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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 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Fonds

David Chaloner, 'Hotel Zingo'

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10024
Scope and Contents

Photocopied typescript of the poems in the book, with a title page dated 1979. The poems bear dates between 1972 and 1979. With two sheets of manuscript notes in the hand of John Welch, one apparently not relating to 'Hotel Zingo'.

Dates: 1979
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library
 Fonds

Poems and correspondence of Peter Robinson relating to his publications with the Many Press

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10034
Scope and Contents Includes: ‘Going Out to Vote’: marked-up photocopied typescript of the poem, pasted-up typeset copy of the inner pages, layout sheet in John Welch’s hand, and copy number 5 of the printed broadsheet, signed by Robinson; ‘Overdrawn Account’: marked-up photocopied typescript of the poems, paste-up of a rejected cover design, undated letter to Welch from ‘Judy’ (typesetter), printed flyer, a copy of the book, and ‘Overdrawn Account, by Peter Robinson: A Balance-Sheet’ (manuscript review of the...
Dates: 1977-1985
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library

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