Press cuttings; items relating to BBC broadcasts, letters to Harold Owen, 1915-Jun 1965

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Includes list of items by Dominic Hibberd, 6 leaves.

Folder 1: includes 2 folders, labelled by Dominic Hibberd as ‘Owen Archive 6, Items 2-3, 5 (item 4 in nest folder)’ and ‘Owen Archive 6, Item 4’ [Former reference 6:2-5]. Comprises:

Item 2 Times Literary Supplement, 18 Oct 1957. Contains a letter from Harold Owen.
Item 3 copy of Times Literary Supplement, 18 Oct 1957. Contains a letter from Harold Owen.
Item 4 the Roll of Honour from The Sphere, 29 Mar 1919. Includes photograph of Wilfred Owen.
Item 5 press cutting Times Literary Supplement, pp.209-212, 4 May 1946. Includes a note from the editor on Wilfred Owen

Folder 2: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as ‘Owen Archive 6, Items 6-30 (item 9 removed)’ [Former reference 6:6-30]. Includes items 6-30 (not including 9). Script of radio broadcast ‘Blessed with Gold’; letters to Harold Owen relating to this broadcast, 19 May 1953-18 Dec 1954.

Folder 3: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as ‘Owen Archive 6, Items 31-42’ [Former reference 6:31-42]. Includes items 31-42 press cuttings, 2 Jul 1953-29 Aug 1953.

Folder 4: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as ‘Owen Archive 6, Items 44-46, 'Patric Dickinson letters and BBC broadcasts' [Former reference 6:44-46]. Comprises:

Item 44 letter from RG Walford to Harold Owen, 25 Nov 1954
Item 45 script of radio broadcast 'Wilfred Owen' by Patric Dickinson, broadcast 17&18 Aug 1953. Title page and 37 numbered pages
Item 46 first draft script of 45
Item 43 removed.

Folder 5: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as ‘Owen Archive 6, Item 47’ [Former reference 6:47]. Comprises 47 certificate confirming Wilfred Owen’s appointment as 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th battalion of the Manchester Regiment, 8 Jun 1916.

Folder 6: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as ‘Owen Archive 6, Items 48-54a’ [Former reference 6:48-54a]. Includes items 48-54a (item 51 missing) press cuttings 20 Dec 1919-Jun 1965; 2 copies of a 4 page TS ‘The Main Events and dates in the life of Wilfred Owen’.

Folder 7: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as ‘Owen Archive 6, Items 57-8, 60-87 [Former reference: 6:57-87]. Includes items 57-87 (item 59 missing) letters from Siegfried Sassoon and Edmund Blunden to Harold Owen, 15 Sep 1957-19 Aug 1964.

Items 88 and 89 removed.

Folder 8: folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as ‘Owen Archive, Items 90-92’ [Former reference 6:90-92]. Comprises: