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Subseries 8.2
Prose, 1966-2004
Box 98 - 102; OP 1-OP2
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type, then in alphabetical order.
| Addresses/Lectures | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 98 | 44 | Opening address, World Reading Conference, holograph fragment, ca. 1982 |
| 98 | 45 | Holograph draft of introduction to reading of "Digging" at Bates College commencement, 26 May 1986 with commencement program |
| 98 | 46 | "The Sweetest Dream in Robert Frost," conclusion of second lecture as Professor of Poetry at Oxford University, holograph with revisions, 26 October 1989 |
| 98 | 47 | The Crewe[i]an Oration, Oxford University, typescript with holograph corrections, 19 June 1991, with draft copy of the introduction of the oration and photocopied introduction from Oxford University Gazette |
| 98 | 48 | Irish Society Michaelmas Dinner address, Oxford University, 30 November 1992, holograph, with signed menu |
| 98 | 49 | "Irelantis: Exhibition opening at Anya von Gosseln Gallery," typescript address, 28 March 1995 |
| 98 | 50 | Hughie O'Donoghue Exhibition, Kilkenny, address for exhibition opening, typescript with holograph revisions, 16 August 1997 |
| 98 | 51 | "Remarks at the Restoration Dinner 1999," [Magdalen College, Oxford], holograph manuscript, signed |
| 98 | 52 | Untitled after-dinner remarks, University of Pennsylvania commencement weekend, typescript with holograph corrections, 21 May 2000 |
| 98 | 53 | "Harvard Commencements Readings," three drafts, typescript with some holograph revisions, 8 June 2000 |
| 98 | 54 | "Student Writing Awards," Purdue U |
| 98 | 55 | Untitled speech presented as guest of honor at dinner sponsored by The Ireland Funds of France (Paris), typescript and holograph manuscript, April 2, 2002 |
| 98 | 56 | "Speech at Banquet in Town Hall," Stockholm, 19 September 2003 |
| 98 | 57 | "Title Deeds: Translating a Classic," lecture, American Philosophical Society, 23 April 2004 |
| 98 | 58 | "Doing Time: An Apology for Poetry," holograph notes, undated |
| 98 | 59 | Introduction of Melvyn Bragg, typescript with holograph notes and corrections, undated |
| 98 | 60 | Lecture on periphery art and Edwin Muir, holograph draft, undated |
| 98 | 61 | "Robert Fitzgerald: Memorial Address," holograph draft with two typescript copies, undated |
| British Broadcasting Corporation scripts | ||
| 99 | 1 | January Review, "The Arts in Ireland," photocopied typescript 23 January 1973 |
| 99 | 2 | Explorations: "Otherness," typescript, ca. 1973 |
| 99 | 3 | Explorations: "Words Failed Me…," typescript, ca. 1973 |
| 99 | 4 | Explorations: "The Long Garden," typescript, ca. 1973 |
| 99 | 5 | Explorations: "Bitter Honey," typescript, ca. 1973 |
| 99 | 6 | Explorations: "Fields of Praise," typescript with holograph corrections, ca. 1973 |
| 99 | 7 | Explorations: "The Chilly Sun," typescript with holograph revisions, ca. 1973 |
| 99 | 8 | Explorations: "A Gallous Story," holograph manuscript with typescript book extracts, ca. 1973 |
| 99 | 9 | Explorations: "Over the Bridge," holograph manuscript, ca. 1973 |
| 99 | 10 | Ulster in Focus, "Bogland," carbon typescript with holograph revisions and shot list, 11 February 1976 |
| 99 | 11 | Today and Yesterday in Northern Ireland: "The Mermaid," photocopied typescript with holograph revisions 23 February 1976 |
| 99 | 12 | Explorations II: "Call My Brother Back," photocopied typescript, 12 January 1978 |
| 99 | 13 | Explorations II: "The Emperor of Ice Cream," photocopied typescript, 19 January 1978 |
| 99 | 14 | Explorations II: "Of Mice and Men," photocopied typescript, 26 January 1978` |
| 99 | 15 | Today and Yesterday in Northern Ireland: "Thomas Moore I", photocopied typescript, 21 January 1979 |
| 99 | 16 | Today and Yesterday in Northern Ireland: "Thomas Moore II," photocopied typescript, 23 March 1979 |
| 99 | 17 | Time for Verse, program 1, holograph notes with duplicated transcript, 1979 [1 of 6] |
| 99 | 18 | Time for Verse, program 2, holograph notes with duplicated transcript, 1979 [2 of 6] |
| 99 | 19 | Time for Verse, program 3, holograph notes with duplicated transcript, 1979 [3 of 6] |
| 99 | 20 | Time for Verse, program 4, holograph notes with duplicated transcript, 1979 [4 of 6] |
| 99 | 21 | Time for Verse, program 5, holograph notes with duplicated transcript, 1979 [5 of 6] |
| 99 | 22 | Time for Verse, program 6, holograph notes with duplicated transcript, 1979 [6 of 6] |
| 99 | 23 | "W.B. Yeats: Cast a Cold Eye," typescript of documentary special with Seamus Heaney as narrator, ca. January 1989 |
