Ts. poem 'Laboratory monkeys', Philip Larkin (alternative title in pencil, 'Ape experiment room', as CP160)

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Papers of Philip Arthur LarkinU DPL

Poetry workbooksU DPL/1

Workbook no. 1U DPL/1/1

Workbook no. 2U DPL/1/2

Workbook no. 3U DPL/1/3

Workbook no. 4U DPL/1/4

Workbook no. 5U DPL/1/5

Workbook no. 6U DPL/1/6

Workbook no. 7U DPL/1/7

Ms. prose piece written on the inside front cover of the workbook, Philip Larkin, p.1 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/1

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Solar' [CP159], Philip Larkin, pp.2-9 (8pp.)U DPL/1/7/2

Ms. draft fragment for the poem 'Vers de societe' [CP181], Philip Larkin, p.9 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/3

Ms. draft fragments for the poem 'Ape experiment room' [CP160], Philip Larkin, p.10 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/4

Ms. draft fragments ('Increasingly I think of them as young...'), Philip Larkin, p.11 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/5

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Ape experiment room' [CP160], Philip Larkin, pp.12-16 (5pp.)U DPL/1/7/6

Ms. drafts of the poem 'High Windows' [CP165], Philip Larkin, pp.17-23 (7pp.)U DPL/1/7/7

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Administration' [CP161], Philip Larkin, p.17 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/8

Ms. draft fragments for poems, Philip Larkin, pp.24-26 (3pp.)U DPL/1/7/9

Ms. drafts of the poem 'How distant' [CP162], Philip Larkin, pp.27-33 (7pp.)U DPL/1/7/10

Ms. drafts of the unpublished poem, beginning 'The sparring of two sparrows near the sludge', Philip Larkin, pp.34-36 (3pp.)U DPL/1/7/11

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Friday night in the Royal Station Hotel' [CP163], Philip Larkin, pp.37-40 (4pp.)U DPL/1/7/12

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Scratch on the scratch pad' [CP164], Philip Larkin, pp.41-42 (2pp.)U DPL/1/7/13

Ms. prose jottings and ideas for poetry, Philip Larkin, p.43 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/14

Ms. drafts of the first stanza of the poem 'Sympathy in white major' [CP168], Philip Larkin, p.44 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/15

Ms. draft fragments for the poem 'The dance' [CP154], Philip Larkin, pp.45-46 (2pp.)U DPL/1/7/16

Ms. drafts of the unpublished poem, beginning 'That year my diary ended', Philip Larkin, pp.46-49 (4pp.)U DPL/1/7/17

Ms. drafts of the poem 'High Windows' [CP165], Philip Larkin, p.50 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/18

Ms. drafts of the unfinished poem 'Increasingly I think of them as young', Philip Larkin, p.51 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/19

Ms. drafts of the poem 'The trees' [CP166], Philip Larkin, pp.52-61 (10pp.)U DPL/1/7/20

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Annus mirabilis' [CP167], Philip Larkin, pp.62-63 (2pp.)U DPL/1/7/21

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Sympathy in white major' [CP168], Philip Larkin, pp.64-66 (3pp.)U DPL/1/7/22

Ms. drafts of the poem, beginning 'Dumping my bag in the room / Overlooking the bay', Philip Larkin, pp.67-70 (4pp.)U DPL/1/7/23

Ms. drafts of the unfinished poem 'Driving north through autumn', Philip Larkin, pp.71-73 (3pp.)U DPL/1/7/24

Ms. draft of an unfinished poem, Philip Larkin, p.74 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/25

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Homage to a government' [CP171], Philip Larkin, pp.75-83 (9pp.)U DPL/1/7/26

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Sad steps' [CP169], Philip Larkin, pp.84-92 (9pp.)U DPL/1/7/27

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Posterity' [CP170], Philip Larkin, pp.92-94 (3pp.)U DPL/1/7/28

Ms. drafts of the unfinished poem 'In September I drive north', pp.95-97 (3pp.)U DPL/1/7/29

Ms. draft of the poem 'Homage to a government' [CP171], Philip Larkin, pp.98-106 (9pp.)U DPL/1/7/30

Ms. draft of the unfinished poem 'If it was like anything it was like war', (entitled 'Life' and 'The duration'), Philip Larkin, pp.107-122 (16pp.)U DPL/1/7/31

Ms. draft of the poem 'To the sea' [CP173], Philip Larkin, pp.123-133 (11pp.)U DPL/1/7/32

Ms. draft of the unfinished poem 'If it was like anything it was like war', Philip Larkin, p.134 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/33

Ms. draft of the poem 'The explosion' [CP175], Philip Larkin, pp.135-139 (5pp.)U DPL/1/7/34

Ms. draft of the unfinished poem, beginning 'They stopped at the edge of the traffic / Both blind', Philip Larkin, p.140 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/35

Ms. draft of the poem 'How' [CP176], Philip Larkin, p.141 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/36

Ms draft of the poem 'The card players' [CP177], Philip Larkin, pp.142-143 (2pp.)U DPL/1/7/37

Ms. draft of the limerick 'Prison for strikers', Philip Larkin, p.144 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/38

Ms. draft of the poem 'Dublinesque' [CP178], Philip Larkin, pp.145-146 (2pp.)U DPL/1/7/39

Ms. draft of the unfinished poem, beginning 'The sky stands open like a lens...', Philip Larkin, pp.147-152 (6pp.)U DPL/1/7/40

