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Major accessions to repositories in 2016 relating to Literary History |
Local
- Garstin family of Penzance: personal and literary papers c1870-1979 (GN)
- John Montgomery (fl 1950-1989), literary agent and journalist: papers c1950-1989 (12591)
- Clara Jane Isabella Bettina Bailey (1865-1938): letters received incl from literary figures, with letters to Mrs Syssyllt Avis Gurney c1880-1954 (D6206)
- Caradog Prichard (1904-1980), poet and novelist: manuscript 'Local Memories' 1971 (XM13364)
- Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), novelist and journalist: letter to his uncle 1839 (KX623)
- Robert Cedric Sherriff (1896-1975), playwright and scriptwriter: screenplay for 'Journey's End' 1939 (KX603)
- Feltham Magistrates Court: additional registers incl of related courts in Brentford, Spelthorne, Ealing, Hounslow, Wealdstone 1926-2004 (B16/192)
- Ian MacInnes (1922-2003), artist and teacher: papers, incl corresp with George Mackay Brown 1922-2003 (AccNo 2197)
- Jacobite poem relating to the Duke of Perth and others 18th cent (16/39)
- Ron Holland (fl 1980-1990), writer and designer: business records of his t-shirt company, records rel to creation of 'The Newspaper Comic' and creative writing for the comic c1980-1989 (3002A)
- Chris Searle (b 1944), teacher and poet: papers c1970-2010 (TH/9541)
- William Daniel Thomas (1935-2014), author: book of unpublished poems rel to life in the Dulais Valley, 'Barddoniaeth Danny Thomas' late 20th cent
National
- Robert Fordyce Aickman (1913-1981), author and founder of Inland Waterways Association: papers 1849-2015 (Add MS 89209)
- Eleanor Marian Dundas Allen (1892-1953), poet: autograph bound copy of 'The Wind on the Downs' 1917 (Add MS 89200)
- Beryl Bainbridge (1934-2010), actress and writer: draft pages of the 'Dressmaker' and 'The Bottle Factory Outing' c1972-2010 (Add MS 89195)
- Dame Joan Dawson Bakewell (b 1933), broadcaster and writer: personal, professional and literary papers c1900-2014 (Add MS 89161)
- James Graham Ballard (1930-2009), author: two typescripts: 'Dream Cargoes' and 'The Kindness of Women' 1990-1991 (Add MS 89191)
- John Berger (1926-2017), author and art critic: papers relating to 'A Fortunate Man' by John Berger and Jean Mohr and corresp with Kirstine Williams 1954-1981 (Add MS 89205, Add MS 89187)
- Carmen Callil (b 1938), publisher, writer and critic: records c1960-2000 (Add MS 89178)
- William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), novelist and playwright: playscript for 'The New Magdalen' 1871 (Add MS 89175)
- Keith Douglas (1920-1944), poet: autograph MS of 'Landscape With Figures' 1943 (Add MS 89216)
- John Drinkwater (1882-1937), playwright, poet and actor: autograph MS poems 1909-1918 (Add MS 89215)
- Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (1855-1909), author and politician: personal and political papers 1858-1979 (Add MS 89170)
- Travers Rafe Lee Harwood (1939-2015), poet: papers 1962-2015 (Add MS 89192)
- Elizabeth Hicklin (fl 1954-1956), nurse: letters with Ted Hughes 1954-1956 (Add MS 89198)
- Elizabeth Johnson (1721-1800), pamphleteer, author: illustrated fair copy of 'Poor Cecile and her Little Chicken' c1800 (Add MS 89212)
- Patrick Joseph Gregory Kavanagh (1931-2015), writer, poet and actor: records 1948-2008 (Add MS 89172)
- Francis Henry King (1923-2011), author: letters to John Croft c1940-2011 (Add MS 89207)
- Pauline Mayne (fl 1947-1997), teacher: records rel to Ted Hughes c1947-1997 (Add MS 89211)
- Barry Miles (fl 1943-1997), author: papers 1960-2013 (Add MS 89160)
