HUGHES, TED, 1930-1998.
Ted Hughes papers
>
Writings by Ted Hughes >
Children's writings
Ted Hughes papers > Writings by Ted Hughes > Children's writings
Subseries 2.6
Children's writings, 1961-1997
Boxes 123-130; OP9-10
Scope and Content Note
The subseries consists materials relating to Hughes's childrens collected works from 1961-1997. Materials relating to his published collections may include drafts of the book's table of contents, manuscript and typescript poems, complete typescripts, and proofs. The manuscripts and typescripts of individual poems have been arranged alphabetically by the poem's title, with unpublished material at the end of the subseries. If a poem was known by more than one title, the variant title(s) have been provided in brackets. If a poem was made up of, or included, other poems this is also indicated in brackets, thus [includes . . . .]. Because of Hughes' propensity to reuse paper, cross-references are used to note locations of related materials in other parts of the collection.
Arrangement Note
Arranged in chronological order by date of publication; individual poems within the work are arranged in alphabetical order.
| Meet My Folks (1961) | ||
| Box | Folder | Content |
|---|---|---|
| 123 | 1 | "Fairy Godmother," MS |
| 123 | 2 | "My Aunt Flo," MS |
| - | - | "My Grandpa," TS [See Subseries 2.3: "Miscellaneous Notes"] |
| 123 | 3 | "My Granny," MS and TS |
| 123 | 4 | "My Own True Family," MS |
| 123 | 5 | "My Uncle Mick," MS |
| 123 | 6 | Meet My Folks, Drafts of unpublished poems |
| 123 | 7 | Meet My Folks, Page proof |
| 123 | 8 | Meet My Folks, Corrected page proofs |
| 123 | 9 | Meet My Folks, Photocopy of page proofs |
| OP9 | 1 | Meet My Folks, Galley proofs |
| How the Whale Became (1963) | ||
| - | - | "How the Monkey Became," not published [See Subseries 2.2: Recklings, "The Toughest"] |
| 123 | 10 | How the Whale Became, TS |
| 123 | 11 | How the Whale Became, Page proofs |
| 123 | 12 | How the Whale Became, Bound page proofs |
| 123 | 13 | How the Whale Became, Corrected bound page proofs |
| 123 | 14 | How the Whale Became, Galley |
| The Earth-Owl and Other Moon-People (1963) | ||
| 123 | 15 | "The Adaptable Mountain Dugong," MS and TS |
| 123 | 16 | "The Armies of the Moon," MS and TS |
| 123 | 17 | "The Burrow Wolf," MS and TS |
| 123 | 18 | "Cactus-Sickness," MS and TS [variant title: "Galloping Cactus"] |
| 123 | 19 | "Crab Grass," MS and TS |
| 123 | 20 | "The Dracula Vine," MS and TS |
| 123 | 21 | "The Earth-Owl," MS and TS |
| 123 | 22 | "Foxgloves," TS [See also Subseries 2.6: Earth-Owl and Other Moon People, "Moon Dog-Daisies" and "Moon Tulips"] |
| 123 | 23 | "Moon-Cabbage," MS and TS [See also Subseries 2.2: Recklings, "Don Giovanni and Subseries 2.6: Earth-Owl and Other Moon People, "The Snail of the Moon"] |
| 123 | 24 | "Moon-Cloud Gripe," MS |
| 123 | 25 | "Moon Dog-Daisies," MS and TS |
| 123 | 26 | "Moon-Freaks," MS |
| - | - | "Moon-hops," MS and TS ) [See Subseries 2.6: Earth-Owl and Other Moon People, "Moon dog-Daisies"] |
| 123 | 27 | "Moon-Horrors," MS and TS |
| 123 | 28 | "A Moon Man Hunt," MS and TS |
| 123 | 29 | "Moon-Nasturtiums," MS and TS [See also Subseries 2.6: Earth-Owl and Other Moon People, "Moon dog-Daisies"] |
| 123 | 30 | "Moon Roses," MS and TS [variant title: "Moon-blooms"] [See also Subseries 2.6: Earth-Owl and Other Moon People, "Moon Dog-Daisies"] |
