Letter from Philip Larkin to Robert Giroux thanking him for accepting the Russell Loines Award on his behalf

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Papers of Philip Arthur LarkinU DPL

Poetry workbooksU DPL/1

Poetry typescriptsU DPL/2

Poetry publicationsU DPL/3

Prose and other manuscriptsU DPL/4

CorrespondenceU DPL/5

InterviewsU DPL/6

SpeechesU DPL/7

All Souls College, OxfordU DPL/8

PhotographsU DPL/9

MiscellaneousU DPL/10

Second DepositU DPL2

Manuscripts and related materialU DPL2/1

Correspondence filesU DPL2/2

Subject filesU DPL2/3

File. 'All What Jazz 1984'U DPL2/3/1

Artificial bundle. All What JazzU DPL2/3/2

File. 'Arts Council Literature Advisory Panel, 1980 - 1982'U DPL2/3/3

File. Arts Council Literature Advisory PanelU DPL2/3/4

File. 'Arts Council Poetry Panel' [National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets Committee]U DPL2/3/5

File. Arts CouncilU DPL2/3/6

File. Arts Council writers' bursariesU DPL2/3/7

Artificial file. Arvon Foundation Poetry CompetitionU DPL2/3/8

Artificial file. Authors' Lending and Copyright SocietyU DPL2/3/9

Artificial bundle. Martin BellU DPL2/3/10

File. Barry BloomfieldU DPL2/3/11

File. The Booker Prize for Literature 1977U DPL2/3/12

Files. British Library BoardU DPL2/3/13

File. British Library BoardU DPL2/3/14

File. Bain Dawes & Partners Ltd.U DPL2/3/15

File. 'Car'U DPL2/3/16

File. 'Comments on poems'U DPL2/3/17

File. CBEU DPL2/3/18

File. 'Compton Poetry Fund'U DPL2/3/19

Artificial bundle. ContributionsU DPL2/3/20

File. Companion of Literature AwardU DPL2/3/21

File. Coventry Award of MeritU DPL2/3/22

Artificial bundle. CricketU DPL2/3/23

File. Faber and FaberU DPL2/3/24

File. Faber and FaberU DPL2/3/25

File. FSSU vs. USS pension contributionsU DPL2/3/26

File. 'Jill: film and television rights'U DPL2/3/27

File. 'Hamburg' Shakespeare PrizeU DPL2/3/28

File. 'George Hartley (complaints against)'U DPL2/3/29

File. Thomas Hardy SocietyU DPL2/3/30

File. 'Thomas Hardy's death'U DPL2/3/31

File. 'High Windows'U DPL2/3/32

Letter from Philip Larkin to K D Evans (Department of Environment) about the inclusion, in a new collection of poems, of Going Going, which first appeared in a Department of Environment Working Party Report 'Human Habitat: how do you want to live', 24 February 1972U DPL2/3/32/1

Letter from Philip Larkin to J H Clark (Poem of the Month Club) about including The Explosion in a new collection of poemsU DPL2/3/32/2

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) sending him the text of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/3

Letter from Charles Monteith to Philip Larkin about giving Robert Lowell the text of High Windows to previewU DPL2/3/32/4

Letter from Philip Larkin to Charles Monteith sending him corrections for The North Ship and commenting on Robert LowellU DPL2/3/32/5

Letter from Philip Larkin to J H Clark (Poem of the Month Club) about including The explosion in High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/6

Letter from Mrs B J Jones (Her Majesty s Stationary Office) to Philip Larkin giving him permission to include Going Going in High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/7

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin praising High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/8

Correspondence between Giles de la Mare and Philip Larkin sending him his publishing agreement with Faber and Faber for High Windows (enclosed)U DPL2/3/32/9

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Philippa MacLiesh (Society of Authors) seeking guidance on his publishing agreement for High Windows with Faber and FaberU DPL2/3/32/10

Correspondence between Professor Brian Cox (University of Manchester) and Philip Larkin requesting permission to reprint Old fools in Critical QuarterlyU DPL2/3/32/11

Photocopied letter from Melvin Lasky to Philip Larkin requesting permission to reprint Dublinesque in EncounterU DPL2/3/32/12

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin regarding the blurb for High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/13

Letter from Professor Brian Cox to Philip Larkin accepting his decision to hold back the individual publication of Old FoolsU DPL2/3/32/14

Letter from Valerie Griffiths (Contracts Department, Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin sending a duplicate of their agreement for High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/15

Letter from Alan Winwright (Royalty Manager, Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin sending him his advanceU DPL2/3/32/16

Letter from Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/32/17

Correspondence between Charles Monteith and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/32/18

Correspondence between Matthew Evans and Philip Larkin about the publication of High Windows by American publishers Farrar, Straus and GirouxU DPL2/3/32/19

Correspondence between Peter Crawley (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin asking him to fill in a promotion questionnaireU DPL2/3/32/20

Letters from Sandie Weston (Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin sending him two sets of proofs together with the typescript for High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/21

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) about Show Saturday, returning the page proofs for High Windows and querying the omission of Posterity by his American publishersU DPL2/3/32/22

Letter from Matthew Evans (Faber and Faber) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/32/23

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about events at the publication launch of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/24

Correspondence between Matthew Evans (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin sending him the terms of the proposed agreement with Farrar, Straus and Giroux for an American edition of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/25

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about events at the publication launch of High Windows and his purchase of a new houseU DPL2/3/32/26

Correspondence between Matthew Evans (Faber and Faber) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/32/27

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Philippa MacLiesh (Society of Authors) sending her a copy of the contract between Farrar Straus and Giroux and Faber and Faber for an American edition of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/28

Correspondence between Rosy Allen (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin arranging to inscribe advanced copies of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/29

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith about sending out advance copies of High Windows and raising the question of reprinting Jill and A Girl in WinterU DPL2/3/32/30

Correspondence between Matthew Evans (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him of a change to a clause in his American contract for High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/31

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin pointing out a misprint in the penultimate line of Posterity and promising to restore 'with' to line 31 on page 206 of A Girl in WinterU DPL2/3/32/32

Letter from John Cornell (Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin sending him six complimentary copies of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/33

Letter from Catherine Moore (Publicity Department, Faber and Faber) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/32/34

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) expressing his appreciation of the grey cover of High Windows, as reminiscent of Auden s Look stranger, and pointing out a misprintU DPL2/3/32/35

Correspondence between Peter Orr (British Council) and Philip Larkin asking him to consider recording a cassette of poems for Harvard and the British CouncilU DPL2/3/32/36

Letter from Philip Larkin to Clive James ( Encounter ) thanking him for his review of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/37

Correspondence between Charles Monteith and Philip Larkin about other misprints in the first edition of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/38

Letter from Alan Winwright (Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin sending him his advance for High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/39

Letter from Barbara Kelsey to Philip Larkin praising High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/40

Letter from John Griffith (London School of Economics and Science) to Philip Larkin praising High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/41

Letter from Paul Theroux to Philip Larkin asking him to sign his copy of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/42

Letter from Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin about misprints in High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/43

Correspondence between P E Tucker (Librarian, University of Warwick) and Philip Larkin thanking him for High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/44

Letter from Philip Larkin to Robert Giroux thanking him for accepting the Russell Loines Award on his behalfU DPL2/3/32/45

Correspondence between Philip Oakes and Philip Larkin commenting on High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/46

Letter from Stuart Wilson (Department of Economics and Commerce, University of Hull) to Philip Larkin asking him to autograph High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/47

Letter from Philip Larkin to Colin GunnerU DPL2/3/32/48

Letter from E A Preston (Library Assistant, University of Leicester) to Philip Larkin thanking him for his gift of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/49

Letter from P R Lewis (Librarian, Sussex University) to Philip Larkin thanking him for his gift of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/50

