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Add MS 89192/3/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003320397
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003320058
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100034842169.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89192/3/1
- Title:
- Lee Harwood Supplementary Papers: Letters from Pansy Lee Harwood, Michelene Wandor, Amanda Wade
- Scope & Content:
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Letters received (including a few copy letters sent) during Harwood's residence in America and on the Greek island of Paros.
(1). Typed carbon copy letter (1 sheet) addressed to 'Carol'. 22 December 1970, from Brooklyn Heights, New York. Refers to Andrew Wylie's visit to London and to his altercation with Stuart Montgomery (Fulcrum Press). Harwood will be leaving for Canada by 4th January.
(2). P. L. Harwood [Pansy Lee Harwood], grandmother and dedicatee of Harwood's Collected Poems. 10 September 1971, autograph air mail letter to Harwood at the Aegean School of Fine Arts, Paros, Greece.
(3). Michelene Wandor:
- 13 Nov 1970 (postmark), addressed to Harwood c/o John Ashbery, New York. Typed letter signed (1 sheet, with air mail envelope). Enclosing cutting from Time Out (Nick Kimberley poetry review column). The column ends: 'By the time this appears one of our best poets, Lee Harwood, will have left for a three-month reading tour of the States and an indefinite stay in Canada.'
- 5 Dec 1970 (postmark), addressed to Harwood at Brooklyn Heights. Typed letter signed (2 sheets, with envelope) enclosing typed poems (6 sheets).
- 8 Dec 1970. Typed carbon copy letter (1 sheet) from Harwood at Brooklyn Heights to Wandor. 'And did my I Ching the other day - the image of the fox carefully crossing the frozen river. And I guess that's where I am at the moment - slowly trying to find that path across the ice without getting my tail wet.'
- 23 Dec 1970. Typed carbon copy letter (1 sheet) from Harwood at Brooklyn Heights to Wandor.
(4). Amanda Wade:
- 19 Oct 1970, Thornton Hill, Exeter. Typed letter signed (3 sheets, with envelope) Wade to Harwood (c/o Jim Friend, Illinois).
- 27 Oct 1970, Thornton Hill, Exeter. Autograph letter (3 sheets, with envelope), Wade to Harwood (c/o Jim Friend, Illinois), enclosing pressed leaf.
- 29 Nov 1970, Whimple, Devon. Typed letter signed (3 sheets, with envelope), Wade to Harwood (c/o John Ashbery, New York), enclosing (faded) colour photograph of flowers in Exeter Cathedral (annotated on verso: 'Exeter Cathedral flowers for Lee / Cathy & Amanda').
- 8 Dec and 22 Dec 1970, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. Two typed letters signed (1 sheet and 1 sheet, with single envelope), Wade to Harwood (c/o Wachtel, Brooklyn Heights).
- 24 Dec 1970. Typed carbon copy letter (1 sheet) from Harwood at Brooklyn Heights.
- 28 Dec 1970. Typed carbon copy letter (1 sheet) from Harwood at Brooklyn Heights.
- 9 Jan 1971, Southernhay, Exeter. Typed letter signed (2 sheets, plus 1 supplementary sheet autograph) to Harwood at Brooklyn Heights (c/o Wachtel).
- 13 Aug 1971, Southernhay, Exeter. Typed letter signed (2 sheets, with mis-matched envelope dated 6 Aug) to Harwood at Aegean School of Fine Arts, Paros.
- 17 Aug 1971, Exeter. Typed letter signed (1 sheet, letter head American Arts Documentation Centre, University of Exeter, with envelope). Enclosing photocopied poem (1 sheet) by Chris Beckett dedicated to Harwood ('from a mag produced by some school-kids in Exeter, who heard your reading here').
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003320058
036-003320396
040-003320397 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89192 : Lee Harwood: Supplementary Papers
Add MS 89192/3 : Lee Harwood Supplementary Papers: Earlier Personal Correspondence (1970-86)
Add MS 89192/3/1 : Lee Harwood Supplementary Papers: Letters from Pansy Lee Harwood, Michelene Wandor, Amanda Wade - Hierarchy:
- 032-003320058[0003]/036-003320396[0001]/040-003320397
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89192
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1970
- End Date:
- 1971
- Date Range:
- 1970-1971
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Beckett, Christopher John, archivist; poet, b 1954
Kimberley, Nick, bookseller, music critic, b circa 1945
Wade, Amanda, sociologist, research fellow, b 1945
Wandor, Michelene, playwright, poet, b 1940