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MOTTRAM: 2 Mottram's poetry, 1956-1995
MOTTRAM: 2/1 Mottram poems in
special notebook sequence, 1971-1995
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/1-20]
1971-1974
Bound notebook Number 1 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/2]
1974 Feb - 1975 Apr
Bound notebook Number 2 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/3]
1975 May -1978 May
Bound notebook Number 3 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/4]
1978 Jun - 1980 Oct
Bound notebook Number 4 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/5]
1980 Oct - 1981 Aug
Bound notebook Number 5 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/6]
1981 Aug - 1982 Aug
Bound notebook Number (6) of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/7]
1982 Aug - 1983 Nov
Bound notebook Number 7 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/8]
1983 Nov - 1984 Jun
Bound notebook Number 8 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/9]
1984 Jun - 1984 Oct
Bound notebook Number 9 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/10]
1984 Oct - 1985 Aug
Bound notebook Number 10 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/11]
1985 Aug - 1986 Mar 30
Bound notebook Number 11 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/12]
1986 Apr - 1987 May
Bound notebook Number 12 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/13]
1987 May - 1989 Mar
Bound notebook Number 13 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/14]
1989 Mar - 1991 Jul
Bound notebook Number 14 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect; with loose-leaf index at back
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/15]
1991 Jul - 1991 Oct
Bound notebook Number 15 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/16]
1991 Oct - 1992 Mar
Bound notebook Number 16 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/17]
1991 Mar - 1992 Oct
Bound notebook Number 17 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/18]
1992 Oct - 1993 Aug
Bound notebook Number 18 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/19]
1993 Aug - 1994 Nov
Bound notebook Number 19 of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/20]
Nov 1994 - 1995 Jan 13
Bound notebook Number (20) of poems by Eric Mottram in sequence numbered by Mottram, with postcards, newspaper cuttings and other inserts, loose or pasted in, creating collage effect; includes draft letter to Allen Fisher of 8 Dec 1994
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/21]
[1989-1992]
Looseleaf version of Notebook 14 in Eric Mottram's sequence of his own poems in improvised cover, containing manuscript poems
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/22]
[1991-1992]
Extracts from notebooks 15 and 16 in Eric Mottram's sequence of his own poems as looseleaf, typescript poems
[MOTTRAM: 2/1/23]
[1991-1992]
Version of notebook 17 in Eric Mottram's sequence of his own poems, looseleaf, with manuscript and typescript poems
[MOTTRAM: 2/2] Mottram's poems
in manuscript or typescript, with
related material, 1956-1995
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/1]
1956-1988
Poems by Eric Mottram in manuscript, in a small pad, headed 'Limits of Self Regard', (15cm x 12.5cm) most items being crossed through, with, on a separate leaf, a poem beginning 'An open door'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/2]
1956-1988
Sequence of poems by Eric Mottram in manuscript; beginning with one opening, 'Wherever may be fresh green trees', on loose leaves (23cm x 18cm)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/3]
1956-1988
Poems by Eric Mottram in manuscript, beginning with one opening, 'It ended with a quick embrace in the airport', and including other poems relevant to Hyderabad Depositions sequence in writing pad, (20cm x 15cm)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/4]
1961-[1964]
Sequence of poems by Eric Mottram in typescript, opening with poem headed 'Provincetown', with manuscript version of many of the texts appended
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/5]
1961-[1964]
Manuscript poem by Eric Mottram headed 'Donnelly Square'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/6]
1961-[1964]
Sequence of poems by Eric Mottram in typescript, beginning with a poem headed 'On a saw of Pascal'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/7]
1961-[1964]
Various poems by Eric Mottram in manuscript beginning with one opening 'That I don't want to write you', followed by one headed 'The "Coronet"', with some newspaper cuttings as inserts
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/8]
1961-[1964]
Poem by Eric Mottram opening '2a.m. it will / still be here', in typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/9-11]
1965-1971
Groups of poems by Eric Mottram collected in a folder, with pages from a ring-binder, including manuscript poems, notes, quotations and newspaper cuttings from New York in a context of 1965-1971; extra manuscript poems including 'Flight', 'The painters', 'Northumberland dark event' and 'St Etienne', 'For Andrew Marvell', 'The miracle' and 'By moonlight'; poems in typescript including 'Journey', 'The question in a village', 'The human issue', 'Uncertainty of West', 'Shelter Island', 'To the Indian poets: 1968', 'Inside the whale', 'Good life', with proofs of Shelter Island (published by Turret Books, London, 1971)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/12]
1968-1976
A collection of loose poems by Eric Mottram in typescript and manuscript including 'St Etienne-en-Devoluy', 'Buffalo poems 7', 'After Gombrich', 'Ecology', 'Invasion', '1967: N.Y.: The Treaty' in two copies, 'Brighton and Hove Albion' in five copies, 'Blood overwhelmed', 'Satie found poem', 'To the Indian poets, 1968', one manuscript and two typescript versions, accompanied by printed material on The Tibetan Monastic Centre Association, 'Maps' in two copies, 'Tropics', 'Where wind roared', '1922 origins', 'Homage to Denis Saurat', 'Turning point', 'Homage to Hugh MacDiarmid', 'William Harvey', 'The magic lady has arts', 'Concord of Fludd' in both manuscript and typescript, 'First poem of Homage to Braque', 'A propos de Paris', 'Angels Earth Men', 'Wing commanded salutation' in two manuscript and one typescript versions, with invitation to contribute from Jonathan Williams, 1974, 'Sartre/Nizan', ;Life speed (Nizan)', 'Starless Edge', 'The Baron', 'By moonlight' in two copies, 'Elegy 1' in two typescript versions, 'Left for California', 'What is to be done' in one manuscript and two typescript versions, 'Counterjustice', 'Elegy 5 Webern', 'Venezuela', 'Homage to Ferenc Juhasz', 'The way of Miyamoto Musashi', 'Elegy 6 for Jim Pennington','Elegy 3 for Brian', 'Howard Vincent's 75th birthday', 'The no design', 'Control', 'Green Man', 'But it does change'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/13]
1968-1989
Manuscript poems by Eric Mottram in notebook also containing notes for essays, opening with poems titled 'Harvard Yard' and 'Buffalo 1', poems often neatly crossed through as though transferred elsewhere (brown notebook)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/14]
1968-1989
Manuscript poems by Eric Mottram including 'By moonlight', 'Wonders of nature', '1922', in notebook with notes including material on Bob Cobbing and his work
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/15]
1989
