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Record Id:

040-002878609

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002354004

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023672479.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

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Add MS 88998/2/60

Title:

Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Robinson, John)

Scope & Content:

19 communications from John Robinson. The letters re-establish contact after many years and have a reminiscent character, recalling various poets, bookshops and publications from the 1960s and 1970s, including Asa Benveniste.

(1). [Erith, Kent], 5 December 2007. Autograph letter (9 sheets) enclosing 3 photocopy sheets (books about Nikola Tesla and books by William Corliss). 'It was good to see you again after many, many years.'
(2). Erith, 'Sunday' [December 2007]. Autograph letter (2 sheets) enclosing 3 printed digital images from the launch of Pierre Martory, Oh, Lake (Artery Editions, 2008), Poetry Society, 3 December 2007, at which Harwood read. One image includes Harwood.
(3). Erith, 30 December 2007. Autograph letter (6 sheets).
(4). [Erith], 31 December 2007. Autograph letter (3 sheets), enclosing three photographs: (1) 'Home made postcard: my mother & my sister (Kathleen) around 1945'; (2) interior colour photograph of '192' (i.e. home address, Erith) showing varous framed items on the walls, including print by Tom Phillips 'made by Asa' [Benveniste]; (3) second photograph of framed items, different wall.
(5). Erith, 14 February 2008. Autograph letter (13 sheets).
(6). [Erith], 28 March 2008 (postmark). Autograph postcard.
(7). [Erith, March 2008]. Undated autograph letter (3 sheets, red ink). 'I'm going to try & write some real letters over Easter.'
(8). [Erith], June 2008. Autograph letter (2 sheets) enclosing mounted bw photograph 80 x 110 mm ('I enclose a copy of a snap of myself with Ted [?Kavanagh] around 1979').
(9). [Erith], 25 June 2008 (postmark). Autograph letter (3 sheets), with envelope.
(10). Erith, 5 January (P.S. 6 January) 2009. Autograph letter (7 sheets).
(11). [Erith], 15 January 2009. Autograph letter (2 sheets).
(12). Erith, 29 January 2009 (postmark). Autograph letter (5 sheets) with envelope, enclosing bw photograph 200 x 150 mm of David Gascoyne (c 1940). Letter refers to Gascoyne (Isle of Wight) and to Kathleen Raine.
(13). [Erith], 9 February 2009 (date added by Harwood in pencil). Autograph letter (3 sheets).
(14). Erith, 29 April 2009. Autograph letter (2 sheets).
(15). Erith, 5 May 2009. Autograph letter (6 sheets).
(16). Erith, June 2009. Autograph letter (3 sheets).
(17). [Erith], 29 September 2009. Autograph letter (2 sheets).
(18). [Erith], 5 October 2009. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
(19). Erith, 7 October 2009 (date added by Harwood in pencil). Autograph letter (2 sheets).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002354004
036-002787732
040-002878609

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

Add MS 88998/2/60 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Robinson, John)

Hierarchy:

032-002354004[0002]/036-002787732[0061]/040-002878609

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

2007

End Date:

2009

Date Range:

2007-2009

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Names:

Benveniste, Asa, poet, co-founder Trigram Press, 1925-1990
Gascoyne, David Emery, poet, 1916-2001
Raine, Kathleen Jessie, poet, 1908-2003
Robinson, John, small press poetry editor, b 1948