MAPPING THE SOUTH WEST ARCHIVES Collections held in the ...

MAPPING THE SOUTH WEST ARCHIVES
Collections held in the region having connections with
south-west writers and writing.
Researched and Listed by Rosalind Leveridge, August 2009. Updated by
C Faunch, February 2010
Key to Repositories listed below
Bath Central Library(BCL)
Archon Code : 256
Bristol Record Office(BRO)
Archon Code : 2
Bristol Reference Library(BRL)
Archon Code : 1038
Bristol University Information Services: Special
Collections(BU)
Archon Code : 3
Cornwall Record Office(CRO)
Archon Code : 21
Dartington Hall Trust Archive(DHTA)
Archon Code : 1369
Devon Record Office(DRO)
Archon Code : 27
Dorset County Museum(DCM)
Archon Code : 1213
Dorset History Centre(DHC)
Archon Code : 31
Exeter University Library (Special Collections)(EUL)
Archon Code : 29
Gloucestershire Archives(GA)
Archon Code : 40
Gloucestershire University(GU)
Archon Code : 1962
Longleat House(LH)
Archon Code : 2238
North Devon Record Office(NDRO)
Archon Code : 821

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office(PWDRO)
Archon Code : 28
Sid Vale Heritage Centre(SVHC)
Archon Code : 1948
Sherborne School(SS)
Archon Code : 1949
Somerset Record Office(SRO)
Archon Code : 168
Westcountry Studies Library(WSL)
Archon Code : 1728
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre(WSHC)
Archon Code : 190

LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE (1881-1938)
Dymock poet.
GA
P125 M1 20/1 – photocopies of published edition of ‘The Innocents’
annotated by LA. Photos, letters, 12 documents.
GU
Not yet catalogued – MSS , first editions, photos of LA, substantial
collection.
See John Haines
DEBORAH ALCOCK (1835-1913)
Novelist.
EUL
MS281 - diary for 1871, bound manuscript notebooks, bound volume of
reviews, cuttings and letters etc
RICHARD ALDINGTON (1892-1962)
Novelist.
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
WALTER ALLEN (1911-1995)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.

KINGSLEY AMIS (1922-1995)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
H.G. ANDREWS
Poet.
EUL
MS67 -
literary manuscripts, 1934-1940. MS book of poems, ‘A Tale
Told’, letters.
CHRISTOPHER ANSTEY (1724-1805)
Poet.
BCL
Autograph MS of sermon preached in Bath 1791 by CA, son.
SRO
DD\G\CT – correspondence with Coplestone Warre Bampflyde, 1776-
1788.
WSA
WRO 9/35/83 - 12 letters, 1776-94.
1300/4621-4627 – letter to Thomas, Earl of Ailesbury from CA, 1792.
JOHN ANTELL (senior)
Boot maker. His mother was sister to Thomas Hardy’s mother.
DHC

PE/PUD IN - Peter Standley, The Churchyard Yew, Puddletown Church and
Piddletown Church (A Scene), poems written by John Antell with a letter
(1824) to the Revd A L Helps.
JOHN ANTELL (junior)
Cousin of Thomas Hardy, wheelwright, farm labourer.
D1327/2 – Poem, ‘West Stafford’ and memorandum of agricultural work.
MARTIN ARMSTRONG (1882-1974)
Writer and poet.
GA
D10828/1/5 – letters, John Haines.
EDWIN ATHERSTONE (1788-1872)
SRO
DDD\SAS/G3016 – papers of EA. MSS, correspondence, many letters
from celebrated writers such as Felicia Hemans, Bulwer Lytton, Sir Walter
Scott, Robert Southey.
ALFRED AUSTIN (1835-1913)
Poet Laureate
BU
DM668 – Political correspondence 1881-1910, 114 items.
SABINE BARING-GOULD (1834-1924)
Clergyman, antiquary, folklorist, hymn-writer.
CRO
D5203 – correspondence, notebooks and printed books.

PWDRO
771 – Sermon notes, 1861 and 1881-1893.
WSL
S820.2/BAR – MS “Domitia”, 1898.
WILLIAM BARNES (1801-1886)
Dorset Poet.
DCM
Autobiography, drawings, letters, misc. Papers.
DHC
PE/WMN/IN/3/2 – letter asking about above with a typescript account of
his family history.
D1529/2 – Sale particulars for Old Came Rectory, home of William Barnes
1882-6.
DSA/3/3/1 – BBC programme on WB with readings of his poetry, 26 Feb.
1979
DSA/112/1/2 – lecture and reading of WB’s poems
DSA/188/1/3 – interview, Henrietta Taylor, and readings of WB
DSA/188/1/6 – readings in Dorset dialect of poems of WB
Letters from Tennyson to WB
SRO
DD/SAS/C795/SW/30 – quarto volume, lecture on WB given in 1907.
J.M. BARRIE (1860-1937)
DCM
Letters (1915-1936) to Florence Hardy

