Correspondence between Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin listing all the errors in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse

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a) Letter from Nicolette Gray to Mrs Findlay thanking her for pointing out the incorrect dates cited for her father (Lawrence Binyon), 1 January 1972

b) Correspondence between David Wright and Jon Stallworthy about a possible error in The Corrupt Man in the French Pub, Brian Higgins, in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, 11 - 12 June 1973

c) Selection of satirical poems presented at the Poetry International, 22 June 1973

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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

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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

Correspondence between D M Davin (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin on the publication of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/1

Correspondence between Christopher Ricks and Philip Larkin informing him of the omission of the second half of William Empson's poem Aubade from the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/2

Letter from Elizabeth Knight (Promotions, Oxford University Press) to Philip Larkin sending him reviews of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/3

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) informing him of the omission of the second half of William Empson's poem Aubade from the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/4

Correspondence between Arthur Crook (The Times Literary Supplement) and Philip Larkin about the omission of the second half of William Empson's poem Aubade from the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/5

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Jon Stallworthy (Clarendon Press) about corrections to the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, with list of corrections and annotated pages from the anthologyU DPL2/3/59/6

Letter from S A Milford (Copyright Department, Oxford University Press) to Philip Larkin informing him of transcription into braille of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/7

Correspondence between Elizabeth Knight (Promotion Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/59/8

Correspondence between Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin listing all the errors in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/9

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Elizabeth Knight (Promotion Department, Oxford University Press) sending her an incomplete limerickU DPL2/3/59/10

Correspondence between Edward Upward and Philip Larkin querying Larkin's removal of the epigram to The Exiles from the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/11

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) asking why W H Auden removed the epigram to Edward Upward from The ExilesU DPL2/3/59/12

Letter from Philip Larkin to Barry Bloomfield trying to ascertain why W H Auden removed the epigram to Edward Upward from The ExilesU DPL2/3/59/13

Correspondence between Edward Mendelson (W H Auden s literary executor) and Philip Larkin explaining the removal of the epigram to Edward Upward from The ExilesU DPL2/3/59/14

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Edward UpwardU DPL2/3/59/15

Correspondence between Barry Bloomfield and Philip Larkin about the epigram to Edward Upward in the poem The ExilesU DPL2/3/59/16

Letter from Edward Upward to Philip Larkin about the restoration of the epigram to The Exiles in future reprints of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/17

Correspondence between Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about the revised reprint of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/18

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and the Finance Department (Oxford University Press) about an inaccurate estimate of royalty earnings for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/19

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Elizabeth Knight (Promotion Department, Oxford University Press) discussing a new cover illustration for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/20

Correspondence between Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about the new cover illustration for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/21

Correspondence between Henry Compton and Philip Larkin, with ts. poem, On reading an anthology of verse by ComptonU DPL2/3/59/22

Correspondence between Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about the new cover illustration for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/23

Correspondence between Catharine Carver (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin informing him of her editorial responsibility for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/24

Correspondence between Elizabeth Knight (Promotions Department, Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about the reprint of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/25

Correspondence between Catharine Carver (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about the reprint of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/26

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and D M Davin (Clarendon Press) about royalties on the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/27

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and the Finance Department (Oxford University Press) about an invoice for copies of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/28

Correspondence between Catharine Carver (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin about royalties for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/29

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) about the Folio Society s plans to publish an edition of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/30

Correspondence between Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin introducing his new Editor, Jeremy LewisU DPL2/3/59/31

Correspondence between Alan Bell and Philip Larkin seeking help in tracing the poetry of John Meade FalknerU DPL2/3/59/32

Correspondence between Elizabeth Burchfield (nee Carver) (Oxford University Press) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/59/33

Correspondence between Diarmid Cathie and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/34

Correspondence between Jeremy Lewis and Judith Chamberlain (Oxford University Press) and Philip Larkin informing him of more reprints of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/35

Photocopied press cutting, Poetic Ills, review of Lost bearings in English poetry by David Holbrook, published in The Times Higher Education SupplementU DPL2/3/59/36

Photocopied correspondence between Philip Larkin and Jon Stallworthy (Oxford University Press) about errors in the revised reprint of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/37

Correspondence between Brian Patten (BBC Producer, Poetry please!) and Philip Larkin about an error in the poem The Naming of Parts as printed in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/38

List of names for a complimentary copy of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/39

Photocopied details of paintings considered for the front cover of the reprint of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse (pp. 3)U DPL2/3/59/40

Invoice to Philip Larkin from Oxford University Press for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/59/41

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

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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

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