File containing correspondence and papers as follows:
- /1-2 Order, invoice and letter relating to Schmidt's order of a book by James Macauley from Tiptree Books Services (4-20 Sep 1979).
- /3-4 Letter from John Taggart with copy reply, relating to the supply of copies of Michael Hamburger's German poetry 1910-1975 (3-11 Jul 1979).
- /5-6 Letter from Junichiro Takachi with copy reply, relating to a questionnaire filled in by Schmidt for Takachi, who met him at the Cambridge Poetry Festival, and her hopes of publishing his answers in a Japanese poetry magazine (14 Jun-2 Jul 1979).
- /7-8 Letter from Keith Turner with copy reply, relating to Schmidt's acceptance of two of his poems for PN Review eighteen months previously and their failure to appear in the magazine (15-30 Mar 1979).
- /9-10 Letter from Peter Thompson intended for publication in PN Review, in which he responds to an article by Michael Cayley on [George] Seferis; with Schmidt's copy reply promising to publish the letter in issue 10 of the magazine (27-30 Mar 1979).
- /11-12 Letter from Denis Thomas with copy reply, relating to copyright in poems by John Clare published by Carcanet (8-9 May 1979).
- /13 Letter from Allen Tate relating to his delight at joining the Carcanet list, and the title of his forthcoming book Memories and essays, old and new (2 Dec 1975).
- /14-15 Letter from R.I. Tomlin with copy reply (5-11 Jun 1980) (these letters are closed).
- /16-17 Letter from Susan Thale with copy reply, relating to her order for PN Review 15 (30 May-4 Jun 1980).
- /18-19, /22-23 and /28 Correspondence with Denys Thompson relating to plans for a Carcanet edition of poems by Anne Finch (includes some photocopies of Finch poems from a publication) (19 Apr-25 May 1980).
- /20 Published pamphlet by Alan Smith entitled Poetry London 1939-1951; marked with a note by Schmidt indicating that it should be filed in 'T Misc' [presumably because of its relation to the editor of Poetry London, James Tambimuttu] (1979).
- /21, /24-25 and /29 Correspondence with Stefan Themerson relating to Schmidt's acceptance of Themerson's piece 'The Aim of Aims' for PN Review [23] (typescript of the piece included) (14 Apr-12 May 1980).
- /26 Letter from Gael Turnbull relating to her submission of an unidentified poem, apparently a translation of an Old Norse work (28 Apr 1980).
- /27 Copy letter to Vivien Thomas relating to her selection of poems by [Michael] Drayton for the Fyfield series (18 Sep 1975).
- /30-31 Letter from Simon St. Clair-Terry with copy reply, relating to: an invitation for Schmidt to speak at Canterbury on the Scottish Chaucerians, which he declines for various reasons, including his belief that he is a 'reader' rather than a scholar or critic (25 Apr-2 May 1980).
- /32-33 Copy letter to Anthony Thwaite in which Schmidt protests against a reference apparently made by Thwaite to a Northern editor and publisher who referred to Thwaite as 'the Metropolitan foe'. With reply from Bryan Healing written in Thwaite's absence (18-24 Mar 1980).
- /34-35 and /42 Correspondence with Claire Tomalin relating to: plans for a review by Peter Levi of C.H. Sisson's Dante translation; and the failure of the Times to mention a paperback Carcanet edition of an unidentified book (16 Nov 1979-26 Mar 1980).
- /36-37 Letter from C.J. Toole with copy reply, relating to Toole's complaint about the quality of the illustrations in the Fyfield book Monarchs and the muse (7-23 Jan 1980).
- /38-39 Letter from Zora Molitor of the University of Texas Press, with copy reply, relating to: Schmidt's interest in publishing a British edition of Walser's Jakob von Gunten, translated by Christopher Middleton; and his interest in various Latin American books on the Texas list (10-18 Dec 1979).
- /40-41 Letter from David Timms with copy reply, relating to Timms's acceptance of Schmidt's invitation to review for PN Review and his interest in writing on W.D. Snodgrass (25-30 Oct 1979).
- /43 Letter from [Geoffrey] Thurley who writes in defence of his translations of [Alexander] Blok which have apparently been rejected by Schmidt, despite his initial enthusiasm (14 Feb 1979).