THOMAS HAYNES BAYLEY (1797-1839)
Popular song-writer and poet, 1820s and 1830s. Close friend Edward
Lytton Bulwer.
BRO
32688/203 – Correspondence and papers. MS copies poems, verses,
playbills, songs. Letters from Bulwer and Robert Southey.
SRO
DD\SH - 21 letters to John Braham, 1837-8.
PATRICIA BEER (1924-1999)
EUL
MS 335 – literary and personal papers. Poetry MSS, essays, notebooks,
diaries, journals, 27 boxes.
SIR HENRY MAXIMILIAN BEERBOHM (1872-1956)
EUL
MS159 - The collection consists of two scrapbooks of caricatures of poets
created and extended out of the published version, Max Beerbohm, The
poets' corner (London, Heinemann 1904) and A book of caricatures
(London, Methuen 1907). Numerous newspaper cuttings and newspaper
illustrations of broadcasts and cartoons from the 1920s-1950s have been
inserted throughout the volumes in addition to the printed caricatures.
FRANCES BELLERBY (1899-1975)
EUL
MS 50b - literary manuscripts, c 1873-1986. Personal papers,
correspondence, photos. 7 boxes.
MS 82 - manuscripts of poems and letters, 1973-1975. 1box.
MS 331 - printed literary papers, 1966; 1975. 2 boxes.

MS 333 - first edition of 'Plash Mill' with signed poem, autograph letters
and other manuscript items.
HILAIRE BELLOC (1870-1953)
BU
Sp.Coll. – correspondence with Penguin Books 1947-50.
See Mary Herbert
JOAN BENNETT (1896-1986)
Literary scholar.
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
WALTER BESANT (1836-1901)
BU
DM384 – 25 letters to James Baker, 1887-1890.
JOHN BETJEMAN(1906-1984)
CRO
AD1338/2 – comments by JB on County Development Plan.
AD1338/3 – letter from JB re. Cornwall reservoirs.
Ad 1338/8 – correspondence from JB re. housing proposal.
P13/2/404 – postcard from JB to Canon Harmer 1962.
EUL
MS117 - letters and papers found in his book collection held at Exeter
University Library, 1895-1984, approx. 1,800 items.

MS 210 - one letter from Betjeman to Professor Chris Brooks relating to
research in Devon church architecture, 17 Feb 1978.
MS 240 - original typescripts of eight poems with manuscript annotations,
20th century, one file.
GA
D9341 – letters to David Verey, architectural historian.
PWDRO
724/171 – poem, ‘Blame the Vicar’, n.d.
2606/256-7 – photo, new Poet Laureate.
JOAN MARY BISHOP
Diarist and writer.
DRO
7393 – diaries, essays, short stories, journals, 1987-2005.
R.D.BLACKMORE (1825-1900)
DRO
Z19/15/2-3 – 1832 and 1841 school notebooks
138M/F1069-1103 – misc. papers, 1854-1950
18 letters to C.J.Down.
EUL
MS 41 - literary papers, c 1850-1900. 4 boxes, MSS and typescript
novels, letters, drafts, proofs.
WSL
S820.2/BLA – MSS novels, verses, plays, drafts.

VIVIAN BLAKE
Afro-Caribbean poet, links with Glos.
GA
D8497/1/12 – 1998 interview, covering feelings about Gloucester and
Jamaica, race relations.
WILLIAM BLATHWAYT (1882-1952)
Poet.
GA
D2659 – MSS of poems, diaries, notebooks.
JOSEPH BLIGHT
Cornish poet.
CRO
AD862 – MS poems, and notes on poems, 20 th century.
GEORGE BORROW (1803-1881)
Author.
PWDRO
261/6 – File of typed notes, anecdotes and interviews about GB.
RUPERT BROOKE (1887-1915)
GA
P125 M1 20/2 – extracts from biography, photo, photocopy of holograph
MS of ‘The soldier’. Transcript of ‘A Letter to a Live Poet’, 6 documents.

THEODORA BROWN (1914- 1993)
Folklorist.
EUL
MS 105 - Research notes, notebooks, maps, file-cards, correspondence
and a range of collected resources, from newspaper clippings to booklets,
photographs and postcards. 38 boxes.
MAURICE BROWNE
Founded Little Chicago Theatre Company. Links with Dymock poets.
DHTA
3 boxes of letters and literary manuscripts. Correspondence, poems.
ARTHUR BULLEN (1857-1920)
Publisher, author.
BU
DM 368 – 30 letters to J.A. Symonds, 1882-1886
FANNY BURNEY (1752-1840)
GA
D2227 – notes on above and correspondence. Proof copy of ‘Early Diary
of FB’. In Viner-Ellis file.
ARTHUR CADDICK (1911-1987)
EUL
MS 124 - literary manuscripts and papers, 20th c. 15 boxes.
MS 256 - letters to Joe Martin, critic and writer, 1962-1972 relating to the
legal case Caddick vs. Galley Press Ltd. and the publication of The Dark
Monarch

MS 297 - CD 'Illusive Hour: a comprehensive selection of his own poems
read by Arthur Caddick', c 2005.
THOMAS CARLYLE (1795-1881)
SRO
DD\SH/71 – 18 letters to Sir Edward Strachey, 1838-1858.
NICHOLAS TOMS CARRINGTON
‘Dartmoor’ poet.
PWDRO
522/1 - 1826 – letter seeking review of his poems.
F.J.CATLEY (1923-1989)
Bristol writer.
BRO
41419 – Poems, mostly written during the Second World War on themes
of love, nature, war. Extensive journals and diaries. 71 files.
CHARLES CAUSLEY (1917-2003)
EUL
MS 50 – literary manuscripts, 1951-1985. Letters, photos, diaries, 123
small boxes, 11 large boxes.
EDGAR CHAPMAN
Currier and poet, Glastonbury.
SRO
DD\X\CHA/4/1 – poems, MS, ballads, including those he recited in
Glastonbury market place.

THOMAS CHATTERTON (1752-1770)
BRL
Correspondence and papers.
AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890-1976)
EUL
MS 99 - correspondence with her literary agent, 1938-1976. 22 BOXES,
5-6,000 letters.
Greenway House, Devon, NT.
20 volumes of notebooks, MS.
LEONARD CLARK (1905- 1981)
Glos. poet.
GA
K1123/13 – letter concerning potential purchase of Wilderness Farm.
REGINALD JOHN JACK CLEMO (1916-1994)
EUL
MS 68 - literary manuscripts and notebooks, c 1940-1990. MS notebooks
and typescripts for prose and poetry. 20 boxes.
WILLIAM COBBETT (1763-1835)
SRO
DD\SAS\C 2616 – correspondence with Daniel Badcock (13 items).

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772-1834)
BRL
MS poems, letters, and a commonplace book.
DHC
D/FAL/5 – Letters of Lucy Alexander, 1810-1818, mentioning literary
figures including
Coleridge.
Coleridge Cottage, NT
Some letters.
FRANCES CROFTS CORNFORD (1886-1960)
Poet.
DHTA
LKE gen. 32 - 10 letters (1934-40) to Leonard Elmhirst.
HOPE COSTLEY-WHITE
Author.
GA
D5683 – papers, 1943-87.
JOSEPH COTTLE (1770-1853)
Author.
BRL
1804-37 – 27 letters, mainly to Robert Southey

DINAH CRAIK (1826-1887)
GA
GPS/13/1 – Photo of Rose Cottage, her home, c. 1910.
HARVEY CRANE
PWDRO
629/24 – Bundle of letters 1948-57 regarding theatre from Vivien Leigh,
Arthur Miller, etc.
JOHN CREASEY (1908-1973)
Crime writer – pseudonyms Michael Halliday, Peter Manton, Kyle Hunt,
J.J. Marric, Jeremy York.
WSA
2547 – Bibliographies, pamphlets, correspondence, typescripts of articles,
newscuttings. Typescripts of “The Truth about Self”, “The Thin Blue Line”,
and others, 1932- 1973.
EDMUND CRISPIN (1921-1978) pseudo. Robert Montgomery
BU
Sp.Coll. – correspondence and literary papers.
WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES (1871-1940)
One of the ‘Georgian’ poets.
GU
Not yet catalogued – literary papers

LOIS DEACON (1899-1985)
Novelist.
DRO
6035 - literary papers, incl. Notebooks, diaries, correspondence and MSS.
EUL
MS 83 - research papers relating to Thomas Hardy, 1930s-1984.
Typescripts, MSS, correspondence, notebooks, articles, diaries. 21 boxes.
E.M. DELAFIELD (1890- 1943)
WSL
ms820.2/DEL – MSS of “Late and soon” and “Thank Heaven Fasting”.
R.F. DELDERFIELD (1912-1972)
EUL
MS 203 - manuscripts of To Serve them all my days and Give us this Day,
1970-1972.
MS 211 - uncorrected proof of Give us this day.
SVHC
Literary MSS
E.M.DELL
PWDRO
202/1 – MS of ‘The Lamps in the Desert’, 1919.
STEVEN DEPROOST
Playwright, Stroud.
GA

D10726 – scripts of plays, 2006
CHARLES DICKENS (1812-1870)
WSA
2057/F4/52 – correspondence with Sydney and Elizabeth Herbert (Lord
and Lady Herbert of Lea).
JOHN DRINKWATER (1882-1937)
GA
P125 M1 20/3 – 10 documents, including photocopies of extracts from
1932 autobiography, photos, programme.
GU
Not yet catalogued – major collection of works of JD, plus additional
related material.
NORMAN DOUGLAS (1868-1952)
Author.
BU
Sp.Coll – editorial correspondence.
ANNE DUFFIELD
WSA
2895 – notebook, draft of romantic novel, diary, autobiographical notes,
photos, typewritten MS of novel, “Magnificent Emily”, and four other
stories.

ANGELA du MAURIER (1904-2002)
EUL
MS 207 – literary papers.
MS 276 - letter to a Mrs Powers relating to reception of novel The
perplexed heart, c 1939
DAPHNE du MAURIER (1907-1989)
CRO
AD1044/7 – Two letters, Dec. 1944 and Feb. 1945, from DM concerning
Menabilly, MS on headed paper, mentioning the hidden skeleton.
EUL
MS 144 - literary papers, 20th c. Also George Louis Palmella Busson du
Maurier (1834-1896), artist and novelist: literary papers, late 19th c. 26
boxes.
MS 206 - literary papers originating from her editor Sheila Hodges, c
1946-c 1981, 2002.
MS 207 – literary papers
GEORGE du MAURIER (1834- 1896)
DCM
8 letters (1875-1880) to Thomas Hardy
EUL
MS 144 – MS of “The Martian”.

