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Add MS 88998/2/55
- Record Id:
- 040-002878487
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002354004
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023639603.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88998/2/55
- Title:
- Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Randell - Riley)
- Scope & Content:
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23 communications from Elaine Randell, Frank Reeve [F. D. Reeve], and Peter Riley.
- (1). Randell, Elaine. Bethersden, Kent, 1 March 1983. Typed letter (1 sheet) and typed poem 'for Lee' (1 sheet).
- (2). Randell, Elaine. Bethersden, 30 March 1984. Typed letter (1 sheet), and typed poem 'Five English Spring Poems for Lee Harwood' (2 sheets), enclosing postcard ('The Stonebreaker' by Henry Wallis) 'for Lee & Bobbie' and a pressed primrose leaf.
- (3). Reeve, F. D. [Franklin D'Olier]. Connecticut, undated autograph letter (1 bifolium), with envelope franked 5 June (year not visible). Comments on Harwood, Morning Light (1998).
- (4). Reeve, F. D. London, 24 March 2007 (postmark). Undated autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope. 'Laura and I don't want to leave for the States without a chance to see you.'
- (5). Reeve, F. D. Vermont, 26 December 2007. Folding card (printed poem inside: 'Smolensk Cathedral') - brief message.
- (6). Riley, Peter. Odense, Denmark, 1 March 1970. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. 'I've now reached No.31 of the Linear Journal and am revising it all from the beginning.'
- (7). Riley, Peter. Odense, 13 April 1971. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. 'Yes I guess I'll be in London from early June or so, so you can expect to see me falling down the stairs into better books paperback department [...].'
- (8). Riley , Peter. On board S.S. Churchill, 7 June 1971. Typed letter (1 sheet) enclosing typed poems (6 sheets).
- (9). Riley, Peter. Cambridge, 11 February 1986. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Reports the death of the poet Nicholas Moore. 'I seem to be about to become his literary executor, and also am handling his collection of books etc.' Harwood interested in purchasing Moore's copy of Jocelyn Brooke, Wild Orchids of Britain (1950).
- (10). Riley, Peter. Cambridge, 16 December [1993]. Typed letter (1 sheet) enclosing typed poem (1 sheet) 'A Shepherd's Calendar' by Auden ('omitted from For the Time Being'), with envelope. Having received Harwood, In the Mists (1993).
- (11). Riley, Peter. [Cambridge], 4 May 1999. Poem card (John James, 'En Sevrage') from Cambridge Conference of Contemporary Poetry (CCCP). 'Robert Adamson spoke warmly of you afterwards'.
- (12). Riley, Peter. 'Chateau Sturton, Saturday' [c. June 1999]. Undated typed letter (1 sheet) referring to CCCP.
- (13). Riley, Peter. [Cambridge], 10 July [1999]. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. 'I still have my snapshots of the Dolomites. Stockport Grammar School trip, 1956 [...].' Riley is recently back from 'an extraordinary trip to another of Europe's mountain zones, the Carpathians'. Supplies Robert Adamson's address (Australia).
- (14). Riley, Peter. Cambridge, 17 April [2004]. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Having received Harwood, Collected Poems. Letter refers to the poet Pete Bland.
- (15). Riley, Peter. Cambridge, 21 April 2004 (postmark). Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. 'The dreaded CCCP is almost upon us. But very human types such as Roger Langley, John Welch and John Temple are gathering here before going and we'll form a geriatric base camp.'
- (16). Riley, Peter. Cambridge, 17 April [2007]. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope.
- (17). Riley, Peter. [Cambridge, ?21 June 2007 - faint postmark). Undated autograph postcard (Embroidered Panel, Quaker).
- (18). Riley, Peter. Cambridge [?autumn 2007]. Undated autograph postcard (Henry Moore exhibition 2007, suggesting possible date for postcard, although perhaps 2008 - see next letter). Visiting Brighton over Christmas.
- (19). Riley, Peter. Cambridge, 'Monday' (27 January 2009 - postmark). Autograph letter (1 sheet, with envelope). 'We've been in Brighton ever since we last saw you'.
- (20). Riley, Peter. Cambridge, 27 June [2010]. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Refers to Riley's Guardian obituary for poet David Chaloner (1944-2010).
- (21). Riley, Peter. Cambridge, 23 June [2012]. Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope. Refers to the death of Pete Bland 'two or three years ago in Ipswich'. Letter incorporates information (word-processed) circulated by Riley by e-mail 'to a few people who knew him'.
- (22). Riley, Peter. Hebden Bridge, 'Tuesday' [postmark 10 April 2013]. Autograph letter (1 sheet), with envelope. 'Yes, I am glad to get away from Cambridge. It's always been a battle-ground.'
- (23). Riley, Peter. Hebden Bridge, 18 August [2013]. Typed letter (1 sheet), with envelope. 'Congratulations on getting a Cholmondeley Award this year.'
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002354004
036-002787732
040-002878487 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88998 : The Papers of Lee Harwood
Add MS 88998/2 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received
Add MS 88998/2/55 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Randell - Riley) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002354004[0002]/036-002787732[0056]/040-002878487
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88998
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- (1 file)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1970
- End Date:
- 2013
- Date Range:
- 1970-2013
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Moore, Nicholas, poet, 1918-1986
Randell, Elaine, poet, b 1951
Reeve, Franklin D'Olier, American educator and writer, 1928-2013
Riley, Peter, poet, b 1940