Poems, 1919-1974; n.d.
File
MS. 7154/14
Held in our offsite storage facility
Papers relating to Ruth Pitter's poetry:
- Folder 1: Proof copy of First Poems, with corrections, 1919; TSS. of poems from First and Second Poems, revised 1938; TS. of preface for Poems 1926-1966, n.d. [c.1966], with TSS. versions of 'Romford Market' and 'Against Great Old Quickset Garden Hedges', lists of poems and some notes; carbon TSS. of End of Draught, with related letters from Barrie & Jenkins Publishers, 1974. Also includes a programme of the 'Second Poetry Reading in aid of the Merchant Navy Distress Funds', with the poem 'Lament for the Landless', by Ruth Pitter, 1947.
- Folder 2: Poems from folder 'Poems - unpub'd & odd T-scripts', including 'Autumn 1944', 'Dew', 'Eros with Chilblaines', 'Five Dreams and a Vision', 'Gorgeous Ted', 'Hen Under Bay-Tree', 'Hill and Valley', 'I Don't Want No Christmas Dinner', 'Madonna Lilies and Wine', 'Most People are Honest', 'Narrow But Deep', 'Old Clockwork Time', 'Oracle', 'Passion and Peace', 'Piblett, 1912', 'Planting Mistletoe', 'Romford Market', 'Seaborn', 'The Bad Child Left Behind', 'The Bridge', 'The Ermine', 'The Father Questioned', 'The Gosling', 'The Lame Arm', 'The Lammastide Flower', 'The Neophyte', 'The Red Boy', 'The Stolen Babe', 'The Swifts', 'The Tree at Dawn', 'The Tuft of Violets', 'The World is Hollow', 'True May', all n.d. Also includes TSS. versions of 'Je n'en suis pas digne', n.d., a TS. with carbon copy of 'A Passage from "Perelandra', by C.S. Lewis transcribed into irregular Spensarian stanzas', n.d., and some MSS. drafts.
- Folder 3: Poems by other authors, and related correspondence, including TSS. of poems by Arthur William Russell, 1957-1959 and n.d., with TS. 'Solemn Poetess and Jester: Ruth Pitter', c.1955, and letters by Russell to Ruth Pitter, 1955-1959 and n.d.; TSS. of poems by Hilary Greenwood with two letters by the author, 1958; TSS. of poems by Lewis Filewood with a letter by the author, 1968; miscellaneous TSS. by various authors.
Dates
- Creation: 1919-1974; n.d.
Extent
1 box (3 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 7154/14
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk