Mainly Harold Owen's incoming correspondence, 1967-1971., 19 Oct 1967-3 Dec 1971
File
MS. 12282/7
Includes original folder labelled by Harold Owen as ‘Correspondence for attention from 7th May 1969 * with required addresses to keep’, and list of items by Dominic Hibberd.
Comprises:
Folder 1 (Former reference: Box 1-4:14, folder 1). Folder 1 includes previous folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as ‘Current Work * Aftermath’, and his list of items:
- Item 1 letter from Jennifer Raybould to Harold Owen, 5 Jun 1969. Concerning Oxford University Press permissions.
- Item 2 letter from Josephine M. Stevinson to Harold Owen, 8 Jun 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 3 letter from JWD Hibberd to Harold Owen, 10 Jun 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 4 receipt from Jaeger to Harold Owen, 13 Jun 1969
- Item 4a receipt from NJ Hayward Chemists, 13 Jun 1969
- Item 5 letter from Michael Moynihan to Harold Owen, 8 Jul 1969. Concerning an article for the Sunday Times. With annotations by Harold Owen.
- Item 6 letter from Michael Moynihan to Harold Owen, 14 Jul 1969. Concerning a meeting.
- Item 7 letter from John Bell to Harold Owen, 21 Jul 1969. From Oxford University Press, concerning a possible error in Journey from Obscurity.
- Item 8 letter from Jon Stallworthy to Harold Owen, 21 Jul 1969. Concerning a meeting.
- Items 9-10 letter from Eric Gillett to Harold Owen, 23 Jul 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 10a envelope for 9-10
- Item 11 subscription reminder from the Society of Authors, n.d.
- Item 12 press cutting, n.d. Advertisement entitled ‘The Genius of Michelangelo’.
- Item 13 envelope addressed to Harold Owen, from Department of English, San Fernando Valley State College, n.d. Letter missing.
- Item 14a, notebook sheet used by Harold Owen, n.d. Entitled ‘Eye Costs’.
- Item 14b, notebook sheet used by Harold Owen, n.d. To-do list.
- Item 14c notebook sheet used by Harold Owen, n.d. Addresses.
Folder 2 (Former reference: Box 1-4:14, folder 2):
- Item 1 press cutting from The Listener, 9 Nov 1967. Letter about Britten’s ‘War Requiem’.
- Item 2 letter from Annie G Phillips to Harold Owen, 19 Oct 1967. Concerning a braille transcription of CL.
- Items 3-4 letter from Mrs HK Jones to Harold Owen, 11 Dec 1967. Personal letter.
- Item 5 letter from Ceinwen James to Harold Owen, 16 Apr 1968. Personal letter.
- Item 6 letter from Sister Stella Francis to Harold Owen, 15 Jul 1968. Personal letter.
- Item 7 letter from LW Taylor to Harold Owen, 12 Sep 1968. From Oxford University Press concerning copies of Journey from Obscurity.
- Items 8-10 letter from Sister Stella Francis to Harold Owen, 8 Nov 1968. Personal letter.
- Item 11 letter from Guy Blaker to Harold Owen, 4 Dec 1968. From Mercer & Blaker Solicitors, concerning Harold Owen’s will.
- Item 12-3 fragment of letter with telephone and address, but name missing, 21 Dec 1968
- Item 14 letter from Elizabeth James to Harold Owen, 23 Dec 1968. Personal letter.
- Item 15 letter from Carol Bourne of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 24 Dec 1968. Concerning her resignation.
- Item 16 Twayne Publishers Winter Books 1968-9. 20 leaves.
- Item 17 letter from Dr Bernard Jones to Harold Owen, 10 Jan 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 18 ‘The Chanceful Season (Poems from Dorset)’ by Bernard Jones. 10 leaves.
- Items 19-21 letter from Agnes Pettet to Harold Owen, 21 Jan 1969. Personal letter.
- Items 22-3 letter from HM Hughes to Harold Owen, 21 Jan 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 24 letter from HM Hughes to Harold Owen, 11 Feb 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 25 letter from Neena Krauss to Harold Owen, 19 March 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 26 letter from AH Sagar of the British Council to Harold Owen, 8 Apr 1969. Concerning reproduction of a photograph.
