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Plath, Sylvia, 1932-1963 (afterwards Hughes, poet and novelist)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1932 - 1963

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

 File

1 typescript letter signed from Hughes to Cooke, 1973

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO/5/38/1
Scope and Contents

1 typescript letter signed with manuscript annotations enclosing a copy of Sylvia Plath's poem 'Burning the Letters', illustrated by Leonard Baskin and published by the Rainbow Press and a small annotated cutting.

Dates: 1973
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Archive reading room is open by appointment, Wednesdays-Fridays, but all visits must be booked in advance. Photographs may not be taken of the Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes material without the permission of the Estates. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
 Item

Article from The Times, 2000-08-09

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/3/5/4
Scope and Contents

Article by Erica Wagner including a review of 'Sylvia Plath and the Theatre of Mourning' by Christina Britzolakis.

Dates: Publication: 2000-08-09
 Item

Article from the Times Literary Supplement, 2001-08-03

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/3/5/3
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a review by Jeremy Noel-Tod. Also includes a photocopy of poem by Ted Hughes regarding Shakepeare drafting his will (Sunday Times, 6 September 1998) and an article regarding an unpublished letter from Hughes regarding the death of Sylvia Plath (the Telegraph 5 August 2001). The photocopied articles also include a manuscript note sending them to Frieda Hughes by ?Olwyn Hughes.

Dates: Publication: 2001-08-03
 Sub-Series

Biographical material relating to Sylvia Plath, 1953-08 - 2020-11

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers consist of material collected by Olwyn Hughes, mainly during the period she acted as literary agent for her brother Ted Hughes. Papers include copies of early appearances of many of Ted Hughes's and Sylvia Plath's poems and essays in literary magazines and newspapers and many newspaper cuttings relating to the work and lives of Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and their children. The collection contains no original manuscript material by Ted Hughes or Sylvia Plath.

Dates: 1953-08 - 2020-11
 Sub-Series

Biographical material relating to Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, 1971 - 2010-04

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/6
Scope and Contents

Articles concerning the work of both Hughes and Plath together, their marriage and Hughes's editing of Plath's work.

Dates: 1971 - 2010-04
 File

Correspondence between Holbrook (four letters, one of them incomplete, carbon copies) and Arnold Dewey and A. M. Wood of the Athlone Press (six letters), 19 Jan. 1973-16 July 1975 (and undated)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9987/7/1/12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Letters are to Holbrook unless otherwise stated.

Dates: 19 Jan. 1973-16 July 1975 (and undated)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. Users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. Two files are restricted on grounds of confidentiality, and a number of files are not available for research on account of the poor physical condition of the documents they contain.
 Fonds

Hughes: the papers of Olwyn Marguerite Hughes

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of material collected by Olwyn Hughes, mainly during the period she acted as literary agent for her brother Ted Hughes. Papers include copies of early appearances of many of Ted Hughes's and Sylvia Plath's poems and essays in literary magazines and newspapers and many newspaper cuttings relating to the work and lives of Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and their children. The collection contains no original manuscript material by Ted Hughes or Sylvia Plath.

Dates: 1958 - 2020
 Item

Letter from Hughes to Cooke and Harriet Leviter, undated, c. 1962

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO/2/2/1
Scope and Contents

1 manuscript letter signed. Hughes thanks Cooke for his recent hospitality, says that Sylvia [Plath] is coming to live in Connemara on 30th November for 3 months and could Harriet help find a girl to help in the house. Hughes also comments on Cooke's paintings, and thanks Cooke for showing him the Sheela na gigs.

Dates: undated, c. 1962
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: The Ted Hughes material is open for consultation but photographs may not be taken without the permission of the Ted Hughes Estate. Those wishing to publish any material that is the copyright of the Ted Hughes Estate should seek permission from the Estate prior to publication. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for the Estate.
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'Mars', 1977

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/1/1/32
Scope and Contents

Copy of Mars, Number 1, featuring 'Who lives in my skin with me?', 'I walk', 'If you doubt this face' and 'Lumb' [extract from 'Gaudete'] by Ted Hughes. Also includes an extract from 'Selected Prose of Sylvia Plath', and 'Homecomings' by Seamus Heaney.