Letter from Philip Larkin to Elizabeth Knight (Promotions Department, Oxford University Press)U DPL2/3/32/51

Letter from Ann Frances Potts to Philip Larkin asking him to sign her copy of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/52

Correspondence between Charles Monteith and Philip Larkin telling him that they sold out of High Windows in three weeksU DPL2/3/32/53

Correspondence between Professor Christopher Wiseman (Department of English, University of Calgary) and Philip Larkin praising High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/54

Correspondence between Jonathan Price (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin pointing out a misprint in High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/55

University of Hull memoranda between Dr Chilton and Philip Larkin asking him to autograph High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/56

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber)U DPL2/3/32/57

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) about the British Council recording of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/58

Correspondence between Peter Orr and Philip Larkin about the British Council recording of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/59

Correspondence between John Bayley and Philip Larkin about the poem A Study of Reading HabitsU DPL2/3/32/60

Correspondence between Peter Orr and Philip Larkin about the British Council recording of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/61

Letter from Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin about his poetry record for ArgoU DPL2/3/32/62

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Philippa MacLiesh (Society of Authors) keeping him up to date with his contractsU DPL2/3/32/63

Letter from Philip Larkin to Charles Monteith expressing his horror about the replacement of out of kicks by out for kicks in the poem A study of reading habits, as printed in the first edition of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/64

Correspondence between Peter Phillips (Production Director, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin dealing with corrections to High Windows and JillU DPL2/3/32/65

Letter from Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin apologising for misprintsU DPL2/3/32/66

Correspondence between Robert Giroux and Philip Larkin sending him a photocopy of Calvin Bedient s review of High Windows in the New York TimesU DPL2/3/32/67

Letter from Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin about the Argo recording of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/68

Correspondence between Harry Chambers (Phoenix Pamphlet Poets) and Philip Larkin sending him two copies of Phoenix 13U DPL2/3/32/69

Letter from Philip Larkin to Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) about High Windows and recording rightsU DPL2/3/32/70

Letter from Philip Larkin to George HartleyU DPL2/3/32/71

Correspondence between Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about the agreement with Argo concerning the recording of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/72

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Harley Usill (Director, Decca Record Company Ltd.) about the Argo recording of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/73

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about recording rights to High Windows and sending him William Pritchard s review of High Windows in Hudson Review (enclosed)U DPL2/3/32/74

Letter from C Hunt (Recorded Sound Section, British Council) to Philip Larkin arranging for complimentary copies of the Argo record to be sent to himU DPL2/3/32/75

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Jane McKechnie (Decca Record Company Ltd.) about complimentary copies of the Argo recordU DPL2/3/32/76

Advertisement for the Argo recording of High Windows, The GramophoneU DPL2/3/32/77

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Peter Orr (British Council) praising the recording of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/78

Correspondence between Judith Fiennes (Foreign Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him of an offer for the Swedish rights of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/79

Correspondence between Robert Giroux and Philip Larkin sending him reviews of High Windows from Hudson Review, Sewanee Review, Western Humanities Review, New York Review of Books, Parnassus, New LeaderU DPL2/3/32/80

Poster. National Book League Poetry Readings illustrated by a photograph of Philip Larkin by Fay GodwinU DPL2/3/32/81

Invoices from Faber and Faber to Philip Larkin for copies of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/82

List of names and addresses for complimentary copies of High Windows, Philip Larkin (2pp.)U DPL2/3/32/83

Two postcards, signed AFP and P respectively, to Philip Larkin in appreciation of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/84

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Faber and Faber regarding a faulty copy of High WindowsU DPL2/3/32/85