Manuscript poems by Eric Mottram including 'Sun', 'Trakl', 'Conrad poems', and notes datable to 1989, in pad with poem 'The Drovers' of 6 manuscript sides inserted
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/16]
1968-1989
Poem by Eric Mottram headed, 'But it does change' (1975), typescript carbon with manuscript notes on sources
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/17]
1969-1976
Poems by Eric Mottram including: 'Against tyranny' in 5 typescript copies, the fullest containing 'The Baron', 'Life speed', 'The revolter', 'Deserts and surfaces', 'Against tyranny: elegy 4', in loose collection
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/18]
1969-1976
Collection of manuscript poems by Eric Mottram, a version of Mottram 2/2/17, comprising 'Against tyranny', 'Revolution', 'Schneebaum - Snow-tree', with a newspaper cutting
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/19]
1969-1976
Manuscript poems by Eric Mottram: 'Sunday through Saturday', comprising 'Crumb', 'Letter', 'March songs', and 'Underground'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/20]
1969-1976
Typescript poems by Eric Mottram:
'Armed men', comprising three complete copies , and extra copies
of 'O'Brien' and 'Off the phone and on...'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/21]
1969-1976
Manuscript poems by Eric Mottram:'Death of Buster Keaton', comprising 'Death...', 'East of New York Harbour', 'Gauze mask', 'Of Mayakovsky', 'The lonely American quote', 'One more time - addiction', 'One more time - some fit news', 'Night then morning', 'At 61st Street', 'The State of Philadelphia', 'After Gombrich', 'Body calendars', 'Discovery information', with some duplication
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/22]
1969-1976
Manuscript poem '1922' by Eric Mottram,
coupled with 'Raids: knot and keel'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/23]
1969-1976
Manuscript poem 'Local movement'
by Eric Mottram
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/24]
1969-1976
Manuscript poem 'Inside the whale'
by Eric Mottram
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/25]
1969-1976
Manuscript poems by Eric Mottram:'Shelter Island', comprising 'Shelter Island', 'Discovery information', 'Body calendars', 'The State of Philadelphia', 'Death of Buster Keaton', 'Sturges double bill'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/26]
1969-1976
Manuscript poems by Eric Mottram:'Flight', comprising 'Flight', 'The condensation', 'Singing horns', 'A thundering collision', 'Match without you', 'What he saw then', 'Midnight black ground', 'If there is relation', 'The city as an image of man', 'Tristan comes', 'Definition', 'The Galen tradition'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/27]
1969-1976
Manuscript and typescript poems
by Eric Mottram:'1922 earth raids', comprising '1922', 'Earth :
men : angels', 'I hear a bird in Persepolis', 'Raids: knot and keel'
in two typescript copies
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/28]
1969-1976
Typescript poem 'A faithful private'
by Eric Mottram, 2 copies
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/29-30]
1969-[ ]
Two manuscript poems by Eric Mottram, 'Trapped by the maze...'and 'Deliverance September 19: the uses of television'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/31-36]
1970-1974
'Living with America', a folder with manuscript, typescript, and photocopied poems by Eric Mottram, having pockets containing: (prior to first pocket), poems including 'A picture' and 'Gardiner's Island', many of which were published in The He expression (Aloes Books, London, 1973); (in first pocket), poems including 'Charles Burchfield', 'Five derivations', 'Crete', mostly published in The he expression; (prior to second pocket), poem 'Underground: A passage in Neruda', published in Homage to Braque (Blacksuede Boot Press, [London], 1976); (in second pocket), typescript poems including 'Hart Crane', 'The miracle' 'NY Fall 1970, all published in The he expression; (in third pocket), poems mostly in manuscript including 'May Song', 'A stone', 'In memoriam Charles Olson' all unpublished, accompanied by some newspaper cuttings 1970-1971; (in ultimate pocket) a photograph of wild animals, a note of two Indian words and a book reference
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/37]
1971-1976
Poems by Eric Mottram headed 'Profession', Tropics', 'Schneebaum snow tree', 'Islamic mosaic near Jericho', 'To the snowline', 'Pictures', 'Starless edge', 'The apples of Paris', 'Scenes for Jeff', 'An old death trip', 'When you meet embrace', 'The anniversary: 1819', 'Unbegrenzt', 'By moonlight', 'Going ahead', 'Possession', 'Wood', some of which were published in 1980: mediate (Zunne Heft, Maidstone, 1980), in typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/38]
1971-1976
Manuscript poems by Eric Mottram headed '6.30 to 4.00', 'Biography', 'Untitled song', and one opening 'The cool body shaper'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/39]
1972-1976
Lists of contents of proposed books of poems by Eric Mottram, titled (1) 'The Garden Book', largely subsumed into Homage to Braque (Blacksuede Boot Press, [London], 1976); (2) 'Circulation of the Blood', largely subsumed into Local movement (Writers Forum, London, 1973), and (3) 'Gardiner's Island and Points of Honour', mostly unpublished, accompanied by a list of magazines to which poems had been or were to be contributed
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/40]
1972-1973
The he expression, book of poems by Eric Mottram, typescript carbon of text with some manuscript corrections, (Aloes Books, London, 1973)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/41]
1972-1973
Local movement, book of poems by Eric Mottram, (published by Writers Forum, London, 1973), typescript text with manuscript directions to printer
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/42]
1972-1976
Homage to Braque, book of poems by Eric Mottram, photocopy of typescript text
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/43]
1972-1976
'Gardiner's Island', poem by Eric Mottram, photocopy of typescript with photocopies of published texts of poems: 'A picture', 'On a letter from Oregon', 'Islamic mosaic near Jericho'; also typescripts of poems: 'Detected', 'Kent Diptych', 'Journey', 'Song of the experimenters'; a loose sheet starting 'As thirties stars of silver...', and typescript and photocopy of poem 'Points of honour'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/44]
1972-1976
'Agent', 'Series', 'A meditation on origins', poems by Eric Mottram in manuscript accompanied by a newspaper cutting on Micronesians, 1973, and an untitled poem starting 'Ties with the world...'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/45]
1973
'Turning point', poem by Eric Mottram, from Local movement, published in 1973 by Writers Forum, typescript copy
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/46]
1973
'Left for California: the slow awakening' poem by Eric Mottram, published in Sixpack magazine,1973, photocopy of typescript of poem with source annotations by Mottram
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/47]
1973
Five poems, starting with one titled 'Law and time', in manuscript possibly translations from French
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/48]
1974
'Geography', poem sequence by Eric Mottram, bound typescript with photocopies of duplicate items, and letter dated 30 May 1974 to intended publisher 'Peter --'; Note: published in Limits of self-regard by Talus Editions, London, 1998