| 99 | 24 | Interview with Seamus Heaney, Abeer Parks and James Cook (presenters) for Newsline, BBC Radio Scotland FM, 7 February 2001 |
| Eulogies | ||
| 99 | 25 | Eulogy for Gus Martin, photocopied typescript, ca. 1996 |
| 99 | 26 | Eulogy for Ted Hughes, holograph draft with revisions, November 1998 |
| 99 | 27 | "Memorial Address" for Ted Hughes, Westminster Abbey, typescript with holograph corrections, 13 May 1999 |
| 99 | 28 | Eulogy for Geoffrey [?], holograph draft with notes and photocopy of "Afterwards" by Thomas Hardy, undated |
| 99 | 29 | Eulogy for Ted [Allen?], holograph, undated |
| Notes | ||
| 100 | 1 | Holograph notes regarding Irish Catholic/British relationships from the eighteenth century, mid 1960s |
| 100 | 2 | Holograph notes regarding Wordsworth, Auden, and Eliot, mid 1960s |
| 100 | 3 | Holograph outline for lecture with early teaching materials, ca, 1966 |
| 100 | 4 | Holograph notes regarding physical imagery [class at Berkley], ca. 1971 |
| 100 | 5 | Holograph notes for lecture on Elizabeth Bishop, Oxford, holograph manuscript, 2 December 1992 |
| 100 | 6 | Holograph notes for eulogy for Frank Kinahan, February 1993 |
| 100 | 7 | Holograph notes regarding Clare Cavanagh's manuscript on Mandelstam with letter from Princeton University Press, ca. May 1993 |
| 100 | 8 | Photocopied pages from notebook relating to trip to Greece, 1995 |
| 100 | 9 | Holograph notes for introduction to Beowulf, photocopy, 21 March 1995 |
| 100 | 10 | "Questions and Considerations" regarding the opening of Bellaghy Baun as a center for Heaney poetry, films, and broadcasts, ca. 1996 |
| 100 | 11 | "An Evening with Irish Poets," holograph notes for event at Villanova University, 4 April 2000 |
| 100 | 12 | Holograph notes on cards, address at Celebration Dinner 2000, The Irish Literary Society, 13 November 2000 |
| 100 | 13 | Holograph notes for introduction to lecture at Wolfson College (Oxford), 19 January 2002 |
| 100 | 14 | Holograph notes for Beowulf reading, undated |
| 100 | 15 | Holograph notes for Grolier reading, undated |
| 100 | 16 | Holograph notes for readings on the college circuit, undated |
| 100 | 17 | Holograph notes for remarks preceding poetry reading celebrating publication of The Field Day Anthology of Irish Literature and achievements of Seamus Deane |
| 100 | 18 | Holograph notes regarding D.H. Lawrence and Philip Larkin, undated |
| 100 | 19 | Holograph notes regarding Derek Mahon [for introduction?], undated |
| 100 | 20 | Holograph note for address regarding influence of personal experience on writing, undated |
| 100 | 21 | "Odd Coincidences," holograph notes [for reading?], undated |
| 100 | 22 | Holograph notes on pornography, undated |
| 100 | 23 | Holograph notes for unidentified after-dinner speech, undated |
| 100 | 24 | Holograph notes regarding W.H. Auden, undated |
| 100 | 25 | Holograph notes for unidentified readings, undated |
| 100 | 26 | Miscellaneous holograph notes, undated |
| Other prose | ||
| 100 | 27 | "Chaucer's Troilus and Crisede," "The Patterns of The Canterbury Tales," graded holograph essays and with notes, ca. 1960s |
| 100 | 28 | "Wordsworth at Grasmere," carbon typescript with additional notes by Seamus Heaney, early 1970s |
| 100 | 29 | "My Education with Seamus Heaney," photocopied typescript with many holograph revisions, August 1997 |
| 100 | 30 | "International Books of the Year," review of Tales from Ovid by Ted Hughes, typescript with holograph corrections, ca. 1997 |
| 100 | 31 | "Burns's Art Speech," typescript, ca. 1998 |
| 100 | 32 | "A Note on Michael Warren's Sculptures," typescript with holograph revisions and photocopy of "Simple Measure" by John Hutchinson, ca. 6 November 1998 |
| 100 | 33 | "Ted Hughes, Birthday Letters, Faber & Faber," review, typescript with holograph revisions, 1999 |
| 100 | 34 | Introduction of Brendan Kennelly, winner of the Ireland Funds Literary Award, typescript with holograph revisions, 1999 |
| 100 | 35 | Book jacket blurb for Collected Poems ( I ), by Michael Hartnett, photocopied typescript, ca. 2001 |
| 100 | 36 | "Not to learn Irish…" statement signed by Seamus Heaney, photocopied typescript with revision, undated |
| 100 | 37 | [Reading introduction?] regarding the work of a poet, holograph, undated |
| 100 | 38 | Brief history of Field Day Theatre, holograph draft with many revisions, undated |
| 100 | 39 | Draft review of Greer Hersch's poetry, holograph, undated |
| 100 | 40 | "A poem is…" [introduction?], typescript with holograph revisions, undated |
| 100 | 41 | "Atlas of Civilization," review article written for Parnassus, undated |
| 100 | 42 | "Ghosts: The Fisherman and the Mermaid," typescript, undated |
| 100 | 43 | "The Impact of Translation," essay, photocopied typescript with holograph corrections, undated |
| 100 | 44 | Transcription of conversations between Seamus Heaney, David Hammond, Terry Flanagan, and John Reihill regarding life around Lough Erne, undated |
| 100 | 45 | Untitled essay on reading as a young boy, typescript, undated |
| 100 | 46 | Unidentified fragments |
| Editing projects | ||
| 100 | 47 | Plowshares, volume 10, number 1, special poetry edition edited by Seamus Heaney, Spring 1984, typescripts of articles and poems, related correspondence |
| 101 | 1 | The School Bag, edited with Ted Hughes, letter from Christopher Reid to Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes regarding arrangement and current status of the anthology, 5 July 1996 |
| 101 | 2 | The School Bag, letter from Seamus Heaney to Christopher Reid and Ted Hughes regarding sketch for foreword/afterword, 12 July 1996 |
| 101 | 3 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letter from Faber & Faber, 15 July 1996 [1 of 2] |
| 101 | 4 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, 15 July 1996 [2 of 2] |
| 101 | 5 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letter from Faber & Faber, 16 July 1996 |
| 101 | 6 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letter from Faber & Faber, 18 July 1996 |
| 101 | 7 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letter from Faber & Faber, 22 July 1996 |
| 101 | 8 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letter from Faber & Faber, 25 July 1996 [1 of 2] |
| 101 | 9 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, 25 July 1996 [2 of 2] |
| 101 | 10 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, 26 July 1996 |
| 101 | 11 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letter and notes from Seamus Heaney 28 July 1996 |
| 101 | 12 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letter from Faber & Faber, 19 August 1996 |
| 101 | 13 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letter from Faber & Faber, 20 August 1996 |
| 101 | 14 | The School Bag, notes by Christopher Reid on first proofs, Seamus Heaney's holograph notes in response; with letters from Faber & Faber, 22 and 31 October 1996 and holograph notes from Seamus Heaney, 6 November [1996] |
| 101 | 15 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letter from Faber & Faber, 18 November 1996 |
| 101 | 16 | The School Bag, letter from Joanna Mackle to Seamus Heaney regarding promotion of The School Bag, 20 December 1996 |
| 101 | 17 | The School Bag, proof notes with holograph note from Seamus Heaney to Charley Boyle, 1 January 1997 |
| 101 | 18 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, with letters from Seamus Heaney to Matthew Evans, 5 January 1997 and to Joanna Mackle, 5 and 7 January 1997 |
| 101 | 19 | The School Bag, reading for The Arvon Foundation, "Love and War," poems from The School Bag read by Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Dianna Rigs, Imogene Stubbs, 2 March 1997 |
| 101 | 20 | The School Bag, drafts of questions and answers by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney, with notes from Margaret Hatton and Seamus Heaney, 14 and 18 March 1997 |
| 102 | 1 | [ The School Bag?], holograph lists of poets and poems, undated |
| 102 | 2 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration with holograph notes in Seamus Heaney's hand, undated, [1 of 6] |
| 102 | 3 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, undated, [2 of 6] |
| 102 | 4 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, undated, [3 of 6] |
| 102 | 5 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, undated, [4 of 6] |
| 102 | 6 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, undated, [5 of 6] |
| 102 | 7 | The School Bag, photocopied selections under consideration, undated, [6 of 6] |
| 102 | 8 | The School Bag, foreword, typescript, undated |
| OP1 | 2 | The School Bag, page proofs, pp. 3-199 |
| OP1 | 3 | The School Bag, page proofs, pp. 3-199 and front matter |
| OP1 | 4 | The School Bag, page proofs, pp. 200-300 |
| OP1 | 5 | The School Bag, page proofs, pp. 200-399 |
| OP1 | 6 | The School Bag, page proofs, pp. 400-599 |
| OP2 | 1 | The School Bag, page proofs, pp. 400-570 |
| OP2 | 2 | The School Bag, page proofs, pp. 600-711 |
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