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Major accessions to repositories in 2005 relating to Literary History

Local

Birmingham City Archives

  • Birmingham Book Club: records (MS 2571)

Bolton Archive and Local Studies Service

  • William John Francis Naughton, Author and Playwright: additional records, incl corresp (ZNA)

Bristol Record Office

  • Peter Macdonald, writer, Bristol: mss of published works (42798)

Bromley Public Libraries, Local Studies & Archives

  • George Allen, Engraver and Publisher: papers, incl letters from John Ruskin (1698)

Cumbria Record Office and Local Studies Library, Whitehaven

  • John Irwin, poet and playwright: papers, mainly comprising manuscripts and drafts of poems and plays (YDX 441)

Essex Record Office

  • Margaret Rose Young and Francis Stuart Young of North Weald: published and unpublished lyrics and poetry c1920-57, diary of FS Young 1946-48 and related corresp and papers 1905-2005 (D/DU 2253)

Flintshire Record Office

  • Daniel Owen, Novelist: papers of T Ceiriog Williams, translator of Daniel Owen's work (D/DM/1108)

Lambeth Archives Department

  • Upper Norwood Athenaeum: addnl minutes (2005/23)

Norfolk Record Office

  • Parson Woodforde Society: correspondence, papers (ACC 2005/164)

North Devon Record Office

  • Brian Chugg, artist and writer: corresp, literary mss, notes and photographs (B804-0)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • Perthshire Writers' Group: minutes and papers (Accnno04/03)

Portsmouth Museums and Records Service

  • Arthur Conan Doyle, Knight Author Physician Criminologist: papers, with additional material rel to Sherlock Holmes and to Richard Lancelyn Green (the Lancelyn Green bequest) (2279A)

Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre

  • Erica Hunt, author of 'Chirnside Past and Present': notes, postcards, news cuttings (SBA 323)

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office

  • Shakespeare Press, Stratford-upon-Avon: ledger (DR 1149)

Tyne and Wear Archives Service

  • Ruth Dodds, author, playwright and councillor: diaries and notebooks (DF.DOD)

Warwickshire County Record Office

  • Mary Ann Cross, novelist called George Eliot: correspondence with her family and friends (CR3989)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Robert William Victor Gittings, Poet Biographer and Playwright: additional papers (Acc.13833)

Wiltshire and Swindon Record Office

  • Edith Maud Olivier, Author: corresp, diaries and papers incl papers rel to Olivier, Hodgson and related families (982)
  • Henry Williamson, Naturalist and Author: letters and postcards (39) to F J Gay, secretary of the Richard Jefferies Society (3512)

National

British Film Institute, Special Collections

  • Joan Morgan, actress, playwright and novelist: papers relating to film productions

British Library, Manuscript Collections

  • William Scott, MP and critic: Modell of Poesy (Add 81083)

National Library of Ireland

  • Tom MacIntyre, poet, playwright: corresp, diaries, literary drafts, photographs (Acc. 6315)
  • Dermot Bolger, novelist, playwright, poet: drafts of poems, novels, plays and radio scripts, corresp (Acc. 6249)
  • Padraic Colum, Poet and Playwright: letters to Avrahm Yarmolinsky and Babette Deutsch (Ms 41, 557(1-3))
  • Oliver St John Gogarty, Irish Senator and Writer: corresp with Charles Feinberg (Acc. 6245)
  • Robert Greacen, Irish poet: papers, corresp (Acc. 6258)
  • George Bernard Shaw, Author and Playwright: typescript of 'The King, the Constitution, and the Lady' with ms alterations (Acc. 6239)
  • Irish PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists): corresp, minute books and reports (Acc. 6328)
  • Katherine Stuart Bridgwater: corresp inc letters of W.B. Yeats, poems and scrapbooks (Acc. 6333)
  • George Bernard Shaw: letter to publisher, Stanley Unwin, concerning H.C. Duffin's 'The Quintessence of Bernard Shaw' (Acc. 6340)
  • William Butler Yeats: letter to Frank O'Connor rel to proofs by his sister for a book of poems (Acc. 6274)
  • Liam Mac Uistin (b 1938), Irish playwright: papers, corresp, ms of plays and stories (Acc. 6298)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • Peter Ritchie Ritchie-Calder, Baron Ritchie Calder, author: further papers (Acc.12498)
  • Peter Ritchie Ritchie-Calder, Baron Ritchie Calder, author: further papers (Acc.12533)
  • Margaret Elphinstone, author: notebooks and research papers for the novel "Voyageurs" (Acc.12528)
  • Alastair David Shaw Fowler, poet and scholar: further corresp and papers (Acc.12542)
  • Duncan Glen, poet and publisher: further papers (Acc.12571)
  • William Sydney Graham, poet: corresp and literary papers (Acc.12468)
  • Alasdair James Gray, author and artist: further literary papers (Acc.12557)
  • Andrew Greig, author and mountaineer: literary papers (Acc.12535)
  • Alexander Norman Jeffares, English scholar, writer and critic: further papers (Acc.12551)
  • Tessa Ransford, poet: literary papers (Acc.12507)
  • Muriel Sarah Spark, author: letters from Geoffrey Handley-Taylor (Acc.12558)
  • Muriel Sarah Spark, author: further literary and personal papers (Acc.12478)
  • Gael Lundin Turnbull, poet and doctor: commonplace books and photograph album (Acc.12477)
  • Gael Lundin Turnbull, poet and doctor: literary papers (Acc.12552)
  • Charlotte Anne Waldie, writer: letters to Hurst, Robinson & Co, publishers (Acc.12462)
  • James Mann Wordie, Knight geologist and mountaineer: journals and related papers (Acc.12559)
  • Gairfish, poetry magazine: editorial corresp (Acc.12570)
  • International PEN, Scottish Centre: papers rel to the PEN International Congress of 1997 (Acc.12480)
  • International PEN, Scottish Centre: additional papers (Acc.12508)
  • Scottish Poetry Library: papers (Acc.12572)