- Item 27 letter from Robert Nye to Harold Owen, 17 Apr 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 28 letter from Michael G Benton to Harold Owen, 24 Apr 1969. Concerning reproduction of ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’ in a school anthology.
- Item 29 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery, 7 May 1969. Concerning photographs of Wilfred Owen.
- Item 30 envelope addressed to Harold Owen, dated 19 May 1969. Letter missing.
- Item 31 letter from Michael G Benton to Phyllis Owen, 23 May 1969. Concerning reproduction of ‘Anthem For Doomed Youth’ in a school anthology.
- Item 32 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 3 Jun 1969. Contains list of desired photographs for display.
- Item 33 letter from Evelyn M Tugwell to Harold Owen, 10 Sep 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 34 letter from JWD Hibberd to Harold Owen, 17 Jun 1969. Personal letter.
- Items 35-6 letter from Colin Owen to Harold Owen, 23 Jun 1969. Personal letter.
- Items 37-9 autobiographical notes by Colin Owen, n.d. Annotated by Harold Owen.
- Item 40 postcard from Mrs AG Bird to Harold Owen, 1 Jul 1969. Personal.
- Item 41 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 3 Jul 1969. Confirming safe arrival of photographs.
- Item 42 postcard from Roland Bouyssou to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 24 Jul 1969. Personal.
- Item 43 letter from John [Bell] of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 6 Aug 1969. Concerning copies of the periodical.
- Item 44 letter from Philip [Knowling?] to Harold Owen, 12 Aug 1969.
- Item 44a envelope for 44
- Item 45 letter from John [Bell] of Oxford University Press, 19 Aug 1969, Concerning re-ordering of letters.
- Item 46 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 20 Aug 1969. Concerning Harold Owen’s annotations on photographs.
- Item 47 letter from Marjorie [?] to Phyllis Owen and Harold Owen, 25 Aug 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 48 letter from Annie G. Phillips to Harold Owen, 26 Aug 1969. Confirming completion of braille transcription of Collected Letters.
- Item 49 letter from JWD Hibberd to Harold Owen, 31 Aug 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 50 letter from Chairman of the RNVR Officers’ Association to Harold Owen, Sep 1969. Concerning change to name of Association clubhouse.
- Item 51 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 2 Sep 1969. Concerning extra copy of a photograph.
- Item 52 letter from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 3 Sep 1969. Concerning value of an early edition book.
- Item 53 letter from Arthur Ball to Harold Owen, 3 Sep 1969. Concerning possible error in Collected Letters.
- Item 54 letter from Michael Moynihan to Harold Owen, 6 Sep 1969. Concerning copy of article for the Sunday Times.
- Items 55-67 typescript of article for the Sunday Times by Michael Moynihan, [6 Sep 1969]. 13 leaves.
- Item 68 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 9 Sep 1969. Concerning a missed phone call. TS with note in ink by Gibson.
- Item 69 letter from Sotheby & Co. to Phyllis Owen, 12 Sep 1969. Concerning arrangements for a meeting.
- Item 69a envelope for item 19
- Item 70 letter from Elizabeth James to Harold Owen, 15 Sep 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 71 letter from Arthur Ball to Harold Owen, 17 Sep 1969. Concerning possible error in Collected Letters.
- Item 72 letter from Pamela [Bell] to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 21 Sep 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 73 letter from WR Benest of Garrard & Co. to Harold Owen, 6 Oct 1969. Concerning repairs of a clock.
- Items 74-77 obituary of Elspeth Mary Silvey (16 Dec 1906-10 Oct 1968) by RJES, 10 Oct 1969. 5 leaves.
- Item 78 receipt from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 14 Oct 1969. Concerning receipt of ‘quantity of letters’.
- Item 78a envelope for item 78
- Item 79 letter from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 17 Oct 1969. Explaining form authorising sale of property.
- Item 80 letter from Laurence Irving to Harold Owen, 21 Oct 1969. Personal letter.
