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Major accessions to repositories in 2012 relating to Literary HistoryLocal
- Forfar Literary Society: minute books, corresp 1933-2011 (MS1032)
- John Burningham, author and illustrator: preparatory and finished artwork for his "Little Books" picture books c1970-1979 (JBu)
- Griff R Jones, author: research material rel to slate quarry industry in Betws-y-Coed and Cwm Penmachno c1890-2010 (CX490)
- Dora Parton, author: memoir of childhood and family photographs 1899-1924 (CX550, CP491)
- William Graham Rear, author: photographs gathered in the course of his research into railway and bus history c1880-1980 (CP384)
- Joseph Hambley Rowe, doctor and bard: diaries 1890-1891 (AD 2221)
- Edwina Currie, politician, novelist and broadcaster: subject files incl corresp and related ephemera, court documents and related papers, corresp and legal advice c1980-1999 (D5639)
- Writers Summer School, Swanwick: minutes, scripts, corresp and records 1948-2012 (D5886)
- David Alan Gould Edelsten, Brigadier, writer and countryman: photographs and papers rel to writing on country matters 1990-2010 (D.2338)
- Thomas Hardy, novelist and poet: MS plays (transferred from Dorset County Museum) 20th cent (D/DCM)
- Margot Johnson, local historian and author: research notes and family records 19th - 20th cent (Acc 8018)
- Glasgow Literary Club: visitors' books, magazines, membership records, constitution and rules c1850-1934 (TD1858)
- Frederick William Harvey, poet: MS poems and book, letters, receipts, essays and papers c1903-1999 (D12912)
- Caernarfon and Gwyrafi Literary Society: corresp and minutes 1997-2010 (XM10675)
- John Edward Masefield, poet: letter, notes and photographs 1950-1967 (CO52)
- Huntingdonshire Pen and Pencil Club: MS transactions incl poems and songs in different hands on themes such as 'Waiting' and 'Autumn', and watercolour illustrations 1867 -1868 (Accession 5539)
- Petronella Alexandrina Breinburg, author: literary MS, corresp, personal papers, photographs, cassette tapes and video c1960-2011 (B12/018)
- Sir John Betjeman, writer: letters to Margie Geddes 1959-1982 (Acc 6139)
- Leslie Poles Hartley, author: photographs and presentation copies of novels c1900-1950 (Acc 2012/114)
- Bruce Joseph Grocott, Baron Grocott of Telford, Labour MP and Journalist: personal papers 1987-2001 (8488)
- Herbert Hudson, poet: MS copies of poems, incl The Return of Piers Plowman 1931 and the Chief Constable, A Satire 1945 1920-1945 (HD2896)
- Suffolk Poetry Society: records, incl minutes and corresp 20th cent (GC820)
- Ethel Rosate Lunn, poet: poetry and corresp (D/D Z 166)
- Claude Grahame Muncaster, artist, writer and broadcaster: papers 20th cent (Acc 16806)
- Henry Sydney Grazebrook, genealogist writer On Heraldry: letter book 1836-1896 (BA14061)
National
- Doreen Montgomery, writer: scripts 1960-1969
- Hilda Haden-Guest, first wife of Richard (later Baron) Haden-Guest: corresp incl George Bernard Shaw, Rudyard Kipling and AA Milne 1894-1976
- Lee Harwood, poet: papers c1955-2012 (Add MS 88998)
- Afsa Horner, journalist: memoirs and typescript c1950-2012 (Add MS 88997)
- Edward James Hughes, poet: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath trial papers c1970-1989 (Add MS 88993)
- Keith Spencer Waterhouse, writer: records c1929-2009 (Add MS 88982)
- Hodgson & Co, book auctioneers, London: corresp from employees who served in the British Army during World War One, thanking Sidney and John Hodgson for paying allowances and giving news of the writers' situations 1914-1919 (2012-10-18)
- Joseph Chiari, poet and playwright: literary papers 1937-89 (Acc.13331)
- Kenna Crawford, artist: letters from George Mackay Brown and literary papers 1986-94 (Acc.13344)
- Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, author, scholar and soldier: papers 20th cent-21st cent (Acc.13338)
- Alastair David Shaw Fowler, poet and scholar: additional personal and literary papers 1959-2009 (Acc.13309)
- Arnold Kemp, journalist: personal and family papers 1960-2002 (Acc.13323)
- Don Paterson, poet, writer and musician: additional digital archive and notebooks 1995-2011 (Acc.13339)
- Gael Lundin Turnbull, poet and doctor: additional literary papers 1946-2006 (Acc.13311, Acc.13322, Acc.13324)
- Gwyneth Lewis, poet: further papers incl her earliest poetry and prose work (Gwyneth Lewis Papers)
- Berta Ruck, novelist: journal of day-today activities incl letters and printed ephemera 1934-1935 (MS 24031E)
- Philip Edward Thomas, poet and prose writer: diary 1917 (MS 24030A)
