Poetry.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Corrected manuscripts and typescripts of circa 600 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7815
Dates:
1973-1980.
Four audio cassettes containing recordings of poetry readings and a lecture by Gavin Ewart.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7667/1-4
Dates:
1980.
Literary papers of Gavin Ewart.
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Identifier: Acc.13410
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose, published and unpublished; with three albums of proofs and cuttings of Gavin Ewart`s advertising copywriter work, 1954-1963.
Dates:
c. 1932-1995.
Manuscript and corrected proof of 'Poems and Songs' by Gavin Ewart (London: The Fortune Press, [1939]).
Collection
Identifier: Acc.5035/1-2
Dates:
Circa 1933-1939.
Manuscript drafts and typescript copies of 50 poems of Gavin Ewart, most being included in his collection, "85 Poems" (1993).
File
Identifier: Acc.10819
Dates:
1988-1992.
Manuscript, typescripts and corrected proofs of Gavin Ewart, "Penultimate Poems".
File
Identifier: Acc.9918
Scope and Contents
Includes unpublished verses.
Dates:
1989.
Manuscripts and corrected typescripts of 90 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8983
Scope and Contents
Including correspondence.
Dates:
1981-1984 and undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of circa 1300 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11093
Dates:
1979-1990 and undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of over 200 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9464
Scope and Contents
With associated correspondence with publishers.
Dates:
1982-1986.
Manuscripts and typescripts of, with correspondence relating to, 'A cluster of clerihews' by Gavin Ewart; with a signed copy.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11326/1-2
Dates:
1981-1985.
Papers of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8628
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of circa 400 poems.
Dates:
1962-1973.
Proofs of collection of poems of Gavin Ewart, "The Young Pobble`s Guide to His Toes".
File
Identifier: Acc.9064
Dates:
1985.
Typescript, 1989, of a poem "Misprint in a Great Man`s Obit" by Gavin Ewart.
File
Identifier: Acc.10901
Scope and Contents
With two letters, 1977 and 1982, of Ewart, including one mentioning his poetry collection, "All My Little Ones".
Dates:
1977-1989.
"War Work", a collection of manuscript poems of Gavin Ewart.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10527
Dates:
1939-1942.