Dates: Publication: 1977
 Item

'On Sylvia Plath', Fall 1994

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/1/2/9
Scope and Contents

Copy of Raritan, Volume 14, Number 2, featuring 'On Sylvia Plath' by Ted Hughes.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1994
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'Owl's Song', 'Crow alights' and 'Crow's Song of Himself', 1970

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/1/1/9
Scope and Contents

2 copies of Critical Quarterly Poetry Supplement Number 11, edited by D. Grant, featuring 'Owl's Song', 'Crow alights' and 'Crow's Song of Himself' by Ted Hughes. Also includes 'Two Campers in Cloud Country' by Sylvia Plath.

Dates: Publication: 1970
 File

'Plath Book Problems and Publicity', 1968-1983

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9987/8/8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related papers relating to the publication of Holbrook's book 'Sylvia Plath: Poetry and Existence'. Includes a copy of a letter from Holbrook to Ted Hughes.

Dates: 1968-1983
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. Users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. Two files are restricted on grounds of confidentiality, and a number of files are not available for research on account of the poor physical condition of the documents they contain.
 Item

Royalty Statement from Shichosha, 1997-01-01 - 1997-12-31

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/8/4/1
Scope and Contents

Royalty statement for 'Selection of Poems' by Sylvia Plath paid to the Olwyn Hughes Literary Agency.

Dates: 1997-01-01 - 1997-12-31
 Sub-Series

Sylvia Plath, 1956

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUG/8/1
Scope and Contents

Material relating to Ted Hughes's first wife, Sylvia Plath.

Dates: 1956
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Photographs may not be taken of the Ted Hughes copyright material without the permission of the Estate. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
 Item

'Thistles', 1960-09-09

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO/2/1/1
Scope and Contents

Unsigned typescript of 'Thistles'. Includes Hughes's name and address. In the top left-hand corner is a brief list of organisations to which the poem was sent, written in the hand of Sylvia Plath.

Dates: Publication: 1960-09-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: The Ted Hughes material is open for consultation but photographs may not be taken without the permission of the Ted Hughes Estate. Those wishing to publish any material that is the copyright of the Ted Hughes Estate should seek permission from the Estate prior to publication. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for the Estate.
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'Unknown Soldier', 1960

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO/2/1/3
Scope and Contents

Unsigned typescript of 'Unknown Soldier'. In the top left-hand corner is a brief list of organisations to which the poem was sent, written in the hand of Sylvia Plath.

Dates: Publication: 1960
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Fonds: The Ted Hughes material is open for consultation but photographs may not be taken without the permission of the Ted Hughes Estate. Those wishing to publish any material that is the copyright of the Ted Hughes Estate should seek permission from the Estate prior to publication. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for the Estate.
 File

'VI' and 'X', 2008-10-17

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/1/1/72
Scope and Contents

Articles from The Times publishing 2 previously unpublished poems which Hughes wrote about Sylvia Plath which were not included in 'Birthday Letters'.

Dates: Publication: 2008-10-17
 Sub-Series

Writings and reviews of writings by Sylvia Plath, 1958-02 - 2011-11

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/1058/HUO/4
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers consist of material collected by Olwyn Hughes, mainly during the period she acted as literary agent for her brother Ted Hughes. Papers include copies of early appearances of many of Ted Hughes's and Sylvia Plath's poems and essays in literary magazines and newspapers and many newspaper cuttings relating to the work and lives of Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and their children. The collection contains no original manuscript material by Ted Hughes or Sylvia Plath.

Dates: 1958-02 - 2011-11

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Type
Archival Object 17
Collection 1