RONALD DUNCAN (1914-1982)
EUL
Collection of manuscripts, journals, letters and photos of poet, playwright
and librettist. Worked with Ezra Pound, Gandhi, Gerald Brenan, and
Benjamin Britten. 1700 items, MSS published and unpublished plays and
stories, correspondence, particular associations with Devon.
DYMOCK POETS
GA
P125 M1 20/8 – 41 documents relating to above
MARIA EDGEWORTH (1767-1849)
BRO
32688/55 – 321 items. Press-cuttings, notes, letters, misc. papers.
Articles compiled by niece.
T.S.ELIOT (1888 – 1965)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterly’s Lover’, 1960.
JANICE ELLIOTT (1931-1995)
EUL
MS 279 - literary papers, mostly typescripts, of the following: 'Tiger in the
Roses', 'Angels Falling', 'Summer People', 'Secret Places', 'The Country of
Her Dreams', 'The Sadness of Witches', 'The King Awakes', 'The Empty
Throne', 'Life on the Nile' and 'Necessary Rites', c 1969-1990. 7 boxes.
MS 280 - letters and postcards found in Elliott's private library, mid-late
20th c; uncorrected proof of 'The King Awakes' (1987).

JOHN FAIRFAX (1930-2009)
EUL
MS 231 - literary manuscripts, papers and posters, 1964-1995. 2 boxes.
MS 272 - personal archive of the Arvon Foundation, 1970s-1990s. 7
boxes.
U.A. FANTHORPE ( 1929 -2009)
GU
Correspondence and related papers, draft poems, several boxes.
ELEANOR FARJEON (1881-1965)
GA
P125 M1 20/4 – notes, photocopies, extracts, 5 documents.
GU
Not yet catalogued – MSS, first editions, and personal effects of EF.
See John Haines
JAMES FARRAR (1923 – 1944)
Poet and airman.
EUL
MS 260 - literary papers including drawings and biographical papers, 20th
c.
MS 287 - BBC broadcast records and cassette about The unreturning
spring, c 1964

JAMES ELROY FLECKER (1884-1915)
Poet, playwright, novelist.
GU
Collection of works by and relating to JEF, poems, plays, letters.
See John Haines
E.M. FORSTER ((1879- 1970)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterly’s Lover’, 1960.
JOHN FOWLES (1926- 2005)
DHC
DSA/118/2/1 – ‘ A Literary Walk around Lyme Regis’ – interview of above,
30 mins, incl. Comments on “The French Lieutenant’s Woman”. Local
history and antiquarian papers relating to Lyme Regis.
EUL
MS 102 - photocopies of diaries and letters deposited in Exeter
University Library, 1992-1999, and now in Harry Ransom Research
Institute, Texas, c 1949-1990. 2 boxes.
ROBERT FROST (1874-1963)
GA
P125 M1 20/5 – collection of articles and photocopies relating to RF, 32
documents.
GU

Not yet catalogued – extensive collection of RF poetry, Christmas cards
and other ephemera. Large body of critical work.
See also John Haines
JOHN GALSWORTHY (1867-1933)
WSL
S820.2/GAL – MS of “The Apple Tree” 1916.
JOHN GARDINER
GA
D6935 – poems, 1946-1986. Letters 1965-1989 (closed until 2025)
JOHN GAY (1685-1732)
Poet and dramatist
NDRO
Collection of MSS and papers, uncatalogued.
WILFRID GIBSON (1878-1962)
GA
P125 M1 20/6 – papers
GU
Not yet catalogued – works, photos, personal ephemera.
See also John Haines

SARAH GRAND (1854-1943)
BCL
Letters, notes, cards – 5 boxes.
JOHN GRANT
PWDRO
170/103 – ‘Poems of my youth’ 1888.
RICHARD GRAVES (1715-1804)
Poet and novelist
BCL
Letters.
SRO
DD\SK/ 7/1 – 79 letters written by RG to Dodsleys of London (publishers
and booksellers) and William Shenstone (poet).
JULIAN GRENFELL (1888-1915)
War poet.
SRO
DD/DRU/103 - correspondence of Ethel Anne Priscilla, Lady
Desborough, to Lady de Vesci. Includes Lady Desborough's letter
on the death of her sons Julian Grenfell [the war poet] and Gerald
Grenfell, with order of service for a memorial service, etc. 1915.
IVOR GURNEY (1890-1937)
GA
D10500 – correspondence and papers, photos, MSS.
See John Haines

JOHN HAINES (1875- 1960)
‘Friend to the poets’
GA
D10828 – correspondence with literary figures, such as Eleanor
Farjeon, C.Day Lewis, Siegfried Sassoon, Walter de la Mare,
Lascelles Abercrombie, letters from John Masefield, Edward
Thomas, etc.
JH manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, notebooks, writings,
newscuttings, photos, essays
THOMAS HARDY (1840- 1928)
BU
Sp.Coll.- misc. correspondence
DCM
TH Memorial Coll. – Manuscripts of poems and novels, correspondence,
diaries, notebooks, photos, paintings, drawings, personal items.
Letters (1921-1927) to TH from Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887-1960).
Letters (1893-1922) from TH to Florence Henniker (1855-1923).
Letters (1875-1880) to TH from George du Maurier (1834-1896).
Correspondence (1896-1926) between TH and Arthur Symons
DHC
PE/STF/IN 4/1 – letter with poems received by Rev. Cowley on occasion
of burial of TH’s heart at Stinsford, Jan.1928.

