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Tony Harrison Archive
Harrison, Tony (1937-)
c. 1953 - 2009
Papers of Tony Harrison, documenting his work as a poet. The collection documents much of Harrison's published work and drafts relating to work as yet unpublished, forming an exceptionally detailed...
Early Work
c. 1953 -1967
Series containing typescript and manuscript drafts for Harrison's early work. Files also document his time at the University of Leeds, in particular involvement with various poetry magazines, and work...
Journals and small notebooks
c. 1956 - 1986
Scrapbooks and small notebooks, arranged in approximate chronological order and frequently containing drafts of later published work. The series contains three scrapbooks (02/01 - 02/03) kept by Harr...
Project Notebooks
c. 1959-2006
Notebooks documenting Harrison's creative work from first notes and early drafts through, to publication, performance (where appropriate) and critical reception. The notebooks generally comprise man...
Project Files
c1974 - c1997
Files documenting Harrisons work on a variety of projects, frequently with an element of performance and including plays, films, television, librettos. Files document his work in great detail, coverin...
Correspondence
c 1962 - c 2009
Letters and associated material from over 200 correspondents. Correspondents include friends, colleagues, associates, and many major international figures in literature, film and music.
Early manuscript drafts
c. 1953 - 1967
Notebooks with various drafts and inserts, loose drafts, letters and notes.
Material relating to Harrison's time as a student at the University of Leeds.
c. 1956 - 1960
Includes material related to Harrison's studies, specifically 'Verse Translations of the Aeneid, and material relating to his work on Stand (c. 1960 ); The Gryphon (spring 1959); Poetry and Audience (...
Transcription of a translation of Virgil's Aeneid by Lucy Hutchinson
c.1960 - 1961
Notebook relating to Harrison's PhD research. Followed by transcription of traditional song 'A Ballad Upon the Lamentable Death of Anne Greene & Gilbert Sansom Executed at Tyburne'; typescript poem b...
Nigerian material
c.1958 - 1967
Material relating to Harrison's time teaching in Nigeria, including an 'Africa Notebook' and substantial notes relating to teaching at Ahmadu Bello University.
Scrapbook
1956 ? c.1970
Scrap book with pasted in press cuttings, correspondence and ephemera. Includes material on John Silkin, Harrison's appointment as the first Northern Arts Fellow in Poetry, Leeds/Yorkshire local inter...