Mainly Harold Owen's incoming correspondence, 1967-1971.

Title

Mainly Harold Owen's incoming correspondence, 1967-1971.

Shelfmark

MS. 12282/7

Summary

Includes original folder labelled by Harold Owen as 'Correspondence for attention from 7th May 1969 * with required addresses to keep', and list of items by Dominic Hibberd.

Comprises:

Folder 1 (Former reference: Box 1-4:14, folder 1). Folder 1 includes previous folder labelled by Dominic Hibberd as 'Current Work * Aftermath', and his list of items:

Item 1 letter from Jennifer Raybould to Harold Owen, 5 Jun 1969. Concerning Oxford University Press permissions.

Item 2 letter from Josephine M. Stevinson to Harold Owen, 8 Jun 1969. Personal letter.

Item 3 letter from JWD Hibberd to Harold Owen, 10 Jun 1969. Personal letter.

Item 4 receipt from Jaeger to Harold Owen, 13 Jun 1969

Item 4a receipt from NJ Hayward Chemists, 13 Jun 1969

Item 5 letter from Michael Moynihan to Harold Owen, 8 Jul 1969. Concerning an article for the Sunday Times. With annotations by Harold Owen.

Item 6 letter from Michael Moynihan to Harold Owen, 14 Jul 1969. Concerning a meeting.

Item 7 letter from John Bell to Harold Owen, 21 Jul 1969. From Oxford University Press, concerning a possible error in Journey from Obscurity.

Item 8 letter from Jon Stallworthy to Harold Owen, 21 Jul 1969. Concerning a meeting.

Items 9-10 letter from Eric Gillett to Harold Owen, 23 Jul 1969. Personal letter.

Item 10a envelope for 9-10

Item 11 subscription reminder from the Society of Authors, n.d.

Item 12 press cutting, n.d. Advertisement entitled 'The Genius of Michelangelo'.

Item 13 envelope addressed to Harold Owen, from Department of English, San Fernando Valley State College, n.d. Letter missing.

Item 14a, notebook sheet used by Harold Owen, n.d. Entitled 'Eye Costs'.

Item 14b, notebook sheet used by Harold Owen, n.d. To-do list.

Item 14c notebook sheet used by Harold Owen, n.d. Addresses.

Folder 2 (Former reference: Box 1-4:14, folder 2):

Item 1 press cutting from The Listener, 9 Nov 1967. Letter about Britten's 'War Requiem'.

Item 2 letter from Annie G Phillips to Harold Owen, 19 Oct 1967. Concerning a braille transcription of CL.

Items 3-4 letter from Mrs HK Jones to Harold Owen, 11 Dec 1967. Personal letter.

Item 5 letter from Ceinwen James to Harold Owen, 16 Apr 1968. Personal letter.

Item 6 letter from Sister Stella Francis to Harold Owen, 15 Jul 1968. Personal letter.

Item 7 letter from LW Taylor to Harold Owen, 12 Sep 1968. From Oxford University Press concerning copies of Journey from Obscurity.

Items 8-10 letter from Sister Stella Francis to Harold Owen, 8 Nov 1968. Personal letter.

Item 11 letter from Guy Blaker to Harold Owen, 4 Dec 1968. From Mercer & Blaker Solicitors, concerning Harold Owen's will.

Item 12-3 fragment of letter with telephone and address, but name missing, 21 Dec 1968

Item 14 letter from Elizabeth James to Harold Owen, 23 Dec 1968. Personal letter.

Item 15 letter from Carol Bourne of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 24 Dec 1968. Concerning her resignation.

Item 16 Twayne Publishers Winter Books 1968-9. 20 leaves.

Item 17 letter from Dr Bernard Jones to Harold Owen, 10 Jan 1969. Personal letter.

Item 18 'The Chanceful Season (Poems from Dorset)' by Bernard Jones. 10 leaves.

Items 19-21 letter from Agnes Pettet to Harold Owen, 21 Jan 1969. Personal letter.

Items 22-3 letter from HM Hughes to Harold Owen, 21 Jan 1969. Personal letter.

Item 24 letter from HM Hughes to Harold Owen, 11 Feb 1969. Personal letter.

