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Add MS 89404/2/15
- Record Id:
- 040-003463405
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003459135
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100086577145.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89404/2/15
- Title:
- Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: General Correspondence (Tom Leonard)
- Scope & Content:
-
Letters received from Tom Leonard (including occasional copy letters from Hodgkiss):
(1). 1974-76:
- 8 Jun 1974 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 8 Mar 1976 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 21 May 1976 (typed, 2 sheets): 'I'd like very much to do an article - I've had an idea recently about seeing the Modern as being when painters emphasised canvas as canvas.' Refers to Leonard, 'The Locust Tree in Flower, and why it had Difficulty Flowering in Britain' (Poetry Information 16, Winter 1976-77).
- 4 Jul 1976 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 9 Oct 1976 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 17 Dec 1976 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 24 Dec 1976 (typed, 1 sheet).
(2). 1977-80:
- 11 Jan 1977 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 16 Jul 1977 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 20 Apr 1978 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 4 Mar 1979 (typed, 1 sheet). Proposes Ghostie Men (Galloping Dog Press, 1980).
- 23 Apr 1979 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 28 Feb 1980 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 2 Apr 1980 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 13 Apr 1980 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 11 May 1980 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 11 Aug 1980 (autograph, 1 sheet).
(3). 1982-83:
- 6 Jun 1982 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 20 Jun 1982 (typed, 1 sheet), together with typed and annotated list (3 sheets) of proposed contents for 'a selected works': 'Tom Leonard: Writing 1965-1983'.
- 5 Aug 1982 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 10 Aug 1982 (autograph postcard): 'I've thought of the title I want: INTIMATE VOICES: Selected Work 1965-1982. The title - but of course - has a subliminal reference to a string quartet by Sibelius of the same name.'
- 16 Aug 1982 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 18 Aug 1982 (typed, 3 sheets).
- 3 Apr 1983 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 13 Jun 1983 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 27 Jun 1983 (typed, 2 sheets).
- 13 Sep 1983 (autograph 2 sheets, including draft cartoon 'The Language Question', Intimate Voices, p. 129).
- 16 Sep 1983 (autograph, 1 sheet): 'Got the proofs a couple of hours ago'.
- 24 (or 29) Nov 1983 (pencil autograph, 1 sheet).
- 4 Dec 1983 (autograph, 1 sheet with small additional sheet), suggesting where to send Intimate Voices for review.
- Christmas Day 1983 (typed, 1 sheet), requesting errata slip.
(4). 1984:
- 3 Jan 1984 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 4 Jan 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 1 Feb 1984 (typed, 1 sheet).
- [March 1984] (typed, 1 sheet).
- 19 Mar 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet on 'Poetsound '84' headed paper), with folded 'Poetsound '84' poster/infoirmation sheet, event held at Third Eye Centre, Glasgow, 23-25 Mar 1984, organised by Leonard and Joan Hughson.
- 6 Apr 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 5 Jun 1984 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 23 Aug 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 7 Sep 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 11 Oct 1984 (autograph postcard).
- 12 Oct 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 15 Nov 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 16 Nov 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 4 Dec 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 20 Dec 1984 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 22 Dec 1984 (typed, 1 sheet).
- 30 Dec 1984 (typed copy letter without signature from Hodgkiss to Leonard): 'The orders are coming in now [...] I've now got to cook up a grant application for the reprint'.
(5). 1985-86:
- 8 Jan 1985 (autograph, 1 sheet);
- 29 Jan 1985 (autogtraph, 1 sheet);
- 20 Feb 1985 (autograph, 1 sheet) including letter 25 Feb on the verso.
- 23 Apr 1985 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 13 May 1985 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 7 Nov 1985 (typed, 1 sheet): 'Just to say I was sitting looking at the book really for the first time oddly enough after you left, feeling it and imagining it as being picked up by someone. Anyway I think it's smashing, I really do [....]'
- 15 Feb 1986 (autograph postcard).
- 1 Dec 1986 (autograph, 2 sheets).
- 19 Dec 1986 (autograph, 1 sheet).
(6). 1987-91:
- 14 Feb 1987. Copy letter (typed, 1 sheet), Hodgkiss to the Editor, The Fiction Magazine referring to 'the unsanctioned inclusion of material by Tom Leonard'. Together with autograph letter (1 sheet, 13 Feb 1987) from Judy Cooke (Ed. Fiction Magazine) to Leonard.
- 17 Feb 1987 (autograph, 1 sheet), together with word-processed copy letter of same date from Leonard to Judy Cooke.
- 20 Jun 1987 (autograph, 1 sheet).
- 10 Dec 1987 (word-processed, 1 sheet). Proposes publication of Nora's Place (Galloping Dog Press, 1990).
- 18 Dec 1987. Hodgkiss to Leonard (1 sheet copy letter, typed) in response to Leonard's proposal.
- 12 Feb 1989 (word-processed, 1 sheet).
- 23 Aug 1989 (word-processed, 1 sheet).
- 28 Nov 1989 (word-processed, 1 sheet).
- Christmas card letter [1989].
- 22 May 1990 (word-processed, 1 sheet).
- 9 Apr 1991 (autograph, 1 small sheet).
(7). 2009:
- 28 Sep 2009 (word-processed, 1 sheet), referring to three copy CDs prepared for Hodgkiss: Janacek; Penderecki; Webern; Schoenberg; Berg; Ravel; Berio; Nielsen.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003459135
036-003460052
040-003463405 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89404 : The Publishing Archive of Peter Hodgkiss: Galloping Dog Press, Poetry Information, and Not Poetry
Add MS 89404/2 : Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Correspondence
Add MS 89404/2/15 : Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: General Correspondence (Tom Leonard) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003459135[0002]/036-003460052[0016]/040-003463405
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89404
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1974
- End Date:
- 2009
- Date Range:
- 1974-2009
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Leonard, Tom, poet, 1944-2018