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Hughes, Edward James, 1930-1998 (Poet Laureate)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1930 - 1998

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

 Sub-Series

Comics, by Ted Hughes; with illustrations by Annie Newnham (1997), 1997

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9927/A18
Scope and Contents From the Series:

There were 18 Prospero Poets editions, from 1994 to 1997. Most subseries here include papers relating to the individual publication and to the accompanying Clarion Newsletter. Further correspondence involving the designer Dennis Hall and series editor Simon Rae will be found in subseries D1.

Dates: 1997
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access.
 Series

Correspondence from Ted Hughes, 1958-1967

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8985/229-232
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Letters from many American and English poets and scholars, 1940-80; occasional manuscripts and typescripts of poetry; 18 letters on The Sandpipers; and a collection of letters of poets and writers, 1856-c.1950.

Dates: 1958-1967
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).
 Sub-Series

Football, by Ted Hughes; with illustrations by Christopher Battye (1995), 1994-1995

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9927/A9
Scope and Contents From the Series:

There were 18 Prospero Poets editions, from 1994 to 1997. Most subseries here include papers relating to the individual publication and to the accompanying Clarion Newsletter. Further correspondence involving the designer Dennis Hall and series editor Simon Rae will be found in subseries D1.

Dates: 1994-1995
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access.
 File

'Plath Book Problems and Publicity', 1968-1983

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9987/8/8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related papers relating to the publication of Holbrook's book 'Sylvia Plath: Poetry and Existence'. Includes a copy of a letter from Holbrook to Ted Hughes.

Dates: 1968-1983
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. Users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. Two files are restricted on grounds of confidentiality, and a number of files are not available for research on account of the poor physical condition of the documents they contain.
 Item

Superstitions, 1964

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9777/29/2/11
Scope and Contents

Review of T.C. Lethbriddge's Ghost and divining rod, in New Statesman, 2 OCT 1964

Dates: 1964
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

Ted Hughes, Adam and the sacred nine; with a drawing by Leonard Baskin (Rainbow Press, 1978), 1978

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9816/A/87
Scope and Contents

Layouts; estimate;, artwork; galley proofs, marked; paste-up; correspondence. Correspondents include Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes.

Dates: 1978
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

Ted Hughes, The best worker in Europe; with three drawings by Charles Jardine (Atlantic Salmon Trust, 1985), 1985-1988

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9816/A/138
Scope and Contents

Various proofs; artwork; dummy; printed pamphlet, marked 'proof copy'; correspondence with Sebastian Carter and other papers. Correspondents include Ted Hughes, Carol Hughes, Charles Jardine.

Dates: 1985-1988
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

Ted Hughes, The black rhino (not printed), 1988

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9816/A/152
Scope and Contents

Copy (typescript); correspondence between Ted Hughes and Sebastian Carter.

Dates: 1988
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).

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