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Add MS 88998/2/61
- Record Id:
- 040-002878650
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002354004
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023673798.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88998/2/61
- Title:
- Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Robinson, John)
- Scope & Content:
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17 communications from John Robinson.
- (1). Erith, Kent, 'Early Feb 2010'. Autograph letter (2 sheets).
- (2). Erith, March 2010. Autograph letter (4 sheets) enclosing 2 photocopy sheets (from biography of artist Keith Vaughan), 1 photocopy sheet (newspaper obituary of Vic Chesnutt) and 1 colour photo (water ripples).
- (3). Erith, 8 October 2010 (postmark). Autograph letter (2 sheets); on the second letter sheet, a photocopy snippet is adhered from a review (?1967), comparing the 'presence' of Keats with that of Harwood - 'remember this?' Enclosed: a sheet with 2 photographs adhered ('my sister & myself - Hythe, Kent - late 50's - I think'), and, separately, a nature walk photograph. With envelope.
- (4). Erith, October 2010. Autograph letter (4 sheets).
- (5). Erith, 29 March 2011. Autograph letter (5 sheets).
- (6). Erith, 26 May 2011. Autograph letter (5 sheets) enclosing a printed photograph of Joseph Cornell by Lee Miller and various photocopy sheets (on Cornell and on Philip Guston).
- (7). [Erith], 26 June 2011 (date added in pencil by Harwood). Autograph letter (2 sheets).
- (8). [Erith], 28 June 2011 (date added by Harwood in pencil). Autograph letter (4 sheets). Adhered to the second sheet of the letter is a colour photocopy of the address-face of a postcard from Pip Benveniste to Robinson, and the letter makes reference to both Pip and Asa Benveniste.
- (9). Erith, 17 October 2011. Autograph letter (5 sheets) enclosing 1 photocopy sheet (concert programme notes, Bruch, Stravinsky, and Alan Detweiler's Minotaur Mask). Robinson did not attend the launch of John Wieners, Street Illegal, but 'did go to hear some music by my old pal Alan Detweiler at the Cadogan Hall & that was a nice thing ... Alan not having had anything played in public for years & years (80's).' Robinson comments on a previous visit to Detweiler.
- (10). [Erith], 13 December 2011. Autograph postcard (dated 'Mid December' and annotated by Harwood in pencil with the date, '13'), together with an autograph letter (4 sheets) dated (by Harwood, in pencil) as '13/12/2011'. The letter largely comprises comments on recorded music originally enclosed.
- (11). [?2011] - material without date, comprising autograph letter (11 sheets), with envelope (postmark obscure), enclosing: 13 printed photographs by Robinson; 2 x Glen Baxter cartoons (photocopies); and single photocopy sheet referring to ENO production of Parsifal.
- (12). [?2011] - material without date, comprising: autograph letter fragment (1 sheet) referring to various 20th century composers; 4 cut-down photocopy sheets (plates from book - composer-related images); 4 photocopy sheets relating to Mahler; and 5 photocopy sheets from The Wire on Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-88) annotated by Robinson with reference to David Gascoyne.
- (13). [Erith], 'End of Jan 2012'. Autograph letter (6 sheets) with 1 photocopy sheet (review of Jonathan Harvey, Wagner Dream, Barbican). Letter refers to Alan Detweiler falling down the stairs and breaking his arm.
- (14). Erith, [February 2012]. Undated autograph letter (4 sheets, beginning in green ink). Further on Detweiler: 'Jeremy [Reed] & I are worried about our old friend (old in both senses) Alan [Detweiler]' who has come out of hospital but is not answering his phone. Towards the end of the letter, Robinson reports his death at University College Hospital (25 February).
- (15). [Erith], 'Early March 2012'. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
- (16). [Erith], 'March 2012'. Autograph letter (4 sheets). Further remarks on Detweiler following his death.
- (17). [Erith], 'May 2012'. Autograph letter (4 sheets).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002354004
036-002787732
040-002878650 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88998 : The Papers of Lee Harwood
Add MS 88998/2 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received
Add MS 88998/2/61 : Lee Harwood: Letters Received (Robinson, John) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002354004[0002]/036-002787732[0062]/040-002878650
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88998
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 2010
- End Date:
- 2012
- Date Range:
- 2010-2012
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Detweiler, Alan, composer, 1926-2012
Robinson, John, small press poetry editor, b 1948