Peter Redgrove Archive
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Peter Redgrove Archive
Classmark: BC MS 20c Redgrove
Creator(s): Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)()
Date(s): 1961 - 13 Dec 1987
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 boxes; 12 files
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/8531
Collection group(s): Leeds Poetry | English Literature
Description
This collection comprises autograph manuscript notebooks, scrapbooks and other literary papers of the poet Peter Redgrove. Includes proofs and example of published works, papers relating to a student writing seminar, and notebooks and scrapbooks containing ms and typescript poem drafts and photographs.
Additional material added to collection November 2017: Correspondence [BC MS 20c Redgrove/5].
Biography or history
Peter Redgrove, poet, novelist, and dramatist, was born at Kingston upon Thames, Surrey on 2 January 1932. He attended Taunton School, and went on to read Natural Sciences at Queens College, Cambridge. During his time in Cambridge, he founded the student literary magazine Delta, which published early works by Ted Hughes and ran for some 20 years. He also became involved in 'The Group,' a cluster of poets brought together under the aegis of Philip Hobsbaum. From 1962 to 1965 was the sixth poet to become a Gregory Fellow at Leeds.
Provenance
Purchased partly from the author, 10 December 1962, 24 October 1963 and 20 May 1965; partly from the Arts Council of Great Britain, 18 June 1976; and partly from Colin Huggett in December 1994.
System of arrangement
This collection is arranged into the following subfonds (sub-collections): Poetry Collections and Published Poems Notebooks Fiction Appointments (Gregory Fellowship)
Access and usage
Reproduction
Access
This collection is subject to various access conditions. Please see individual catalogue descriptions for further details on access.
Material in this collection is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study within the terms of copyright legislation. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.
On our website
Profile: Peter Redgrove
A biography of Peter Redgrove a Gregory Fellowship Poet at the University of Leeds. He held the post between 1962-1965.