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Vers de societe' [CP181], Philip Larkin, pp.153-159 (7pp.)U DPL/1/7/41

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Cut grass' [CP183], Philip Larkin, p.160 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/42

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Forget what did' [CP184], Philip Larkin, pp.161-162 (2pp.)U DPL/1/7/43

Ms. drafts of the unfinished poem, beginning 'I don't remember anything being different', Philip Larkin, p.162 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/44

Ms. drafts of the unfinished poem, beginning 'I am a traveller in cattlecake', (possibly for 'Livings' [CP186]), Philip Larkin, p.164 (1p.)U DPL/1/7/45

Ms. drafts of the poem 'I have started to say' [CP185], Philip Larkin, pp.165-166 (2pp.)U DPL/1/7/46

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Livings I' [CP186], Philip Larkin, pp.167-168 (2pp.)U DPL/1/7/47

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Livings II' [CP187], Philip Larkin, pp.169-173 (5pp.)U DPL/1/7/48

Ms. drafts of the poem 'Livings III' [CP188], Philip Larkin, pp.174-176 (3pp.)U DPL/1/7/49

Ms. draft of the poem 'The building' [191], Philip Larkin, pp.177-185 (9pp.)U DPL/1/7/50

Ms. draft of the poem 'Going, going' [CP189], Philip Larkin, pp.186-187 (2pp.)U DPL/1/7/51

Philip Larkin's bill for accommodation and laundry, the men's hostel, Queen's Chambers, Queen's University of BelfastU DPL/1/7/52

Newspaper cutting of the poem 'Livings', Philip Larkin, published in 'The Observer' [CP186]U DPL/1/7/53

Ts. poem 'When my diary ended', with annotations and illustrations, Philip LarkinU DPL/1/7/54

Ms. list of girls' names with illustration on reverseU DPL/1/7/55

Newspaper cutting, 'Friday night in the Royal Station Hotel', Philip Larkin, published in the 'Sheffield Morning Telegraph', with corrections by Philip Larkin [CP163]U DPL/1/7/56

Newspaper cutting, 'The trees', Philip Larkin, published in 'New Statesman' [CP166]U DPL/1/7/57

Ts. poem 'Letter to a friend about girls', Philip Larkin [slight variant of CP122]U DPL/1/7/58

Newspaper cutting, 'Homage to a government', Philip Larkin, published in 'The Sunday Times' [CP171]U DPL/1/7/59

Ts. poem 'Annus mirabilis', Philip Larkin [CP167]U DPL/1/7/60

Photocopied page proof of the poem 'To the sea', Philip Larkin, from 'The London Magazine', with corrections [CP173]U DPL/1/7/61

Ts. poem, beginning 'How high they build hospitals', (later published as 'How' in 'Wave', Autumn 1970), with annotations, Philip Larkin [CP176]U DPL/1/7/62

Ts. poem 'Letter to a friend about girls', with annoatations, Philip Larkin [slight variant of CP122]U DPL/1/7/63

Ts. poem 'High Windows', with annotations, Philip Larkin [CP165]U DPL/1/7/64

Page proof of the poem 'The trees', from 'New Statesman', Philip Larkin [CP166]U DPL/1/7/65

Ts. poem 'Cut grass', Philip Larkin [CP183]U DPL/1/7/66

Photocopied page proof of the poem 'Vers de societe', from 'New Statesman', Philip Larkin [CP181]U DPL/1/7/67

Ts. poem 'This be the verse', with annotations, Philip Larkin [CP180]U DPL/1/7/68

Ts. poem 'Solar', with annotations, Philip Larkin [CP159]U DPL/1/7/69

Photocopied ts. poem 'Annus mirabilis', with annotations, Philip Larkin [CP167]U DPL/1/7/70

Ts. poem 'Vers de societe', Philip Larkin [CP181]U DPL/1/7/71

Newspaper cutting of the poem 'Cut grass', Philip Larkin, taken from 'The Listener' [CP183]U DPL/1/7/72

Newspaper cutting of the poem 'How distant', Philip Larkin, taken from 'The Listener' [CP162]U DPL/1/7/73

Newspaper cuttings of the poems 'Posterity' and 'Sad steps', Philip Larkin, taken from the 'New Statesman' [CP170 & 169]U DPL/1/7/74

Ts. poem 'The explosion', Philip Larkin [CP175]U DPL/1/7/75

Ts. poem 'Laboratory monkeys', Philip Larkin (alternative title in pencil, 'Ape experiment room', as CP160)U DPL/1/7/76

Ts. poem with annotations 'Clouds, dwelling places, light', (possible early version of 'The building' [CP191]), Philip LarkinU DPL/1/7/77

Ts. poem with annotations 'Sympathy in white major', Philip Larkin [CP168]U DPL/1/7/78

Photocopy of ts. poem 'Letter to a friend about girls', Philip Larkin [CP122]U DPL/1/7/79

Ts. poem, beginning 'I have started to say...', with annotations, Philip Larkin [CP185]U DPL/1/7/80

Ts. poem 'Annus mirabilis', with annotations, Philip Larkin [CP167]U DPL/1/7/81

Notice. University of Hull Staff Sports Club danceU DPL/1/7/82

Workbook no. 8U DPL/1/8

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

Third DepositU DPL3

Fourth DepositU DPL4