- Jean Mohr (b 1925), documentary photographer: papers rel to 'A Fortunate Man' by John Berger and Jean Mohr 1967-1981 (Add MS 89205)
- Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808-1877), poet and campaigner for women's rights: letters c1852 (Add MS 89219)
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), author and playwright: letter to William Wetenhall 1901 (Add MS 89199)
- William Woodard Self (b 1961), author, journalist, and broadcaster: papers 20th cent (Add MS 89203)
- Vernon Phillips Watkins (1906-1967), poet and writer: autograph and typescript drafts of poems 1936-1960 (Add MS 89223)
- Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), novelist: corresp with Dr Henry Hick, physician 1897-1949 (Add MS 89225)
- Lascelles and Maxwell, commission agents, London: letter book 1743-1745 (Add MS 89165)
- Alan Gradon Thomas, bookseller: papers 1893-1993 (Add MS 89159)
- Maj John Archibald Davenport (1878-1938), 2nd Bn Lancashire Fusiliers: manuscript history book 'The Torgau History of the European War' 1914-1918 (NAM.2016-01-13)
- Charles John Huffam Dickens (1812-1870), novelist and journalist: letter to Thomas Mitton (1812-1878), solicitor 1846 (MSL/2016/4)
- Peter Cochran (1944-2015), Byron scholar: research papers c1900-2015 (Acc.13714)
- Harriet Miller Davidson (1839-1883), poet and novelist: corresp 1859-1868 (Acc.13697)
- Alexander Hutchison (1943-2015), poet and translator: corresp and literary papers 1965-2015 (Acc.13737)
- Jessie Kesson (1916-1994), novelist, playwright and radio producer: corresp and literary papers 1946-1994 (Acc.13721-22)
- Edith Simon (1917-2003), artist, novelist and historian: literary and personal papers c1932-2003 (Acc.13772)
- Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), author and traveller: additional letters and papers 1885-1889 (Acc.13744)
- Kenneth White (b 1936), poet: additional corresp and literary papers 1953-2013 (Acc.13762)
- Ellis family of Aberystwyth: family papers rel particularly to JH Davies, bibliophile; TI Ellis, author; Mari Ellis, author 19th-20th cent (Papuraru T I Ellis a Mari Ellis)
- Clifford Dyment (1914-1971), author: literary mss incl draft poems, corrected draft of 'Fur, feather and fin' co-written with his wife Marcella 1930-1969 (NLW MSS 24079-86)
- Mihangel Morgan (b 1955), author: literary papers incl completed and unpublished works, drafts and corresp c1950-2000 (Papurau Mihangel Morgan)
- Geoffrey Downing Woolley (1915-2010), journalist: records rel to his wartime experiences and collected literary materials incl Edward Thomas corresp c1750-2008 (Geoffrey Woolley papers)
Special
- Rodney Archer (1940-2015), writer: personal papers c1950-2000 (ARCHER)
- Lucilla Matthew Andrews (1919-2006), romantic novelist: papers c1940-2006 (2016-8)
- Aidan Chambers (b 1934), author and editor: personal papers and author's proofs 1956-2009 (ANCh)
- Nina Mary Kark (1925-2012), author: business papers, drafts, corresp and pre-and post-publication material rel to five published titles for children 1963-2004 (NB)
- Nancy Chambers (fl 1969-2009), editor: personal papers 1956-2009 (ANCh)
- Nicholas Allan (fl 1989-2017), illustrator: preparatory and finished artwork 1969-2013 (NA)
- Thimble Press, children's literature publishers: business papers 1969-2009 (ANCh)
University
- Helena Mary Mennie Shire (1912-1991), literary scholar: additional papers c1960-1989 (MS 3407)
- Sir Albert Cynan Evans-Jones (1895-1970), poet: additional papers incl diaries, drafts, Eisteddfod material and other ephemera 1889-1995
- Gwyn Thomas (1936-2016), poet and scholar: additional papers comprising notes, poem drafts and files 1955-2016