Item 25 letter from Neena Krauss to Harold Owen, 19 March 1969. Personal letter.

Item 26 letter from AH Sagar of the British Council to Harold Owen, 8 Apr 1969. Concerning reproduction of a photograph.

Item 27 letter from Robert Nye to Harold Owen, 17 Apr 1969. Personal letter.

Item 28 letter from Michael G Benton to Harold Owen, 24 Apr 1969. Concerning reproduction of 'Anthem For Doomed Youth' in a school anthology.

Item 29 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery, 7 May 1969. Concerning photographs of Wilfred Owen.

Item 30 envelope addressed to Harold Owen, dated 19 May 1969. Letter missing.

Item 31 letter from Michael G Benton to Phyllis Owen, 23 May 1969. Concerning reproduction of 'Anthem For Doomed Youth' in a school anthology.

Item 32 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 3 Jun 1969. Contains list of desired photographs for display.

Item 33 letter from Evelyn M Tugwell to Harold Owen, 10 Sep 1969. Personal letter.

Item 34 letter from JWD Hibberd to Harold Owen, 17 Jun 1969. Personal letter.

Items 35-6 letter from Colin Owen to Harold Owen, 23 Jun 1969. Personal letter.

Items 37-9 autobiographical notes by Colin Owen, n.d. Annotated by Harold Owen.

Item 40 postcard from Mrs AG Bird to Harold Owen, 1 Jul 1969. Personal.

Item 41 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 3 Jul 1969. Confirming safe arrival of photographs.

Item 42 postcard from Roland Bouyssou to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 24 Jul 1969. Personal.

Item 43 letter from John [Bell] of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 6 Aug 1969. Concerning copies of the periodical.

Item 44 letter from Philip [Knowling?] to Harold Owen, 12 Aug 1969.

Item 44a envelope for 44

Item 45 letter from John [Bell] of Oxford University Press, 19 Aug 1969, Concerning re-ordering of letters.

Item 46 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 20 Aug 1969. Concerning Harold Owen's annotations on photographs.

Item 47 letter from Marjorie [?] to Phyllis Owen and Harold Owen, 25 Aug 1969. Personal letter.

Item 48 letter from Annie G. Phillips to Harold Owen, 26 Aug 1969. Confirming completion of braille transcription of Collected Letters.

Item 49 letter from JWD Hibberd to Harold Owen, 31 Aug 1969. Personal letter.

Item 50 letter from Chairman of the RNVR Officers' Association to Harold Owen, Sep 1969. Concerning change to name of Association clubhouse.

Item 51 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 2 Sep 1969. Concerning extra copy of a photograph.

Item 52 letter from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 3 Sep 1969. Concerning value of an early edition book.

Item 53 letter from Arthur Ball to Harold Owen, 3 Sep 1969. Concerning possible error in Collected Letters.

Item 54 letter from Michael Moynihan to Harold Owen, 6 Sep 1969. Concerning copy of article for the Sunday Times.

Items 55-67 typescript of article for the Sunday Times by Michael Moynihan, [6 Sep 1969]. 13 leaves.

Item 68 letter from Robin Gibson of National Portrait Gallery to Harold Owen, 9 Sep 1969. Concerning a missed phone call. TS with note in ink by Gibson.

Item 69 letter from Sotheby & Co. to Phyllis Owen, 12 Sep 1969. Concerning arrangements for a meeting.

Item 69a envelope for item 19

Item 70 letter from Elizabeth James to Harold Owen, 15 Sep 1969. Personal letter.

Item 71 letter from Arthur Ball to Harold Owen, 17 Sep 1969. Concerning possible error in Collected Letters.

Item 72 letter from Pamela [Bell] to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 21 Sep 1969. Personal letter.

Item 73 letter from WR Benest of Garrard & Co. to Harold Owen, 6 Oct 1969. Concerning repairs of a clock.

Items 74-77 obituary of Elspeth Mary Silvey (16 Dec 1906-10 Oct 1968) by RJES, 10 Oct 1969. 5 leaves.

Item 78 receipt from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 14 Oct 1969. Concerning receipt of 'quantity of letters'.