- Items 81-2 letter from Ann Brassey to Harold Owen, 27 Oct 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 83 letter from Annie G Phillips to Harold Owen, 2 Nov 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 84 letter from Barbara Hudson to Harold Owen, 2 Nov 1969. Personal letter.
- Items 85-6 letter from Mrs Kathleen Mary Swaine to Harold Owen, 2 Nov 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 87 press cutting from Sunday Nation, 2 Nov 1969. Contains an interview with Colin Owen.
- Item 88 letter from Guido Cassale to Harold Owen, 3 Nov 1969. Requesting permission to photocopy Wilfred Owen MSS for a thesis.
- Item 88a envelope for item 88
- Item 89 press cutting from Canadian newspaper, [early Nov 1969]. Contains advertisement for performance of Britten’s ‘War Requiem’.
- Item 90 press cutting from Canadian newspaper, 12 Nov 1969. Contains review of performance advertised in item 89.
- Item 91 press cutting from Toronto Daily Star, 12 Nov 1969. Contains review of performance advertised in item 89, entitled ‘War Requiem was all right but gut eloquence lacking’.
- Item 92 note by Harold Owen of the date, ‘12th November 1969’
- Item 93 letter from Guido Cassale to Harold Owen, 13 Nov 1969. Contains thanks for permission to make photocopies of Wilfred Owen MSS.
- Item 94 press cutting from the Weston Mercury, 14 Nov 1969. Contains advertisement for a play based on Wilfred Owen’s ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’.
- Item 95 letter from Kathleen M Swaine to Harold Owen, 14 Nov 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 96 letter from Laurence Irving to Harold Owen, 15 Nov 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 97 press cutting from The Birmingham Post, 19 Nov 1969. Concerning a plaque to honour Wilfred Owen.
- Item 97a envelope for item 97
- Items 98-100 letter from Mrs Celia [Davies] to Harold Owen, 19 Nov 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 100a envelope for 98-100
- Item 101 letter from John [Bell] of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 21 Nov 1969. Concerning correspondence from Mr H Massy.
- Item 102 letter from Annie G Phillips to Harold Owen, 22 Nov 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 103 letter from Jon [Stallworthy] of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 24 Nov 1969. Explaining attached documents (104 and 105).
- Item 104 letter from Jon [Stallworthy] to Robert Gittings (copy), 24 Nov 1969. Passing on message of thanks from Harold Owen.
- Item 105 article ‘WB Yeats and Wilfred Owen’ by Jon Stallworthy, n.d. 20 leaves, lightly annotated by Stallworthy and Harold Owen.
Folder 3 (Former reference: Box 1-4:14, folder 2):
- Item 106 letter from D Ellingham of Jaeger to Harold Owen, 24 November 1969. Concerning out-of-stock items.
- Item 107 letter from Guido Cassale to Harold Owen, 26 Nov 1969. Contains questions about the influence of Welsh upon Harold Owen, and the dating of poems.
- Item 108 letter from John H Baker to Harold Owen, 30 Nov 1969. Personal letter. Verso contains contents list of Baker’s memoirs.
- Item 109 letter from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 3 Dec 1969. Concerning valuation of book collection.
- Items 110-111 notes by Harold Owen concerning Sotheby & Co., n.d.
- Item 112 letter from John H Baker to Harold Owen, 4 Dec 1969. Contains thanks for ordering his memoirs, outlined in 108.
- Item 113 letter from A Boothroyd of Dixley Opticians, 4 Dec 1969. Explains use of medical implement.
- Item 114 receipt from John Mattock Ltd., rose growers, to Harold Owen, 6 Dec 1969.
- Item 115 letter from A Boothroyd of Dixley Opticians to Harold Owen, 8 Dec 1969. Concerning new spectacles.
- Item 116 notice of sale from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 11 Dec 1969. Concerns sale mentioned in 109.
- Item 116a envelope for 116
- Items 117-8 letter from Allen [Freer] to Harold Owen, 28 Dec 1969. Personal letter.
- Item 119 letter from Elizabeth [?] to Harold Owen, [Dec 1969]. Personal letter.
- Item 120 letter from Ann Brassey to Harold Owen, [Dec 1969]. Personal letter.