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/49]
1974
Poems by Eric Mottram including ones headed 'Joys' and 'Kent State' in manuscript on loose leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/50]
1974-1978
Poems by Eric Mottram under heading, 'The differment' including poems titled 'For Ted', 'The recipe', 'Graft', 'A brief history', 'Betsy Longland's mobile', 'Scenes for Jeff', 'Wing commanded salutation', 'Then what am I supposed to be doing', 'Melville and Gris', 'Partial recovery', 'A found poem on what is to be done', 'The wedding party', 'Autumn turns', 'A variation on Yeats in 1922' in manuscript, 'Venezuela', 'Forgers 4' in manuscript, 'After reading James Schuyler', 'An art of [fugue] Spring', 'By moonlight', 'Vishnu Padas - for Allen Ginsberg', 'Musician - for Paul Burwell', 'A question for David Toop'; in manuscript and typescript, clipped together by Mottram
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/51]
1974-1980
Individual poems by Eric Mottram making up his book Elegies (Galloping Dog, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1981), including introductory material and typescript, typescript carbons or photocopies with some manuscript annotations and additions, lacking Elegies 1-2, 4-7, 11, 13, 18, but with two copies of Elegies 2, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27. 46 items
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/52]
1975
'The effort', poem by Eric Mottram dedicated to Joel Oppenheimer, in typescript, oversize
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/53-55]
1975-1978
'The dark time' poem sequence by Eric Mottram, typescript with some extra and introductory manuscript material
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/54]
1976-1978
'1976-1978', notebook of manuscript poems by Eric Mottram including 'The state of architecture, 1975-8', 'Salzburg dances, 1975-8', 'Rhapsode', 'Recognitions: Brixton', 'Homage to Juhasz II: Ouroboros', 'Forgers' 1-4, 'Conrad: elegy', 'Wycoller'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/55]
1975-1978
Manuscript poems showing association with themes in 'The dark time' by Eric Mottram
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/56]
1976
Homage to Braque by Eric Mottram (Blacksuede Boot Press, London, 1976), typescript copy with manuscript alterations and insertions, and final typescript version
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/57]
1976
'The apples of Paris', by Eric Mottram, typescript with letter from Peter Barry of Alembic magazine, dated 12 Apr 1976
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/58]
1976-1978
Lecture notes, notably on William Burroughs, American comedians, on students, on individual poets and their works, and containing some draft poems of Mottram's, including 'The Tunis Journal', 'The Way of Miyamoto Musachi', 'An Art of Fugue Spring'; pages numbered with partial index
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/59]
1976-1980
A book of Herne by Eric Mottram, (Arrowspire Press, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), photocopy of typescript of pages 1-84, with typescript carbon of acknowledgements, contents and epigraphs, appendix, resources
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/60]
1976-1980
1980 mediate, by Eric Mottram (Zunne Heft, Maidstone, 1980), in typescript with manuscript annotations, and manuscript of poems 'In time of war', 'For Robert Creeley' and 'Escape from cabin fever...'; 14 items
[MOTTRAM: 22/61-63]
1976-1981
Poems from The book of Herne by Eric Mottram (Arrowspire Press, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), namely manuscript and typescript of 'Matrix', manuscript of poem starting 'Open as dream through a door', manuscript of 'Windsor Forest', typescript of 'Herne's descent', typescript of poem opening 'A wild spectral object'; two typescript carbons of text of A faithful private (Genera, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1976); other poems including typescript of 'Descents of love', 'Elegy 11', 'From Shadow Borders', and manuscript of 'From Conrad poems' 5 items
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/64]
1976-1981
A Book of Herne by Eric Mottram (Arrowspire Press, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), typescript of contents with manuscript versions of 'Gifting hand', 'A line of inquiry' and 'Notebook 3', and table of contents, accompanied by material illustrating the text, with correspondence including postcards from Tony Lopez and Allen Fisher; 33 items
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/65]
1976-1983
Notebook for draft essays, reports of literary events, notes on poets, and manuscript poems including 'Bosham', 'Audience of Trees', 'Descents of love', and versions of Lorca and Orbán translations
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/66]
1977
Tunis, by Eric Mottram published 1977; four versions of the poem, manuscript and typescript, with much alteration of content
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/67]
1977-1978
Manuscript poems beginning with a poem that opens 'To remain unarmed / a life unmetalled', and including poems titled 'Meatloaf: 1978', 'Great Mother', 'Boston', 'The nature of a crime', on loose A5 leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/68]
1977-1978
Manuscript poems, page 1 opening 'Come il basilisco...', page 2 'O'Grady says', page 3 'Self death and murder', the whole showing some affiliation with 'The dark time' themes, on 133 loose A5 leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/69]
1977-1978
Various typescript poems, namely 'New Year 1977', 'Three poems from The Dark Time' as published in the magazine Rune 2 (1978), 'Conrad elegy', 'Conrad poem 3', and 'From Shadow Borders' opening 'a man's body a soft / set of open tricks', published in magazine Twisted Wrist 5 (1977). 5 items
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/70]
1977-1983
Typescript carbon of poem Tunis, (Rivelin Press, Sheffield, 1977), with some correspondence from the publishers in 1977
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/71]
1977-1983
Manuscript poem, 'Address', draft on small pad 15cm x 10.5cm
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/72]
1977-1983
Poem Address, dated 1982, typescript carbon, with some correspondence from the publisher, Eleanor Makepeace of Shadowcat, 1983
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/73]
1978-1979
Poem sequence 'Limits of self regard: 1978-9', bound typescript with some additional manuscript material inserted at start; note: published in Limits of self-regard (Talus Editions, London, 1998)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/74]
1978-1979
Manuscript of Precipice of Fishes by Eric Mottram (published by Writers Forum, London, 1979), a work about Tenby, on variously sized loose leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/75]
1978-1979
Paste-up of Precipice of Fishes by Eric Mottram on one large sheet - it was published as a set of cards
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/76]
1978-1979
Pollock record by Eric Mottram (published in magazine P.S. 2, 1979), manuscript on loose leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/77]
1978-1979
Pollock record by Eric Mottram two paste-ups on large sheets
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/78-79]
1979-1981
