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Scammell, William Neill, 1939-2000 (Poet)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1939 - 2000

Places

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 File

'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 5, 1990 - 1993, 1997

 File
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
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: See sub-level records for any information on access restrictions or closures of material.
 Series

Miscellaneous Writings, c late 1930s-2019

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/17
Scope and Contents Writings produced by Anne Stevenson that fall outside of her poetry, prose works, critical studies, radio scripts, opera libretti, translations, essays, reviews and other output covered in the 16 series preceding this one. The following types of items are present in this series, but are not limited to: non-poetry writings produced by Stevenson during her elementary/primary school years; introductions, prefaces and forewords for non-Stevenson publications; blurbs [a short description for a...
Dates: c late 1930s-2019
Conditions Governing Access: See sub-level records for any information on access restrictions or closures of material.
 File

Obituary on William Scammell, 2000

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/17/9
Scope and Contents

A file holding a two-page word-processed draft of an obituary on poet, William Scammell, written by Anne Stevenson. Accompanying the draft are two pages of manuscript notes. It is unknown whether this obituary was published.

Dates: 2000
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level records for any information on access restrictions or closures of material.
 File

'The Poetry Book Society Anthology 2' Correspondence File, 1990 - 1991

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9451/19/3
Scope and Contents

Two files holding correspondence, along with poetry typescripts and related items, connected to Anne Stevenson's editorship of the 1991 publication, The Poetry Book Society Anthology 2. The majority of the correspondence are addressed to Stevenson, and most have been sent from those featured in the anthology.

Dates: 1990 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: See sub-level records for any information on access restrictions or closures of material.