- Item 121 letter from Professor Sasi Bhusan Das to Harold Owen, 1 Jan 1970. Concerning his research on Wilfred Owen.
- Item 122 offprint of ‘War and the Poets: III Owen and the German Expressionists’, The Calcutta Review, by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d. 12 leaves.
- Item 123 offprint of ‘War and the Poets’, The Calcutta Review, by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d. 9 leaves. Includes introduction and ‘I Wilfred Owen’, n.d. Note by Das: ‘To Mr Harold Owen, With the writer’s compliments. SB Das.’
- Item 124 article on Sir Herbert Read by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, printed in Bulletin of the Department of English at Calcutta University, n.d. 14 leaves.
- Item 125 offprint of ‘War and the Poets: VIII Sassoon’s Influence and the Satiric Element in Owen’s Poetry’ by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d. 15 leaves.
- Item 126 offprint of ‘War and the Poets: V Owen’s Religion of Humanity’ by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d. 9 leaves.
- Item 127 address of Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d.
- Item 128 letter from Richard Morgan to Harold Owen, 5 Jan 1970. Personal letter.
- Item 129 letter from Richard Morgan to Harold Owen, 13 Jan 1970. Personal letter.
- Items 130-1 letter from Margaret Thomas to Harold Owen, 14 Jan 1970. Concerning difficulty with obtaining a copy of Journey from Obscurity.
- Item 132 account statement from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen. Contains details of payment due to Harold Owen.
- Item 132a envelope for 132
- Item 133 letter from LW Taylor of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 16 Jan 1970. Concerning copies to be sent to Margaret Thomas. See 130-1.
- Item 133a envelope for 133
- Items 134-5 letter from Margaret Thomas to Harold Owen, 17 Jan 1970. Containing thanks for complimentary copies of Journey from Obscurity.
- Item 135 (duplicate reference) letter from Allen [Freer] to Harold Owen, 19 Jan 1970. Personal letter.
- Items 136-7 letter from D Arey Lee to Harold Owen, 21 Jan 1970. Personal letter.
- Item 138 letter from Richard Morgan to Harold Owen, 24 Jan 1970. Personal letter.
- Item 139 letter from LJ Hood of the British Council to Harold Owen, 30 Jan 1970. Concerning missing cheque.
- Item 140 letter from John [Bell] of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 4 Feb 1970. Concerning Professor Sasi Bhusan Das.
- Item 141 letter from Ann Lindsey of Twayne Publishers to Harold Owen, 9 Feb 1970. Concerning Harold Owen’s interest in a study of Wilfred Owen by Gertrude M White.
- Item 141a envelope for 141
- Item 142 letter from OR Sutton of Simpson Piccadilly to Harold Owen, 9 Feb 1970. Concerning exchange of trousers.
- Items 143-4 account statement from Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 2 Mar 1970
- Item 144a envelope for 143-4
- Item 145 letter from Joyce Horn of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 4 Mar 1970. Concerning press cutting agencies.
- Item 146 letter from Charles Mapleston to Harold Owen, 12 March 1970. Concerning research project and possible meeting.
- Item 146a envelope containing 146
- Item 147 confirmation of order from General Press Cutting Association Ltd. to Harold Owen, 13 March 1970
- Item 147a envelope containing 147
- Item 148 letter from John [Bell] to Harold Owen, 17 Mar 1970. Concerning several photographs.
- Items 149-50 newsletter from RNVR Officers Association Ltd. to Harold Owen, 19 Mar 1970
- Item 150a envelope for 149-50
- Item 151 letter from Marjorie [?] to Harold Owen, 5 Apr 1970. Personal letter.
- Item 152 letter (extract) by Charles Wesley (copy), 12 Dec 1969. Posted with 151.
- Item 153 letter from Ian [Parsons] to Phyllis Owen, 1 May 1970. Personal letter.
- Item 154 letter from Ian [Parsons] to Harold Owen, 23 Jun 1970. Explains enclosed copy of letter.
- Items 155-7 letter (extract) from David W Burgess to Ian Parsons (copy), 15 Jun 1970. Copy sent with 154. Concerns photographs of Wilfred Owen for a documentary film.