- Peggy Eileen Arabella Whistler, novelist, poet and artist: corresp, notebooks and other papers rel to her and her family (ex 2790 i & ii)
- Robin Williams, broadcaster and author: papers incl corresp from Islwyn Ffowc Elis c1949-1988 (Papurau R.O.G. Williams)
- Michael Douglas Darby, coleopterist and author: records incl corresp, completed questionnaires, press cuttings, and offprints rel to the Biographical Dictionary of British Coleopterists 1981-2009 (430616-1001)
- Edward Augustine Ellis, mycologist and journalist: papers rel to collecting and herbarium catalogue c1960-2000 (PrP 12-0007)
- Mary Phyllis English, medical mycologist, biographer: papers rel to Mordecai Cubitt Cooke c1970-1999 (PrP 12-0016)
Special
- Clive Hunter Murphy, author and oral historian: papers and photographs 1940-2011 (MURPHY)
- Barbara Burford, poet, medical researcher and civil servant: corresp and papers c1980-2010 (2012-02)
- Rosemary Manning, writer: papers incl MS, research files and photographs 1911-88 (2012-25)
- John Oliver Pearce Edgcumbe, haematologist and scholar in 18th century art and literature: research notes, corresp, and papers rel to The letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds(2000) c1980-2000 (JEd)
- Olive Dehn, writer: personal papers incl manuscripts and typescripts for numerous books, scripts for Radio 4's Children's Hour and corresp with BBC, Basil Blackwell and other publishers c1933-2010 (OD)
- Katharine Holabird, children's author: draft material and merchandising rel to the "Angelina Ballerina" picture book series c1980-2010 (KHo)
- Elizabeth Laird, writer: draft material, research and notes c1970-2010 (ELa)
University
- George Every, historian and poet: corresp, papers, writings and commonplace book 1930s-2003 (SSM)
- John Armitage, editor and bookseller: corresp and papers as editor of Encyclopaedia Britannica 1949-1967 (MS Add. 9965)
- Nicholas Barker, editor: corresp and papers (MS Add. 9984)
- Andrew Crozier, poet: corresp 1981-1990 (MS Add. 9985)
- Joanne Limburg, poet: drafts of poems 1991-2006 (MS Add. 9977)
- John Peter Scupham, poet: literary manuscripts and corresp c1900-1999 (MS Add. 9941)
- Ted Walker, poet: poems 1962-1965 (MS Add. 9986)
- Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett Amery, politician and journalist: assorted corresp 1906-1929 (AMEL)
- Jacob Bronowski, mathematician, poet, and humanist: literary MS and papers [transferred from University of Toronto and closed for one year for re-cataloguing] 1930-74
- Frances Catherine Partridge, writer and literary journalist: letters to Richard Chopping 1944-2001 (FCP)
- Stephen Gallagher, novelist, screen writer and director: literary papers incl drafts, outlines, research notes, audio and video material 1990s-2012 (0050 U DGA)
- Anthony Simon Thwaite, poet: papers as literary executor of Philip Larkin 1985-2012 (0050 U DAT)
- Stan Barstow, writer: corresp and newsletters of Writers' Action Group 1965-2010 (12/059)
- Park Honan, professor and biographer: includes notebooks comprising a writer's journal manuscript and typescript corresp 1950-2011 (12/004)
- William Oliver, deputy editor and art critic: corresp, reports, reviews, newscuttings, address book and exhibition catalogues 1927-1990 (12/055)
- Rodney Pybus, poet: incl draft poems, corresp and papers 1960-2010 (Brotherton Collection MS 20C pybus)
- Ken Smith, poet: MS and transcript copies of poems and prose, corresp, diaries, literary journals, books and cuttings 1966-2004 (12/051)
- Bill Butler, poet and publisher: papers and corresp rel to writers incl JG Ballard, Eric Mottram, Butler�s obscenity trial with court reports, notes of evidence, speeches, witness statements and photocopies of allegedly obscene publications (1968) c1960-1969 (Acc 2570)
- Eve Denise Curie Labouisse, journalist, humanitarian and biographer of Marie Curie: videotapes of interview for documentary series, The Nobel Century made by Independent Image for BBC1 1992 (Acc 2428 and 2531)
- Boni Sones, documentary maker and journalist: records rel to Women's Parliamentary Radio incl audio files and material from parliamentaryradio.com 2009-2011 (SONES)
- Edwina Currie, politician, novelist and broadcaster: papers rel to Currie's book 'What Women Want' 1990s (7EDC)
- Mary Catherine Booth, writer: additional family papers incl Charles Booth diaries, 1909-1915; Mary Booth diaries, 1887-1939; financial papers, 1860-2, 1872-1914 1860-1939 (MS797)