- John Boynton Priestley (1894-1984), writer: additional papers and ephemera incl corresp and typescripts 1915-2016 (PRI)
- Jeremy Hilton (b 1945), poet: literary corresp and papers c1960-2010 (MS Add.10154)
- John James (b 1939), poet: additional corresp and papers (MS Add.10019)
- Jeremy Halvard Prynne (b 1936), poet: literary corresp and papers (MS Add.10144)
- William Guy Shepherd (1935-2012), poet: additional corresp and papers 20th cent (MS Add.10063)
- Philip Nicholas Furbank (1920-2014), literary scholar: papers rel to biography of Edward Morgan Foster late 20th cent
- Alfred Edward Housman (1859-1936), poet and classical scholar: poem and letters (58) to Gerald Jackson 1927-1936 (Acc. No. 2016/4)
- William Charles Chapman-Mortimer (1907-1988), novelist: corresp, poems 1940-1945 (E2016:170)
- Robert Nye (1939-2016), poet and novelist: additional corresp 1980-2000 (E2016.13)
- Tessa Ransford (1938-2015), poet: corresp and poems 1975-2010 (E2016.03)
- Arnold Bennett Society: additional society corresp, newsletters and constitution, with notes and articles and Bennett family album c1900-2003 (UGSD 158)
- Jean Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), novelist and philosopher: letters to Ray Byram c1978-1982 (KUAS184)
- Jean Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), novelist and philosopher: corresp, newsletters, essays and other Iris Murdoch-related items collected by Anne Rowe c1990-2010 (KUAS195)
- Jean Iris Murdoch (1919-1999), novelist and philosopher: personal journals, poetry and philosophy notebooks, corresp, and other documents c1941-1999 (KUAS202)
- Wendy Perriam (b 1940), author: additional literary papers incl corresp and notebooks for novels c1960-2016 (KUAS0203)
- Anthony Harrison (b 1937), poet, translator and playwright: additional corresp, drafts of poems, notebooks, publications c1964-2013 (BC MS 20c Harrison)
- Kevin Crossley-Holland (b 1941), translator, children's author and poet: additional corresp, drafts of poems, notebooks, business records c1960-1991 (BC MS 20c Crossley-Holland)
- Arthur C Jacobs (1937-1994), poet, translator: draft poems, notebooks containing poems and reviews, manuscript and typescript translations of Hebrew poems, personal and business corresp, diaries, journals, photocopies, obituaries 1955-1996 (MS 2065)
- Jeremy Reed (b 1951), writer and poet: corresp, draft poems, notebooks, publications 1998-2002 (BC MS 20c Enitharmon)
- Anthony Simon Thwaite (b 1930), writer and poet: additional corresp, drafts of poems, notebooks, publications 1945-2015 (BC MS 20c Thwaite)
- Stand, poetry magazine: drafts, corresp and accounts 1998-2002 (SPCOLL/2016/31)
- Anne Fogg (fl 1970), writer: corresp, newscuttings, copies of plays, poetry and short stories 1971-1973
- Lily Greenham (1924-2001), sound poet and artist: papers and recordings of sound poetry c1970-1989 (GREE)
- Maureen Patricia Duffy (b 1933), novelist, poet and playwright: additional manuscripts, notes and corresp c1960-2015 (Acc 3366)
- George Barrington (1755-1804), thief: manuscript of the poem 'The Barrington Prologue', allegedly declaimed by notorious pickpocket George Barrington on the opening of Australia's first theatre (1796) 1800-1904 (MS1216)
- Thomas Sturge Moore (1870-1944), writer and wood engraver: sonnet written to his mother and ink sketch surrounding the poem, "Winter's Song" 1891 (MS1223)
- Terence David John Pratchett (1948-2015), novelist: corresp with Henye Meyer (fl 1997-2007), writer 1994-2007 (MS1213)
- Anvil Press, printers and publishers, Liverpool: corresp, book production files, business records, cover designs, typesetting records and editorial files 1980-2015 (ACC 2016/11)
