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Add MS 89404/4/68
- Record Id:
- 040-003469346
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003459135
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100090398574.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89404/4/68
- Title:
- Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Chris Torrance, The Diary of Palug's Cat
- Scope & Content:
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(1). An autograph letter, enclosing poem, from Chris Torrance to Peter Hodgkiss:
- 22 Mar 1978. Iain Sinclair has returned the manuscript of Palug's Cat to Torrance: 'there is no way that I can see that we can do it for ...2/3 years even ... You don't want to wait that long.' Torrance is therefore submitting the manuscript for Hodgkiss's consideration. Accompanying the letter is a brief autograph poem: 'Dreaming of', with illustration, dated 20 Mar 1978.
(2). Completed application form for Book Production Grant, Welsh Arts Council. Signed by Hodgkiss, 23 Oct 1978).
(3). Three black and white portrait photographs of Chris Torrance, one of which notes on the verso that the photographer was Iain Sinclair.
(4). Earliest typed manuscript (photocopy typescript). January 1978 (19 sheets). Lacks published Part 2, 'Polarised Sentences'.
(5). Subsequent typed manuscript (23 sheets), including proposed illustrations (photocopies). Lacks published Part 2, 'Polarised Sentences'.
(6). Final typed mansucript (50 sheets), dated 1 Oct 1979. Some passges struck-through with blue pencil. Sheet 10 is a small slip of paper proposing a re-arrangement of the page.
(7). Publication. Chris Torrance, The Diary of Palug's Cat. Galloping Dog Press: Newcastle upon Tyne, 1980. Signed copy, 22 Apr 1980, with autograph poem added.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003459135
036-003464260
040-003469346 - 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 89404/4/68 : Peter Hodgkiss Publishing Archive: Chris Torrance, The Diary of Palug's Cat - Hierarchy:
- 032-003459135[0004]/036-003464260[0069]/040-003469346
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89404
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1978
- End Date:
- 1980
- Date Range:
- 1978-1980
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Torrance, Chris, poet, 1941-2021