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27 negative photostats of John Keats', autograph draft of Otho the Great. Acts IV, scene 2 – V, scene 5
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. facs. b. 81
27 negative photostats of John Keats', autograph draft of Otho the Great. Acts IV, scene 2 – V, scene 5.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1819
Additional letters, postcards and cards sent by Philip Larkin to Monica Jones, with three photographs
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 22131
Letters from Philip Larkin, poet and librarian, to Monica Jones, teacher and academic.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
9 Aug 1962-15 Oct 1978, n.d.
Additional papers of Adam Fox
Collection
Additional papers of Adam Fox
Extents: 0.55 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates:
1912-1976
Album of manuscript verse
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 22663
Album of manuscript verse, c.1840s.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
c.1844-1848
Album of manuscript verse by Caroline de Crespigny, Thomas Medwin and other contemporary English and German poets, with some original drawings and watercolours
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 11916
Caroline de Crespigny’s album is made up predominantly of original autograph verse by herself, Thomas Medwin and the German poets they encountered and translated. Tipped in, pinned or loosely inserted are also original drawings and watercolours, together with cut-outs and press cuttings, and one music manuscript. As far as it has been possible to establish, her own verses are unpublished. A number of other pieces remain unidentified.
Extents: 1.0 volume
Dates:
1838-1861, n.d.
Alexander Peplow, 'A Quick Lie', Jon Stallworthy poetry prize poem
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8418, fol. 1
Alexander Peplow, 'A Quick Lie', Jon Stallworthy poetry prize poem
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
2022
Archive of Anne Ridler and Vivian Ridler
Collection
Correspondence and papers of the poet and writer Anne Ridler (1912-2001) and her husband Vivian Ridler (1913-2009), printer to the Oxford University Press and founder of Perpetua Press.
Extents: 5.596 Linear metres (81 boxes)
Dates:
1836-2011, n.d.; Majority of material found within 1927 - 2011
Archive of Audrey Beecham
Collection
Papers of Audrey Beecham (1915-1989), poet and academic, with a small number of boxes concerning the wider Beecham family.
Extents: 6.70 Linear metres (100 boxes)
Dates:
1845-1988, n.d.
Archive of Frederick Louis MacNeice
Collection
Papers of the poet and playwright Frederick Louis MacNeice (1907-1963), with papers of Hedli MacNeice, née Anderson (1907-1990)
Extents: 10.17 Linear metres (76 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1917-1989; n.d.
Archive of Geoffrey Grigson (1905-1985), poet and writer
Collection
Correspondence and papers of Geoffrey Grigson (1905-1985), poet and writer
Extents: 8.22 Linear meters (117 containers)
Dates:
1799-2021
Archive of Jenny Joseph
Collection
Correspondence and literary papers of the poet and writer Jenny Joseph, author of the poem 'Warning', 1945-2017.
Extents: 20.0 Linear metres (133 physical shelfmarks, 84 digital shelfmarks)
Dates:
1945-2017
Archive of John Everett Butt
Collection
Correspondence and notes of John Everett Butt, 1932-64.
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1932-64
Archive of John Masefield
Collection
The archive of the poet, novelist and playwright John Masefield (1878-1967), Poet Laureate from 1930-1967.
Extents: 7.188 Linear metres (135 boxes)
Dates:
1901-1968
Archive of Mick Imlah
Collection
Archive of the poet and literary critic Michael Ogilvie ('Mick') Imlah (1956-2009).
Extents: 4.5 Linear metres (28 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1944-2009
'Catalogue of 106 Poetical Tracts from a MS. written in the reign of K. James I. and found in the cover of a volume...'
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 227
'Catalogue of 106 Poetical Tracts from a MS. written in the reign of K. James I. and found in the cover of a volume...'
Extents: 37 Leaves
Dates:
Written about A.D. 1830 by P. Bliss
Collection, copied c.1735, of satires, occasional verse and prose
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. f. 12
Collection, copied c.1735, of satires, occasional verse and prose.
Extents: 168 pages
Dates:
c.1735
Collection of hand-painted poetry booklets by Jesse Glass
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3900
Collection of hand-painted poetry booklets by Jesse Glass
Extents: 9 items
Dates:
1981-2009
Collection of prose and verse, copied in one hand
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 37
Collection of prose and verse, copied in one hand, first half of 17th century.
Extents: 158 pages
Dates:
First half of the 17th century
Commonplace book compiled by Thomas Vining Whidborne including original and collected verse
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 23614
Commonplace book compiled by Thomas Vining Whidborne including original and collected verse
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
c. 1822-1852
A commonplace book of extracts, chiefly light poetry, from English literature, with a few medical and cookery receipts, business addresses, etc.
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Add. A. 284
A commonplace book of extracts, chiefly light poetry, from English literature, with a few medical and cookery receipts, business addresses, etc., written about A.D. 1820-1830.
Extents: 51 Leaves
Dates:
written about A.D. 1820-1830