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Welch, John Hope, 1942- (poet, publisher and teacher)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1942-

Biography

John Hope Welch was born in Southgate, London, in 1942, and read Modern Languages at Magdalene College, Cambridge (B.A. 1965). After training as a teacher in Southampton and teaching for a year in Lyon, he specialised as a teacher of English to school students recently arrived in Britain, working in this field for twenty-seven years. He founded The Many Press in 1975. Welch's collections of verse are 'Out walking' (London: Anvil, 1984); 'The eastern boroughs' (Exeter: Shearsman, 2004); and 'Collected poems' (Exeter: Shearsman, 2008).

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Cambridge poets (1)

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10013/2/49
Scope and Contents

Letters and poems: Denise Riley, eight poems, two with messages added; Nick Totton, 'The Aphasia Murders', 'Fully in the Light' and three single-page texts; John Welch, nine letters and a collaborative text; Martin Thom, poems (mostly pages from magazines) letters and a review; Ian Patterson, document with some poems.

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.
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John Welch

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10013/2/43
Scope and Contents

Letters, postcards and poems, including versions of 'Its Radiance'.

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.
 Item

WELCH, John, c.mid-1970s

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10038/8/53
Scope and Contents

Single undated letter from John Welch to John Riley.

Dates: c.mid-1970s
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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