Davison, Peter, 1928-2004 (Poet and Publisher)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1928 - 2004
Places
- United States of America (Associated Country)
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 1, 1985 - 1986
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/1
Scope and Contents
A file holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. Correspondents include representatives from Penguin Books, Olwyn Hughes and Ted Hughes. The following are also present in the file: a copy of Stevenson's contract with Penguin, photocopies of letters sent by Stevenson to Sylvia Kantaris and Dido Merwin, and photocopies of correspondence between Merwin and the biographer, Linda Wagner-Martin, which...
Dates:
1985 - 1986
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 2, 1987
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/2
Scope and Contents
Two files holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. The first file holds items dating between January and June 1987, while the contents of the second file date from July to December that year. Correspondents include representatives from Penguin Books, Olwyn Hughes, Peter Davison at the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; Lucas Myers, Richard Murphy, J. Melvin Woody, Clarissa Roche, and Trevor Thomas. The...
Dates:
1987
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 3, 1988
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/3
Scope and Contents
A file holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. Correspondents include Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Richard Murphy, Mark Le Fanu, Jillian Becker, Peter Davison and other representatives from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; and Helga Huws. The following are also present in the file: a pile of notes by Olwyn Hughes and Stevenson, photocopies of letters sent by Stevenson to various individuals; and...
Dates:
1988
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 4, 1989
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/4
Scope and Contents
Two files holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame, and promotional activities relating to its publication in 1989. The first file holds items dating between January and June of that year, while the contents of the second file date from July to December. Correspondents include Trevor Thomas, Peter Davison and other representatives from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; Jillian Becker, Olwyn Hughes,...
Dates:
1989
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 5, 1990 - 1993, 1997
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/5
Scope and Contents
A file holding letters sent to and by Anne Stevenson, connected to her biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame, which include reactions to the publication following its release. Correspondents include: Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Peter Davison at Houghton Mifflin, Robert McMullen, Jude Bourguignon at Penguin Books, Dale J. Sprague, Bob Dykeman, C.J. Hardy, Jullian Becker, Ruth Scott, Madeline Strong Diehl, Marion Bright, Paul Roche, Joe Lobenthal, Richard Murphy, Ruth...
Dates:
1990 - 1993; 1997
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'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 6, not dated
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/1/6
Scope and Contents
A file holding undated letters and notes connected to Anne Stevenson's biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame. Correspondents and other individuals represented in this file include: Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Carol Hughes, Paul Winstanley, Dido Merwin, Peter Davison at Houghton Mifflin, Judith Flanders, Trevor Thomas, and Janet Malcolm.
Dates:
not dated
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Series
Correspondence of Anne Stevenson, 1951 - 2020
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/18
Scope and Contents
Letters, printouts of emails, cards, and postcards sent to Anne Stevenson from friends, family, business associates, literary peers, companies, charities, educational institutions, and people who admired her work. Some letters are accompanied by copies of poems written by the correspondents. Also present are contracts, financial statements, sales invoices and other items that Stevenson received through the post.This series is composed of 37 boxes and 783 identified correspondents,...
Dates:
1951 - 2020
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Sub-Series
Reviews, 1975 - 2013
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/11/3
Scope and Contents
Typescript and word-processed drafts of reviews by Anne Stevenson on the works of other poets and authors, which were published in or submitted to various outlets. Some drafts feature annotations and corrections in pencil or ink, and they are occasionally accompanied by other material.This sub-series is composed of 82 items/files, held in four boxes. The reviews are listed below in order of either the title of the reviewed publication, the title of the first publication when...
Dates:
1975 - 2013
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