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Correspondence and papers relating to honours and awards, invitations to receptions, memorial services, dinners, etc, membership of societies and associations. Includes: correspondence on Lee's award of Membership of the Order of the British Empire; correspondence and programmes of Foyle's literary lunches, including the lunch of 16 Mar. 1956 at which Lee was awarded the William Foyle Poetry Prize; a menu for dinner in 1957 in honour of Robert Frost signed by Robert Frost, and Lee's place card with notes by him, Arthur Waley, Isaiah Berlin and others; his and others' membership of Garrick Club; his membership of Chelsea Arts Club, with a draft of an appeal for funds; half the cheque for £1000 received by Lee on winning the W. H. Smith Award for 1960; his election to the Senior Common Room of the Royal College of Art; menu of the Royal Academy of Art dinner at which Lee spoke (a draft of this speech is at Add MS 88936/5/81); correspondence on his being awarded the freedom of the City of London; papers and correspondence on his membership of Stroud Conservative Club; a letter asking for a response to an application for a Civil List pension.

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Laurie Lee PapersAdd MS 88936

Laurie Lee: PoetryAdd MS 88936/1

Laurie Lee: Prose WorksAdd MS 88936/2

Laurie Lee: Dramatic WorksAdd MS 88936/3

Laurie Lee: Literary Correspondence and PapersAdd MS 88936/4

Correspondence with the British Broadcasting Corporation. Mostly contracts ... Add MS 88936/4/1-3

Correspondence with André Deutsch Ltd. Publishers of My many-coated man, As ... Add MS 88936/4/4-6

Hogarth Press and Chatto and Windus. The Hogarth Press became an associate ... Add MS 88936/4/7-11

Correspondence relating to law suits arising from the publication of Cider ... Add MS 88936/4/12

Correspondence with Longmans Green & Co. Limited, later Longman Group Limit ... Add MS 88936/4/13

Correspondence with William Morrow and Company Inc. Lee's first publisher ... Add MS 88936/4/14

Correspondence with Penguin Books Ltd. Mostly correspondence relating to ... Add MS 88936/4/15

Correspondence with A. D. Peters & Co. The firm was incorporated into Pet ... Add MS 88936/4/16

Correspondence with Peters, Fraser & Dunlop. The firm incorporated A. D. ... Add MS 88936/4/17

Correspondence with Laurence Pollinger Ltd. Lee's literary agents until 19 ... Add MS 88936/4/18

Correspondence from other firms, individuals and periodicals relating to or ... Add MS 88936/4/19-20

Correspondence addressed to Lee seeking permission to reprint, translate, i ... Add MS 88936/4/21-22

Correspondence and papers relating to setting Lee's poems to music and givi ... Add MS 88936/4/23

Invitations and proposals for Lee to make or take part in films, recorded r ... Add MS 88936/4/24

Correspondence relating to press cutting services, copyrights, public lendi ... Add MS 88936/4/25

Correspondence and critical requests and discussion for information on Lee' ... Add MS 88936/4/26

Correspondence relating to requests made to Lee to give addresses and inter ... Add MS 88936/4/27-29

Correspondence relating to Lee's judging entries for competitions for both ... Add MS 88936/4/30

Correspondence and papers relating to honours and awards, invitations to re ... Add MS 88936/4/31

Letters from members of the general public to Lee, including 'fan mail', re ... Add MS 88936/4/32-42

Notebooks recording letters received and written by Lee.Add MS 88936/4/43-111

Records of publication and performance of Lee's works, with copies of invoi ... Add MS 88936/4/112-117

Cash and account books.Add MS 88936/4/118-133

Laurie Lee: Personal Correspondence and PapersAdd MS 88936/5

Laurie Lee: Biography and CriticismAdd MS 88936/6

Laurie Lee: Miscellaneous PapersAdd MS 88936/7