| 123 | 31 | "Moon Transport," MS and TS |
| 123 | 32 | "Moon Tulips," MS and TS |
| 123 | 33 | "Music on the Moon," MS and TS |
| 123 | 34 | "The Silent Eye," MS and TS [variant title: "The Flying Eye] |
| 123 | 35 | "The Snail of the Moon," MS and TS |
| 123 | 36 | "Tree-Disease," MS and TS |
| 123 | 37 | Earth Owl and other Moon People, TS |
| 123 | 38 | Earth Owl and other Moon People, Page proofs |
| Nessie the Mannerless Monster (1964) | ||
| 123 | 39 | Nessie the Mannerless Monster, Cover for paperback edition |
| 123 | 40 | Nessie the Mannerless Monster, MS [See also Subseries 2.6: Under the North Star, "The Eagle" and Subseries 2.5: The Pig Organ, MS] |
| 123 | 41 | Nessie the Mannerless Monster, Page proofs for paperback edition |
| OP9 | 2 | Nessie the Mannerless Monster, Text proof and galley proof, 1st paperback edition (1992) |
| Animal Poems (1967) | ||
| 123 | 42 | "Lineage," MS |
| Five Autumn Songs for Children's Voices (1968) | ||
| - | - | "The Seven Sorrows of Autumn," MS [See Subseries 2.2: Season Songs, Possible outlines, MS] |
| 123 | 43 | Five Autumn Songs for Children's Voices, Printed version with annotations |
| The Iron Man (1968) | ||
| 123 | 44 | The Iron Man, MS |
| 123 | 45 | The Iron Man, TS |
| 123 | 46 | The Iron Man, Corrected page proofs |
| 123 | 47 | The Iron Man, Page proofs |
| 124 | 1 | The Iron Man, Proofs of illustrations |
| Earth-Moon (1976) | ||
| 124 | 2 | Notebook of MS poems |
| 124 | 3 | "Earth Moon," TS |
| 124 | 4 | "The Moon Bull," TS |
| 124 | 5 | "Moon Clock," TS |
| 124 | 6 | "The Moon-Haggis," TS |
| 124 | 7 | "A Moon-Hare," TS |
| 124 | 8 | "Moon Heads," TS |
| 124 | 9 | "Moon Heyena," TS |
| 124 | 10 | "A Moon-Lily," TS |
| 124 | 11 | "The Moon-Mare" [See also Subseries 2.2: River, "After Moonless Midnight"] |
| 124 | 12 | "Moon Marriage," TS |
| 124 | 13 | "Moon Mirror," TS |
| 124 | 14 | "The Moon Mourner," TS |
| 124 | 15 | "The Moon-Oak," TS |
| 124 | 16 | "Moon Ravens," TS |
| 124 | 17 | "Moon-Shadow Beggars," MS and TS |
| 124 | 18 | "Moon-Theatre," TS |
| 124 | 19 | "Moon Thirst," TS |
| 124 | 20 | "Moon Thorns," TS |
| 124 | 21 | "Moon Walkers," TS |
| 124 | 22 | "Moon Ways," TS |
| 124 | 23 | "MoonWeapons," TS |
| 124 | 24 | "Moon-Whales," TS |
| 124 | 25 | "Moon-Wind," TS |
| 124 | 26 | "Moon Wings," TS |
| 124 | 27 | "A Moon-Witch," TS |
| 124 | 28 | "Moon Witches," TS |
| 124 | 29 | "Moony Art," TS |
| 124 | 30 | "Mushrooms on the Moon," TS |
| 124 | 31 | "Singing on the Moon," TS |
| 124 | 32 | "Visiting the Moon," TS [variant titles: "Moon-Glimplses," "Just Looking Round," and "Moon-Looking"] |
| 124 | 33 | Earth-Moon, TS I |
| 124 | 34 | Earth-Moon, TS II |
| Moon-Whales and Other Moon Poems (1976) | ||
| 124 | 35 | Moon-Whales and Other Moon Poems, Various TS pages |
| 124 | 36 | Moon-Whales and Other Moon Poems, TS I |
| 124 | 37 | Moon-Whales and Other Moon Poems, TS II |
| OP9 | 3 | Moon-Whales and Other Moon Poems, Page proofs (2) |
| 124 | 38 | Moon-Whales and Other Moon Poems, Paperback Proofs (1991) |
| Moon-Bells and Other Poems (1978) | ||
| 124 | 39 | "Ants," MS and TS |
| 124 | 40 | "He Gets Up In Dark Dawn," MS |
| 124 | 41 | "Horrible Song," MS |
| 124 | 42 | "Mountain Lion," MS |
| 124 | 43 | "Nessie," TS |
| 124 | 44 | "Off Days," MS |
| 124 | 45 | "The Tigress," MS |
