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040-002891478

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032-002354004

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Add MS 88998/6/7

Title:

Lee Harwood: Fair Copies ('Writings' 347-425)

Scope & Content:

Continuing a numbered chronological sequence of fair copies, retained in a springback binder. Nearly all texts are dated, and details of publication are recorded in pencil by Harwood where applicable.

Written on a label attached to the outside front cover: 'Lee Harwood. Writings, 1988 to 1997 / 347-425'.

Numbered sequence as follows:

(347). 'Torpedoed Yet Again'. March-July 1988. The text is struck-through with a single diagonal line.
(347A). 'Torpedoed Yet Again'. Lightly revised text, also struck-through.
(348). 'Birthday Surprise / for Paul Evans'. 10 January 1989.
(349). 'Sleeve note for KC [Kelvin Corcoran]; Pig Press book'. 13 February 1989.
(350). 'Waunfawr and After / "The Collar Work Begins"'. January 1984 - February 1989.
(351). 'Mid Winter / another Brighton poem'. December 1988 - March 1989.
(352). 'St. Francis and Psychoanalysis'. (No date indicated.)
(353). 'Visit to My Old Home'. October 1988 - April 1989.
(354). 'Brecon Cathedral / for Harry Guest'. January-August 1989.
(355). 'The Rowan Tree / for Rowan Harwood'. February-April 1989.
(356). 'Bolinas Late Afternoon'. April 1989.
(357). 'Air Clamps'. May-June 1989.
(358). 'Lines Addressed to an Epicurean Poet About to Drink a Glass of Water'. 10 July 1989.
(359). 'Berg's Memory'. November 1989.
(360). 'African Violets / for Pansy Harwood / my grandmother 1896-1989'. January-February 1990.
(361). 'Note for dustjacket of RC's [Ric Caddel] book Uncertain Time to be published by Galloping Dog Press.' 15 February 1990. 'Not used in Galloping Dog edn.'
(362). 'Czech Dream'. December 1989 - April 1990.
(363). 'Hand to Hand / Text for collaboration with the artist Graham Evans for Red Herring Studios "artist's book" to appear at 1990 Brighton Festival with proceeds going to AIDS research'. March-April 1990.
(364). 'Tao-Yun Meets Sandy Berrigan'. January-May 1990.
(365). 'Eggcups'. 'For Sarah, September 1990'.
(366). 'Moon Watching: 7 Nights'. Summer 1989/1990, revised 14 November 1990.
(367). 'Moonphase'. 1989-1990. 'In memory of Pansy Harwood 1896-1989'.
(368). 'Homage to Albert Ryder and Bill Corbett. 1990.'
(369). 'Chile and Elsewhere, Pinochet and Others'. 1989-1991.
(369A). 'Milosovic, Tudjman, and Others, Bosnia and Elsewhere'. (Text identical to 369 apart from the title.)
(370). 'Chinese Thoughts on Procedure'. 1990-1992.
(371). 'In a gay bar named The Tool Box on the East River, New York City, 25 Years Ago'. 24 December 1991.
(372). 'Paul Evans, 1945-1991'. Hove, February 1992. 'For Paul's memorial book, The Empty Hill.'
(373). 'Referee's Report' for Harry Guest (Hawthornden Castle Fellowship). 22 February 1992.
(374). 'In the Mountains'. 1991-1992 ('In memory of Paul Evans').
(374A). 'In the Mountains'. 1991-1993 ('In memory of Paul Evans'). Revised and longer text.
(375). 'On the Ledge'. Winter 1991-1992.
(376). 'Sandy Berrigan in Sussex'. 1990-1992 ('In memory of Kate Berrigan and Paul Evans').
(377). 'For Paul / Coming Out of Winter'. 1991-1992.
(378). 'Cwm Uchaf'. March-April 1992.
(379). 'Summer 1990'. 1990-1992.
(380). 'The Artful / for Anne Stevenson'. 1990-1992.
(381). 'Starfish for Cathy'. Falmouth, 20 June 1992 ('occasional poem for Cathy Wade's graduation show').
(382). 'Snowdon Seen from Capel Curig'. August 1992 ('for Harry Guest').
(383). 'Unemployed'. October 1992.
Loosely inserted at 383, a letter-poem (3 July 1995) from 'John' [Freeman], prompted by his reading 'Unemployed' in a poetry magazine: 'Just a letter, nothing more or less, and just for you, Lee, after visiting Jim Burns.'
