Letter from Tom Skeat (British Museum) to Philip Larkin informing him of more Vernon Watkins manuscripts for sale

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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

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Kenneth Humphries (Honorary Secretary, SCONUL) about Arts Council's plans to sponsor a scheme for the acquisition of literary manuscripts by living authorsU DPL2/3/54/1

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Kingsley Amis asking him to offer a manuscript for sale as part of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets campaign to keep the manuscripts of British writers in the country. Amis offered Evans country worksheetsU DPL2/3/54/2

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) about the valuation of Kingsley Amis manuscriptU DPL2/3/54/3

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Assistant Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin explaining the low valuation of the Evans country worksheets by Kingsley AmisU DPL2/3/54/4

Correspondence between Donald Davie and Philip Larkin complaining at the approach by the Arts Council for manuscriptsU DPL2/3/54/5

Correspondence between Professor Donald Davie (University of Essex) and Philip Larkin complaining about the approach by the Arts Council for manuscriptsU DPL2/3/54/6

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) recommending that Kenneth Humphries be at the next National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers meeting as SCONUL s representative and discussing the sale of Francis Cornford manuscriptsU DPL2/3/54/7

Letter from Tom Skeat (British Museum) to Philip Larkin informing him of more Vernon Watkins manuscripts for saleU DPL2/3/54/8

Correspondence between Hugh Willatt (Secretary General of the Arts Council) and Philip Larkin asking him to serve for another year as a member of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/9

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Assistant Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin about the value of Kingsley Amis manuscriptsU DPL2/3/54/10

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) about the meeting of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets Committee on 8 JanuaryU DPL2/3/54/11

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Assistant Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin about the purchase of Kingsley Amis manuscriptsU DPL2/3/54/12

Correspondence between Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin inviting him to be one of three Arts Council representatives on the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Poets CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/13

Correspondence between Hugh Willatt (Secretary General, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin asking him to serve on the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/14

Carbon copy of a letter from Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) to Angus Wilson about the sale of the manuscript of Evelyn Waugh's ScoopU DPL2/3/54/15

Photocopied letter from Philip Larkin on behalf of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers Committee to Brian Aldiss enquiring about the possible sale of his manuscriptsU DPL2/3/54/16

Photocopied newspaper article. Not for export, The TimesU DPL2/3/54/17

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Brian Line (Librarian, Bath University of Technology) informing him of the imminent sale of manuscripts by L P HartleyU DPL2/3/54/18

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Norman Higham (Librarian, University of Bristol) informing him of the imminent sale of manuscripts by L P HartleyU DPL2/3/54/19

Photocopy of a letter from Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Dr K W Humphries (Librarian, University of Birmingham) informing him of the imminent sale of material concerning Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysU DPL2/3/54/20

Letters from Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) to Philip Larkin about the progress of the Green Paper on The export control of documents (photocopy enclosed)U DPL2/3/54/21

Circular letter from K W Humphries to university libraries surveying their holdings of manuscripts by contemporary authorsU DPL2/3/54/22

Circular letter from Charles Osborne (Assistant Literature Director ) to all members of SCONULU DPL2/3/54/23

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Richard Smith (Librarian, University of Nottingham) informing of Alan Sillitoe's manuscripts for saleU DPL2/3/54/24

Circular letter from K W Humphries to university librariesU DPL2/3/54/25

Correspondence between Brenda Moon and Dr K W Humphries (Librarian, University of Birmingham) informing him of Hull University's interest in the manuscripts of Douglas Dunn and Anthony ThwaiteU DPL2/3/54/26

Correspondence between Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin informing him of the sale of manuscripts by Patrick Dickinson and Francis KingU DPL2/3/54/27

Letter from Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/54/28

Letter from Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) to all members of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/29

Photocopied letter from Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) to Dr K W Humphries (Librarian, University of Birmingham)U DPL2/3/54/30

Letter from Eric White (Literature Director, Arts Council) to all members of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/31

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Osborne congratulating him on becoming Literature Director of the Arts CouncilU DPL2/3/54/32

Correspondence between Hugh Willatt (Secretary General, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin inviting him to serve another year on the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/33

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) about the transfer of Stevie Smith material from London to HullU DPL2/3/54/34

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Kenneth Carter (County Librarian, Dorchester) about the possible appearance of some Thomas Hardy manuscripts on the marketU DPL2/3/54/35

Correspondence between Chairman Hebbard (Literature Assistant, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin sending a draft copy of the minutes of the last National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers Committee meetingU DPL2/3/54/36

Correspondence between Josephine Falk (Literature Assistant, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin sending a draft copy of the minutes of the last National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers Committee meetingU DPL2/3/54/37

Correspondence between Douglas Walker (Librarian, University of Leicester) and Philip Larkin alerting him to the sale of 261 autograph letters and cards from C P Snow to H S Hoff (William Cowper) from 1931 to 1969U DPL2/3/54/38

Letter from Philip Larkin to the Editor, The Times Literary Supplement in response to the announcement of the setting up of The Strachey TrustU DPL2/3/54/39

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin about the University of Reading's application for help in purchasing items relating to W B YeatsU DPL2/3/54/40

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin about Gavin Ewart manuscripts on sale from Rota'sU DPL2/3/54/41

Correspondence between Philip Larkin to JW Scott (Librarian, University College, London) informing him of the sale of V S Pritchett papersU DPL2/3/54/42

Photocopied letter from Philip Larkin to Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) about the question of retrospective applications for Arts Council fundsU DPL2/3/54/43

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Josephine Falk (Literature Assistant, Arts Council) sending in his amendments to the draft minutes of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers Committee meeting of 12 April 1973U DPL2/3/54/44

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin about the funding of the British Museum s purchase of draft poems by Norman NicholsonU DPL2/3/54/45

Letter from Josephine Falk (Literature Assistant, Arts Council) to Philip Larkin informing him of the acceptance of Simon Raven material by King's College, CambridgeU DPL2/3/54/46

Letter from D P Waley (Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum) to Philip Larkin consulting him about the possible purchase of notebooks of draft writings by George BarkerU DPL2/3/54/47

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin arranging a birthday lunchU DPL2/3/54/48

Letter from Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/54/49

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin passing on applications fro the Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh and London to purchase the papers of Martin Booth, George Mackay Brown and Vernon Scannell respectively (all enclosed)U DPL2/3/54/50

Correspondence between Josephine Falk and Philip Larkin cancelling the next meeting of all members of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/51

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin about Arts Council publicationsU DPL2/3/54/52

Letter from Barry Bloomfield (School of Oriental and African Studies) to Philip Larkin asking him to alert him to the sale of manuscripts of African writersU DPL2/3/54/53

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin communicating new financial restraintsU DPL2/3/54/54

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and members of the Arts Council National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers Committee (Daniel Waley, Jenny Stratford, W H Kelliher) voicing concern at new financial restraintsU DPL2/3/54/55

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin arranging a meeting of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/56

Letter to Jenny Stratford from Philip Larkin arranging a meeting to discuss possible cuts in Arts Council funding available to the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/57

Correspondence between Josephine Falk (Literature Officer, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin about the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/58

Letter from Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) to Philip Larkin about future Arts Council nominees to the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/59

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and S N Hampshire (Warden, Wadham College, Oxford) sending him a copy of Jenny Stratford's CatalogueU DPL2/3/54/60

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Nicolas Barker (Oxford University Press) sending him a draft paper on the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers Committee's terms of referenceU DPL2/3/54/61

Letters from Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) to Philip Larkin asking him for his paper on the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers Committee s terms of referenceU DPL2/3/54/62

SCONUL document. The Arts Council of Great Britain National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers, K W HumphreysU DPL2/3/54/63

Letters from Josephine Falk (Literature Assistant) to Philip Larkin about available contemporary literary manuscriptsU DPL2/3/54/64

Correspondence between Josephine Falk (Literature Assistant, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin sending him correspondence between Charles Osborne and the Department of Education and Science about funds to purchase literary manuscripts (enclosed) (6)U DPL2/3/54/65

Letter from Barry Bloomfield (School of Oriental and African Studies) to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/54/66

Correspondence between Charles Osborne (Director of Literature, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin recommending that Barry Bloomfield be the next SCONUL representative on the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/67

Photocopied letter from Douglas Cleverdon to Charles Osborne (Director of Literature, Arts Council) about the manuscripts of David JonesU DPL2/3/54/68

Correspondence between Josephine Falk (Literature Assistant, Arts Council) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/54/69

Correspondence between David Pelham (Accountant, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin about his expensesU DPL2/3/54/70

Correspondence between Josephine Falk (Literature Assistant, Arts Council) and Philip Larkin about the conditions of sale of Peter Redgrove s papers to the Brotherton LibraryU DPL2/3/54/71

Draft report for the meeting of the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers Committee, November 1974, Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/54/72

Correspondence between Jenny Stratford and Philip Larkin offering her resignation from the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/73

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Osborne (Literature Director, Arts Council) offering his resignation from the National Manuscripts Collection of Contemporary Writers CommitteeU DPL2/3/54/74

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