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Brotherton Collection30
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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)2
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english poetry1
japanese poetry 20th1
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Archive Collection

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...

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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...

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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.

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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.

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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...

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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...

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Poems from The Prodigal Son

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

1956-1959

Drafts and cuttings of poems from the collection 'The Prodigal Son'.

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Poems from Refusal to Conform

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

c.1960-1962

Typescripts and manuscript of poems published in the collection 'Refusal to Conform.'

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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'.

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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.

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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.

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Poem, 1976

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

1976

Photocopied typescript of the poem 'A Gay Nursery Rhyme', autographed and dated 'New York, April 1976.'

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