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Record Id:

040-002799865

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002354004

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023510628.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Add MS 88998/2/30

Title:

Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Guest, Harry)

Scope & Content:

35 communications from Harry Guest.

(1). [Exeter], January 1987 (Harwood's date annotation). Autograph letter (1 sheet).
(2). [Exeter], 'St Valentine + 1 = Septuagesima' [15 February 1987]. Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope.
(3). [Exeter], March 1987 (Harwood's date annotation). Autograph letter (1 sheet).
(4). Rennes, 15 April 1987 (postmark). Autograph postcard.
(5). [Exeter], 13 July 1987 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Reporting on orchids spotted in Devon. Rothko exhibition: 'entranced' by the 'sombre maroon/black studies'.
(6). [Exeter], 4 December 1987 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope, and photocopy (1 sheet, Exeter newspaper?) of article by Guest on his journey by rail from the Hook of Holland to Nakhodka (participation in British Council sponsored poetry tour, Japan and Hong Kong). Harwood making a trip to the Isle of Skye.
(7). [Exeter], 7 March 1988 (postmark). Autograph postcard.
(8). [Exeter], 11 April 1988 (postmark). Autograph postcard. 'Kansas City eh? Everything is up to date there. Have a great time. I long to see the Paladin.' (Harwood, Selected Poems). News that F. T. Prince is ill.
(9). [Exeter], 4 July 1988 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet, envelope not retained). Guest has reviewed Robert Sproat, Chinese Whispers for P.N. Review.
(10). [Exeter], 18 August 1988 (postmark). Autograph postcard (Lundy).
(11). [Exeter], August 1988 (Harwood's annotation). Autograph letter (1 sheet). Death of William Arthur (Walter) Poucher. Refers to talk about Jack Spicer.
(12). [Exeter], September 1988 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope, enclosing colour photograph. Has received Harwood, Rope Boy to the Rescue. The photograph is of Pentre Ifan, Pembrokeshire, 'on a rainy April morning'.
(13). [Exeter], 26 September 1988 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Has received Harwood, Crossing the Frozen River: Selected Poems (Paladin).
(14). [Exeter], 17 October 1988 (postmark, envelope not retained). Autograph letter (1 sheet). Next weekend is 'bloody Speech Day', Under Secretary for Employment speaking, whilst Harwood and Paul Evans will be 'striding through clean air in the land of my birth'. Went to Henry Moore exhibition at the Royal Academy ('absolutely breathtaking'), also to Faber anthology launch, spoke with Ted Hughes ('he's never been up the Erme on to the moor proper, never seen that stone row!')
(15). [Exeter], 'repl. 1/11/88' (Harwood's annotation). Undated autograph letter (1 sheet). Refers to Sunday Times review by 'Horror-Blitz' (Michael Horovitz) of Crossing the Frozen River.
(16). Bruges, 16 February 1989 (postmark). Autograph postcard.
(17). [Exeter], 22 February 1989 (postmark, envelope not retained). Autograph letter (1 sheet).
(18). [Exeter], 6 March 1989 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet), envelope, with (1 sheet) typed table ('Welsh 3000 Route / 17th July 1986 / D. E. Hughes'). 'Casually chatting with one of my colleagues, a maths teacher, late 30s, Welsh, I discovered that he had done all the 3,000 peaks in one day! He gave me a copy of his schedule and I thought you'd be interested.'
(19). [Exeter], 'repl. 13/4/89' (Harwood date annotation on the verso). Undated autograph letter (1 sheet). 'I shall look forward to accounts of your rope-trick, Mr. H. vanishing (only temporarily I hope) into a passing cloud.'
(20). Exeter, 28 July [1989]. Autograph letter (1 sheet). 'I've envied you your Europe-trotting. Especially the Alps unclimbed since the 50s.'
(21). Exeter, 11 August 1989 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet), with annotated envelope ('mss of Brecon poem' sent in Harwood's reply of 28 August). Harwood visiting in Sepember.
(22). [Exeter], 4 September 1989 (postmark, envelope not retained). Undated autograph note (1 sheet). 'I like the poem ['Brecon Cathedral'] very much. And am most touched and flattered by the dedication. More when (whoopee) we meet next w/e.'
(23). [Exeter], 'repl. 8.11.89' (Harwood's annotation). Autograph letter (1 sheet). 'Anvil's 21st was very pleasant. I met Prince who is charming - and Mrs P. whom I greatly took to. They said you must come and see them, adding that S'hampton is so near to Brighton.'
(24). [Exeter], 20 December 1989 (postmark, envelope not retained). Autograph letter (1 sheet).
(25). [Exeter], 3 January 1990 (postmark, envelope not retained). Autograph letter (1 sheet).
(26). [Exeter], February 1990 (Harwood's date annotation). Autograph letter (1 sheet). 'It seems an age already since the portals of Newport Station swallowed you up, ice-axe glinting.'
(27). [Exeter], 12 March 1990 (postmark, envelope not retained). Autograph letter (1 sheet).
(28). [Exeter], 4 June 1990 (postmark, envelope not retained). Autograph letter (1 sheet).
(29). [Exeter], 'repl. 20/7/90' (Harwood's reply date annotation on envelope). Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Expecting Harwood at the end of July, but Harwood's annotation on the envelope indicates he rang to say he couldn't come. Guest is preparing a collection of poems for Peter Jay (Anvil).
(30). France, 20 July 1990 (postmark). Autograph postcard.
(31). [Exeter], 3 December 1990 (postmark, envelope not retained). Christmas card including message. Plans to walk in January. 'The Brecons?'
(32). [Exeter], 9 January 1991 (postmark, envelope not retained). Autograph letter (1 sheet). Meeting at Newport Station on Friday 1 February. 'How about hoping to do the Fan on the Saturday and the Becons on the Sunday?'
(33). [Exeter], 11 February 1991 (postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Letter refers to the death of Paul Evans.
(34). [Exeter], 25 February 1991 (postmark, envelope not retained). Greetings card (Turner) with message. Harwood visiting on 8 March.
(35). [Exeter], 28 May 1991 (postmark, envelope not retained). Autograph letter (1 sheet). Guest's collection from Anvil is delayed.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002354004
036-002787732
040-002799865

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Add MS 88998 : The Papers of Lee Harwood
Add MS 88998/2 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received

Add MS 88998/2/30 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Guest, Harry)

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032-002354004[0002]/036-002787732[0030]/040-002799865

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1987

End Date:

1991

Date Range:

1987-1991

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Names:

Guest, Harry, poet, 1932-2021