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Derek Stanford papers

Collection   1980-001

Dates:  1965-1968, undated.

Extent:  (1 box).

Level of Description:  Item level.

Name of creator(s):  Derek Stanford.

Date of creation:  Undetermined.

Scope and Content:   Consists of 12 handwritten and typed letters between Derek Stanford and Michel Remy (who was writing a thesis on David Gascoyne at that time), the Poetry Society, and The Scotsman Magazine.  Also included are handwritten, typed and carbon copy typed drafts of various essays and articles written by Derek Stanford about David Gascoyne, a well as Stanford's unpublished autobiography, The Pumpkin Tree.

Administrative/Biographical History: 

Access and Copyright:

Language and Scripts:  English.

Finding aid/Inventory:  Finding aid is available online.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition:   Purchased from Stanley Noble sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s.

Date(s) of description:   Milissa  Burkart, Jun 1993.

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Inventory
  Correspondence    
1:1 Scotsman Magazine, The to Derek Stanford:

Typed and signed letter requesting an 800 word interview with David Gascoyne, 22 Jul 1965, 1s.

    
  Poetry Society, The to Derek Stanford:

2 typed and signed letters, 1966.  Includes a program for a society poetry reading in which David Gascoyne took part with Derek Stanford as Society Chair. 

    
  Remy, Michel to and from Derek Stanford:

9 handwritten and signed letter, 1967-1968.  In reference to Reny's writing of a thesis on Gascoyne.

    
  Writings    
1:2 "David Gascoyne:  Poet of Crisis."  Typed and signed essay with handwritten revisions and notes.  Published in Poetry Quarterly, 11p.  No date.
 		    
1:3 "David Gascoyne:  A Portrait."  Carbon copy typed essay, published in The Scotsman, 3p.  No date.
 		    
1:4 "David Gascoyne:  A Retrospective Review."  Typed and signed article with handwritten revisions, 9p, with handwritten note by Derek Stanford attached, which reads:

"This was part of a much longer essay for which I was paid ₤100.  The article was written and commissioned for the magazine, Ramparts, but before my piece could appear the editor left, and as far as I know, the article was never published."

    
1:5 "David Gascoyne:  A Spiritual Itinerary."  Typed and signed essay, a different version than the one published, with handwritten revisions.  Published in The Month, 23p.  No date.    
1:6 "Gascoyne In Retrospect."  Typed and signed essay with handwritten revisions.  Published in Poetry Review, 12p.  Winter 1965.    
1:7 "Notes For Two Lectures On David Gascoyne."  Handwritten notes in a manuscript notebook, regarding lectures delivered at the City Literary Institute, Mar 1965.    
1:8 "On Being Thirty-Five."  Carbon copy typed essay, 16p.    
 

1:9

 "The Pumpkin Tree:  An Autobiography."

Typed foreword with handwritten revisions, 3p.

Typed draft, another version, 1p.

    
1:10

Carbon copy typed and signed draft with handwritten revisions and notes, written between Feb through July 1963.

pi-iv, 1-203 with 5p postscript.

    
1:11 Folder in which the manuscript was found bearing extensive handwritten notes.    
  Envelope which contained various manuscripts bearing extensive handwritten notes.    
 
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