SIR RUPERT HART-DAVIS (1907-1999)
Publisher, author
BU
DM 1679 – Correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterly’s Lover.
LESLIE POLES HARTLEY (1895-1972)
GA
D10828/1/1/46 – letters to John Haines.
F.W. HARVEY (1888- 1957)
The Gloucestershire Laureate.
GA
D3921 11/38 – scrapbook incl. poems and notes, 1911-1920.
D10388 – Barbara Steele, notes , cuttings, correspondence relating to FH.
R.S.HAWKER
PWDRO
99/2 – Issue of volume of ballads and other poems, 1868.
DESMOND HAWKINS (1908-1999)
Author and broadcaster.
WSA
3160 – 1 file, extensive papers, correspondence, notes, photos, from
literary agents and publishers.

JOHN HAWKINS (1761-1841)
Author and traveller.
CRO
AD 1443 – correspondence between himself and family and friends.
J/3/2/214 – letter from ‘Hermit’ to Sir John Hawkins, re. Charlotte Turner
Smith.
See William Hayley.
WILLIAM HAYLEY (1745-1820)
Poet.
CRO
NRA 10617 – 3 literary MSS. 7 letters to John Hawkins 1799- 1813.
SEAMUS HEANEY (b. 1939)
EUL
MS 174 - notes relating to his speech on receiving an honorary degree at
Exeter, written on back of arrangements for his visit, 2001.
FLORENCE HENNIKER (1855-1923)
Novelist. See Thomas Hardy
MARY HERBERT (1889-1970) nee VESEY
SRO
DD\HER/74 – 20 documents, 12 items, including correspondence with L.P.
Hartley, Hilaire Belloc, Evelyn Waugh. Also letter from Evelyn Waugh.

ALMOND TREVASSO HOCKING (d. 1936)
Playwright.
CRO
X1273 – plays and sermon notes.
RICHARD HOGGART (b.1918)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
CONSTANCE HOLME (1880-1955) afterwards PUNCHARD
Author
BU
Sp.Coll. – correspondence and literary papers.
THOMAS HOOD (1799-1845)
Poet.
BRL
1833-1844 – letters received.
STUART HOSKINS
Poet, Whiteway Colony, Glos.
GA
D5847/3/9 – reminiscences of colony life. Whiteway Colony was originally
founded by Tolstoyan anarchists in 1898, co-operative, still exists today.

TED HUGHES (1930-1998)
EUL
MS 58 - manuscripts and typescripts of Cave Birds, and notes, 1975. 1
box.
MS 132 - letter containing manuscript poem, 1982
MS 192 - letter containing manuscript poem, 1982
MS 263 - bound manuscript of Under the North Star (1979) written in a
dummy copy of Poems [by] Ruth Fainlight, Ted Hughes, and Alan Sillitoe
(1971). Also includes a copy of each of the American and UK first editions
of the book, and a copy of Poems [by] Ruth Fainlight, Ted Hughes, and
Alan Sillitoe (1971). 4 vols.
GLADYS HUNKIN
Poet of Morwenstow. Gladys Hunkin poetry prize, Exeter University.
PWDRO
712/1/176 – 20 th century poems of Cornwall
WILLIAM WYMARK JACOBS (1863-1943)
Writer.
BU
Penguin books – literary correspondence.
REV. W. JONES
WSA
1780/31 – collection of Wiltshire dialect words and local verses compiled
by the above. Copy of a glossary of provincial words and phrases in use in
Wiltshire by J.Y.Akeman, 1842, with additions and the ‘Song of Solomon’
in Wiltshire dialect.

JOHN KEBLE (1792-1866)
GA
D2962 – letters to Sir George Prevost, 1824-1842.
WALTER LANDOR (1775-1864)
Author.
BCL
1841-60 – letters and verses
SAMUEL LANE (1815-1899)
The Taunton poet.
A\CVL/1/140 – correspondence.
DD\X\BRO/2/121- 136 – satirical songs, some with refs. to SL.
DD\X\BRO/2/165 – poem to celebrate Golden wedding anniversary.
DD\X\BRO/2/ 174-5 – poems on royal occasions
DD\X\BUSH/6 – photos of SL
MARGHANITA LASKI (1915-1988)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
AUSTIN LEE (1909-1963)
Novelist.
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.

LAURIE LEE (1914-1997)
GRO
S320/10 – Letter from Laurie Lee concerning giving his name to a school
literary prize – Archway School.
VERNON LEE (1856-1935) Pseudo. for VIOLET PAGET
BU
DM387 – letters from J.A.Symonds, 1880-1884
CECIL DAY LEWIS (1904-1972)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
EU
Sp.Coll MS 75 – letters to W.F. Jackson-Knight
GA
D10828/1/1/22 – 39 letters to John Wilton Haines, 1931-1939.
See John Haines
ARTHUR LILLIE
Soldier in British Army in India, wrote on Buddhism.
WSA
1915/166 – Bundle of correspondence from author to Major Robert Poore
dealing with mysticism and ancient Eastern religions, 1894, 1907-11

HENRY LOWRY (1869-1906)
Author and journalist.
CSL
Correspondence and literary papers.
FRANK MANSELL (1918-1979)
Poet, friend of Laurie Lee.
GA
D8296 - important files containing personal papers 1938-68, unpublished
poems, drafts, an unfinished novel, misc. photos, letters, articles,
cuttings, information on promoting “Cotswold Ballads”.
HARRIET MARTINEAU (1802-1876)
Writer.
D/COL/C 19 – letter mentioning HM and Unitarianism.
D/COL/C 51 and 58 – letters from HM.
WALTER DE LA MARE (1873-1956)
BU
DM902 – 71 letters to N.L.Bright
GA
D10828/1/1/24 – letters to John Haines 1917-1956.
PWDRO
Letters to Marion Scott, 1922-37
Acc94/BoxE – Letters to Plymouth Branch of the English Association,
1933.
See John Haines

BRUCE MARSHALL (1899-1987)
Novelist.
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
JOHN MASEFIELD (1878-1967)
DCM
10 letters to Florence Hardy
EUL
MS 76 - letters, 1915-1966, mostly from JM to Mrs. Knowles. 1 box.
GA
D5426/1 – letter concerning 1930 competitions and meetings of Dursley
Poetry Club.
See John Haines
HAROLD MONRO (1879- 1932)
GU
Not yet catalogued – literary papers. Papers relating to the ‘Georgian’
poets.
JOHN MOAT (1936-)
EUL
MS 230 - literary manuscripts, papers and drawings, 1950s-1990s. 5
boxes.

JOHN CECIL MOORE (1907-1967)
Novelist, poet, broadcaster.
GA
D8451 – family and literary papers, letters, correspondence with literary
figures, typed and handwritten MSS.
D8451 - additional correspondence, lit. MSS, papers, 1930-1970.
See John Haines
THOMAS MOORE (1779-1852)
WSA
WRO 110/23 – c.1820, 28 letters to Horatio Nelson Goddard.
HANNAH MORE (1745-1833)
BRL
B22448-22456, 28276, 28307-8, 31226-31249 – 36 letters, 1800-32.
B7976 – 13 letters from David Garrick and his wife, 1776
BRO
Letters to and from HM, MSS, notes – 1779-1833
LH
Portland Papers Vol.XIV – MS of “Le Bas Bleu” and verses on the “Castle
of Otranto”.
PWDRO
1259/2/588 – Letter, 18 July 1801, from Theresa Villiers, giving first
impressions of Bath, and outlining local debates concerning Hannah More

FRANCES, COUNTESS MORLEY
Parker family of Saltram House, Plymouth.
PWDRO
1259/3/297-304 - Poems.
1259/3/309 – Poem, ‘A fortnight at Brighton’, dedicated to Lord and Lady
Morley, written by friend who accompanied them.
1259/3/295 – A poem, ‘Monody, on the Death of Dick an Academical Cat’.
IRIS MURDOCH (1919-1999)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
ISABELLE MUNTZ (1907-1981)
Novelist.
DCM
Papers.
MARY NASH
PWDRO
1373/126 – Bundles of photocopies of manuscript poems, 20 th century.
JOHN OLDHAM (1653-1683)
Poet.
GA
D1571/E 126 – estate memoranda.

EDITH OLIVIER (1879-1948)
Author.
WSA
982 – correspondence, diaries and papers.
PETER OPIE (1918-1982)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
FRANCES OWEN (1842-1883)
GA
D7164/1 – MS and printed poetry, press cuttings, letters.
FRANCIS PALGRAVE (1824-1897)
Poet and critic
DHC
1875-1886 – Literary agreements.
MARGARET PENN (1896- 1982)
EUL
MS 73 - literary correspondence, c 1928-1970s. Diaries, proofs,
typescripts, correspondence. 17 boxes.

EDEN PHILPOTTS (1862-1960)
DRO
1529M/F10-25 – 10 letters to Sybil Heeley, 1909-1934. 6 manuscript
poems.
54/6 – 11 letters to MP Willcocks, 1943.
EUL
MS 16 – 6 letters to EP from eminent literary figures.
WSL
Msx820.2/PHI – MS “The Forest on the Hill”, 1912. Letter 3 Feb 1906
concerning publication of his work.
PWDRO
261/3 – file of letters from the author relating to items for publication and
review.
629/23 – postcard written by him to R.A. Walling (ed. Western Mercury)
regarding books. Photographic negatives 1908-1935.
1913 MS of ‘Widecombe fair’.
ROBERT PINNEY (D.1988)
Author
BU
DM1687 – correspondence, notes, travel journals
HESTER PIOZZI (1741-1821)
BCL
1818-1819 – 23 letters to Sophy Pugh.
SRO
DD\SF 4561 – 1800, 2 letters to Sanford family.

RICHARD POLWHELE (1760-1838)
CRO
Truro poet and historian.
ARC/T/190 – MSS
PW/29 Book of poems c. 1796
PW/133 ‘The Old English Gentleman’, poem, 1797
ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744)
LH
Portland Papers, Vols. XII – XIII - correspondence, 150 items, c. 1713-
1739
STEPHEN POTTER (1900-1969)
Writer.
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
ANTHONY POWELL (1905-2006)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
ELIZABETH POWELL (1901-1995)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.

JOHN COWPER POWYS (1872-1963)
Novelist and writer.
DCM
Misc. Correspondence and literary papers.
LLEWELYN POWYS (1884-1939)
Author.
DCM
D/MAY - Misc. Correspondence and literary papers. Letters to Alyse
Simpson, 1927-39.
THEODORE POWYS (1875-1953)
Author.
DCM
Misc. Correspondence and literary papers.
MATTHEW PRIOR (1664-1721)
LH
PR - Correspondence and papers.
SIR ARTHUR QUILLER-COUCH (1863-1944)
CRO
X908/1-65 – 1890-1940 – correspondence and papers.
X948 – scrapbooks compiled by his biographer.
AD1890 – additional papers, 1890-1944.
EUL

MS 109 - manuscript of Hetty Wesley and his notes for it, 1903.
BETTY RADICE (1912-1985)
Editor of Penguin Books classic series.
BU
DM1187 – diaries, correspondence, papers, 1920-1985.
ERNEST RAYMOND (1888-1974)
Novelist.
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
JOHN REYNOLDS (1796-1852)
Poet.
BRL
B27744 – commonplace book, 1816-1847.
JOHN ROBERTSON (1909-1965)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
EDWARD RUST
BRO
39089/6/f – 3 poems, written in France, about the West Country, August
1917. Correspondence, military documents, maps and photos.

RAFAEL SABATINI (1875-1950)
Novelist.
BU
Sp.Coll. – correspondence and literary papers
LAWRENCE SAIL
EUL
MS 212 - literary papers, 1974-2002. Worksheets, drafts, essays, MSS. 2
boxes.
JEROME SALLINGER (b.1919)
Author.
BU
DM 1352 – correspondence with Hamish Hamilton, 1950-60
J.T. SHORT
Cornish poet.
CRO
AD514 /32 – MS of poem of Cornish seaman’s life 1814.
CHARLOTTE TURNER SMITH (1749-1806)
Poet and novelist.
CRO
J/3/2/214 – letter from ‘Hermit’ to Sir John Hawkins, regarding biography
and opinion of CS.

EVANGELINE SMITH (1853-1945)
Author.
DHC
D500/23-4 – Diaries, 1931-33.
HENRY SEWELL STOKES (1808-1895)
Poet.
CRO
ARC/T/13 – MS. Article from some chapters in the history of Truro by A.
Rowse.
SIR EDWARD STRACHEY (1812-1901)
SRO
DD\SH/68-71 – correspondence and papers, 1836-1902.
ARTHUR G. STREET (1892-1966)
Wiltshire farmer, writer, broadcaster.
WSA
3219 – original MSS of boks, correspondence and other papers.
CAROLINE SOUTHEY (1786-1854)
BRO
32688/35 – Correspondence with John King, 1844-50
ROBERT SOUTHEY (1774-1843)
BRL

1801 and 1838 – diaires, correspondence, misc. papers.
SRO
DD/DU/205 – original letter to Reid family
WSL
Ms.37 – autograph letter to John May, 18--
See also Thomas Haynes Bayley.
See also Joseph Cottle
CHARLES SISSON (b.1914)
BU
Sp.Coll. – papers, 1932-86
JANET BUCHANAN SMITH (b.1905)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
SIR STEPHEN SPENDER (1909-1995)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
JOHN INNES MACKINTOSH STEWART (1906-1994)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.

BEATRICE STRAIGHT
Daughter of Dorothy Elmhirst (Dartington Hall).
DHTA
Letters mentioning actors, actresses, playwrights, productions. Collection
of playbills.
JOHN SWETE (1752-1821)
Poet.
DRO
Z19/2/12-21, 3/1, 27/2, 28/3, 40/10, 43 – correspondence, journals,
verses, autobiography, 1786-1814. Topographical sketches of Devon,
1792-1801.
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS (1840-1893)
Poet.
BU
DM109 – correspondence, literary MSS, papers. 1854-1926 family papers.
See Arthur Bullen
See Vernon Lee
ARTHUR SYMONS (1865-1945)
Poet.
DCM.
Correspondence with Thomas Hardy 1896-1926.

ALAN CECIL TARBAT (1905-1978)
SRO
A\AKO - This collection chiefly comprises the papers of Alan Cecil Tarbat
(1905-1978), of Wells. He worked as a schoolmaster at Wells Cathedral
School for 42 years from the late 1930s until his retirement in c 1970.
During this time he produced a quantity of poems, plays, short stories
and articles, many of which were published. The collection includes these
works, together with documents relating to his early life in Fareham,
Hampshire, and family visits to Devon.
A\AKO /6/1/1 – 24 Christmas cards each containing a poem, 1928-71,
and some poems.
JOHN TAYLOR (158- 1653)
The ‘water poet’
D3398/2/2/75 – letter offering first editions of his works, and notes on JT.
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (1809-1892)
DHC
Letters to William Barnes
GA
D1021 – correspondence with the Morton family of Tortworth.
WILLIAM TENNANT (1784-1848)
Linguist and poet.
GA
D1501/2227 – letters to Daniel Ellis.
EDWARD THOMAS (1878-1917)
GA
P125 M1 20/7 – notes, extracts, photos, correspondence, 18 documents.