- Francis Rolt-Wheeler, writer and astrologer: The Twenty-Two Keys of Protection, hand-written "unique edition" for Florence Cook, incl sections "For Grace", "To Master", "To Avoid", "Protection From", and "Against sorcery", with designs of symbols c1940 (MS1185)
- Eric Homberger, writer: letters from Michael Schmidt and replies from Homberger 1973-1978 (HOM)
- Sid Chaplin, author: papers incl corresp, draft and published works, photographs and material rel to his death, his widow and his son 1946-2009 (SC)
- Stephen Lowe, playwright: scripts for screenplays, plays and television episodes and edited anthologies and poetry c1970-1990 (SJL)
- Ada Nettie Lewis, journalist: papers incl books, diaries, account books, press cuttings, letters and photographs of her life and career as 'Jane Doe' c1910-50 (JD)
- Man Booker Prize for Fiction: additional records incl corresp, minutes, publicity material, photographs and material rel to award ceremony and judging process 2002-11 (BP)
- Trevor Hearl, teacher, writer and historian: papers rel to the island of St Helena c1589-2007 (MSS. Atlan. s. 23)
- Caroline Gellibrand, wife of Thomas Gellibrand, Sherrif of Madras: commonplace book, mostly copied extracts but some original poetry 1818-26 (6991)
- Elizabeth Joan Jennings, poet: letters and cards to Anthony and Ann Thwaite c1950-69 (6774)
- Anne Glyn-Jones, author: research notes rel to her biography of Harold Macmilllan, covering 1940-63 2012 (6838)
- Hugh Ottaway, writer on music: corresp and papers incl typescripts of his writings c1950-79 (7073)
- Oxford Philological Society: minutes 19th-20th cent (6970)
- Tilling Society, society for celebrating the literary works of EF Benson: papers 1982-2006 (6840)
- Ian Skeet, author: slides and cinefilms rel to the Middle East, specifically Oman, Aden, Yemen and Qatar 1959-71 (0329)
- Arthur Eaglestone, writer: papers rel to life and works as worker in the Yorkshire steel and mining industries, incl MS and printed works, radio broadcast scripts, corresp, personal and family papers 1920s-1990s (MS 425)
- Barry Hines, author: papers, incl television, film and play scripts, photographs, drafts and proofs 1957-2012 (MS 389)
- Laurie Flynn, journalist and independent film maker: files rel to the Cape Asbestos Co, Central Asbestos, Glasgow shipyards and building construction c1966-96 (Acc 1314)
- Rose Hacker, socialist, writer and campaigner: papers incl working drafts, holiday journals, corresp, newspaper articles and photographs, with taped interviews and talks 1937-2007 (SxMOA99/121)
- Bernard Acworth, submariner, author and journalist: personal papers rel to "Back to Coal Campaign" incl drawings of ships c1931-1942 (2012/18)
- Amy Dillwyn, novelist and industrialist: personal papers incl corresp 1863-1981 (2012/11)
- Philip Callow, novelist: drafts of poetic, dramatic and autobiographical work, papers and artwork c1951-2004 (MS840)
- Jean Overton Fuller, poet, biographer: corresp and papers 1967-2004 (MS859)
- Gladys Bertha Stern, playwright journalist and author: typescript of 'The Matriarch' with revisions c1928 (MS842)
- Claire Booker, playwright: scripts, corresp and papers (2012/0046, 2012/0062)
- Gary Edric Armitage, novelist: MS, typescripts and proofs of short story writing, novels, novellas and screenplays 1982-2005 (RE)
- Rupert Croft-Cooke, author: corresp, photographs, unpublished play, papers rel to 'The Sensual World', film stills for 'The Seven Thunders' 1950-1999 (MS 232 add 2)
- John Holroyd-Doveton, writer: research material for 'Young Conservatives' c1996 (MS 401)
- Daphne Du Maurier, novelist: personal papers incl family photographs, corresp, certificates and fan mail 1907-1989 (MS 207 add 5)
- Daphne Du Maurier, novelist: typescript short story 'The Rendezvous' 1940-1959 (MS 400)
- John Moat, writer and artist: papers rel to the Arvon Foundation and additional MS literary papers 1950-2001 (MS 410, MS 230 add 5)
- Samuel Barclay Beckett, author and dramatist: MS draft, typescript and galley proofs of 'The North' (1961) and corrected proofs of the Collected Poems of Samuel Beckett (2011) 1961 (MS 5478, MS 5479)
- John Hampson, novelist: additional corresp and manuscripts c 1930-1950 (MS 5465)
- Margaret Emma Faith Irwin, writer: manuscripts and typescripts mostly of 'Great Lucifer' 1955-1960 (MS 5464)
- Frances Woodford, poet: letters to Commodore Paul Bigelow 1953-1960 (MS 5469)
- Teal Archive Triggs, professor and writer: exhibition paperwork and catalogues, corresp, posters and digital records, 12" vinyl 2005-2011 (ASCC-2012-02)
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