Letter from Mr Burton of St. John's College, Oxford to A L Poole (Headmaster of King Henry VIII Grammar School)

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About Philip Larkin sitting the Oxford entrance examination

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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

File marked 'Prose I'U DPL2/1/1

Ts. quotation copied by Philip Larkin from 'Between two worlds', Middleton MurryU DPL2/1/1/1

Ts. prose piece 'Incidents from Phippy's schooldays', Philip Larkin (11pp.)U DPL2/1/1/2

Ts. quotations copied by Philip Larkin from Shakespeare and Psalm of DavidU DPL2/1/1/3

Ts. short story 'The eagles are gone', Philip Larkin (21pp.)U DPL2/1/1/4

Ts. untitled short story beginning 'It had snowed in the night', Philip Larkin (5pp.)U DPL2/1/1/5

Ts. prose piece 'Maurice', Philip Larkin (8pp.)U DPL2/1/1/6

Ms. untitled prose piece beginning 'The small, cross-channel steamer, packed with humanity rose high', Philip Larkin (11pp.)U DPL2/1/1/7

Ms. short story 'Vampire Island', Philip Larkin (35pp.)U DPL2/1/1/8

Ts. 'Last man in' or 'How Allan saved his side, a tale about cricket', Philip Larkin (6pp.)U DPL2/1/1/9

Manuscript book (20cm x 25cm).U DPL2/1/1/10

Letter from Mr Burton of St. John's College, Oxford to A L Poole (Headmaster of King Henry VIII Grammar School)U DPL2/1/1/11

Ts. 'Story I', (a piece about college life), Philip Larkin (40pp.)U DPL2/1/1/12

Ts. pamphlet, 'What are we writing for?', Philip Larkin writing as Brunette Coleman (16pp.)U DPL2/1/1/13

Ms. pages torn from poetry workbook no.1U DPL2/1/1/14

File marked 'Prose II'U DPL2/1/2

File marked 'Attempted prose works'U DPL2/1/3

File. Miscellaneous prose piecesU DPL2/1/4

Artificial fileU DPL2/1/5

Memoranda book belonging to Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/6

Index cards for Philip Larkin's jazz collectionU DPL2/1/7

Memoranda book belonging to Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/8

Notebook belonging to Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/9

Pages torn from a manuscript book (16cm x 20cm) belonging to Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/10

Hand sewn booklet of poems, 'Sugar and Spice' (23cm x 28cm), Philip Larkin. Preface by Brunette Coleman. (9pp.)U DPL2/1/11

Ts. draft of novel, 'Trouble at Willow Gables', Brunette Coleman (143pp.)U DPL2/1/12

Manuscript book belonging to Philip Larkin (19cm x 31cm). Contains draft novel by Brunette Coleman called 'Michaelmas Term at St. Brides', the sequel to 'Trouble at Willow Gables' (143pp.)U DPL2/1/13

Notebook belonging to Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/14

'The Coventrian', no.143, with annotations by Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/15

'The Coventrian', no.154, with annotations by Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/16

'The Coventrian', no.156, with annotations by Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/17

'The Coventrian', no.157, with annotations by Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/18

'The Coventrian', no.158 (editor's copy)U DPL2/1/19

'The Coventrian', no.159U DPL2/1/20

'The Coventrian', no.160, with annotations by Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/21

'The Listener', vol. XXIV, no.620U DPL2/1/22

'The Coventrian', no. 162 (Philip Larkin was sub-editor)U DPL2/1/23

'The Coventrian', no. 162 (returned to Philip Larkin with the headmaster's compliments)U DPL2/1/24

'The Coventrian', no. 163U DPL2/1/25

'The Cherwell', vol. LXII, no.2U DPL2/1/26

'The Cherwell', vol. LXII, no. 6U DPL2/1/27

'The Cherwell', vol. LXII, no.6U DPL2/1/28

'Oxford University Labour Club Bulletin', vol.3, no.7, edited by Kingsley AmisU DPL2/1/29

'ARK: The Journal of the Royal College of Art'U DPL2/1/30

'The Atlantic Monthly'U DPL2/1/31

'Orfeo' (Chile). Spanish collection of contemporary poets, including Philip LarkinU DPL2/1/32

'Cover'U DPL2/1/33

Poem of the Month Club postersU DPL2/1/34

'The Michigan Quarterly Review'U DPL2/1/35

'Humanist', vol. 86, no.8U DPL2/1/36

'Recognitions 2' (Ontario, Canada), with a letter from the editorU DPL2/1/37

'New Humanist', vol.1, no.1U DPL2/1/38

'The Listener'U DPL2/1/39

Musical score. Andre Previn's 'Five songs' (selected from 'The North Ship') published by Wilhelm HansenU DPL2/1/40

'Poezi de Revisor' (Dutch magazine)U DPL2/1/41

'Yorkshire Architect: Journal of the RIBA Yorkshire Region', issue 5U DPL2/1/42

Ts. 'Faber and Faber Newsletter'U DPL2/1/43

Programme notes. First performance of Andre Previn's 'Five songs' sung by Janet BakerU DPL2/1/44

'The American Poetry Review', vol. 7, no.5U DPL2/1/45

Catalogue of an exhibition 'Poets of our time' organised by Roger Pringle at the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.U DPL2/1/46

'The Yale Literary Magazine', vol 148, no.1U DPL2/1/47

'Autumn Newsletter of the Hull Literary Society'U DPL2/1/48

'Esquire'U DPL2/1/49

'Decade' (produced by Hull University Arts Society), no.4U DPL2/1/50

'Poetry Review', vol 73, no.4U DPL2/1/51

'Boekenbijlange' (Dutch magazine)U DPL2/1/52

Artificial file. IntroductionsU DPL2/1/53

Artificial file. Review articlesU DPL2/1/54

Artificial file. SpeechesU DPL2/1/55

File. ArticlesU DPL2/1/56

Artificial file. Works by other writersU DPL2/1/57

Correspondence filesU DPL2/2

Subject filesU DPL2/3

Third DepositU DPL3

Fourth DepositU DPL4