GU
Not yet catalogued – very extensive collection of works of ET. MSS,
photos, biographical and critical works.
See John Haines
FLORA THOMPSON (1876-1947)
EUL
MS 90 - letters, 1945-1946. 1 folder.
MS 103 - letters to Anna and Arthur Ball, all written from Devon, 1927-
1950. 1box.
RUTH TONGUE (1898- 1981)
Somerset author, folklorist.
SRO
A\CPY - The collection comprises sketches, stories and plays of RT of
Crowcombe. Her childhood was spent mostly near Taunton. She was
educated at Bishop Fox's School in Taunton, Harrow School of Art, and
The London College of Music. She ran a Children's Theatre for fifty years
and became a Director of the Folk Theatre at Crowcombe. She wrote a
number of books relating to folk songs including 'The Chime Child',
published in 1967.
TREBY FAMILY
Of Goodamoor House, Plympton.
PWDRO
864/15 – Diary 1830-35 and poems 1835-43
2607/11 – ‘The Compton Choralia and other poems’(n.d., 19 th century).

SYLVIA WARNER TOWNSEND (1893-1978)
DCM
Correspondence, papers, diaries, notebooks
THERESA VILLIERS
PWDRO
1259/2/588 – Letter, 18 July 1801, giving first impressions of Bath, and
outlining local debates concerning Hannah More.
JOHN WALL (1855-1915)
Poet of Bristol. One of the ‘Socialist poets’. Wrote under penname Mervyn
Dauncey.
BRO
37866 – 142 files, MS poems, prose, essays. JW wrote on all available
pieces of paper, therefore the ‘scrap-paper’ content is interesting.
ROBERT WALLING (1869-1949)
Author
PWDRO
Acc261 – Correspondence and papers, 1891-1943
ALEXANDER WAUGH (1898-1981)
CSL
Correspondence and papers. MS of “Loom of Youth”.

REBECCA WEST (1892-1983) (CICILY FAIRFIELD)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
JOHN ‘JAN’ MILLS WHITHAM (1883 – 1956)
EUL
MS 38 - papers and manuscripts of his published and unpublished works,
1910-c 1945. 4 boxes.
ALFRED WILLIAMS (1877-1930)
Early 20 th century Wilts. author and poet.
WSA
2598 – lit. MSS, poems, letters, notes and papers. 78 files. Sonnets,
poems. Typescript of ‘Rhymes of the Forge’ – unpublished. Collection of
Indian poems. A verse play – unpublished. Salisbury sonnets –
unpublished.
RAYMOND WILLIAMS (1921-1988)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960
HENRY WILLIAMSON (1895-1977)
EUL
MS 43 - literary manuscripts, typescripts and proofs; correspondence with
Royal Society of Literature, c 1920-1960. The collection represents all the
known manuscripts and typescripts of Henry Williamson's work, including
a number of proofs. 67 boxes.

MS 78 - letter to Robert McKeown relating to war novels, Nov 1961.
MS 126 - correspondence with Charles Tunnicliffe (1901-1979), painter
and illustrator, 1932-1977.
MS 239 - letters to Stuart Petre Brodie Mais (1885-1975), writer and
broadcaster, 1929-1938.
See also Williamson Society archives:
MS 71 - Annabel Cash: letters and papers relating to Henry Williamson
(1895-1977), novelist, 1969-1973.
MS 74 - Assorted papers relating to Henry Williamson (1895-1977),
novelist, including order of service for his funeral, photocopied letters and
photocopy of family Bible, 1977.
MS 91 - Father Brocard Sewell (1912-2000), friar and editor:
correspondence with Henry Williamson (1895-1977), novelist, 1957-1975.
MS 106 - Henry Williamson (1895-1977), novelist: letters to Eric and
Kathleen Watkins, 1936-1974.
MS 111 - Henry Williamson (1895-1977), novelist: letters to Joyce
Wright, with some newscuttings, 1953-1960.
MS 282 - Annabel Cash, friend of Henry Williamson: letters to the
Membership Secretary, Henry Williamson Society, 1984-1996.
WSA
3512 – 39 letters and postcards to F.J. Gay, secretary of the Richard
Jefferies Society,1958-1971.
JOHN WOLCOT (1738- 1819), pseudo. PETER PINDAR
Poet.
CRO
NRA 5235 – letters and poems.
WSL
S820.2/PIN – MSS poems, notebook, verses.

LEONARD WOOLF (1880-1969)
BU
DM1679 – correspondence and statements relating to the trial of ‘Lady
Chatterley’s Lover’, 1960.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770-1850)
BRO
32688/299 – Letter from WW to J.Reynolds, written from Rydal Mount, 17
June 1827, declining to associate himself with periodical publications, and
to comply with Reynold’s request.
WILLIAM WYCHERLY (1641-1716)
LH
Portland Papers Vol. XIII – 13 letters to Alexander Pope, 1707-1710
CHARLOTTE MARY YONGE (1823-1901)
Prolific author, wrote about 120 books including novels, school manuals,
biographies.
PWDRO
1092 – 48 files of letters (1839-1899).
308/345 – Pamphlet, section of her novel ‘Heartsease’. Not part of
original novel, although written at same time as rest of novel.
EDWARD YOUNG (1683-1765)
LH
PO – letters to Lady Portland, 1740-65

ROBERT YOUNG
Dorset dialect poet.
DHC
PE/BE/MI 5/4 – Printed poems, 1814. Newspaper cuttings about Young.