Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Elizabeth Barber (Society of Authors) seeking advice on his contract for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse

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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

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

Bills for photocopying carried out whilst compiling the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/1

Press cuttings of letters to the Editor, The Times Literary Supplement discussing the fee charged for poetry used in anthologiesU DPL2/3/61/2

Correspondence between Clifford Dyment to Philip Larkin offering his Collected Poems for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/3

Correspondence between Nevill Coghill and Philip Larkin inviting him to be a guest of honour at the Poetry Society's annual dinnerU DPL2/3/61/4

University of Hull Library Inter-Library Loan form for Charles Montagu Doughty's Under armsU DPL2/3/61/5

University of Hull Library Inter-Library Loan form for William Bell's ElegiesU DPL2/3/61/6

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and D M Davin (Clarendon Press) inviting him to do a new Oxford book of modern verse and negotiating terms and conditionsU DPL2/3/61/7

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Elizabeth Barber (Society of Authors) seeking advice on his contract for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/8

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and D M Davin (Clarendon Press) about final changes to his contract for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/9

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin suggesting a cut off date of 1965 to aid selection for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/10

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and H G Faulkner (Oxford University Press) returning his agreement relating to the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/11

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin about the terminal dates of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/12

Correspondence between Jon Stallworthy (Clarendon Press) and Philip sending him copies (not included) of the poems of Hilda Doolittle for his considered opinionU DPL2/3/61/13

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/61/14

Correspondence between Robert Shackleton (Bodleian Librarian, Oxford) and Philip Larkin arranging access to the libraryU DPL2/3/61/15

Letter from I G Philip (Keeper of Printed Books, Bodleian Library, Oxford) to Philip Larkin making arrangements about photocopyingU DPL2/3/61/16

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and D M Davin (Clarendon Press) explaining his selection of poems for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/17

Letter from Philip Larkin to Anthony Thwaite pleading to keep Sunday afternoons in the anthologyU DPL2/3/61/18

Correspondence between Joan Barton and Philip Larkin thanking him for including her in his anthologyU DPL2/3/61/19

Letter from Philip Larkin to Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) seeking help in finding authors places of birthU DPL2/3/61/20

Correspondence between Rosemary Goad (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin sending him details of the poet Idris DaviesU DPL2/3/61/21

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and D M Davin listing a number of amendments to the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/22

University of Hull memorandum from Philip Larkin to Peter Sheldon asking for his photocopying billU DPL2/3/61/23

Correspondence between Helen Gardner and Philip Larkin about the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/24

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/61/25

Correspondence between Edgell Rickward and Philip Larkin objecting to the poems chosen by Larkin to represent his workU DPL2/3/61/26

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin asking him to send a copy of his text to the Permissions DepartmentU DPL2/3/61/27

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) asking him about the copyright position of quoting T S EliotU DPL2/3/61/28

Correspondence between Isobel Findlay (Copyright Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about permissions for poemsU DPL2/3/61/29

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin about the publication date of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/30

Correspondence between Isobel Findlay (Copyright Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about permissions for poemsU DPL2/3/61/31

Letters from Peter Short (Oxford University Press) to Philip Larkin asking him to complete an author information sheet (enclosed)U DPL2/3/61/32

Correspondence between Alan Denson and Philip Larkin telling him which poems he would include in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/33

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin about the publication date of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/34

Correspondence between Isobel Findlay (Copyright Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about permission to quote W H AudenU DPL2/3/61/35

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin about the omission of Christopher Isherwood's On His Queerness in galleys of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/36

Correspondence between Isobel Findlay (Copyright Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about Christopher Logue's objections to the inclusion of his poem Epitaph in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/37

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin about the publication date of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/38

Correspondence between Rosemary Tonks and Philip Larkin suggesting that her poem Love Territory would better represent her in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/39

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and D M Davin (Clarendon Press) about corrections to the proofs of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/40

Correspondence between Isobel Findlay (Oxford University Press) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/61/41

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin informing of Sonia Orwell's refusal to grant permission for the inclusion of As One Non-combatant to Another in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerssU DPL2/3/61/42

Correspondence between Larkin and Isobel Findlay (Clarendon Press) concerning corrections to be made to the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/43

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin about last minute corrections to proofs of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/44

Correspondence between Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/61/45

Correspondence between Elizabeth Knight (Promotion Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin asking him to select a Fay Godwin photograph for the cover of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/46

Letter from John Wain to Philip Larkin pointing out a misprint in his poem Brooklyn Heights included in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/47

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin about John Wain's poem Brooklyn HeightsU DPL2/3/61/48

Correspondence between Sally Blyth (Promotion Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin sending him window stickers advertising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/49

Correspondence between H G Horseman (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin advising him that an advanced copy of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse is in postU DPL2/3/61/50

Correspondence between George MacBeth (BBC) and Philip Larkin asking him to take part in a radio conversation with Anthony Thwaite about the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/51

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Sally Blyth (Promotion Department, Oxford University Press) passing on requests for interviews about the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/52

Letter from Philip Larkin to Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) about the omission of Rosemary Tonks date of birth from the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/53

Correspondence between Elizabeth Knight (Promotion Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin informing him of requests for newspaper interviews about the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/54

Correspondence between Norman Nicholson and Philip Larkin voicing his dissatisfaction at not being included in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/55

Correspondence between Michael Ivens and Philip Larkin thanking him for including him in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/56

Correspondence between Helen Gardner and Philip Larkin about the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/57

Letter from J Y Huws-Davies (Oxford University Press, New York) to Philip Larkin sending the American version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/58

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin regarding VAT and permissions (2)U DPL2/3/61/59

Correspondence between Elizabeth Knight and Philip Larkin giving him advice on how to handle the conversation with Anthony Thwaite on Radio 3U DPL2/3/61/60

Postcard from Helen Gardner to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/61/61

Letter from Michael Ivens to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/61/62

Correspondence between Thom Gunn and Philip Larkin pointing out the omission of the last two stanzas of his poem The Byrnies in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/63

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Jon Stallworthy and D M Davin (Clarendon Press) about the omission of the last two stanzas of The Byrnies by Thom Gunn, in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/64

Correspondence between Elizabeth Knight (Promotions Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/61/65

Letter from Philip Larkin to the Editor, The Times Literary Supplement publicly apologising for omitting two stanzas from Thom Gunn's poem The Byrnies in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/66

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Thom GunnU DPL2/3/61/67

Letter from D M Davin (Clarendon University Press) to Philip Larkin arranging for five copies of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse to be sent to himU DPL2/3/61/68

Photocopied draft letter accepting the editorship of a new Oxford book of modern verse, with handwritten annotationsU DPL2/3/61/69

Correspondence between George MacBeth (BBC) and Philip Larkin arranging a radio discussion with Anthony Thwaite about the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/61/70

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