Finding Aid
Correspondence - Incoming. -- 1950-1981. -- 1.125 m of textual records. -- Title based on content of series. -- Approximately 4,000 letters, arranged alphabetically.
Box 1
F.1-2 Unidentified; general "A" - general "Br".
Box 2
F.1-8 Vera Brittain - George Catlin.
Box 3
F.1-10 George Catlin - general "Dy".
Box 4
F.1-9 General "E" - general "I".
Box 5
F.1-6 General "J" - general "Mi".
Box 6
F.1-8 General "Mo" - general "Pr".
Box 7
F.1-8 General "R" - general "S".
Box 8
F.1-17 General "S" - general "W".
Box 9
F.1-24 Waddington-Feather - Zahedi.
Correspondence - Outgoing. -- 1950-1981. -- 1 m of textual records. -- Title based on content of series. -- Approximately 4,000 letters, arranged chronologically.
Box 10
F.1-27 1950 - Dec. 1966.
Box 11
F.1-9 Jan. 1967 - Sept. 1967.
Box 12
F.1-8 Oct.1967 - May 1968.
Box 13
F.1-9 June 1968 - Feb. 1969.
Box 14
F.1-15 Mar. 1969 - May 1970.
Box 15
F.1-10 June 1970 - Mar. 1971.
Box 16
F.1-19 Apr.1971 - Oct. 1972.
Box 17
F.1-27 Nov.1972 - 1981.
Publications. -- 1963-1980. -- .25 m of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 18
F.1 Authors of Wales Today. ts. draft.
F.2 Berkshire, Hampshire and Wiltshire Authors Today. Preface, ts. draft.
F.3 Bibliography of Iran. Ts. draft.
F.4 Bibliography of Monaco. Ts. draft.
F.5 Cheshire, Derbyshire & Staffordshire Authors Today. Page proofs.
F.6 Cecil Day-Lewis Bibliography. Ts. draft.
F.7 Devon, Dorset and Somerset Authors Today. Preface, ts. draft.
F.8 The Blue Book. St James Press (1970). Sample book cover.
F.9 Dictionary of International Biography. Misc. ts. notes.
F.10 Graceful Algarve. Ts. draft.
F.11 International Who's Who. Ts. draft. Incomplete.
F.12 Kent Authors Today. Galleys.
F.13 Kent Authors Today. Uncorrected book-proof.
F.14 Lancashire Authors Today. Printer's proofs.
F.15 Lancashire Authors Today. Corrected galleys.
F.16 My Chelsea. Ts. draft.
F.17 Old Geneva. Ts. draft.
F.18 Periodical. Ts. draft.
F.19 Pogg. Colibri Press (1980). 2 copies; 1 clipping.
F.20 The Royal Blue Book. St. James Press (1971). Contracts; Preface, ts. draft.
F.21 Scottish Authors Today. Page proofs.
F.22 Some reflections upon Poets Laureate. Ts. draft.
F.23 Sussex Authors Today. Galley proofs.
F.24 Sussex Authors Today. Page proofs.
Box 19
F.1 Welsh Authors Today. Page proofs.
F.2 Yorkshire Authors Today. Galley.
F.3 Poetry and Music. Unidentified authorship. Tss. drafts.
F.4 Who'll Wed Cock Robin? Words by Geoffrey Hall for S.A.T.B. Quartet or Chorus with simple piano accompaniment consisting of traditional and new settings by Edith Bahurst in collaboration with Geoffrey Handley-Taylor. Hinrichsen, No.317a; Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes and Poetry for Children [an exhibition catalogue which mentions this work].
F.5 Well Known old English Airs from The Beggar's Opera, adapted, arranged and edited for schools and ladies' choirs (S.A. and S.S.A.) with simple piano accompaniment Edith Bahurst [with] introductory note by Geoffrey Handley-Taylor. Hinrichsen, No.1728.
F.6-7 Musical Epitaphery. Ts., ms. and research material.
F.8 Arnold Bennett Society speech. Ts. draft.
F.9 Nursery Rhyme Reform speech. Ms. draft; Newspaper clipping.
F.10 St. Andrew's Society Toast. Ts. draft.
F.11 Letters to the Press. Misc. newspaper clippings G. H-T. letters' in print.
F.12 Publications. Ts. list of County Authors series; Misc. publisher's notices of G. H-T. works and collaborations; Misc. samples of book covers.
F.13-14Publisher's Announcements.
F.15 Geoffrey Handley-Taylor Limited. Memorandum and Articles of Association. 12 Feb. 1963.
F.16 St. James Press Limited publication pamphlets for 1968-1969.
F.17 St. James Press Limited. Agreement to publish International Who's Who in Poetry. 1968.
F.18 Colin Smythe Limited. Agreement to publish For God's Sake Go by George Catlin. 1971.
F.19 Pergamon Press Limited. Agreement to publish The Grandeur of England and the Atlantic Community by George Catlin. 1965.
F.20 St. James Press Limited publication pamphlet for Contemporary Writers of the English Language. 1972-1973.
Subject Files. --[19-]. -- .125 m of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 20
F.1 Arnold Bennett. Centenary programmes; dinner programmes.
F.2 Sir John Betjeman. Ts. draft of article about him.
F.3 Vera Brittain. Ts. draft of bibliography; ts. draft letter re: Vera Brittain portrait; Samples of book covers of Vera Brittain's books; Misc. news and magazine clippings.
F.4 Lord Byron Memorial. Misc. clippings.
F.5 Sir George Catlin. Misc. notes; article, Revolution in Education; last chapter of autobiography, Against the Break-up.
F.6-7 C. Day-Lewis. Bibliographies; News clippings.
F.8 Winifred Holtby. Bibliographies; copy of Memorial Exhibition catalogue; copy of Holtby Memorial order of service; Publisher's notices; News clippings.
F.9-10 Winifred Holtby Memorial Collection, Fisk University Library, Special Collections. Correspondence; Ts. draft of introduction to Holtby catalogue; Fisk Univ. published finding aid.; misc. material.
F.11 Lou LuTour. News and magazine clippings.
F.12 Philippines. A Memoir of His Excellency Ferdinand E. Marcos, by Jose D. Aspiras, Press Secretary of the Republic of the Philippines; The Philippine Republic - Key to Asia, by Kenneth V. Lottich.
F.13 John Masefield. Memorial articles; memorial programmes; news and magazine clippings; photographs; portrait.
F.14 Cyril Bertram Rota. Memorial notice; acknowledgement of condolence.
F.15 William Kean Seymour. Clippings; book cover; signed copy of Jonathan Swift: The Enigma of a Genius.
F.16 John Webley. Clippings; church memorial order of service; photographs.
F.17 Godfrey Winn. Clippings; church memorial order of service.
F.18 Marvin Davis Winsett. Clippings; signed copy of Some Uses of Words; photograph.
F.19 George Wood. Clippings; Diamond Jubilee programme of performance in his honour.
F.20 John Woodward. Facs. of ms. draft poems.
Publications produced and/or signed by others. -- 1956-1973. -- .125 m of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 21
F.1 Edwards, A. Trystan. Ms. and ts. draft of The General Service World Map: Mercator Disciplined. [see George Catlin, Box 20, F.5].
F.2 Fuller, Jean Overton. African Violets. 1969.
F.3 Kisor, Henry. "At home with the Sage of Moberly",Panorama - Chicago Daily News. Sat.-Sun. Aug. 18-19, 1973.pp.1-3. Art-Article about, and signed by, Jack Conroy.
F.4 Booth, Martin, ed. Sigma 1967. Signed.
F.5 Fried, Lewis. "Conversation with Jack Conroy", New Letters: A Continuation of the University Review. Vol.39(Number 1), Fall 1972. pp. pp.41-59.