- Item 158 letter from Ian Parsons to David W Burgess (copy), 23 Jun 1970. Copy sent with 154. Concerns photographs of Wilfred Owen for a documentary film.
- Item 158a envelope for 155-8
- Items 159-60 letter from Allen Freer to Harold Owen, 19 Jul 1970. Personal letter
- Items 161-2 letter from Jon [Stallworthy] to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 6 Aug 1970. Personal letter.
- Item 163 telegram from Stallworthy family to Harold Owen, 30 Sep 1970. Note of congratulations on publication of Aftermath.
- Item 164 letter from Colin Owen to Harold Owen, 11 Oct [1970]. Personal letter.
- Item 165 letter from John [Bell] to Harold Owen, 18 Oct 1970. Personal letter.
- Item 166 letter from David [Posner] to Harold Owen, 10 Dec [1970]. Personal note.
- Item 167 letter from Max Schott to Harold Owen, 21 Jun 1971. Personal note.
- Item 167a envelope containing 167
- Item 168 postcard from Kunio Ohio to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 13 Oct 1971. Personal note.
- Items 169-71 letter from Jette and Poul Pedersen to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 9 Sep [1971]. Personal letter.
- Item 172 photograph of Poul and Christian Pedersen, Oct 1970
- Item 173 photograph of Christian Pedersen, Jul 1971
- Item 174 photograph of Jette and Christian Pedersen, Aug 1971
- Item 174a envelope containing 169-174
- Item 175 postcard from Kunio Ohio to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 19 Sep 1971. Personal note.
- Item 176 letter from ‘L’ [Laurence Irving] to Harold Owen, 22 Sep 1971. Personal letter.
- Item 177 letter from Rachel Whittaker to Harold Owen, 19 Oct 1971. Personal letter.
- Item 178 letter from Blanche [Bulman] to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 31 Oct 1971. Personal letter.
- Item 179-80 letter from Peter [Owen] to Harold Owen, 8 Nov [1971]. Personal letter.
- Item 181 letter and receipt from Violet Sharpe, 15 Nov 1971
- Items 182-5 letter from Bunty [Owen] to Harold Owen, 21 [Nov] 1971. Personal letter.
- Item 185a envelope for 182-5
- Item 186 press cutting from the Belfast Telegraph, 3 Dec 1971. Entitled ‘Behind the smile of Roger McGough’.
- Item 186a envelope for 186
- Item 187 press cutting from Birmingham Evening Mail, 21 Nov 19[?]. Entitled ‘Poems that were born in conflict’.
- Item 187a envelope for 187
- Item 188 MS note of inscription on the Owen home in Monkmoor Rd. With annotations by Harold Owen.
- Item 188a envelope for 188
- Item 189 letter from Ethan Kapstein to Harold Owen, 25 July [no year]. Concerning access to Wilfred Owen MSS for research.
- Item 190 note by Harold Owen of Ethan Kapstein’s address.
- Item 191 note from David Posner to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, n.d. On verso advertisement for ‘The Dialogues’ by David Posner.
- Item 192 draft telegram by Harold Owen, n.d.
- Item 193 note by Harold Owen entitled ‘Letters to write’, n.d.
- Items 194-7 notes by Harold Owen, n.d.
- Item Item 198 note by Harold Owen of addresses of Moncrieff, Philip Knowling and the Stallworthys, n.d.
- Items 199-200 notes by Harold Owen, n.d.
- Item 201 note by Harold Owen of address of Bob McRobbins, n.d.
- Item 202 note by Harold Owen, n.d.
- Item 203 picture from Clare [?] to Harold Owen, n.d.
- Item 204 picture from Rose [?] to Harold Owen, n.d.
- Item 205 label from Thaine Electrical Appliances, 17 Jun [?]
Dates
- Creation: 19 Oct 1967-3 Dec 1971
Extent
1 box (3 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 12282/7
Former reference:
Owen archive 1-4:14
Creator
- From the Collection: Owen | Wilfred Edward Salter | 1893-1918 | poet (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk