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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to Literature and Publishing |
Local
- Professor Kopalapillai (Kopan) Madadeva, (1934-2023), poet and author: first edition books, poems, articles and corresp 1971-2014 (MS 5188 (2023/049))
- Chester Poets: corresp, minutes, publications and programmes 1979-2011 (D 9598)
- Chris Jesty, (b1942), author: marked up photocopies of Pictorial Guides book 1 (Eastern Fells) and book 2 (Far Eastern Fells) by Chris Jesty for his revised editions of Wainwright's Pictorial Guides to the Lakeland fells 1992 (WDSO 373)
- Alfred Wainwright, (1907-1991), author and environmentalist: annotated tss of Wainwright's large format books incl Fellwalking with Wainwright, Wainwright on the Pennine Way, Wainwright on the Lakeland Mountain Passes, Wainwright in the Valleys of Lakeland. Also incl animal welfare charity papers rel to Animal Rescue Cumbria (The Wainwright Shelter) incl minute books and financial records 1974-1994 (WDAW)
- Kate Roberts (1891-1985), Welsh-language author: Llythyrau gan Kate Roberts, awdur, i Ysgol Twm o'r Nant / Letters to a school in Denbigh regarding opening of the school 1968-1972 (DD/DM/2012)
- Letter to Mr C A de Fontaine rel to the building of Athelhampton Church in c. 1862, which Thomas Hardy made the drawings for when working as an assistant architect 1917 (D-HAR)
- Loughton and District Historical Society: recording of 'A Forest Garland', an evening of prose, poetry and music presented by Waltham Forest Libraries and Arts Department as part of the first Forest Festival 1967 (Acc SA944)
- York Talking News: records incl cassette tape recordings of the York Talking News programmes (1976-2011) and subsequently digital recordings (2011-2023). Also incl incomplete committee minutes, a summary sheet for all recordings and a list of people interviewed for the programme 1976-2023 (2023/031)
- Cardiff Writers' Circle: records incl minutes, administrative papers, programmes, lists of readers at meetings, membership records, and publications 1947-2020 (D1946)
- Verily Bruce, (1915-2010), author of Northrepps: draft copies of articles, short stories, childhood writings, plays, press cuttings, correspondence with agents, publishers, family and friends 1926-2010 (ACC 2023/64, ACC 2023/87)
- Arthur Rudd, (b1926), writer of Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich: memoir "One for the Road: Remembering Vincent Road, Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich" about his early life and experiences during the Second World War and poems 2022 (MC 3638, 1080X1)
- In Other Words, radical bookshop, Plymouth: corresp, legal papers, photographs, printed cuttings rel to significant events such as author visits and book launches, feminist fortnight, fairs and festivals, anniversary events etc; posters and publicity materials; visitors' books; sample of LGBTQ badges and accessories; and a history of the shop, 2020 (revised 2023) 1982-2023 (4492)
- Jack Withers (1931-2015), writer from Glasgow: typescript poetry, prose, plays with published books, newspaper clippings, photographs and corresp 1970-2013 (1,003,914)
- Moira Burgess, novelist, short-story writer and literary historian: ephemera, photocopies, original documents related to research on Glasgow novelists 1971-1999 (1,003,919)
- Suffolk Poetry Society: additional papers 1998-2023 (GC820)
- Margaret Janet Becker (1904-1953), poet, novelist and local historian: papers 20th cent (HD4352)
- Lushington family of Ockham and Cobham: additional corresp incl letters to Sir Stephen Lushington (1782-1873) rel to his parliamentary career, and letters to members of the Lushington family from Joanna Baillie (1762-1851), poet and dramatist, her sister Agnes and sister-in-law Sophia 1806-1850 (10565)
- Carlo Harrison Back-chat: interviews, summaries of the interviews, information about the people interviewed and images provided by the people interviewed 2020-2022 (WYW2070)
- Thomas Blount, (1618-1679), author: Boscobel or, The History of His Sacred Majesties Most Miraculous Preservation after the Battle of Worcester, 3 Sept. 1651. 1st Ed. 1662. Purchase from Halls auctioneers 1662 (16903)
National
- Matthew Gregory Lewis (1775-1818), novelist and dramatist: handwritten manuscript of 'The Mother's Alarm' c1802 (Add MS 89686)
- William Morris (1834–1896), designer, author, and visionary socialist: handwritten draft manuscript for 'The God of the Poor' c1863 (Add MS 89687)
- Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990), author: notebooks c1973-1980 (Add MS 89673)
- Ian Lancaster Fleming (1908-1964), writer: correspondence with Ann Fleming (1913-1981), aristocrat and socialite 1940s-1960s (Add MS 89670)
- Charlotte Mary Mew (1869-1928), poet: papers 1901-1929 (Add MS 89697)
- Mervyn Laurence Peake (1911-1968), writer, artist, poet, and illustrator: visual archive 20th cent (Add MS 89724)
- Dorothy Leigh Sayers (1893-1957), crime novelist, playwright, translator and critic: correspondence 20th cent (Add MS 89727)
- John Galsworthy (1867-1933), novelist and playwright: literary archive 20th cent (Add MS 89733)
- Andrea Levy (1956-2019), author: papers 20th cent (Add MS 89736)
- Thomas Henry Hall Caine (1853-1931), novelist, dramatist and poet: papers, incl family papers 1908-1962 (MS 15268)
- Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (1771-1832), poet and novelist: letters to Alexander Macdonald, antiquary 1828-1831 (Acc.14459)
- Alastair Webster Mackie (1925-1995), poet and teacher: literary and personal papers c1940-1994 (Acc.14475)
- Alice Thompson (b1961), author: literary papers c2008-2022 (Acc.14477)
- William Laidlaw (c1799-1845), friend of Sir Walter Scott: papers 1812-1842 (Acc.14483)
- Alan Warner (b1964), author: papers 1987-2021 (Acc.14527)
- Sorley MacLean, poet (1911-1996): literary papers and correspondence 1932-2000 (Acc.14529)
- Sir Patrick Michael Leigh Fermor, (1915-2011), Knight, author, scholar and soldier: letters to Michael and Marion Holland 1940-1954 (Acc.14552)
- James Kelman (b1946), novelist: literary and personal papers c1940-2018 (Acc.14561)
- Oliver and Boyd, publishers, Edinburgh: letters to the company 1837 (Acc.14565)
- Joan Amelia Lingard (1932-2022), author: literary and personal papers c1960-12019 (Acc.14571)
- Hamish Macmillan Brown (b 1934), author and mountaineer: papers incl log books, literary papers and family correspondence, with some rel to Braehead School 1939-2023 (Acc.14546)
- William Wilson Neill (b 1922), poet: papers 1932-2010 (Acc.14480)
- Dorothy Noel 'Dorf' Bonarjee (1894–1983), Indian poet and artist: papers, incl a notebook containing poetry 1915-1983 (BONARJEE)
- Wendy Smith (fl1970-2021), artist, printmaker, educator, curator, and writer: archive, incl documentation of Camberwell protests 1970-2021 (TGA 202314)
University
- Tom Lodge, (1951-2023), writer and academic: South African material 1970s-1990s ([2023/010])
- Poems on the Underground: archive 1980s-2020s (GBR/0012/MS Add.10463)
- Sir Theodore Wilson Harris (1921-2018), Knight, writer: literary papers and correspondence 1950s-2010s (GBR/0012/MS Add.10458)
- Ruth Sophia Padel (b1946), poet and author: literary papers and correspondence 1950s-2010s (GBR/0012/MS Add.10444)
- Herbert Kretzmer (1925-2020), journalist and lyricist: papers 19th-21st cent (GBR/0012/MS Add.10454)
- Sir Bernard Ingham (1932-2023), Knight, journalist and civil servant: diaries, photograph albums 20th cent (INGH, acc 2258)
- Edric Cecil Mornington Roberts (1892-1976), journalist, poet, dramatist and novelist: letters to Philip Dosse, publisher c1972-1976 (RBTS, acc 2273)
- Alan Sharp (1934-2013), screenwriter and author: drafts and finished scripts, notebooks and journals c1970-1990 (MS 454)
- Louisa Agnes Czarnecki (fl1861), Scottish poet: album primarily focused on politically engaged poetry that vehemently protests against "Russian atrocities" while celebrating the triumph of Garibaldi in Italy, perhaps related to her marriage to Arthur Antoine Czarnecki, a Polish exile residing in Scotland 1861 (Coll-2090)
- Eric MacDonald (1931-2023), playwright, author, director and actor, Glasgow: papers 20th-21st cent (GLAASC ACCN 00155)
- Ray Fletcher, (fl1975-2011), journalist: personal papers and files incl minutes, scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, VHS of games and game highlights, DVDs, minidiscs and photographs c1985-2013 (2023-61)
- Edward (Ted) James Hughes, (1930-1998), poet: fine press works 1965-1995 (THN)
- Edward (Ted) James Hughes, (1930-1998), poet: material rel to Hughes incl photograph, corresp, drawings, flyers and scrapbook 1976-2008 (THN)
- Jill Longmate (1960-2023), author, poet and biographer: papers rel to her research for a biography of Maureen Duffy (b1933), novelist, poet and playwright 1950-2023 (K/PP254)
- John Braine, (1922-1986), English novelist: corresp, press cuttings and associated material c1940-2007 (MS 2292)
- Philip Blake Morrison, (b1950), English poet and author: drafts of plays, novels and poems, proofs, corresp, reviews, tss notes, diaries, exercise books, posters, cassette tapes, CDs, DVDs 1980-2010 (BC MS 20c Morrison)
- J Whitaker and Sons Ltd, publishers: records of the publishers of Whitaker's Almanac 19th-21st cent (WHITAKER)
- Swedish-English Literary Translators' Association (SELTA): records 1980s-2000s (SELTA)
- Colin Henry Wilson (1931-2013), philosopher, critic and author: drafts of 'Adrift in Soho' scripts and correspondence with Director Pablo Behrens 2009-2014 (CWA)
- Garry Akers (fl 1980-2009), Secretary of the D.H. Lawrence Society: album containing script and images compiled by Garry Akers, representing two illustrated lectures, 'D.H. Lawrence: Son of an Eastwood Miner', and 'D.H. Lawrence - Painter' 1980-2009 (La R 1/7)
- Roy Minton (fl1967-1991), playwright, screenwriter and author: papers c1960-2023 (MS 1058)
- Archibald Hind (1928-2008), author: manuscripts, corresp, notes and scrapbooks relating to literary works 1948-2008 (Acc 1889, 1913, 1937)
- David Lodge (b1935), author, critic and playwright: literary papers; additional deposit comprising material rel to Lodge's fiction and non-fiction novels, plays, and television productions, incl draft texts and scripts, correspondence, and papers c1950-2021 (DL)
- Jay Bernard, (b1988), writer, artist, film programmer, activist: papers relating to first draft of 'Surge', including research material 1973-2023 (JB)
- Gary Edric Armitage (b 1956), novelist, pseudonym Robert Edric: manuscripts of his novels 'Mercury Falling'; 'Funeral Song' and his memoir 'My Own Worst Enemy' 1985-2022 (RE)
- Daniel Hahn (b1973), writer, editor, translator: drafts of translations (from Portuguese, Spanish and French into English) and correspondence with authors and publisher 2005-2023 (DH)
- William Law (1836-1901), Rochdale mill owner and collector of manuscripts and rare books: books from the Blavatnik Honresfield Library 1798-1853 (EUL MS 490)
- John Cowper Powys (1872-1963), philosopher, lecturer, novelist, literary critic, and poet: letters to James Abell, covering Abell's writing, Powys' issues with hypochondria and agoraphobia, 'Weymouth Sands', 'Glastonbury Romance', 'Wolf Solent', 'A Philosophy of Solitude', and general discussions on writing and original thought c1916-1963 (EUL MS 486)
- Faustin Charles (b1944), storyteller and writer: manuscripts of novels, stories, plays and poetry 1970-2015 (2023/UKA/3)
- Alexander Baron (1917-1999), author and screenwriter: manuscripts and corresp c1930-1999
- Ladybird Books, publisher: artwork by Keith Burns for the Ladybird Expert Series: World War Two series c2020-2023
- Suzanne Dechevaux-Dumesnil (1900-1989), writer and wife of Samuel Beckett: typescripts and other papers c1940-1949
- E M Almedingen (1898-1971): correspondence with Frances Pilkington, 1959-93; notes, typescript and handwritten works, 1938-73; notebook, commonplace books, address book; photographs; vanity case in which the material had been kept 1959-93 (MS15/A4396)
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