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James Kirkup, literary papers and correspondence with related material
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1955-2000
Comprises: Material acquired in 1964, namely, autograph manuscript and typescript drafts and copies of poems composed by James Kirkup between ca. 1955 and 1964, including 8 letters and 8 press cutting...
Poetry Collections and Published Poems
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
c.1952 -1970
This subfonds consists of ms and ts drafts of poems which were later included in published poetry collections; and drafts and press cuttings of poems that were published individually in newspapers and...
Other Poems and Drafts
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1955-1990
This subfonds consists of ms and ts drafts and poems which have not been linked to a published poetry collection or other publication.
Correspondence and Personalia
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
c.1956-2000
Correspondence, both personal and relating to Kirkup's literary work; and miscellaneous items collected by Kirkup.
Manuscript: A City of the North
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
c.1952
Autograph manuscript of the poem 'A City of the North'; mounted with a label misattributing Kirkup's tenure of the Gregory Fellowship from October 1952 - October 1953 (Kirkup was Gregory Fellow from 1...
Drafts towards The True Mistery of the Nativity
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1955-1956
Papers relating to Kirkup's translation and adaptation from the French Medieval Mystery Cycle of Arnoul and Simon Gréban. Includes an ms draft/translation of scene 1, Annunciation, dated November 195...
Poems from The Prodigal Son
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1956-1959
Drafts and cuttings of poems from the collection 'The Prodigal Son'.
Poems from Refusal to Conform
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
c.1960-1962
Typescripts and manuscript of poems published in the collection 'Refusal to Conform.'
Poems from White Shadows, Black Shadows
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
c.1968-1970
Autograph ms copy of the poem 'Black Shadows'. Includes Kirkup's ms annotations as to when and where the poem was composed, and statement that this is a 'slightly revised version'.
Poems in the Press
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1956-1961
This series consists of ts and ms poem drafts, with cuttings of the poems as they appeared in newspapers and periodicals.
Poems and Drafts 1955-1964
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1955-1964
Ms and ts poems and drafts, including sections of notebooks and drafts for the chorus of the opera Mr Pickwick.
Poem, 1976
Kirkup, James (1918-2009)
1976
Photocopied typescript of the poem 'A Gay Nursery Rhyme', autographed and dated 'New York, April 1976.'