Three manuscript poems, opening 'By fall', 'White gullies' and 'Test the poor'; newspaper cuttings, 1979-1981, giving background on law and order issues
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/80]
1979-1983
Poems including 'Aglaia', 'Possible suicide', 'Two women', 'The terms of Hell', 'Six poems from The dark time', 'Letter to Agnes Nemes Nagy', 'An acknowledgement', 'Arizona deaths' and 'Pissaro', manuscript and typescript, on loose leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/81]
1980
Poem 'In time of war: 1980 mediate', typescript carbon with list of resources
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/82]
1980
Poems correponding with Mottram's manuscript Notebook 4, including the long poem 'Exercise time' and newspaper cuttings from 1980 on pollution and on the erosion of jury trials, manuscript and typescript; note: 'Exercise time' was published in Sub Voicive Poetry 1 (1988)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/83]
1980-81
Contents list of Elegies by Eric Mottram, as published (Galloping Dog, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1981), in photocopy typescript with prefatory material by Mottram, the poems being in the order 38, 33, 37, 25, 1-7, 9-12, 14-17, 19-24, 26-32, 34, 36, 35, 39-41, the omission of nos.8, 13 and 18 being deliberate
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/84]
1980-81
Four letters, from the publisher, Peter Hodgkiss, 1980-1981, manuscript and typescript, enclosing flyer for Elegies by Eric Mottram
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/85-88]
1980-1986
Poem sequence 'The legal poems' by Eric Mottram: photocopies of proofs of complete booklet, as published (Arrowspire, 1986); Mottram typescript or typescript carbon of complete booklet, with duplicates of 'The legal poems' 1-16, and 31-41; copy of magazine Figs 7-8 (1981), which published 'The legal poems' 1-16, with letter from the magazine editor, Tony Baker; also manuscript of 'Extra legal poem', dated November 1984
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/89]
1981
Envelope marked 'Elegies - corrected MSS' containing contents of Mottram's book Elegies (Galloping Dog, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1981) in new publication order, including preface and resources, with brief possible prefatory note based on John Cage, but not used; photocopy typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/90]
1981
Contents list of A book of Herne by Eric Mottram (Arrowspire Press, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), with list of poems, epigraphs, acknowledgements, and resources, typescript, partially photocopied
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/91-92]
1981
Material relating to booklet Interrogation Rooms by Eric Mottram, published 1982, including letter from the publisher, Allen Fisher, 30 Jun 1981, indicating over 40 poems; here text consists of 22 poems, being presumably an earlier format; text of poems 1-22. mostly in typescript, with nos.2, 5, 6, 12 and 14 in manuscript and no.4 represented by title only
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/93]
1981-1982
Interrogation rooms, by Eric Mottram (by Spanner, London, 1982), typescript, partially photocopied on loose leaves in cover, with some items in manuscript, notably the original of 'A work: Fernyhough's Time and Motion Study II'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/94]
1981-1982
Manuscript poem headed 'further Interrogation R.'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/95]
1981-1982
Poems, corresponding largely with Mottram's manuscript Notebook 6, including 'Tightened eligibility requirements', 'For Ted Berrigan', 'Order chaos' dedicated to Bill Griffiths, 'Biographical letter', 'What is our company', 'Cougher', 'Canetti', 'The girl next door', typescript , loose leaf
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/96]
1981-1983
Poems, found in association with correspondence with Miklós Vajda, editor of The New Hungarian Quarterly. Some of the poems are cross-referenced to Notebook 6, and titles include 'Beuys', 'Define', 'Recession', 'Littlehaven Bay', 'David Smith', 'Copernicus', 'Central office', 'Split second life at Longbridge BL', loose leaf typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/97]
1982
Visual or multivoice poem 'A work: from Ferneyhough's Time and Motion Study II and out', from Interrogation Rooms (Spanner, London, 1982), 40 offprints
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/98]
[1982]
Group of poems including 'Flight and storytelling...', 'For Denise Levertov', 'Being and nothingness', with typescript 'For Barbara Guest', probably associated with 'Flight Book' sequence, which in turn was subsumed into 'Hyderabad Depositions', largely manuscript on loose leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/99]
1982-1984
Poems, 1982-1983, including 'EOE', 'Canyon de Chelly', 'Obituary for a living author', Night SF', 'A debt to Fitzgerald', 'The takeover', and two poems dedicated to Tom Pickard. Possibly a record of a reading in New York in 1984 attended also by Tom Pickard, as accompanied by flyers for the event and photograph of Mottram and Pickard in New York, typescript with manuscript alterations
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/100]
1982-1986
Poems, corresponding to Mottram's own manuscript Notebooks 7-11, and including 'Letter to Allen Fisher', and others in the 'Letter to...' series, 'May Festivals', 'Deep erasure', typescript and manuscript with a few manuscript notes on Interrogtaion Rooms (Spanner, London, 1982)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/101]
1983
'Three poems' ('Letter to Colin Simms', 'Letter to Jerome Rothenberg', 'When the days...'), offprints from magazine North Dakota Quarterly 51 (1983),4 sets
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/102]
[1983]
Poems including 'Between Gods', '11th or 5th: commemoration', 'The music brats', 'Capricorn moves in winter', manuscript, 6 items
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/103]
[1983]
Manuscript poem 'Address', published by Shadowcat, [Gateshead] 1983
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/104]
[1983]
Poems , including three dedicated to Jeff Nuttall, '11th and 5th: commemoration', 'Home walls fall...' and 'To history teachers', manuscript and typescript, 5 items
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/105]
[1983]
Manuscript poem accompanying a photograph of a baby holding a ball. Note: found near but not necessarily associated with material on Allen De Loach
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/106]
1983-1984
Mottram poems from the series 'Letters', with letter from intended publisher, Gavin Selerie of Binnacle Press, 27 Nov 1983, manuscript and typescript, 6 items
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/107]
1983-1990
Poems, corresponding to Mottram's manuscript Notebooks 8-13, including items in the 'Letter to...' series, and poems titled: 'Four explorations (for Bill Sherman)', 'Conference in Boulder', 'Counterdance', typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/108]
[1983]-1991
Manuscript poems including 'High', 'Death of Hypnos', 'Death of René Char', and items published in Resistances (RWC, Sutton, 1991), on loose leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/109]
[1983]-1991
Typescript of the poem 'Address 2',
2 copies
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/110-111]
1984