(384). 'Y Garn Glyderau / in memory of Paul Evans'. July-November 1992.
(385). 'Shostakovich - 8th String Quartet, 1st Movement'. November 1992.
(386). 'St. David's Day on the Lleyn'. March-November 1992 ('for Harry Guest & Brenda Chamberlain').
(387). 'The Old Question'. November 1992 ('for Ben Watkins').
(388). 'Sleeve note', David Miller, Tesserae (Stride, 1993). 4 December 1992 ('not used on dustjacket').
(389). 'Note for Robert Sheppard's book The Flashlight Sonata, to be published by Stride, Exeter, 1993'. January 1993.
(390). 'Visits to the Mountains: A Colour Chart'. 1990-1993.
(391). 'Gilded White / for Sandy Berrigan'. January 1993.
(392). 'Magnetic Pull'. 1992-1993.
(393). 'September Dusk by Nant Y Geuallt'. 1992-1993.
(394). 'Dreams of Armenia'. 1988-1993.
(395). 'South London'. June 1993. (Poem struck-through with a single diagonal line.)
(396). 'Summer 1993'. July-August 1993.
(397). 'October Night'. October 1993.
(398). 'Days and Nights: Accidental Sightings / A bundle of 50 sticks for Joseph Cornell and others'. September 1993 - February 1994.
(399). 'More Bunting for Mr. Corbett'. April 1994.
(400). 'Llandudno Junction'. May 1994.
(401). '"Where's Mr. Perky Now?"'. March-October 1994.
(402). 'A Birthday Bouquet for Mr. Cupidi'. April 1995.
(403). 'The Songs of Those Who Are On the Sea of Glass'. April-May 1995.
(404). 'Gorgeous - yet another Brighton poem'. August 1995.
(405). 'Notting Hill 1967'. Summer 1995.
(406). 'Mirrors'. Autumn 1995.
(407). 'The Bright Colours of the 15th Century'. 1995-1996 ('for Fra Angelico').
(408). 'The South Coast'. April-May 1996.
(409). 'Brighton & Hove'. April-May 1996.
(410). 'Talking Bab-ilu'. June-July 1996 ('for Anne Stevenson').
(411). 'Late Journeys'. August 1996.
(412). 'Monuments'. August 1996.
(413). 'Genghis Khan's Hat'. September 1996.
(414). 'Classicism (Satie, Finlay, et Cie.)'. September 1996.
(415). 'Vessel'. September-October 1996 ('for Penny and a homage to Chris Drury').
(416). 'Thaw Conditions'. October 1996.
(417). 'An Horatian Ode'. October 1996.
(418). 'Beginning of a West Sussex Spell'. October 1996.
(419). 'The Poetry of Mountaineering' (Welsh Union of Writers Conference, Llanberis, November 1996). Harwood's talk incorporates various quotations, including some copied by Paul Evans (see sheet numbered 2A). On the verso of sheet 2A is a letter (with sketch) from Evans to Harwood, 20 January 1984.
(420). 'Night Story'. November-December 1996.
(421). 'Tonight'. December 1996.
(422). 'Silk Veil'. January-February 1997.
(423). 'The History of Science'. February-March 1997.
(424). 'Rose Repeat'. March-April 1997.
(425). 'Salt Water'. April-May 1997. 'In memory of Joey Peirce/Harwood, 11-14 March 1997'.
Nine poems re-typed on a new typewriter, with the following numbers: 405, 406, 407, 411, 414, 420, 421, 423, and 424.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002354004
036-002891196
040-002891478

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Add MS 88998 : The Papers of Lee Harwood
Add MS 88998/6 : Lee Harwood: Poetry and Occasional Prose (Fair Copies)

Add MS 88998/6/7 : Lee Harwood: Fair Copies ('Writings' 347-425)

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032-002354004[0007]/036-002891196[0007]/040-002891478

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File

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1 file

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1988

End Date:

1997

Date Range:

1988-1997

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Physical Characteristics:

Loose sheets retained in spring back binder (blue), 320 x 235 mm.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Chamberlain, Brenda, artist, poet, novelist, 1912-1971,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109627852
Freeman, John, poet and critic, b 1946