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Scupham, John Peter, 1933-2022 (poet)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1933 - 2022

Biography

John Peter Scupham was born in Liverpool on 24 February 1933, the son of John Scupham (1904-1990), Controller of Educational Broadcasting at the B.B.C., and his wife Dorothy Lacey, née Clark (1904-1987). He was educated at The Perse School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge (B.A. 1957). He performed National Service in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1952-1954, and was recalled during the Suez Crisis of 1956. He was later Head of English at St Christopher School, Letchworth, and proprietor of the Mandeville Press in Hitchin. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, including a Collected Poems (Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2002).

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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Letters from Peter Scupham, 1968-1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9851/A/26
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Most of the individual correspondents in items 1-31 are poets, translators, and illustrators. Some items include typescripts of poems.

Dates: 1968-1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Papers relating to Daedalus Press poemcards / Correspondence of Juliet Standing
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Loose poems

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9941/1/1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

[Boxes 1-4]: unpublished poems by Peter Scupham; [Boxes 5-9]: poetry notebooks; speeches delivered in Emmanuel College debates, c. 1955.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The terms of the Data Protection Act 1998 apply to access.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Peter Scupham: correspondence and papers / Writings of Peter Scupham
 Fonds

Peter Scupham: correspondence and papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9941
Scope and Contents [Boxes 1-4]: Correspondence between Peter Scupham and Carola Braunholtz; school reports of Peter Scupham; unpublished poems by Peter Scupham; letters and poems sent to Peter Scupham by John Hadwen; letters from Peter Scupham to John Hadwen; settings by John Hopkins of poems by Peter Scupham; interviews and comments on poems by Scupham, by Anthony Glover; other early (1950s) letters to Peter Scupham from National Servicemen; correspondence respecting Scupham's poems 'A masculine pastoral';...
Dates: 1785-2012 (bulk 1950s - 2010s)
Conditions Governing Access: The terms of the Data Protection Act 1998 apply to access.
Found in: Cambridge University Library
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Poetry notebooks

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9941/1/2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

[Boxes 1-4]: unpublished poems by Peter Scupham; [Boxes 5-9]: poetry notebooks; speeches delivered in Emmanuel College debates, c. 1955.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The terms of the Data Protection Act 1998 apply to access.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Peter Scupham: correspondence and papers / Writings of Peter Scupham
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Speeches

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9941/1/3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

[Boxes 1-4]: unpublished poems by Peter Scupham; [Boxes 5-9]: poetry notebooks; speeches delivered in Emmanuel College debates, c. 1955.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The terms of the Data Protection Act 1998 apply to access.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Peter Scupham: correspondence and papers / Writings of Peter Scupham

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