Gunn, Thomson William, 1929-2004 (poet and critic)
Person
Biography
Thomson William Gunn, (1929-2004), poet and critic.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Correspondence from Thom Gunn, 1958-1970
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8985/201-211
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:
1958-1970
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).
Series
Poems and prose, 1960s-1990s (mostly undated)
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9841/1
Scope and Contents
Poems and prose writings by Gunn.
Dates:
1960s-1990s (mostly undated)
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).
Fonds
Poems by Thom Gunn
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10105
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and typescript poems by Gunn, some bearing corrections, annotations or notes, and some with notes on adhesive slips. They are mostly undated. The poems are: “My darling, you are twenty two …” (MS, 1 folio, bearing a marginal query)‘Tamer and Hawk’ (MS, 1 folio)‘Captain in Time of Peace’ (MS, 1 folio)‘Captain in Time of Peace’, another version (MS, 1 folio)‘Without a Counterpart’ (MS, 1 folio)‘Contemplative and Active’ (TS...
Dates:
1954-1988 and undated (1950s-1990s?)
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
Thom Gunn: poems, prose and correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9841
Scope and Contents
A small collection of verse and prose compositions by Gunn, together with letters and other communications written or received by him.
Dates:
1960s-1990s (mostly undated)
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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- Poetry 1