National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services

  • William Henry Davies, Poet and Author: corresp with Lawrence Hockey and C. F. Cazenove (NLW MS 23937)
  • John Gwyn Griffiths, Poet, Critic and Scholar: corresp and papers (Papurau J. Gwyn Griffiths)
  • Michael Holroyd, biographer: original draft manuscript of the biography of Augustus John (Michael Holroyd Research Papers)
  • Jeremy Hooker, Poet and Critic: corresp and typescripts (Jeremy Hooker Papers)
  • Ceri Giraldus Richards, Painter: papers, artworks, photographs and printed items (Ceri Richards Papers)
  • William Llewelyn Williams, Liberal MP, Barrister and Author: papers incl corresp and diaries (William Llewelyn Williams Papers)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

  • Jeffrey Dudgeon, author: papers rel to book 'Roger Casement: The Black Diaries' (D/4372)
  • Agnes Skrine, Irish poet: drafts of poems (D/3590)

Victoria & Albert Museum, Archive of Art and Design

  • John Cornforth, art historian and writer: papers (AAD/2005/2)

University

Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department

  • Charles Henry Hobday, poet: diaries, literary and personal papers 1939-2005, with diaries of his first wife Inez Hobday 1968-72 (MS208)
  • George Hunter, writer on the history of drama: corresp and papers rel to his published book 'English Drama 1586-1642: the age of Shakespeare' (DSH26)

Borthwick Institute for Archives

  • Julia Pascal, Writer and Stage Director: papers incl scripts, reviews and research notes (JP)
  • David Storey, Novelist and Playwright: papers (2/2005)
  • Charles Wood, film, television and theatre writer: records incl scripts, research notes and corresp (3/2005)

Bristol University: Theatre Collection

  • Berta Freistadt, poet: corresp and ephemera (2005/0015)

Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

  • Freda Collins, author and playwright: corresp and papers rel to religious drama (MS Add. 9712)
  • George Gomori, poet, translator and literary scholar: corresp and papers (MS Add. 9716)
  • Sir Edmund William Gosse, poet, biographer and literary critic: edition of his Life of Philip Henry Gosse (1890), grangerised with Gosse family letters, photographs and papers (MS Add. 9713)
  • Edward Rose, playwright (addnl): diaries and notebook (MS Add. 9526 (addnl))
  • Anne Stevenson, poet: further corresp and literary papers (MS Add. 9451 (addnl))

Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Palace Green Section

  • William Charles Franklyn Plomer, Author: letters (8) to Alan Clodd, (4) to John Devenport, Martin Secker and other, (8) to Sewell Stokes, (5) to Kenneth Marshall (Misc.2004/2005:22)
  • Eric Watkins, Journalist: additional papers (GB-0033-WAT)

Exeter University Library (Special Collections)

  • Deborah Alcock, novelist: diary (1871) corresp and papers (MS 281)
  • Mary Eirene Frances Bellerby, poet: literary mss short stories 'Three blind mice' and 'I will not mourn for a ghost' (MS 50)
  • Charles Stanley Causley, Poet, Broadcaster and Teacher: additional literary mss and papers (MS 50)
  • Janice Elliott, novelist: literary mss, mostly typescripts (MS 279)
  • Janice Elliott, novelist: corresp (MS 280)
  • John Fairfax, Writer: papers rel to the Arvon Foundation (MS 272)
  • David Bartlett Rees, children's author: literary papers (MS 271)
  • Letters to the Membership Secretary, Henry Williamson Society, from Annabel Cash, friend of Henry Williamson (MS 282)

Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department

  • Philip Dennis Hobsbaum, poet and English scholar: papers (MS Hobsbaum)

Hull University Archives

  • Jean Hartley, Publisher and friend of Philip Larkin: corresp, literary MS and photographs
  • E A Markham, Poet and Writer: additional literary MSS and publications (DAM)

King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

  • Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, Knight, historian: notes, corresp and chapters rel to unpublished 'Life of Johnson'

Liverpool University: Special Collections and Archives

  • John Owen, University of Liverpool: typescript of plays, short stories and comedies for radio written by John Owen and James Parkinson (D.947)
  • Alfred John Smith, resident of Liverpool 1906-1979: diaries, typescript of stories, dissertations for University of Liverpool degrees (D.931)

London Metropolitan University: The Women's Library

  • Writers Club: corresp (6WCW)

London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives Division

  • Lena May Jeger, Baroness Jeger, journalist and politician: records incl corresp (JEGER)

Manchester University: John Rylands Library

  • Allen Freer, educator, artist, art collector and writer: additional corresp, incl letters from Rose Know-Peebles and to Penelope Massingham (Acc 2005/004)
  • David Emery Gascoyne, Writer: manuscripts, typescripts and letters rel to David Gascoyne (Acc 2005/029)
  • Phoebe Hesketh, poet: letters between Phoebe Hesketh, Alan Clodd and David Wishart (Acc 2006/006)
  • Dawson Jackson, Poet: literary letters, manuscripts, typescripts and other papers (Acc 2005/026)
  • Professor Grevel Lindop, poet and writer: papers, incl corresp, records rel to publications and papers rel to literary friendship with poet Kathleen Raine (Acc 2005/006/009)
  • Chris McCully, poet, academic and writer: papers, incl corresp, diaries, drafts of literary works, and records rel to the operation of the Manchester Poetry Centre (Acc 2005/005)
  • Kathleen Jessie Raine, poet: letters to Roger Sharrock and Satish Kumar of the journal Resurgence (Acc 2005/028)

Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections

  • Connie Ford, veterinarian, poet and Communist: additional corresp (CF)
  • Charles Knight, Author and Publisher: letters (2) to George Routledge, with annotated specimen of 'The Tempest' from the 'Shakespeare at Home' series (MS 419)

Oxford University: Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House

  • William Thomas Stead, Journalist and Author: letters (11) to Marie Koompans-De Wet, rel to Anglo-Boer War (MSS Afr. s. 2389)

Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts

  • Edward Harry William Meyerstein (1889-1952), Poet and Author: poems and misc papers
  • Alastair Stanley Douglas Service (b. 1933), writer, historian and campaigner: memoir

Oxford University: Griffith Institute

  • John Gwyn Griffiths, Poet, Critic and Classical Scholar: corresp and papers with photographs and negatives

Oxford University: St Antony's College: Middle East Centre Archive

  • Philip Geyelin, journalist and author: additional material incl transcripts of interviews and audio tapes (0368)

Sheffield University Library

  • William Empson, Poet and Professor of English Literature: additional corresp and papers rel to time as Professor of English literature at the University of Sheffield (MS 292)
  • Hetta Empson, Journalist and Artist: corresp (MS 292)

Southampton University Library

  • David Kossoff, actor: papers rel to his screen and stage acting, performance of one-man shows and publications on the reinterpretation of Biblical stories (MS 348)
  • Asenath Petrie, psychologist and poet: family corresp and papers, poetry and papers rel to research into psychology (MS 349)

Sussex University Library Special Collections

  • Robert James (Bob) Copper, folk singer and author: notes, sketches, songs, cuttings and material rel to books and public appearances (SxMs87)
  • Anne Walmsley, lecturer and author: papers and corresp with leading West Indian writers (SxMx88)

University of London

  • Alexander George Craig, author: research papers, corresp and notes (MS1091)
  • C F Oates, historian: research papers for PhD thesis 'the trials of werewolves in Franche-Comte in the early modern period' (MS1096)

University of Wales Swansea, Archives, Library and Information Services

  • Ron Berry, Novelist: corresp, diaries, essays, notes, novels, short stories, autobiography and drafts of plays (2005/20)
  • Alun Richards, novelist and playwright: plays, novels, articles and tapes (2005/21)

Warwick University: Modern Records Centre

  • Henry Green, Author: corresp (MSS.544)