Item 78a envelope for item 78

Item 79 letter from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 17 Oct 1969. Explaining form authorising sale of property.

Item 80 letter from Laurence Irving to Harold Owen, 21 Oct 1969. Personal letter.

Items 81-2 letter from Ann Brassey to Harold Owen, 27 Oct 1969. Personal letter.

Item 83 letter from Annie G Phillips to Harold Owen, 2 Nov 1969. Personal letter.

Item 84 letter from Barbara Hudson to Harold Owen, 2 Nov 1969. Personal letter.

Items 85-6 letter from Mrs Kathleen Mary Swaine to Harold Owen, 2 Nov 1969. Personal letter.

Item 87 press cutting from Sunday Nation, 2 Nov 1969. Contains an interview with Colin Owen.

Item 88 letter from Guido Cassale to Harold Owen, 3 Nov 1969. Requesting permission to photocopy Wilfred Owen MSS for a thesis.

Item 88a envelope for item 88

Item 89 press cutting from Canadian newspaper, [early Nov 1969]. Contains advertisement for performance of Britten's 'War Requiem'.

Item 90 press cutting from Canadian newspaper, 12 Nov 1969. Contains review of performance advertised in item 89.

Item 91 press cutting from Toronto Daily Star, 12 Nov 1969. Contains review of performance advertised in item 89, entitled 'War Requiem was all right but gut eloquence lacking'.

Item 92 note by Harold Owen of the date, '12th November 1969'

Item 93 letter from Guido Cassale to Harold Owen, 13 Nov 1969. Contains thanks for permission to make photocopies of Wilfred Owen MSS.

Item 94 press cutting from the Weston Mercury, 14 Nov 1969. Contains advertisement for a play based on Wilfred Owen's 'Anthem for Doomed Youth'.

Item 95 letter from Kathleen M Swaine to Harold Owen, 14 Nov 1969. Personal letter.

Item 96 letter from Laurence Irving to Harold Owen, 15 Nov 1969. Personal letter.

Item 97 press cutting from The Birmingham Post, 19 Nov 1969. Concerning a plaque to honour Wilfred Owen.

Item 97a envelope for item 97

Items 98-100 letter from Mrs Celia [Davies] to Harold Owen, 19 Nov 1969. Personal letter.

Item 100a envelope for 98-100

Item 101 letter from John [Bell] of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 21 Nov 1969. Concerning correspondence from Mr H Massy.

Item 102 letter from Annie G Phillips to Harold Owen, 22 Nov 1969. Personal letter.

Item 103 letter from Jon [Stallworthy] of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 24 Nov 1969. Explaining attached documents (104 and 105).

Item 104 letter from Jon [Stallworthy] to Robert Gittings (copy), 24 Nov 1969. Passing on message of thanks from Harold Owen.

Item 105 article 'WB Yeats and Wilfred Owen' by Jon Stallworthy, n.d. 20 leaves, lightly annotated by Stallworthy and Harold Owen.

Folder 3 (Former reference: Box 1-4:14, folder 2):

Item 106 letter from D Ellingham of Jaeger to Harold Owen, 24 November 1969. Concerning out-of-stock items.

Item 107 letter from Guido Cassale to Harold Owen, 26 Nov 1969. Contains questions about the influence of Welsh upon Harold Owen, and the dating of poems.

Item 108 letter from John H Baker to Harold Owen, 30 Nov 1969. Personal letter. Verso contains contents list of Baker's memoirs.

Item 109 letter from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 3 Dec 1969. Concerning valuation of book collection.

Items 110-111 notes by Harold Owen concerning Sotheby & Co., n.d.

Item 112 letter from John H Baker to Harold Owen, 4 Dec 1969. Contains thanks for ordering his memoirs, outlined in 108.

Item 113 letter from A Boothroyd of Dixley Opticians, 4 Dec 1969. Explains use of medical implement.

Item 114 receipt from John Mattock Ltd., rose growers, to Harold Owen, 6 Dec 1969.

Item 115 letter from A Boothroyd of Dixley Opticians to Harold Owen, 8 Dec 1969. Concerning new spectacles.

