- Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Evans, Paul)
- Scope & Content:
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30 communications from Paul Evans.
- (1). Liverpool, 11 January 1987. Autograph letter (1 sheet). Regrets not being able to see Bill Corbett when he visited. 'Friday last, I drove Peter [Bailey] and Geoff Ward a couple of hundred miles round the bookshops of North Wales, where some pickings were made - but no Jocelyn [Brooke], I'm afraid, or Denton.'
- (2). Liverpool, 8 March 1987. Autograph letter (1 sheet). 'I popped over to Todmorden on Friday to check the page-proofs of my book [The Sofa Book]. It looks excellent - and the drawings have reproduced very well. So, by late April a copy should waft through your letter-box.'
- (3). London, 18 March 1987. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
- (4). Liverpool, 6 April 1987 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Quotes a passage from Kirkus, Let's Go Climbing, on Alpine sun protection (cosmetics on the mountain).
- (5). Liverpool, [May 1987] (date added by Harwood). Autograph letter (1 sheet). Has collected copies of The Sofa Book. Letter includes an extra poem 'written into' the signed edition. 'It's not long now till we tramp the hills once more.'
- (6). 21 May 1987. Harwood's receipt for 4 night's bed and breakfast for two, Llugwy Guest House, Capel Curig. With folding Guest House card.
- (7). Liverpool, 5 June 1987 (postmark). Autograph postcard. 'Happy Birthday and fraternal greetings from Rope Boy'.
- (8). Liverpool, 5 June 1987. Autograph letter (1 sheet). Further birthday greetings 'for tomorrow' after 'a memorable week in Snowdonia'.
- (9). Liverpool, 30 June 1987 (postmark - envelope not retained). Autograph postcard: 'life has become rather complicated'.
- (10). Liverpool, 14 July 1987. Autograph letter (1 sheet). 'Thank you for the excellent SUMMER SOLSTICE poem' (Collected Poems, p. 376).
- (11). France, 3 August 1987. Autograph postcard.
- (12). Liverpool, 6 September 1987. Autograph letter (1 sheet), with typed poem 'On the tennis court of human life' (1 sheet), referred to as 'a squib I wrote in France'.
- (13). Liverpool, [early September 1987]. Autograph letter (1 sheet). Refers to Harwood making a trip to Scotland.
- (14). Liverpool, 15 September 1987. Autograph postcard: 'all the best for the Highlands'.
- (15). Liverpool, 20 September 1987. Autograph postcard. 'Just a quick thank you for Tzara, a handsome volume'.
- (16). Liverpool, 10 December 1987 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope.
- (17). Liverpool, 25 January 1988. Autograph letter (4 sheets), with 1 photocopy sheet. Letter includes Evans's textual 'suggestions and queries' for the manuscript of Harwood, Rope Boy to the Rescue, with Harwood's responses annotated against each in pencil. With a single photocopy sheet ('Until one is committed') from W. H. Murray, The Scottish Himalayan Expedition.
- (18). Liverpool, 12 March 1988. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
- (19). Liverpool, 15 March 1988 (postmark). Autograph postcard (quoting Herman Melville), with envelope.
- (20). Liverpool, 5 April 1988 (postmark). Autograph letter (2 sheets), with envelope. Reporting a trip to Wales. Peter Bailey has completed the 'scraperboard illustrations' for Rope Boy to the Rescue, 'though he was a little bothered that they would not suit the texts as well as the previous lot.'
- (21). 7 May 1988. Harwood's receipt from Llugwy Guest House, Capel Curig.
- (22). Liverpool, 1 June 1988. Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Suggests the end of July for Snowdonia. 'I've just about "shaped-up" my ms. (now entitled ROMANTIC RELICS) and will send it to Skelt for his consideration, I think.'
- (23). [Liverpool], 7 June 1988. Autograph letter (1 sheet). 'Glad you can make that weekend.'
- (24). 31 July 1988. Harwood's receipt from Llugwy Guest House, Capel Curig.
- (25). Liverpool, 21 August 1988. Autograph letter (1 sheet). Evans is to be a father again. The 'Romantic Relics' manuscript has been rejected.
- (26). [?September 1988]. Brief autograph note on yellow paper (1 sheet). Evans will be in touch soon about 'mountain dates' for November. 'Meanwhile, on to Orchid Land [...] Many thanks for your Selected - it's a terrific collection; and I'm very touched by the dedication. The feeling's totally mutual!'
- (27). Tuesday [?September 1988]. Autograph letter (1 sheet): 'we wandered around Bishopsbourne [Kent, home of Jocelyn Brooke] on the Thursday finally, extending our trip by a day - beautiful country there, especially the mysterious drive along tunnelled lanes from "The Dog" to the village itself. And what an elegant Water Tower!' [Woodlands Wood, near Adisham].
- (28). Liverpool, 30 September 1988. Autograph letter (1 sheet). 'How does the weekend of Nov. 12-13 suit you?' The letter includes a draft poem, 'To the Rowan Tree that Saved My Life, on Esgair Felen'.
- (29). 23 October 1988. Harwood's receipt from Llugwy Guest House, Capel Curig.
- (30). London, 6 December 1988. Autograph letter (1 sheet). Evans's father has died, 'and I've been busy ever since'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002354004
036-002787732
040-002788917 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88998 : The Papers of Lee Harwood
Add MS 88998/2 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received
Add MS 88998/2/24 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Evans, Paul) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002354004[0002]/036-002787732[0024]/040-002788917
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88998
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1987
- End Date:
- 1988
- Date Range:
- 1987-1988
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Evans, Paul, poet, 1945-1991