Poems associated with Hyderabad group: 'Code Aztec: Coda Ajanta'; from Mottram's notebook 9, 1984, 'Local history', 'Protection', and a group of untitled poems on Indian themes, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/112-114]
1984-1986
Set of manuscript poems, headed 'Hyderabad', marked with red ticks; set of manuscript poems headed 14-30, on loose leaves; further manuscript poems on assorted leaves, bearing red ticks; note: Hyderabad depositions was published (Salzburg University Press, 1998)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/115]
1984-1986
A body of manuscript poetry, on pages numbered 50-130, but arranged out of sequence, deriving partially from Mottram's Notebook 9, and containing material in common with Mottram's poems 'Hyderabad'and 'Flight Book'; note: compare. 2/2/119-211 below
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/116]
1984-1986
Manuscript introductory material, notes and detailed poem order for 'Hyderabad depositions' by Eric Mottram
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/117]
1984-1986
'Hyderabad depositions, 1984-1986, Eric Mottram', typescript with separate title page, a version slightly modified from the list provided in the introductory material and the basisof the Salzburg University Press edition of 1998
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/118]
199 -1994
Two letters from Alok Bhalla, the dedicatee of 'Hyderabad depositions', dated 19 Nov 1993 and 18 Jan 1994, offering to publish some of the Hyderabad poems in a magazine he was editing, manuscript with a typescript letter from Joe Ritchey, co-editor of The Underground Forest magazine, 10 Aug 1992, asking for poems to publish, with pencilled annotation by Mottram 'Hyderabad poems'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/119-121]
1985
Three associated poem sequences: 'Panopsis', a prose poem in typescript; 'Visitations' and other poems in manuscript, constituting 31 numbered pages, (compare numbered pages in file 2/2/115), and 'Flight book', typescript and manuscript poems, with introductory page
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/122]
1985-1988
Text of Peace projects & brief novels, (Talus Editions, London, 1989), comprising brief list of acknowledgements, dates and resources, texts of 'Peace projects' nos. 2-23, with nos.4 and 10 in typescript and manuscript copies, and texts of Brief novels nos.1-11. 34 items
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/123]
1986-1988
Poems including 'Hotei Spring visits', 'Summer of 87', 'Letter to Lynn Gingrass', 'Learn fears', 'Healing', 'Expedition', corresponding largely to Mottram's manuscript notebooks 12-13, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/124]
1988 Jun - Aug
Notebook containing manuscript poems, including 'Target words', 'A returned singer' and 'A delayed message', and many manuscript and typescript poems as looseleaf inserts including 'The Ruskin Cross', and 'Vermeer'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/125]
1988
Set of photocopied poems supplied by Mottram to M. T. Wignesan, to be read at event in Paris on his behalf
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/126-129]
1989-1991
Materials for book Season of monsters by Eric Mottram (Writers Forum, London, 1991), including manuscript, Mottram typescript and proofs, two specimens of cover; one copy of published book, and typescript poem, 'Steady as she goes - for Eric' from John Woolford
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/130]
1990
Notebook with Mottram's manuscript poems, partly corresponding to his Notebook 14, and including many poems used later in Estuaries (Solaris, Twickenham, Middlesex, 1992)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/131]
1990
Notebook with containing manuscript poems of Mottram, under heading 'Fire Breaks', including poems headed 'Once a year', 'Assassin', 'Tomb', 'For Ric Caddel'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/132]
[1990]
Notebook containing manuscript poems of Mottram, under heading 'Exile Stranger', including 'Thomas A. Clark variations', 'Exiles', 'Masters'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/133]
1991
Manuscript poem titled 'Bird 34', found as insert in magazine Mondo 2000 3 (1991), and perhaps relating to article by Tony Lopez in that issue
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/134-137]
1991
Poems forming the book Resistances: A homage to René Char, (RWC, Sutton, 1991), including manuscript, Mottram typescript and Lawrence Upton's typed version; also manuscript letter of 12 Jun 1991 from Upton, the publisher, about the production; postcard of 2 Aug 1991 from Jackie Kaye accepting the dedication of the book and specimens of the cover
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/138]
1991
Contents of book of poems Estuaries (Solaris, Twickenham, Middlesex, 1992) as compiled by Mottram. Text and resources, mostly typescript with a few poems and introductory notes in manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/139]
1991
Manuscript poem titled 'Meditation'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/140]
1991
Letter from Bill Sherman, 26 Jul 1991, requesting poems from Mottram for an American magazine in Wisconsin, and postcards of 26 Aug acknowledging receipt
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/141]
1991
Mottram poems 'Virtual P.C.' and 'Reports', later published in Graven Images: a journal of culture, law, and the sacred 1 (Madison, Wisconsin, 1994) 226-229, typescript carbons and typescript of 'The assembled garden' with manuscript draft and extra notes
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/142-144]
[1991]
Material relating to 'Freedom poems' unattributed but apparently by Mottram, including Mottram's manuscript notes on Charles Olson, Karl Jung, Wiliam Blake; 'Freedom poems' in manuscript with prose essay on 'Freedom'; also notes on André Gorz, Farewell to the Working Class (1980)
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/145]
1991-1992
Manuscript poems, corresponding to Mottram's Notebooks 15 and 16, in two groups paginated 1-21 and 22-115, and including 'Recovery', 'William Faulkner's Vision in Spring', 'To Char in Langhorne', 'Moonless', 'Street argument', 'An attempt to resist', 'Adventure', and 'Seaham Harbour February 1992'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/146]
1992
Version of Mottram's Estuaries (Solaris, Twickenham, Middlesex, 1992), labelled: 'Draft 1 with EM corrections marked', typed with covering note from Yasmin Skelt, 16 Feb 1992
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/147-148]
1992
Text of Mottram's Estuaries (published by Solaris, Twickenham, Middlesex, 1992) labelled 'Draft 2' and card from 'David A' (?Annwn), Wakefield, 9 Mar 1992, with congratulations on its publication
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/149]
1992
Manuscript poems, including 'Buffalo', 'America I' - 'America V', 'Birth day', '"The innocent must take their chance"', representing a copying out of the poem portions of Mottram's Notebook 18, on loose leaves numbered erratically 1-220
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/150]
[1992]
Poem sequence opening 'What did you undergo to recover different / smell...', and to which the overall title 'A lost man'may be accorded, after a phrase in the first poem; typescript on loose leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/151]
1993
