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Record Id:

040-003475438

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003475101

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100097194992.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 89422/2/2

Title:

Joseph Brearley: Letters Received from William J. Duff

Scope & Content:

Autograph letters, signed 'Bill' or 'B'. Some letters enclose, or incorporate, poems by Duff, whose (frustrated) literary ambitions are a continuous thread in the letters.

1972:

30 Jan 1972 (3 sheets), from an address in Munich. Poem on the final page.
'Sat' [Feb or Mar 1972] (2 sheets), from an address in Munich.
26 Apr 1972 (1 sheet).
8 Jun 1972 (1 sheet).
'Afternoon' (autograph poem, 3 sheets).
19 Aug 1972 (2 sheets), poem on the second sheet ('In the wood also one bough').
'The City' (autograph poem, 1 sheet).
10 Dec 1972 (1 sheet), from Munich.
'Pot-boiler' (autograph poem, 1 sheet).
'Saturday' [1972] (brief note, 1 sheet).

1973:

12 May 1973, from Munich (1 sheet).
15 June 1973 (1 sheet).
22 Jun 1973 (1 sheet), with autograph poem 'Campaigns' (3 sheets).
Monday 9 July [1973]. Postcard.
21 Sep 1973 (1 sheet).
1 Oct 1973 (1 sheet), from Leatherhead, with three typed poems (5 sheets): 'Prehistory etc.'; 'Night Flight, London to Munich'; and 'Lebewohl'.
12 Oct 1973, from London (1 sheet). Duff has sent Harold Pinter some of his poems and quotes Pinter's response and general advice ('poetry magazines').
15 Oct 1973 (1 sheet).
20 Oct 1973 (1 sheet).
25 Oct 1973 (1 sheet).
'The Land's Identity' (typed poem, 1 sheet).
5 Nov 1973 (1 sheet).
'Water run from two taps' (autograph poem, 1 sheet).
12 Nov 1973 (1 sheet).
28 Nov 1973 (1 sheet).
5 Dec 1973 (2 sheets).
6 Dec 1973 (1 sheet).
27 Dec 1973 (1 sheet).
'Trouvaille' (typed poem, 1 sheet).

1974:

5 Apr 1974 (1 sheet).
18 Jun 1974 (1 sheet).
13 Jul 1974 (2 sheets).
'Thursday' (2 sheets).
20 Oct 1974 (1 sheet).
6 Nov 1974 (1 sheet).
Long copied quotation (1 sheet) about the Golden Section from Herbert Read, The Meaning of Art.
20 Nov 1974 (1 sheet).
23 Nov 1974 (1 sheet).
Three typed poems (2 sheets): 'Ballspielerin'; 'München, Autumn 1973'; and 'By Adige'.
'Hungerford Bridge, Winter 1974' (autograph poem, 1 sheet).
'Alas' (typed poem, 1 sheet).

1975:

11 Jan 1975 (1 sheet).
26 Jan 1975, from Portstewart, N. Ireland (4 sheets).
21 Feb 1975 (1 sheet).
27 Apr 1975, from Fetcham (4 sheets).
4 May 1975 (2 sheets).
7 May 1975 (1 sheet).
1 Jun 1975 (3 sheets).
'M.M.H.: Portrush 13 June 1975' (autograph poem, 2 sheets).
14 Jun 1975 (8 sheets).
3 Jul 1975 (3 sheets).
2 Aug 1975 (2 sheets).
9 Nov 1975 (2 sheets).
17 Nov 1975 (1 sheet).
19 Nov 1975 (2 sheets).
Christmas card [December 1975].

For Brearley's letters to Duff, see Add MS 89422/2/4.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003475101
036-003475433
040-003475438

Is part of:

Add MS 89422 : Joseph Brearley Papers
Add MS 89422/2 : Joseph Brearley Papers: Correspondence

Add MS 89422/2/2 : Joseph Brearley: Letters Received from William J. Duff

Hierarchy:

032-003475101[0002]/036-003475433[0002]/040-003475438

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89422

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1972

End Date:

1975

Date Range:

1972-1975

Era:

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