Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin on his plans for retirement

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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

Correspondence between Charles Monteith and Philip Larkin about Penguin s plans to bring out an anthology of 8 modern poets to be edited by Geoffrey SummerfieldU DPL2/3/24/1

Letter from Philip Larkin to Alan Winwright (Royalty Manager, Faber and Faber) querying his royalty statementsU DPL2/3/24/2

Letter from Charles Monteith to Leonard Holdsworth (Charles Skilton Publishing Group) asking about the stock of The North Ship (forwarded to Philip Larkin)U DPL2/3/24/3

Letters from Charles Monteith to Philip Larkin informing him of Faber's plans to stop Charles Skilton selling Fortune Press editions of The North ShipU DPL2/3/24/4

Letter from Charles Monteith to Philip Larkin asking him to produce a selection of Thomas Hardy's poetryU DPL2/3/24/5

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about a paperback version of The North Ship and Robert Lowell's request to read an advance copy of High WindowsU DPL2/3/24/6

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about a new book on Siegfried SassoonU DPL2/3/24/7

Letter from Judith Fiennes to Philip Larkin arranging foreign rights for an East German book of poems by Larkin, Hughes and GunnU DPL2/3/24/8

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) discussing W H Auden's memorial service and David Timms' book about LarkinU DPL2/3/24/9

Letter from John Cornell (Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin confirming the publication date of The North Ship and sending him his six complementary copiesU DPL2/3/24/10

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin suggesting a paperback reprint of Jill and A Girl in WinterU DPL2/3/24/11

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Alan Winwright (Royalty Manager, Faber and Faber) pointing out an error in his royalty statementU DPL2/3/24/12

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith sending his corrections for a new paperback version of JillU DPL2/3/24/13

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Alan Winwright (Royalty Manager, Faber and Faber) regarding royalty statements to June 1974U DPL2/3/24/14

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) informing him that his central heating has blown upU DPL2/3/24/15

Letter from Alan Winwright (Royalty Manager, Faber and Faber) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/24/16

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith thanking him for six complimentary copies of Jill and A Girl in Winter and pointing out missed amendmentsU DPL2/3/24/17

Correspondence between Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin seeking help in tracing a poemU DPL2/3/24/18

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber)U DPL2/3/24/19

Correspondence between Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about feesU DPL2/3/24/20

Letter from Philip Larkin to Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber)U DPL2/3/24/21

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin sending him a book by The Humber keel man and describing Ted Hughes reading his poetry in Middleton Hall, University of HullU DPL2/3/24/22

Letter from Philip Larkin to Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber)U DPL2/3/24/23

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin regarding a selected edition of Thomas Hardy's poetry, Bruce Montgomery's illness and the definition of a LarkinU DPL2/3/24/24

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Judith Fiennes (Faber and Faber) about translations of Jill and A Girl in WinterU DPL2/3/24/25

Letter from Philip Larkin to Alan Winwright (Royalties Manager, Faber and Faber)U DPL2/3/24/26

Letter from P Morbey (Royalties Controller) to Philip Larkin arranging to pay royalties for A Girl in Winter direct to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/24/27

Correspondence between Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/24/28

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about the re-publication of David Timms' study of LarkinU DPL2/3/24/29

Correspondence between Judith Fiennes (Foreign Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him of Italian and Hungarian translations of his poetryU DPL2/3/24/30

Correspondence between Rosemary Goad (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him that Douglas Dunn has won 1976 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for Love or NothingU DPL2/3/24/31

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) about Patsy's manuscriptsU DPL2/3/24/32

Correspondence between Judith Fiennes (Foreign Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him of a proposed Hungarian translation of his poetryU DPL2/3/24/33

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin asking for his advice as a librarian about the papers of Walter BagehotU DPL2/3/24/34

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin concerning permission fees for Professing poetry, John WainU DPL2/3/24/35

Letter from Philip Larkin to Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) about new archivesU DPL2/3/24/36

Invitation to Philip Larkin from the Director s of Faber and Faber on the occasion of Peter du Sautoy's retirementU DPL2/3/24/37

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Peter du SautoyU DPL2/3/24/38

Letter from Charles Monteith to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/24/39

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) sending her more permissions requestsU DPL2/3/24/40

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin reporting on the success of LarkinlandU DPL2/3/24/41

Correspondence between Charles Monteith and Philip Larkin about the Queen's Jubilee Medal and broadcast of Jill as a book at bedtimeU DPL2/3/24/42

Correspondence between Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about fees for Five songs, with words by Philip Larkin and music by Andre PrevinU DPL2/3/24/43

Correspondence between Charles Monteith and Philip Larkin thanking him for the limerick he sent to Faber and Faber s in-house magazine Newslink and discussing Barry Bloomfield's bibliographyU DPL2/3/24/44

Correspondence between Mavis Pindard (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about Robin Holloway's request to set his poetry to musicU DPL2/3/24/45

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) about the Coventry Award of Merit and his mother s funeral (3)U DPL2/3/24/46

Correspondence between Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him of Alan Bennett's reading of two of his poems on With Great PleasureU DPL2/3/24/47

Letter from Judith Fiennes (Foreign Rights, Faber and Faber) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/24/48

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin congratulating him on his poem Aubade and asking him to write a quatrain for a Jubilee stone bowl in Queen Square, along with Ted Hughes. Also discussing publication of Barry Bloomfield's bibliographyU DPL2/3/24/49

Correspondence between Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about Robin Holloway s request to set his poetry to musicU DPL2/3/24/50

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) sending his foreword to Barry Bloomfield s bibliography and discussing the planned quatrain for the Jubilee stone bowl in Queen Square. News of Patsy Murphy s death also includedU DPL2/3/24/51

Letter from Philip Larkin to John Bodley (Faber and Faber) thanking him for a page from the British Medical JournalU DPL2/3/24/52

Correspondence between J D F Nichols (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about his royaltiesU DPL2/3/24/53

Letter from P Morbey (Royalty Controller, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about his royaltiesU DPL2/3/24/54

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin sending him proof copies of McJazz and Kingsley Amis Faber popular reciterU DPL2/3/24/55

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) about a request from Kenneth Platts to set eight poems from The North Ship to musicU DPL2/3/24/56

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) thanking him for proofs of Barry Bloomfield's bibliography and suggesting a biography of Rupert BrookeU DPL2/3/24/57

Correspondence between Ronald Blythe (Oxfam) and Philip Larkin seeking permission to include Here in an anthology of poemsU DPL2/3/24/58

Letters from Philip Larkin to Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) about requests to reprint poemsU DPL2/3/24/59

Correspondence between Judith Fiennes (Foreign Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about a translation of his poetry into HungarianU DPL2/3/24/60

Correspondence between Frank Pike (Faber and Faber) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/24/61

Correspondence between Phyllis Hunt (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about the misattribution of Days in Ducks and Dragons, an anthology of poems for children edited by Gene KempU DPL2/3/24/62

Correspondence between Judith Fiennes (Foreign Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin about a Polish translation of his verseU DPL2/3/24/63

Letter from Philip Larkin to Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber)U DPL2/3/24/64

Correspondence between Frank Pike (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin asking him to recommend new poetsU DPL2/3/24/65

Correspondence between Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin on his plans for retirementU DPL2/3/24/66

Letter from Tom Gregersen (Blackwood s) to Philip Larkin seeking permission to include Homage to Government in The Public and the Bomb by Major-General Frank RichardsonU DPL2/3/24/67

Correspondence between Matthew Evans (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin asking for help in negotiations with George Hartley about producing a selected Larkin at same time as Larkin at SixtyU DPL2/3/24/68

Correspondence between Matthew Evans (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin suggesting that the Society of Authors act as his literary executor and regarding issue of anthology feesU DPL2/3/24/69

Letter from Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/24/70

Letter from Matthew Evans (Faber and Faber) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/24/71

Correspondence between Nicole Foster (Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin in response to her request for copies of some of photographs featured in the BBC Monitor programme 1964U DPL2/3/24/72

Letter from Philip Larkin to Matthew Evans (Faber and Faber) about Faber's permission feesU DPL2/3/24/73

Correspondence between Margaret Clark (Bodley Head) and Philip Larkin about the misattribution of Days in Ducks and Dragons, an anthology of poems for children edited by Gene KempU DPL2/3/24/74

Correspondence between Judith Fiennes (Foreign Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him of plans to publish a Dutch version of A Girl in WinterU DPL2/3/24/75

Dust jacket for the new version of The North ShipU DPL2/3/24/76

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) forwarding various permissions requestsU DPL2/3/24/77

Correspondence between Judith Fiennes (Foreign Rights, Faber and Faber) and Philip Larkin informing him of the proposal by Dutch publishers, De Arbeiderspers, to make a selection of his poemsU DPL2/3/24/78

Letter from Mavis Pindard (Subsidiary Rights, Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin informing him of the performance of an extract from Jill on radioU DPL2/3/24/79

Press cutting. Letter from Matthew Evans to The TimesU DPL2/3/24/80

Press cutting. The writer's trade, Matthew Evans published in The TimesU DPL2/3/24/81

Press cutting. Matthew Evans responds to Getting out of publisher's sweatshop, a piece by David Caute published in The TimesU DPL2/3/24/82

Letter from Philip Larkin to George Hartley asking him to answer a letter from a Hungarian publisher (enclosed)U DPL2/3/24/83

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

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