F.6 Conroy, Jack. "Home to Moberly", reprinted from Missouri Library Association Quarterly. March 1968. pp.40-51. Signed.
F.7 Edwards, A. Trystan. Merthyr Tydfil, The Brecon Beacons and North East Glamorgan: A Plea for the retention of County Borough Status of Merthyr Tydfil, the old industrial Capital of Wales.
F.8 Commission Internationale pour Une Histoire du Developpement Scientifique et Culturel de L'Humanite. Cahiers D'Histoire Mondiale. Vol.IX(No.3), 1966.[off print].
F.9 Bradford, Rev. Edwin Emmanuel. Boris Orloff, A Christmas Yarn. Stoke Ferry, Norfolk: Daedalus Press. Signed.
F.10 Dewhirst, Ian. Scar Top and other poems. Keighley, England: Mantissa Press (1968). Signed.
F.11 Day-Lewis, Cecil. A Need for Poetry. Hull, Yorkshire: University of Hull (1968); Springford, Paul, and Mackay, Duncan. "C. Day-Lewis Interview", Impulse. Number One, December 1967. pp.21-28.
F.12 Fellows, Malcolm Stuart, ed. "Behind the Wheel", Red Lion Plays. Number 7. London: Cassell (1968). Signed.
F.13 The Dumasian. Number 3, Autumn 1956; Number 6, December 1957. [G. H-T. is Hon. General Secretary for 1956].
F.14 Forshaw, David. Stephen and other Poems. (1969). Signed.
F.15 Blackwell, Basil. The First Jackson Knight Memorial Lecture; Letters in the New Age, Delivered at the University of Exeter, 8th March 1968. Abingdon-On-Thames: The Abbey Press (1968). Signed "...from William Exeter, 21 June 1969".
F.16 Angus-Butterworth, Lionel M. "Colonel Henry Butterworth, F.S.A. and Joseph Butterworth, M.P.", Belfield Papers. No.1, 1972. Signed.
F.17 Angus-Butterworth, Lionel M. Poems. Manchester: The Shetland Times (1973).
Clippings. -- [19-]. -- .125 m of textual records.
This series contains information relating the G. H-T.'s bibliographic projects, poetry, and general literature. Series includes magazine and newspaper clippings, publishers announcements, some programmes, some invitations, other ephemera.
Box 22
F.1-8 Clippings.
Associations. -- 1956-1973. -- .27 m of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 23
F.1 Geneva Arts Club. [Bulletins, 1967-1968?].
F.2 The Lancashire Authors Association. Misc. notes, receipts, newsletters, news clippings. 1956-1973.
F.3 The Lancashire Authors Association. The Record. Dec. 1965, No.207 (June 1966)-No.208 (Sept. 1966), No.211 (June 1967)-219 (June 1969), No.221 (December 1969)-No.236 (Sept. 1973).
F.4 The Masonic Lodge. Annuntio Chapter No.55339. Lodge dinner menus, 1968-1970; duty service programmes, Nov.1967-Mar.1973; convocation service programmes, May 1970-Apr.1973.
F.5 National Book League. Clippings; sales catalogue; minutes. 1966-1969.
F.6 National Liberal Club. Minutes; financial statement; annual report; AGM minutes; Rules and By-laws. 1965-1971.
F.7 Royal Society of Literature. Corres.; AGM minutes; lecture invitations. 1966-1974.
F.8 Royal Society of Literature. Reports and List of Fellows and Members. 1967-68 and 1968-69, 1969-70 and 1970-71, 1971-72 and 1972-73; Constitution and Byelaws [sic.], New Issue 1970.
F.9 St. Paul's Church. Clippings; order of service programmes; memorial service programmes; performance programmes; invitations. 1966-1969.
F.10 Society of Genealogists. Annual reports. 1966-1973.
Box 24
F.1 Poetry Society. General. 1965-1968.
F.2 Poetry Society. Alice Hunt Bartlett Award. 1967.
F.3 Poetry Society. Kraus Reprint Corporation. 1967.
F.4 Poetry Society. General Secretary. 1967-1968.
F.5 Poetry Society. Treasurer. 1967-1968.
F.6 Poetry Society. Council Meetings. 1967.
F.7 Poetry Society. Executive & Management Committee. 1967.
F.8 Poetry Society. Poetry Review. 1967.
F.9 Poetry Society. Public Speaking Examination Sub-Committee. 1967-1968.
F.10 Poetry Society. Notices-general. 1967-1968.
F.11 Poetry Society. Chairmanship - resignation. 18 May 1968.
F.12 Poetry Society. Annual Luncheon. 4 May 1968.
F.13 Poetry Society. 59th Annual General Meeting. 18 May 1968.
F.14 Poetry Society. Certificate of Membership. 1966.
F.15 Poetry Society. Poetry Day. 1967.
Personal. -- 1947-1981. -- .155 m of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
Box 25
F.1 Press Cuttings. 1947-1973.
F.2-3 Invitations. 1966-1973.
F.4 Travel receipts. 1968.
F.5 Geoffrey Handley-Taylor. Misc. corres. re: various publishing activities. 1966-1981.
F.6 Personal items: hand-drawn map of his neighbourhood in ca.1924; Photo-Facs. of diploma from the Academia di Filologia Classica, 1968; Birth certificate, 25th April 1920.
F.7 Astroanalysis for Geoffrey Handley-Taylor by Julia L. Parker. Nov.1967.
Box 26
F.1 Accademia di Poesia Diploma. 1965.
F.2 Academie Francaise de la Poesie Diplome. 15 March 1966.
F.3 Family. Correspondence; Father's diary. 1963-1964.
Photographs. --[1916?]-1973. -- .105 m of graphic material. -- Title based on content of series.
F.4 Family and G. H-T. 18 photographs.
F.5 Publishing related. 23 photographs including: 2-Malcolm Dockeray, 1967-1968; 1-Fraser Drew, 1973; Virginia M. Eldin [daughter of Arnold Bennett], 1967; 7-Allen Ginsberg, American "beat" poet, gathering, 2 Sept. 1967; 2 negatives of Horsforth family, ca. 1920; G. H-T. at Max Hinrichsen reception, July 1965; 4-Coronation of the Shah of Iran, Oct. 1967; 2-John Betjeman, Dec. 1967; 3-George Catlin marriage to Delinda Gates, Apr.1971; 3-Joan Pomfret (Mrs. Douglas C. Townsend)n.d., 1972; Douglas C. Townsend; 2-Terrence O'Neil, 1968, 1971.
F.6 Publishing. 8 photographs including: 6-Wedding of Ernest Kay and Julia Webley, 1972; Alice Bass, ca.1916.
F.7 Publishing. 20 photographs including: 5-Mr. Charles A. Wagner, Aug. 1967; 2-Sir William Cocker, at the Philippine Embassy, Sept. 1965; Rose Bowl awarded G. H-T., 1967; Lancashire Authors Association Annual Trophy; 6-Sir Leslie Scarman, et al, St. Paul's, Covent Garden, Garden Fete, 29 June 1968, plus newspaper clipping; 4-Vera Brittain, et al, on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of Winifred Holtby's death.
F.8 Publishing. 37 photographs including: John Woodward, 1969; 5-Tom Moult; Prebendary Clarence May, St. Paul's, Covent Garden, 1966; Anne Lewis-Smith; 2-Poetry Society's Diamond Jubilee Poetry Exhibition, 1969; 14-G. H-T., 1965-67; 2-Malcolm Dockeray and Adrian J. Merrett, 1966; 4-Joan Pomfret and Molly Davison.
F.9 Family. 6 photographs of G. H-T. and relatives.
