Letter from Jack Sweeney to Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse

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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

Bundle. National Portrait GalleryU DPL2/3/55

File. Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56

Letter from Bill Hopton in appreciation of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/1

Correspondence between Mrs Deighton (Hallgate Bookshop) and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/2

Correspondence between Michael Hosking and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/3

Letter from Charles Monteith (Faber and Faber) to Philip Larkin congratulating him on final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/4

Letter from I G Philip (Keeper of Printed Books, Bodleian Library, Oxford) to Philip Larkin thanking him for his gift of XX PoemsU DPL2/3/56/5

Correspondence between Helen Gardner and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/6

Correspondence between Barry Cole (poet) and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/7

Correspondence between Jennifer Walters and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/8

Correspondence between Helen Patrick and Philip Larkin, with ts. poem, An Event, Helen PatrickU DPL2/3/56/9

Correspondence between Joanne Williams and Philip Larkin praising his poetryU DPL2/3/56/10

Letter from Sir Brynmor Jones to Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/11

Letter from Jack Sweeney to Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/12

Letter from John Haffenden (University of Warwick) to Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/13

Correspondence between Eric Ashby (Clare College, Cambridge) and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/14

Letter from Douglas Hall (University of Leicester) to Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/15

Correspondence between William Wookey and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/16

Correspondence between Sir John Betjeman and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/17

Letter from Henry Heaney (Librarian, Queen's University, Belfast) to Philip Larkin thanking him for his copy of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/18

Correspondence between Paul Humphreys (Programme Director, Cheltenham Festival of Literature) and Philip Larkin inviting him to talk about the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/19

Correspondence between Herbert Ward (London Borough of Tower Hamlets) and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/20

Correspondence between Christina Foyle and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse and inviting him to a literary luncheonU DPL2/3/56/21

Letter from Charles Wood (Librarian, University of Strathclyde) to Philip Larkin asking him to sign his copy of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/22

Correspondence between Kenneth Hibbert and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/23

Letter from Philip Larkin to Karl Miller about a piece on the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/24

Correspondence between Anne Tibble and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/25

Correspondence between Robert Jones and Philip Larkin bringing an obscure poet to his attentionU DPL2/3/56/26

Letter from Jenny Stratford to Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/27

Correspondence between Basil Dowling and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/28

Correspondence between Martin Bell (poet) and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/29

Letter from Frederick Grubb to Philip Larkin complaining about FoylesU DPL2/3/56/30

Correspondence between Robert Armstrong and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/31

Correspondence between Vernon Scannell and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/32

Correspondence between Christopher Logue (poet) and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/33

Correspondence between John Sparrow (All Souls College, Oxford) and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/34

Correspondence between Gladys Mitchell and Philip Larkin congratulating him on the final version of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/35

Correspondence between Lord Noel Annan and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/36

Correspondence between Anne Potts and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/37

Correspondence between Martin Bell and Philip Larkin about his time in the LebanonU DPL2/3/56/38

Correspondence between James Gibson and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/39

Letter from a disgruntled Bernard KellyU DPL2/3/56/40

Correspondence between Mrs D Morris and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/41

Correspondence between Derwent May (Literary Editor, The Listener ) and Philip Larkin apologising for sending the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse for review to Donald DavieU DPL2/3/56/42

Letter from Amy Dixon to Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/43

Correspondence between Jon Stallworthy (Clarendon Press) and Philip Larkin about corrections to the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/44

Letter from Mary Treece (widow of Henry Treece) to Philip Larkin complaining about the exclusion of her husband from the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/45

Correspondence between Dudley Davies and Philip Larkin asking him to include his poetry in new edition of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/46

Correspondence between C D Jukes and Philip Larkin pointing out misprints in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse (list enclosed)U DPL2/3/56/47

Correspondence between Joy Greenland (marketing Assistant, Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd.) and Philip Larkin thanking him for presenting an award to two young poets at a Foyles literary luncheon for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/48

Letter from May Wedderburn Cannon to Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/56/49

Letter from G L Bayliss to Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/50

Correspondence between Professor O Hood Phillips (Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Birmingham) and Philip Larkin seeking help in locating the poetry of John Meade FalknerU DPL2/3/56/51

Letter from Nial Charlton to Philip Larkin criticising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, and in particular The Convergence of the Twain (Lines on the loss of the Titanic) (Hardy)U DPL2/3/56/52

Correspondence between J G Jolly and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/53

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and J E R Gibson (Oxford University Press) thanking him for saving day at Foyle s launch of the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/54

Correspondence between George MacBeth (Producer, Talks Department BBC) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/56/55

Correspondence between Jean Jones and Philip Larkin asking him to read her husband's poetryU DPL2/3/56/56

Letter from Helen MacGregor to Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/57

Correspondence between Arthur Burgess (old schoolfriend) and Philip LarkinU DPL2/3/56/58

Letter from H A Scruton criticising Larkin's poetryU DPL2/3/56/59

Correspondence between Miss F L Foster and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/60

Correspondence between Philip Larkin and Barry Bloomfield about the dedication to Edward Upward in W H Auden's poem OratorsU DPL2/3/56/61

Letter from Marjory Tucker to Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/62

Correspondence between Rev. J A Bramley and Philip Larkin seeking further information about May Wedderburn Cannan and Muriel Stuart, both printed in the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/63

Correspondence between Mrs E M Russell and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/64

Correspondence between Derek Hudson and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/65

Correspondence between Rex Taylor and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/66

Correspondence between P J Brown and Philip Larkin praising the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English VerseU DPL2/3/56/67

Postcard from Mitchell Trauring to Philip Larkin criticising a poem by Elizabeth Jennings included in the 'Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse'U DPL2/3/56/68

Correspondence between M C Lloyd and Philip Larkin asking him to forward a letter to Norman MacCaigU DPL2/3/56/69

Correspondence between George MacBeth (Producer, Talks Department BBC Radio 4) and Philip Larkin asking if he would like to be involved in a poetry promU DPL2/3/56/70

Acknowledgement slips for the Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse from the librarian s of All Souls College and St. John's College, OxfordU DPL2/3/56/71

Photocopy of a page from Time and Tide with a brief article on Christina Foyle, called The Largest Bookshop in the World .U DPL2/3/56/72

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