Scope and Contents A file holding material relating to Anne Stevenson's attendance and participation at the 6th Annual West Chester University Poetry Conference, which was held in June 2000. Stevenson gave a master class, titled 'The Music of the Muses,' which revolved around the rhythmic qualities of poetry. The majority of items are held within a West Chester University folder, and are composed of the following, but not limited to: multiple word-processed drafts of a script for the class,...

Scope and Contents A file holding material relating to Anne Stevenson's attendance at the 7th Blaubeurer Symposion, held between 11 and 14 October 1990. Stevenson delivered a lecture on the first day of the event, titled 'Poetry and Place.' There are two lots of material within the file. The first is a bundle that holds two word-processed drafts of Stevenson's lecture script, which are annotated in her hand. The second lot is held within a blue and white Eberhard Karl University of Tübingen folder, and...

Scope and Contents A file holding material connected to Anne Stevenson's attendance at the 2005 West Chester University Poetry Conference, held between 8 and 11 June. Stevenson gave the keynote reading at the event. The majority of the file's contents consist of several word-processed drafts of Stevenson's script for the reading, which are annotated in her hand, along with copies of poems by Stevenson. The following are also present: a programme for the conference, photocopies of newspaper articles, a business...

Scope and Contents A file holding material relating to the house where Anne Stevenson and her husband Peter Lucas lived in Durham, 38 Western Hill. There is a manuscript letter from a previous owner of that property, Audrey Roberts, who lived there between 1979 and 1991. Accompanying the letter is a plan for a garden design that was not undertaken, drawn by Alan Ayre, along with samples of old wallpaper and a fragment of blue glass taken from a conservatory door. Also present is a word-processed copy of...

Scope and Contents A file holding two typescript drafts of a short story written by Anne Stevenson. The draft that appears to be the earlier version of the two is titled, A Marriage. The second draft is titled, A Charming Wife. However, this latter draft originally had the title, A Pair of Shoes, but this has been crossed out and the new title added in pen.The earliest draft is incomplete, missing pages 2 to 4 out of the...

Scope and Contents A file holding two scripts for a BBC Radio 3 documentary programme, which gives 'a portrait' of American poet, Emily Dickinson. This programme was written by Anne Stevenson. The following are present: a photocopy of the original 21-page typed script; and a 34-page typed [production or post-production?] script produced by the BBC. The BBC script has a title page that provides various information on the production, including the names of those involved in the programme, and the dates of...

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A five-page typescript draft of a short story written by Anne Stevenson, A Popular Teacher. The story revolves around an adulterous English professor, Jack Riley, and his interactions with students and his young mistress, Eneid [sic], in a small restaurant. The draft features annotations in Stevenson's hand.

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A one-page word-processed draft of a reference, written by Anne Stevenson in support of Gerry Cambridge's application for a literary bursary from the Scottish Arts Council. Stevenson provides information on her introduction to Cambridge's poetry, his work with the magazine, The Dark Horse; and her opinion on how the bursary would benefit Cambridge as a poet.

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Material relating to Anne Stevenson's collection of poetry, A Report from the Border, published in 2003. The files in this sub-series are primarily composed of page proofs, along with word-processed drafts of poems and preliminaries (e.g. title page, acknowledgements page, preface, table of contents, etc.). However, there is also an optical disc with born-digital files.

Scope and Contents A file holding manuscript and word-processed drafts of poems written by Anne Stevenson, which were published in her 2003 collection, A Report from the Border. There are annotations in Stevenson's hand.Some of the word-processed drafts have been printed onto previously used paper, which contain email printouts of exchanges between Stevenson and various individuals, such as fellow poet Helena Nelson [real name, Helen Beaton, which appears in the...

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A file holding multiple word-processed drafts of the preface and notes section for the 2003 collection of Anne Stevenson poetry, A Report from the Border. The drafts for the notes section are heavily annotated in pencil. Also present are two drafts of a blurb relating to the publication.

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A file holding word-processed drafts of preliminaries (e.g. title page, acknowledgements page, and table of contents) and poems for Anne Stevenson's 2003 collection of poetry, A Report from the Border. Some of the drafts are annotated in Stevenson's hand.

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A file holding two lots of material relating to Anne Stevenson's 2003 collection of poetry, A Report from the Border. The first lot is an incomplete set of page proofs for the publication. The second lot of material are word-processed drafts of poems and the table of contents.

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A file holding two lots of material relating to Anne Stevenson's 2003 collection of poetry, A Report from the Border. The first lot is an incomplete set of page proofs for the publication. The second lot of material are word-processed drafts of poems and preliminaries (e.g. title page, acknowledgement page, and table of contents).

Scope and Contents A file holding several items relating to a BBC Radio 4 Scotland programme, which revolves around an account of a trip to Scotland made by William and Dorothy Wordsworth and Samuel Coleridge. This account was compiled from their writings by Anne Stevenson and Philip Hobsbaum. The following are present: the original 11-page typed script by Stevenson and Hobsbaum, which is accompanied by a compliment slip from the BBC; and a 23-page typed BBC [production or post-production?] version...

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Certificates, correspondence, photographic material and other items associated with academic awards presented to Anne Stevenson by the following American and British universities: Michigan, Loughborough, Durham and its St. Chad's College, Hull, Newcastle, and London. The vast majority of items relate to six honorary doctorates received by Stevenson, between 1997 and 2010.

Scope and Contents A file holding material relating to an opera, Adam and Eve and the Devil, with music composed by Karl Magnuson and the libretto written by Anne Stevenson. This work was performed at the Fifth Annual Inter-Arts Festival, held at the University of Michigan in 1953. Both Magnuson and Stevenson were students at the university at the time of this performance.Items include: a typescript of the libretto; tearsheets of pages 65 to 70 from the University of...

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A file holding a ring-bound final version and three word-processed drafts of the 'celebratory tale,' Alex Through the Looking Glass or The White Queen's Wedding, which was written by Anne Stevenson for the wedding of her son Charles and his fiancée, Alexandra. The drafts feature annotations in Stevenson's hand.

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Three postcards, five greetings cards and a letter from Stevenson to Harwood. With word-processed and typed copies of three poems ('Who's joking with the photographer?', 'The inn' and 'The miracle of Camp 60') and a broadcast talk ('Overhearing T. S. Eliot') by Stevenson. Four of the greetings cards contain printed poems by Stevenson ('Carol of the birds', 'The unaccommodated', 'It looks so simple from a distance...' and 'Christmas comfort and the green man').

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A file holding planning documentation for an Anne Stevenson website, including a word-processed outline for the pages of the website,

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A four-page typescript draft of a short story, presumably written by Anne Stevenson. However, Stevenson and her third husband, Michael Farley, appear as characters in this story, which revolves around an unidentified narrator, who has come to Hay-on-Wye to view some form of book-burning publicity stunt by Richard Booth. This draft features annotations..

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Material relating to Anne Stevenson's collection of poems, Astonishment, published in 2012. The files in this sub-series are composed primarily of word-processed drafts of poems, preliminaries (e.g, title page, acknowledgements page, preface, and table of contents), the notes section, and other text associated with this publication. However, there are also some manuscript notes and drafts, and a complete set of page proofs.

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A file holding early word-processed drafts of poems that were published in Anne Stevenson's 2012 collection of poems, Astonishment. Some of these drafts are annotated.