Item 116 notice of sale from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen, 11 Dec 1969. Concerns sale mentioned in 109.

Item 116a envelope for 116

Items 117-8 letter from Allen [Freer] to Harold Owen, 28 Dec 1969. Personal letter.

Item 119 letter from Elizabeth [?] to Harold Owen, [Dec 1969]. Personal letter.

Item 120 letter from Ann Brassey to Harold Owen, [Dec 1969]. Personal letter.

Item 121 letter from Professor Sasi Bhusan Das to Harold Owen, 1 Jan 1970. Concerning his research on Wilfred Owen.

Item 122 offprint of 'War and the Poets: III Owen and the German Expressionists', The Calcutta Review, by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d. 12 leaves.

Item 123 offprint of 'War and the Poets', The Calcutta Review, by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d. 9 leaves. Includes introduction and 'I Wilfred Owen', n.d. Note by Das: 'To Mr Harold Owen, With the writer's compliments. SB Das.'

Item 124 article on Sir Herbert Read by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, printed in Bulletin of the Department of English at Calcutta University, n.d. 14 leaves.

Item 125 offprint of 'War and the Poets: VIII Sassoon's Influence and the Satiric Element in Owen's Poetry' by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d. 15 leaves.

Item 126 offprint of 'War and the Poets: V Owen's Religion of Humanity' by Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d. 9 leaves.

Item 127 address of Professor Sasi Bhusan Das, n.d.

Item 128 letter from Richard Morgan to Harold Owen, 5 Jan 1970. Personal letter.

Item 129 letter from Richard Morgan to Harold Owen, 13 Jan 1970. Personal letter.

Items 130-1 letter from Margaret Thomas to Harold Owen, 14 Jan 1970. Concerning difficulty with obtaining a copy of Journey from Obscurity.

Item 132 account statement from Sotheby & Co. to Harold Owen. Contains details of payment due to Harold Owen.

Item 132a envelope for 132

Item 133 letter from LW Taylor of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 16 Jan 1970. Concerning copies to be sent to Margaret Thomas. See 130-1.

Item 133a envelope for 133

Items 134-5 letter from Margaret Thomas to Harold Owen, 17 Jan 1970. Containing thanks for complimentary copies of Journey from Obscurity.

Item 135 (duplicate reference) letter from Allen [Freer] to Harold Owen, 19 Jan 1970. Personal letter.

Items 136-7 letter from D Arey Lee to Harold Owen, 21 Jan 1970. Personal letter.

Item 138 letter from Richard Morgan to Harold Owen, 24 Jan 1970. Personal letter.

Item 139 letter from LJ Hood of the British Council to Harold Owen, 30 Jan 1970. Concerning missing cheque.

Item 140 letter from John [Bell] of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 4 Feb 1970. Concerning Professor Sasi Bhusan Das.

Item 141 letter from Ann Lindsey of Twayne Publishers to Harold Owen, 9 Feb 1970. Concerning Harold Owen's interest in a study of Wilfred Owen by Gertrude M White.

Item 141a envelope for 141

Item 142 letter from OR Sutton of Simpson Piccadilly to Harold Owen, 9 Feb 1970. Concerning exchange of trousers.

Items 143-4 account statement from Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 2 Mar 1970

Item 144a envelope for 143-4

Item 145 letter from Joyce Horn of Oxford University Press to Harold Owen, 4 Mar 1970. Concerning press cutting agencies.

Item 146 letter from Charles Mapleston to Harold Owen, 12 March 1970. Concerning research project and possible meeting.

Item 146a envelope containing 146

Item 147 confirmation of order from General Press Cutting Association Ltd. to Harold Owen, 13 March 1970

Item 147a envelope containing 147

Item 148 letter from John [Bell] to Harold Owen, 17 Mar 1970. Concerning several photographs.

Items 149-50 newsletter from RNVR Officers Association Ltd. to Harold Owen, 19 Mar 1970

Item 150a envelope for 149-50

Item 151 letter from Marjorie [?] to Harold Owen, 5 Apr 1970. Personal letter.

Item 152 letter (extract) by Charles Wesley (copy), 12 Dec 1969. Posted with 151.