Set of poems, including 'Time Sight Unseen', 'Buffalo Curriculum 1966-1992', and 'Election', of which the first was published as a separate booklet by the University at Buffalo in 1993, with covering letter about proofs from Robert Bertholf, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/152]
[1993-1994]
Poem sequence entitled 'India', including poems headed 'Embarcation terminal', 'Enter', 'Sacral', 'Transformations', 'Local history'; typescript, 11 sheets
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/153-154]
1993-1995
Poems forming text of Double your stake: Masks book 3, (RWC, Sutton, 1995), with index and resources notes, typescript; a second sequence of poems, including some titles in common with the above, and some associated with other titles in the 'Masks' series, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/155-157]
1994
Typescript of Inheritance: Masks book 1 as passed to Bob Cobbing of Writers Forum for publication in 1994; with manuscript letters from Bob Cobbing of 26 Jul 1994, 5 Sep 1994, 7 Oct 1994, and 19 Nov 1994, inviting and documenting the publication; and a typescript letter of 16 Nov 1994 from Peter Donnelly concerning the cover
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/158-160]
1994
Poem sequence Design origins: Masks book two, (Amra Imprint 1994), manuscript and typescript; letters from Bill Griffiths of Amra Imprint, of 19 Sep 1994, 17 Oct 1994 and 17 Nov 1994 about the progress of publication along with local and personal news; original Mottram envelope shows previous title:'Disguise origins'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/161]
1994
Book Double your stake: Masks book 3, published in 1995 by RWC, Sutton, manuscript with occasional typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/162]
1994
Poems corresponding to Mottram's manuscript notebook 19, and including poems titled 'Third wheel', 'Learning', 'The career painter speaks', 'Zuni dancers', some connected to 'Masks' series, manuscript on loose leaves
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/163]
1994
Poems from the 'Masks' group, including 'Zuni dancers', 'Stormy Tuesday', 'A day in the afterlife', typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/164-167]
1994
Material for Double your stake: Masks book 3, (RWC, Sutton, 1995) including list of contents and two poems in Mottram's hand; letter from Peterjon Skelt, 28 Dec 1994, enclosing four possible covers; five letters, Nov 1994 - Jan 1995, from Lawrence Upton, the publisher; and typescript text of book, with 'Index and resources' appended
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/168-172]
1994-1995
Inheritance: Masks book 1 (Writers Forum, London, 1994) published copy with attached manuscript notes; Design origins: Masks book 2 (Amra Imprint, Seaham, 1994) published copy; typescript, manuscript and photocopy poems, including items from 'Masks' series and items published in Periodical contests (Anarcho Press, Badninish, with Mainstream, St Albans, 1997); typescript poems, largely on Wales, with note 'given to Florence Elon'; further typescript poems with note 'Unused'
[MOTTRAM: 2/2/173]
[1992]
Brown folder used to store many poems, especially prior to 1992, oversize
[MOTTRAM: 2/3]
Correspondence and related papers on
the composition and publication of poems, 1964-1995
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/1]
[1964] Sep 23
Letter to Mottram about publication of Mottram poem 'Provincetown' in magazine Centigrade, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/2]
1971
Letters from Patrick Galvin in Brighton to Mottram about Mottram poems published in his magazine Lon Chaney, 3 letters, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/3]
1972 Mar 20
Letter from Mary (McConville) at Kent State University, to Mottram about publication of Mottram poem 'Islamic mosaic' in The Human Issue, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/4]
1973 Apr 2
Letter from Bill Sherman to Mottram with request to use poems in Sixpack, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/5]
1974 Feb 27
Letter from Jim Austin to Mottram about proofs of Mottram poem to be published in An active anthology, 1974, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/6]
1975 Nov 18
Letter to Mottram, signature uncertain, reporting on failure to obtain publication of 'The apples of Paris' in a magazine for Mottram, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/7]
1977 Sep 17
Letter from John Wilson, editor of Occurrence magazine in Philadelphia, thanking Mottram for poetry contribution, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/8]
1977 Nov 15
Letter to Mottram asking about translation detail for French project Poétique 2000, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/9]
1979 Jan 8
Letter from Ken (Edwards) to Mottram confirming use of some Mottram Elegies in Alembic 8, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/10]
1979 Jun 16
Postcard from Alaric Sumner about material for Words Worth, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/11]
1981 Apr 29
Request from Glenn Storhaug of Five Seasons Press to Mottram to use 'Nutt's Castle' in forthcoming Kilpeck Anthology
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/12]
1982 May 24, 1982 Jul 6
Letters from Antony Horsfield and Carol Bruggen, about poems for a new magazine in Lancashire, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/13]
1985 Jul 23,Aug 13
Letters from Michael Farley of Taxvs, about poem contribution to volume in memory of Basil Bunting, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/14]
1987 Mar 30
Letter from Tim Fletcher of First Offence magazine to Mottram about publication of 'Peace projects', manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/15]
14 Oct 1988
Letter from Ulla Dydo with comments on Mottram's poem 'A letter to Robert Duncan', typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/16]
29 Sep 1989
Letter from Ulla Dydo, dedicatee of Shelter Island, to Mottram also commenting on Mottram poem 'A letter to Robert Duncan', manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/17]
1993 Aug 5
Formal letter from Ken Smith, inviting contribution to Poems for Bosnia project, with letter of acceptance of 12 Sep 1993, flyer for anthology, and some newspaper cuttings selected by Mottram
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/18]
[1971-1975]
Letters from Paul Smith, about poems for a Cambridge Poetry Festival anthology (1971-1975), one manuscript, one typescript,
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/19]
1970 Oct 16
Letter from Christopher Eddy of Bissoe, Cornwall, commenting on structure of Inside the whale by Mottram (Writers Forum, London, 1970), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/20]
1972 Jan 23
Letter from 'Bob' in Bedford Heights, Ohio on Inside the whale by Mottram (Writers Forum, London, 1970), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/21]
1971 Dec 4
Letter from Better Books with humourous content, concerning Shelter Island by Mottram (Turret Books, London, 1971), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/22]
1970 Jul 19
Letter from Bernard Stone, about publication details of Shelter Island by Mottram (Turret Books, London, 1971), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/23]
1972 Mar 5
Lyman Andrews, review of Shelter Island by Mottram (Turret Books, London, 1971), from The Sunday Times
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/24]
1972 Jul 6
