Scope and Contents
The collection consists of bound and unbound poetry and prose, chiefly by Riley; correspondence, chiefly addressed to Riley; and miscellaneous printed and manuscript items. The notebooks include some entries relating to the administration of the Grosseteste Press and Grosseteste Review, and in several places in the collection there are evidences of Riley's creative and business relationship with Tim Longville.
Dates
- Creation: 1955-1979 (circa)
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright in the published and unpublished writings of John Riley is owned by Cambridge University Library.
Extent
13 archive box(es) (13 boxes paper) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The papers have been arranged into the following ten series:
1. Poetry Composition Notebooks: Hardback Notebooks
2. Poetry Composition and General Notebooks: Softback Notebooks
3. Poetry and Prose Transcriptions
4. The Poems
5. The Prose
6. The Translations
7. Works by Others
8. Correspondence: Letters to John Riley
9. Correspondence: Letters to Tim Longville
10. Miscellaneous Papers
Much of Riley’s papers were deposited in original files or folders, some of which were labelled and others were unmarked. Papers held in original enclosures have been retained together, along with the original file if it carried a label. Papers found loose have been re-arranged into discrete files where the contents are related.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The bulk of John Riley’s literary papers were donated to Cambridge University Library, together with his copyrights, by his widow Carol Riley Brown in June 2013. The poems and letters from John Riley to Carol Riley Brown at MS Add.10038/8/38 were donated by her sister Maggie Robinson in May 2015.
Accruals
No accruals anticipated.
Subject
- Grosseteste Press (Organization)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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