Artificial bundle. 'High Windows': reviewsU DPL2/3/33

File. Honorary Doctorate from Queen's University, BelfastU DPL2/3/34

File. 'Leicester, 1970'U DPL2/3/35

File. 'Sussex, 16.7.1974'U DPL2/3/36

Artificial bundle. 'Hull Daily Mail'U DPL2/3/37

File. Hull Daily Mail poetry competitionU DPL2/3/38

File. Humber BridgeU DPL2/3/39

Artificial bundle. InvitationsU DPL2/3/40

Artificial bundle. Jazz reviews and obituariesU DPL2/3/41

File. 'Larkinland'U DPL2/3/42

Bundle. Library Association Fellowship candidateU DPL2/3/43

File. Literary businessU DPL2/3/44

File. Literary businessU DPL2/3/45

File. Literary businessU DPL2/3/46

File. Other literary businessU DPL2/3/47

File. 'Philip Larkin's blues and other colours'U DPL2/3/48

File. Migration of English literary manuscripts to AmericaU DPL2/3/49

File. National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/50

File. National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/51

File. National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets Sub-CommitteeU DPL2/3/52

File. National Manuscripts Collection of ContemporaryPoets Sub Committee catalogue and exhibition 1967U DPL2/3/53

File. National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets Sub CommitteeU DPL2/3/54

Bundle. National Portrait GalleryU DPL2/3/55

File. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56

Artificial bundle. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/57

File. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/58

File. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59

File. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/60

File. Oxford book of modern verseU DPL2/3/61

File. New Oxford English DictionaryU DPL2/3/62

Artificial bundle. School and OxfordU DPL2/3/63

Bundle. Annual PEN anthology: New Poems 1958U DPL2/3/64

Artificial file. Performances, readings etc.U DPL2/3/65

File. Performing Rights SocietyU DPL2/3/66

File. Permissions fees or 'Why should it be the author who loses out?'U DPL2/3/67

File. Poetry Book SocietyU DPL2/3/68

File. Poetry SocietyU DPL2/3/69

File. Board of Management of Poetry Book SocietyU DPL2/3/70

File. Poetry Book Society PresidentU DPL2/3/71

File. Poetry Book Society. Choice and recommendationU DPL2/3/72

File. 'Poetry panel [of the Arts Council] - manuscripts'U DPL2/3/73

File. 'Barbara Pym'U DPL2/3/74

File. Queen's Gold Medal AwardU DPL2/3/75

Artificial file. QuotationsU DPL2/3/76

Artificial bundle. Required WritingU DPL2/3/77

File. Required WritingU DPL2/3/78

File. Royal Society of LiteratureU DPL2/3/79

Artificial bundle. Helen SpaldingU DPL2/3/80

File. 'SCONUL literature seminar, March 1979'U DPL2/3/81

File. 'Society of Authors: Committee of Management'U DPL2/3/82

File. South Bank ShowU DPL2/3/83

File. 'The Jenny Stratford catalogue'U DPL2/3/84

Bundle. TaxU DPL2/3/85

Bundle. TaxU DPL2/3/86

Bundle. TaxU DPL2/3/87

File. Tenancy: 32 Pearson Park, HullU DPL2/3/88

File. Tennyson manuscripts: sale by Lincoln County LibraryU DPL2/3/89

File. VATU DPL2/3/90

File. Watershed FoundationU DPL2/3/91

File. Vernon Watkins bibliographyU DPL2/3/92

File. Wellington Public LibraryU DPL2/3/93

Bundle. WH Smith Literature AwardU DPL2/3/94

File. The Whitsun Weddings and JillU DPL2/3/95

File. Who's Who entriesU DPL2/3/96

File. York Minster FundU DPL2/3/97

Artificial file. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/98

Bundle. Miscellaneous reviewsU DPL2/3/99

Artificial bundle. Miscellaneous reviews and postcardsU DPL2/3/100

Bundle. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/101

Bundle. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/102

Artificial bundle. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/103

Artificial file. Photographs and negativesU DPL2/3/104

Artificial file. CorrespondenceU DPL2/3/105

Artificial file. MiscellaneousU DPL2/3/106

Third DepositU DPL3

Fourth DepositU DPL4