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Longville, Timothy Walter, b 1940 (poet, editor and writer on gardening)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: b 1940

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Anna Akhmatova: 'Requiem', circa 1966-1970

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10038/6/7
Scope and Contents

Two typescript translations of Akhmatova’s 'Requiem', one prepared by Riley (on foolscap sheets) and the other an exact copy prepared by Tim Longville (on lined paper) with some suggested changes on a separate sheet.

Dates: circa 1966-1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply. Access to documents may be restricted if they contain information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Some correspondence files are closed for specified periods for reasons of confidentiality.
 Fonds

Correspondence from John Riley to John Robert Jackson Hammond

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10315
Scope and Contents

126 letters and cards from Riley to Hammond, mostly with envelopes, and 2 letters from Tim Longville to Hammond.

Dates: 1956- 1978
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 Series

Correspondence from Tim Longville, 14 Mar. 1964-9 Jan. 2001 (and undated)

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10000/1
Scope and Contents 43 letters, 12 cards and 28 sheets of poems. With nine envelopes. The poems present include: 'After Hearing the Songs of Some Tibetan Priests'; 'Airs and Distance'; Meteorological'; 'Weather Eye Round'; 'Three Empty Milk Bottles'; 'Sparrow-Girls, Swallow-Girls, Sound and Light'; 'Apple and Cloth'; 'Place for a Storm'; En Attendant'; 'Games'; 'The Name and Nature Of'; 'The Old Man'; 'The Kids'; 'Sally Raney'; 'The Golden Eagle'; 'Poem on Hands'; 'Snowman'; 'Afternoons'; Grave Stone';...
Dates: 14 Mar. 1964-9 Jan. 2001 (and undated)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. 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).
 Sub-Series

LONGVILLE, Tim, 1966-1977

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10038/8/34
Scope and Contents

Letters and occasional poems and prose from Tim Longville to John Riley. Much of the correspondence is concerned with matters relating to the 'Grosseteste Review' and Grosseteste Press. Contains 277 letters and enclosures. Many of the letters are undated.

Dates: 1966-1977
Conditions Governing Access: RESTRICTED: Files closed until 1 January 2041
 File

Poems to be considered, circa 1974

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10038/7/7
Scope and Contents

Contains an original file labelled ‘Poems to be considered’ holding photocopied or carbon-copied poems by Andrew Crozier, Michael Grant, Tim Longville and David Miller. Also includes a letter from Longville to Riley dated 26 September 1974.

Dates: circa 1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply. Access to documents may be restricted if they contain information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Some correspondence files are closed for specified periods for reasons of confidentiality.
 Sub-Series

Poems written in collaboration with Tim Longville, circa 1966-1970

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10038/4/4
Scope and Contents Riley and Tim Longville collaborated on several poems and poem-sequences. These were afterwards gathered into a typescript collection with the overall title ‘Common Objects’, sub-divided into four sections: ‘Common Objects’, ‘The Lou poems’, ‘The Civil War’ and ‘A Legend of St. Anthony’. A typescript draft of the collection was found in an original folder labelled ‘Common Objects’ and bearing Riley’s address in Bicester, Oxfordshire where he taught from 1966 to 1970.Each of the four...
Dates: circa 1966-1970
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply. Access to documents may be restricted if they contain information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Some correspondence files are closed for specified periods for reasons of confidentiality.
 Item

Tim Longville, 20 Apr. 1982

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10087/6/34
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Comprising letters sent to Denise Riley. Several of the letters bear brief annotations by Riley, usually either identifying the writer or summarising her response.

Dates: 20 Apr. 1982
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: A small number of files in this series are restricted under data protection legislation.
 File

Tim Longville and John Riley

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10013/2/51
Scope and Contents

Letters, poems and translations by Tim Longville and John Riley.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply. Access to documents may be restricted if they contain information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000.
 File

Tim Longville and John Riley: letters to Michael Hamburger, 1963-1967

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9750/303-305
Scope and Contents

2 letters, typescript and photocopied typescript, with a copy of Riley and Longville, 'In the arms of the gods' (Grosseteste Press, 1967).

Dates: 1963-1967
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).
 File

Tim Longville: Poems I, circa 1962-1963

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10038/7/2
Scope and Contents

Contains undated manuscript drafts of 11 poems and pages 4 and 6 of a letter from Longville. The letter includes a reference to the ‘Monroe Story’ and is presumed to refer to the aftermath of the death of Marilyn Monroe in August 1962.

Dates: circa 1962-1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply. Access to documents may be restricted if they contain information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Some correspondence files are closed for specified periods for reasons of confidentiality.
 File

Tim Longville: Poems II, Jul-Aug 1963

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10038/7/3
Scope and Contents

Contains typescript drafts of eight poems signed ‘Timothy Longville’ and dated 24 August 1963. Includes a draft of the poem ‘Silkie’ which also appears in MS Add.10038/7/4. Several of the poems are annotated in the hand of Riley and dated July or August.

Dates: Jul-Aug 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply. Access to documents may be restricted if they contain information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Some correspondence files are closed for specified periods for reasons of confidentiality.
 File

Tim Longville: ‘The Ground: Twenty Two Poems’, May-Aug 1963

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10038/7/4
Scope and Contents

Contains sewn quarto sheets: ‘The Ground: Twenty Two Poems by Timothy Longville. May/August 1963’. Includes a draft of the poem ‘Silkie’ which also appears in MS Add.10038/7/3 and a manuscript draft or translation of a poem in the hands of Longville and Riley. Some of the poems are annotated in the hand of Longville.

Dates: May-Aug 1963
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply. Access to documents may be restricted if they contain information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Some correspondence files are closed for specified periods for reasons of confidentiality.

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