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General Grosseteste correspondence, 1960-1978 and partially dated or undated., bulk: 1966 - 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10306/1/2/2

Scope and Contents

Letters are mostly to Gordon Jackson, with some to Gordon and Helene Jackson and some addressed to the press or its editors or proprietors. A few of the early letters are on business unrelated to the Grosseteste Press.

Writers of letters include: Elaine Feinstein, Antoine[?] Turull, David Esterly, Marian Sedley, Martin Wright, Wendy Mulford, Jim Lowell, David Chaloner, C. T. Watts, Gael Turnbull, [?] Lambert (Literary Editor of The Sunday Times), Charles Osborne, Andrew Crozier, Elvira Cobos, Roy Fisher, Peter Riley, ‘Paul’, John Riley, Omar S. Pound, Michael Butler, J. H. Prynne, Kemble Williams, Michael Butterworth, John Hall, ‘Andrew’ (not Crozier), Jim Burns, Malcolm Parr, Hugh Creighton Hill, Wes Magee, Peter Armstrong, John R. King, Paul Buck, A. F. L. Deeson, David Kipp, Jon Silkin, Michael Grant, P. J. Green, Howard Inchbold, Tim J. Russ, Gerald Morgan, Maria Kohler (Hölderlin-Archiv, Württembergische Landesbibliothek Stuttgart), A. Marreck (Hölderlin-Gesellschaft, Tubingen Hölderlinhaus), Tim Longville, N. A. Roderey, Jane L. Ferrill, ‘Cavan’, Frank Kermode, Samuel French Morse, Dorothy Emmet, James L. Colwell, Bobby Byrd, William Cookson, Kris Hemensley, John Freeman (with a printed invitation to his wedding), Milly C. Armour, Giles Bristow, Margaret Ward, Deirdre Montgomery, John Dichmont, Peter Hodgkiss, Duncan Glen, John Simon, Richard Glasgow, J. Humphries, Jane Johnson, Julia Newman, Joseph Gold, Stephen Goode, Christopher Carrell, John B. Nomland, Nicholas Moore (pomenvylopes), John Lucas, Nick Kimberley, Stewart Monk, M. J. Molloy, Bob Cobbing, Martin Golding, Peter Jay, George Johnston, John Stevens Wade, Michael Beacham, Betty Berenson, Anthony Baker, Peter Makin, Nathaniel Tarn, Alan Perry, John James.

With poems, prose and translations by John Riley, TSS and MS; a list of and comments on poems by David Chaloner in Tim Longville’s hand; notes on the back of an envelope in Tim Longville’s hand; a draft of a reference for John Riley, in Gordon Jackson’s hand; a copy of a letter from Gordon Jackson to John Riley, with ‘Grossteste Review 1970’ (report and proposals).

Dates

  • Creation: 1960-1978 and partially dated or undated.
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1966 - 1972

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).

Extent

2 archive box(es)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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