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Add MS 89404/4/21
- Record Id:
- 040-003467720
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003459135
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100088565977.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89404/4/21
- Title:
- Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Peter Finch, make
- Scope & Content:
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(1). Letters from Finch to Hodgkiss, and other associated correspondence:
- 1 Feb 1988. Typed letter: 'I wonder if Galloping Dog would be interested in seeing a set of short, for me very short, poems? Post modernist style. New stuff. Say the word.'
- 23 Feb 1988. Typed letter: 'Here is the mss of my proposed collection make. I'm very uncertain about the content and could do with a bit of editorial help should you decide you want to do it.'
- 10 Apr 1988. Typed letter.
- 12 Oct 1988. Autograph letter.
- 7 Dec 1988. Typed letter. Annotated by Hodgkiss: 'revised contents accepted & cover design requested'.
- 20 Feb 1989. Typed letter.
- 27 May 1989. Typed letter, referring to 'my next projected title in the Allison and Busby writer's guides series'.
- Complete copy of What's Happening ('The Leading What's On Guide for Wales'), issue 73 (June 1989). Annotated on front cover 'see p. 30' (i.e. Finch's 'Words and Books' column).
- 11 Jun 1989. Typed letter: 'I can quite understand how anyone involved in the publishing and poetry business can want to drop out of it.'
- 2 Jul 1989. Typed letter.
- 7 Sep 1989, Northern Arts to Hodgkiss. Acknowledgement of 'your application for financial assistance' towards 'the cost of publishing a book of poems by Peter Finch'. Amount requested: £700.00.
- 21 Oct 1989. Autograph postcard: 'TRANS [Chaloner] is a nice job. Glad to hear the prospects are good - too young to retire yet, of course.'
- 18 Nov 1989. Typed letter.
- 3 Dec 1989. Typed letter: 'I've found this postcard showing a print by Chris Plowman which wd make an ideal cover for make [....] I've no idea who Chris Plowman is and have no contacts there.' Promotional postcard showing 'Dancer, Can Opener' (Howard Gardens Gallery, South Glamorgan Institute of Higher Education).
- 25 Jan 1990. Hodgkiss's note of 'ansaphone' message left for Gallery regarding using Plowman's work on book cover.
- 29 Jan 1990. Typed letter from Finch: 'I passed your regards onto Torrance. He returns them. He is into rap now, for god's sake, not that I've heard any from him yet.'
- 12 Mar 1990. British Library Cataloguing Data Sheet.
- 13 Mar 1990. Draft letter from Hodgkiss to Plowman.
- [March 1990]. Autograph letter from Plowman to Hodgkiss: 'I am flattered'.
- 12 Apr 1990. Autograph letter from Plowman to Hodgkiss, together with photographic print for cover (250 x 200 mm).
- 20 Jul 1990. Delivery Note, Athenaeum Press Ltd.
- [Jul 1990]. Undated autograph letter from Finch: 'You told me it would be an amazing cover and it is an amazing cover.'
- 23 Jul 1990. Typed letter: 'ah but it's a great one'.
- 16 Aug 1990. Invoice from Athenaeum Press Ltd.
- 19 Sep 1990. Welsh Arts Council to Hodgkiss, advising that make has been included on a list of publications eligible for consideration for an Annual Prize.
- 1 Oct 1990. British Library Legal Deposit request.
- 19 Oct 1990. British Library Legal Deposit Receipt.
- Brief biography of Finch and photocopies of previous reviews: 'you may be able to extract a quote or two from the attached'.
(2). Typed manuscript.
(3). Proofs, corrected in red ink by Finch together with a covering note (26 May 1990).
(4). Corrected typeset pages.
(5). Publication. Peter Finch, make. Galloping Dog Press: Newcastle upon Tyne, 1990.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003459135
036-003464260
040-003467720 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89404 : The Publishing Archive of Peter Hodgkiss: Galloping Dog Press, Poetry Information, and Not Poetry
Add MS 89404/4 : Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Galloping Dog Press Publications
Add MS 89404/4/21 : Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Peter Finch, make - Hierarchy:
- 032-003459135[0004]/036-003464260[0021]/040-003467720
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89404
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1988
- End Date:
- 1990
- Date Range:
- 1988-1990
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Finch, Peter, poet, small press publisher, b 1947
Plowman, Chris, artist, 1952-2009