Item 153 letter from Ian [Parsons] to Phyllis Owen, 1 May 1970. Personal letter.

Item 154 letter from Ian [Parsons] to Harold Owen, 23 Jun 1970. Explains enclosed copy of letter.

Items 155-7 letter (extract) from David W Burgess to Ian Parsons (copy), 15 Jun 1970. Copy sent with 154. Concerns photographs of Wilfred Owen for a documentary film.

Item 158 letter from Ian Parsons to David W Burgess (copy), 23 Jun 1970. Copy sent with 154. Concerns photographs of Wilfred Owen for a documentary film.

Item 158a envelope for 155-8

Items 159-60 letter from Allen Freer to Harold Owen, 19 Jul 1970. Personal letter

Items 161-2 letter from Jon [Stallworthy] to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 6 Aug 1970. Personal letter.

Item 163 telegram from Stallworthy family to Harold Owen, 30 Sep 1970. Note of congratulations on publication of Aftermath.

Item 164 letter from Colin Owen to Harold Owen, 11 Oct [1970]. Personal letter.

Item 165 letter from John [Bell] to Harold Owen, 18 Oct 1970. Personal letter.

Item 166 letter from David [Posner] to Harold Owen, 10 Dec [1970]. Personal note.

Item 167 letter from Max Schott to Harold Owen, 21 Jun 1971. Personal note.

Item 167a envelope containing 167

Item 168 postcard from Kunio Ohio to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 13 Oct 1971. Personal note.

Items 169-71 letter from Jette and Poul Pedersen to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 9 Sep [1971]. Personal letter.

Item 172 photograph of Poul and Christian Pedersen, Oct 1970

Item 173 photograph of Christian Pedersen, Jul 1971

Item 174 photograph of Jette and Christian Pedersen, Aug 1971

Item 174a envelope containing 169-174

Item 175 postcard from Kunio Ohio to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 19 Sep 1971. Personal note.

Item 176 letter from 'L' [Laurence Irving] to Harold Owen, 22 Sep 1971. Personal letter.

Item 177 letter from Rachel Whittaker to Harold Owen, 19 Oct 1971. Personal letter.

Item 178 letter from Blanche [Bulman] to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, 31 Oct 1971. Personal letter.

Item 179-80 letter from Peter [Owen] to Harold Owen, 8 Nov [1971]. Personal letter.

Item 181 letter and receipt from Violet Sharpe, 15 Nov 1971

Items 182-5 letter from Bunty [Owen] to Harold Owen, 21 [Nov] 1971. Personal letter.

Item 185a envelope for 182-5

Item 186 press cutting from the Belfast Telegraph, 3 Dec 1971. Entitled 'Behind the smile of Roger McGough'.

Item 186a envelope for 186

Item 187 press cutting from Birmingham Evening Mail, 21 Nov 19[?]. Entitled 'Poems that were born in conflict'.

Item 187a envelope for 187

Item 188 MS note of inscription on the Owen home in Monkmoor Rd. With annotations by Harold Owen.

Item 188a envelope for 188

Item 189 letter from Ethan Kapstein to Harold Owen, 25 July [no year]. Concerning access to Wilfred Owen MSS for research.

Item 190 note by Harold Owen of Ethan Kapstein's address.

Item 191 note from David Posner to Harold Owen and Phyllis Owen, n.d. On verso advertisement for 'The Dialogues' by David Posner.

Item 192 draft telegram by Harold Owen, n.d.

Item 193 note by Harold Owen entitled 'Letters to write', n.d.

Items 194-7 notes by Harold Owen, n.d.

Item Item 198 note by Harold Owen of addresses of Moncrieff, Philip Knowling and the Stallworthys, n.d.

Items 199-200 notes by Harold Owen, n.d.

Item 201 note by Harold Owen of address of Bob McRobbins, n.d.

Item 202 note by Harold Owen, n.d.

Item 203 picture from Clare [?] to Harold Owen, n.d.

Item 204 picture from Rose [?] to Harold Owen, n.d.

Item 205 label from Thaine Electrical Appliances, 17 Jun [?]

Date

19 Oct 1967-3 Dec 1971

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (3 folders)