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Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Hill

1940s-2016

This collection represents the archives of the poet Geoffrey Hill. The archive comprises items relating to Hill's poetry from the late 1940s to 2016, in addition to items relating to his critical work...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c/Hill/1

1953-2007

This subfonds comprises items relating to published collections of Geoffrey Hill's poetry, covering the period from prior to the publication of his first major collection, 'For the Unfallen' (1959) to...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Hill/2

c.1948-2005

This subfonds comprises items relating to the creation and development of Geoffrey Hill's poems. It includes 68 notebooks used for recording imagery and drafting poems; and 6 files of poem drafts, fra...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Hill/4

c.1952-2008

This subfonds comprises papers relating to Geoffrey Hill's critical writing and lectures. This generally does not include teaching lectures (these can generally be found in subfonds BC MS 20c Hill/5),...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Hill/5

c.1953-2005

This subfonds comprises items chiefly relating to Hill's teaching at the Universities of Leeds, Cambridge and Boston. As such, it includes the texts of lectures and lecture notes; but also includes it...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Hill/6

1951-2007

This subfonds is comprised chiefly of correspondence sent to Geoffrey Hill, but also includes some of his cc replies. The letters include correspondence with publishers, in particular André Deutsch a...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Hill/7

1963-2008

Copies of recordings on audiocassette, compact disc and videocassette of poetry readings and radio broadcasts by or featuring Geoffrey Hill and his work.

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Hill/8

1929-2006

Personal and miscellaneous items relating to Geoffrey Hill, including items relating to his time as a pupil at Bromsgrove County High School, clippings and other items collected by Hill relating to Br...

Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Hill/3

1975-1996

Archive Series:
BC MS 20c Hill/1/1

1953-1959

This series comprises of papers relating to Geoffrey Hill's first published volume of poems, 'For the Unfallen' (1959). Includes drafts and copies of poems published in the collection, and reviews.

Archive Series:
BC MS 20c Hill/1/2

1964

This series comprises of papers relating to Geoffrey Hill's Northern House pamphlet Preghiere, published in 1964. The pamphlet contains 8 poems, all of which were subsequently published in King Log (1...

Archive Series:
BC MS 20c Hill/1/3

1968

This series comprises of a single file containing reviews of Geoffrey Hill's 'King Log.' Includes a typescript draft of the poem History as Poetry with ms revisions; a photocopied review from an unide...