- Barry MacSweeney (1948-2000), poet: literary and personal papers incl corresp, draft and published works,
literature reviews and photographs 1953-2008 (BM)
- Jack Mapanje (b 1944), poet: personal papers incl corresp, draft manuscripts, press cuttings 1970-2016 (MAP)
- Sean O'Brien (b 1952), poet: working papers and drafts, corresp 1970-2016 (OBR)
- David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930), poet, novelist and essayist: manuscript of D.H. Lawrence's unfinished story 'The Flying Fish' 1925 (La L 30)
- Hilary Bailey (1936-2017), writer: papers incl mss, corresp, diaries and ephemera c1960-2009 (12086)
- John Donne (1573-1631), Dean of St Paul's Poet: 'Meditation upon a Good Friday, ryding from London towards Exceter, westward' (MS. Don. c. 231)
- William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and novelist: letters (3) to 'Philander', R Bernal and Arthur O'Connor 1798-1832 (MS. Shelley adds. c. 13, fols. 24-5, 26-7, 28-9)
- James Augustine Joyce (1882-1941), poet, novelist and playwright: corrections by Harriet Shaw Weaver to a copy of 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' as sent by Joyce for the second edition 1917 (Arch. AA e. 97)
- Clive Staples Lewis (1898-1963), writer: letters and notes to Thomas McAlindon 20th cent (MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 43-48)
- John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973), philologist and author: annotated map of Middle Earth drawn by CR Tolkien for inclusion in 'The Lord of the Rings', annotated by Pauline Baynes and JRR Tolkien 1954 (MS. Tolkien Drawings 132)
- Richard Hoggart (1918-2014), academic, broadcaster and writer: additional corresp and papers 1919-2007 (MS 543)
- Dylan Thomas (1914-1953), poet and prose writer: drafts of 'Unluckily for a Death' and 'Into Her Lying Down Head' c1940 (2016/6)
- St John Greer Ervine (1883-1971), playwright and novelist: personal papers incl corresp and proofs 20th cent (IE TCD MS 11530)
- Standish James O'Grady (1846-1928), author, journalist and historian: literary ms 20th cent (IE TCD MS 11534)
- Bernard Bergonzi (1929-2016), author: transcripts of interviews by Bergonzi with the authors BS Johnson, Margaret Drabble, Michael Frayn, David Lodge, David Storey and Andrew Sinclair c1967 (MS894)
- Richard Beard (b 1967), novelist: literary papers (RB)
- Mark Cocker (b 1959), naturalist and author: additional notebooks and manuscripts (MC)
- Andrew Cowan (b 1960), novelist and teacher of creative writing: literary corresp and papers (ACO)
- Charlie Higson (b 1958), actor, comedian and author: literary papers c1980-2015 (CH)
- Malcolm Elwin (1903-1973), biographer and critic: additional papers and corresp 20th cent (EUL MS 423 add.1)
- Powys Society, literary society: records, corresp and Powys family papers 20th-21st cent (EUL MS 444)
- Matt Simpson (1936-2009), poet: personal papers [restricted access] 20th cent (D1140)
- Elizabeth Carfrae (1879-1968), novelist: draft manuscripts c1930-1939 (MS 5586)
- Margaret Emma Faith Irwin (1889-1967), writer: diaries, research notes, drafts and corresp c1900-1967 (MS 5572)
- Robert Ferns Waller (1913-2005), poet, ecologist and radio producer: additional poems, with some papers rel to scriptwriting c1920-2010 (MS 5582)
- Jonathan Croall (b 1941), author and journalist: research for his book 'The Coming of Godot' incl interview transcripts c1980-2005 (MS 5583)
- Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), writer: diaries and autobiographical writing c1930-1989 (MS 5585)
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