Letter from Chris (Eddy) at Bissoe, concerning Shelter Island by Mottram (Turret Books, London, 1971), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/25]
1973 Nov 9-15
Review in Time Out of The he expression by Mottram (Aloes Books, London, 1973), 2 copies
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/26]
1973 Nov 5
Letter from Clive Bush concerning The he expression by Mottram (Aloes Books, London, 1973), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/27]
1973 Nov 23
Letter from Barry MacSweeney concerning The he expression by Mottram (Aloes Books, London, 1973), enclosing typescript of poem 'Eric Mottram's birthday', typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/28]
1973 Nov 24
Letter from Nick (Kimberley) at Compendium Books, London concerning The he expression by Mottram (Aloes Books, London, 1973), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/29]
1974
Polytechnic of Central London conference booklet relating to The he expression by Mottram (Aloes Books, London, 1973)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/30]
1970-1989
Unsourced newspaper cuttings providing quotation 'Fanatacism is when you redouble your effort, having forgotten your aim' (Santayana)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/31]
1975 Oct 11
Letter on illustrated cards from Allen Fisher concerning Against tyranny by Mottram (Poet & Peasant, Hayes, Middlesex, 1975), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/32]
1975 Nov 19
Letter on illustrated cards from Allen Fisher, the publisher, on details of procedure relating to publication 1922 Earth raids by Mottram (New London Pride, London, 1976), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/33]
1976 Aug 14
Letter from Allen Fisher, noting dispatch of complementary copies of 1922 Earth raids by Mottram (New London Pride, London, 1976), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/34]
10 Jun 1978
Letter from Paige Mitchell to Mottram with thanks for publications received, including Homage to Braque, by Mottram (Blacksuede Boot Press, [London], 1976) with some analysis of that work, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/35]
1977 Mar 22,Apr 12
Two letters from publisher, Mike Dobbie, with copy of the published form of Mottram's poem 'Descents of love' as Descents of love: songs of recognition (Mugshots [McCarthy & Dobbie, London], 1977), typescript and manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/36]
[1978-1979]
Notes by Mottram on Alexander Pope's 'Windsor Forest', relating to publication, Windsor Forest by Mottram (Pig Press, Heaton, 1979), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/37]
[1979]
Card from Ric Caddel of Pig Press about signed copies of Windsor Forest by Mottram (Pig Press, Heaton, 1979), with a variety of promotional material attached, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/38]
1979
Review by Ken Edwards in
Reality Studios 2/1 (London, 1979) of Windsor Forest
by Mottram (Pig Press, Heaton, 1979)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/39]
1980 Jul 7
Letter from Fred Beake, commenting on Windsor Forest by Mottram (Pig Press, Heaton, 1979) and looking forward to A book of Herne, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/40]
15 Dec 1979
Review by Jeff Nuttall from The Guardian of Precipice of Fishes by Mottram (Writers Forum, London, 1979), accompanied by spoof summary of 1979 from John Freeman
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/41]
[1970-1979]
Sheets giving geological data for Wales relating to Precipice of Fishes by Mottram (Writers Forum, London, 1979)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/42]
[1970-1979]
Postcards of Tenby and area relating to Precipice of Fishes by Mottram (Writers Forum, London, 1979)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/43]
[1970-1987]
Postcards and guidebooks, notably of St Mary's church, Tenby, probably collected in or up to 1987 with copy (15cm x 14cm) of 1748 map of Dinbych y Pysgod (Tenby)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/44]
1981 Dec 10
Letter from Robert Bank, the publisher, describing first reactions to the publication of A book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/45]
1981 Aug
Letter from Fred Beake, commenting on forthcoming Book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), and Elegies, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/46]
[1981]
Flyers for A book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), from Arrowspire Press, A4 size, 5 copies
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/47-48]
1982
Photographs of the exhibition, 'The making of a book', (Lancashire, 1982), featuring A book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), 14 black and white photographs; also printed sheet to accompany the exhibition, headed 'Arrowspire Press', 3 copies
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/49]
1982
Introduction by Mottram for the exhibition, 'The making of a book', (Lancashire, 1982), featuring A book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981) on topics including Michel Foucault, R M Rilke, and Wycoller, opening 'Since, like any other working man...', typescript carbon with brief notes, manuscript and typescript,
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/50]
1982 Aug 16
Letter from Ms S Connor, in reaction to A book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/51]
1983 Sep 8 -1989 Oct 27
Four letters from Robert Bank, the publisher of A book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), of 8 Sep 1983, enclosing own curriculum vitae and copy of press item about Herne or the Green Man as socialist, and another on dogs, 5 Nov 1985 about copies of the book forwarded, 20 Nov 1985, enclosing photocopies of newspaper items on art and politics, and 27 Oct 1989 enclosing photographs of a Green Man pub sign, with a postcard of Sep 1986, reflecting on Melvyn Bragg, manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/52]
1982 Apr 14 and 17 May
Two letters from Mid Pennine Arts Association, about a poetry reading for Mottram, with flyer and printed hand-out (2 copies) for the reading, at Burnley, 7 Jun 1982, and leaflet of Mid Pennine Arts Association events, Apr-Sep 1982, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/53]
1982 Feb - Jun
Reviews of A book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), and other newspaper cuttings and photocopies of cuttings including a review of A book of Herne by Jeff Nuttall in The Artful Reporter 45 (Manchester, Feb 1982) with covering note from Robert Bank of Arrowspire Press, a review of A book of Herne by Nick Kimberley from City Limits 14-20 May 1982, an article on Wycoller, near Colne, Lancashire by Mark Gorton from The Artful Reporter 49 (June 1982), article from The Times 8 Jun 1982 with illustration of Red Indians in antler masks, review of A book of Herne by Jim Burns in Tribune (no details), and unsourced reproduction of picture of a stag by Hans Arp
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/54]
[1982]
Letter from Dawn Williams at Lincoln Minster, (undated) enclosing photograph of 'our God Head'
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/55]
1982 Feb 1
Letter from John Piper on receipt of A book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), with sheet showing Piper's 'The seasons', from which the cover for A book of Herne was drawn, 2 copies
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/56]
1990
Pamphlet:'Inn signs: their history and meaning', and publicity material for the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) programme on 'The return of The Green Man', with a letter from the producer, Julian Henriques (16 May 1990), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/57]
1982
Review by Jim Burns of A book of Herne by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1981), from Ambit 89 (London, 1982), 69
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/58]
[1981-1990]
Letter from Chris Challis enclosing fiction based on 'The book of Horn' (undated ), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/59]
[1981-1990]
Note of deposit of Ł115 paid to Gallery on the Park, Nelson, Lancashire, in connection with a work of art by John Piper (undated)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/60]
[1981-1990]
Section on the history of forests from A history of Whalley by T.D.Whittaker [1805], perhaps supplied by Robert Bank, photocopy
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/61]
1979-1991
Notes relating to source in Interrogation Rooms by Mottram (Spanner, London, 1982) and poems in Mottram's own Notebook 18
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/62]
1983 May 6
Letter from Jane (Bolger) with comments on Interrogation Rooms by Mottram (Spanner, London, 1982), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/63]
1979 Dec 16, 1980 Jan 20
Letters from Pete Hodgkiss of Galloping Dog Press, initiating publication of Elegies by Mottram (Galloping Dog, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1981), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/64]
1982
Partial review of Elegies by Mottram (Galloping Dog, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1981) in Poetry Wales Spring 1982, photocopy
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/65]
1980-1981
Background material to 'Elegy 9', newspaper cuttings 1980-1981, and brochure featuring cover artist Rod Tye, relating to book of poetry Elegies by Mottram (Galloping Dog, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1981)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/66]
1981
Letters from Tony Baker of Figs magazine about the original publication of 17 of the 'The legal poems' in issue 5 of Figs, 1981, manuscript and typescript, 6 items
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/67]
1985 Dec 1
Letter from Robert Bank of Arrowspire Press, the publishers of The legal poems by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1986), at proof-reading stage, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/68]
1986
Copies of cover design by Rod Tye for The legal poems by Mottram (Arrowspire, Colne, Lancashire, 1986)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/69]
1988 Jun 4
Letter from Peterjon Skelt, enclosing draft list of contents for Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/70]
1988 Oct 20
Postcard from Yasmin Skelt relating to publication of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/71]
1988 Nov 22
Letter from Peterjon Skelt, defending North & South, relating to publication of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989), typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/72]
[1988-1989]
Mottram's manuscript draft of resources relating to publication of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/73]
[1989]
Mottram's lists of invitees to launch of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989) and for reviews
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/74]
[1989]
Copy of cover by Peter Donnelly for Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989) as part of North & South flyer
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/75]
1989 Mar 16, 1989 May 3
Letters from Peterjon Skelt about the launch of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989), and about reviews, typescript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/76]
1989 Jun 12
Review of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989) in Time Out magazine, photocopy
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/77]
1989
Postcard from Peterjon Skelt about flyer for Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989), photocopy
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/78]
1989
Postcard of congratulation from Ralph in Hull relating to publication of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/79]
[MOTTRAM: ]
1989 Mar 6
Short letter of thanks from Tony Baker for presentation copy of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989), typescript, enclosing typescript carbon of a short poem of his own
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/80]
1990 Jun 3
Postcard from Peterjon and Yasmin Skelt relating to publication of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/81]
1990 Jun 11
Letter from Peterjon Skelt enclosing review from Fragmente magazine of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989); invitation to lunch party on 15 Jul 1990
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/82]
1990 Aug 14
Letter from Peterjon Skelt enclosing review by David Hart of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/83]
1991
Review by Yann Lovelock from Poetry Review, Summer 1991 of Selected poems by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham & Wakefield, 1989), with covering note by Peterjon and Yasmin Skelt, 2 copies
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/84]
1983 Jan 17
Postcard from Maria Makepeace, publisher of Address a book of poetry by Mottram (Shadowcat, [Gateshead], 1983), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/85]
1984 Mar 5
Invitation to preview of an exhibition of work by Maria Makepeace, publisher of Address a book of poetry by Mottram (Shadowcat, [Gateshead], 1983
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/86]
1986 Jun 16, 1986 Aug 7, 1986 Sep 29 and1989 Oct 11
Four letters from Maria Makepeace, publisher of Address a book of poetry by Mottram (Shadowcat, [Gateshead], 1983, in manuscript, about delivery of visual material, with flyer for exhibition of her work at Hexham (1986)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/87]
1991 Jul 4, 1991 Jul 16 and1994 Oct 4
Letters from Lawrence Upton, the publisher of Resistances: A homage to René Char by Mottram (RWC, Sutton, 1991, as RWC 9-10), manuscript
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/88]
1991-1992
Letters from Peterjon and Yasmin Skelt enclosing material including a flyer for Estuaries by Mottram (Solaris, Twickenham, Middlesex, 1992), sample pages of the text, list of potential subscribers, and Skelt's report on the 'No one listens to poetry' colloquium of 20 Jul 1991
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/89]
1992
Six photographs of Mottram considered for inclusion in the text of Live all you can by Mottram (Solaris, Twickenham, 1992)
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/90]
1992
Review of Live all you can by Mottram (Solaris, Twickenham, 1992) from SPD (Small Press Distribution), photocopy
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/91]
1994 Aug 12
Letter and 2 postcards from Peterjon Skelt with enclosed form for subscribing to Alive in parts of this century by Mottram (North & South, Twickenham and Wakefield, 1994), and list of non-contributors
[MOTTRAM: 2/3/92]
1994
List of invitees to 'Mottram at 70' party, 19 Nov 1994, and personalised invitation card, with typescript letter of 7 Jan 1995, reporting sales of the publication