| 124 | 46 | Pets and Other Poems, TS [transitional title to Moon-Bells and Other Poems] |
| 124 | 47 | Moon-Bells and Other Poems (1978): Various TS pages |
| OP9 | 4 | Moon-Bells and Other Poems (1978): Page proofs |
| 124 | 48 | Moon-Bells and Other Poems (1978): Galley |
| 124 | 49 | Moon-Bells and Other Poems (1978): Proofs of illustrations |
| 124 | 50 | Moon-Bells and Other Poems (1978): Cover mock-up |
| The Threshold (1979) | ||
| 124 | 51 | The Threshold, MS I |
| 124 | 52 | The Threshold, MS II |
| 125 | 1 | The Threshold, MS III |
| 125 | 2 | The Threshold, TS |
| Under the North Star (1981) | ||
| 125 | 3 | Notebook of MS poems |
| 125 | 4 | "Arctic Fox," TS |
| 125 | 5 | "Brooktrout," MS and TS |
| 125 | 6 | "The Eagle," MS and TS |
| 125 | 7 | "Eagle Owl," MS |
| 125 | 8 | "An Evening Seal," MS |
| 125 | 9 | "Goose," MS and TS [variant title: "The Brent Goose"] |
| 125 | 10 | "Grizzly Bear," MS |
| 125 | 11 | "Heron," MS |
| 125 | 12 | "Loon," MS |
| 125 | 13 | "Lynx," MS and TS |
| 125 | 14 | "Mooses," MS |
| 125 | 15 | "Mosquito," MS |
| 125 | 16 | "The Muskellunge," MS |
| 125 | 17 | "Musk-Ox," MS and TS |
| 125 | 18 | "Osprey," MS |
| 125 | 19 | "Puma," MS |
| 125 | 20 | "Skunk," MS and TS |
| 125 | 21 | "The Snow-Show Hare," MS |
| 125 | 22 | "The Snowy Owl," MS |
| 125 | 23 | "The Wendigo," MS |
| 125 | 24 | "Wolf," MS |
| 125 | 25 | "Wolverine," MS |
| 125 | 26 | "Woodpecker," MS |
| 125 | 27 | Under the North Star, TS |
| 125 | 28 | Under the North Star, TS (photocopy) |
| 125 | 29 | Under the North Star, Galley proofs |
| What is the Truth? (1984) | ||
| 125 | 30 | Notebook of MS poems |
| 125 | 31 | "Badger," MS and TS |
| 125 | 32 | "Bat," MS |
| 125 | 33 | "Bullfinch," MS |
| 125 | 34 | "Buzzard," MS and TS |
| 125 | 35 | "Calf," MS |
| 125 | 36 | "Carp," MS [See also Subseries 2.7: Camillo Penneti poems, "Sea Gull"] |
| 125 | 37 | "Cat," MS |
| 125 | 38 | "Cows" I [See also Subseries 2.7: Camillo Penneti poems, "Yin"] |
| - | - | "Cows" II [See Subseries 2.7: Camillo Penneti poems, "Persian Drawings"] |
| 125 | 39 | "The Dead Vixen," MS and TS |
| 125 | 40 | "Dog," MS |
| 125 | 41 | "Donkey," MS |
| 125 | 42 | "Dream with a Pheasant," TS |
| 125 | 43 | "Ducks," MS |
| 125 | 44 | "Fly," MS |
| 125 | 45 | "The Foal Has Landed," MS and TS [variant titles: " The Foal"] |
| 125 | 46 | "Fox," MS |
| 125 | 47 | "Geese," MS and TS |
| 125 | 48 | "Grass-snake," MS |
| 125 | 49 | "Hare," MS [See also Subseries 2.6: What is the Truth?, "Pig"] |
| 125 | 50 | "Hedgehog," MS |
| 125 | 51 | "Hen," MS |
| 125 | 52 | "Honey Bee," MS and TS |
| 125 | 53 | "Horses," MS and TS |
| 125 | 54 | "Lamb," MS |
| - | - | "Mice," TS [See Subseries 2.6: What is the Truth?, "Worms"] |
| 125 | 55 | "Owl," MS [See also Subseries 2.4b: Poetry in the Making, Appendices and misc. poems] |
| 125 | 56 | "Partridge," MS |
| 125 | 57 | "Pheasant," MS [See also Subseries 2.2: New Selected Poems, 1957-1994, "Remembering Teheran" and Subseries 2.6: What is the Truth?, "Badger"] |
| 125 | 58 | "Pig," MS |
| 125 | 59 | "Pigeons," MS |
| 125 | 60 | "Rat," MS |
| 125 | 61 | "Rook," MS and TS |
| 125 | 62 | "Rooster," MS |
| 125 | 63 | "Sheep," MS |
| 125 | 64 | "Sparrow," MS |
| 125 | 65 | "Swallows," MS |
| 125 | 66 | "Treecreeper," MS |
| 125 | 67 | "Weasel," MS |
| 125 | 68 | "Woodpecker," MS |
| 126 | 1 | "Worms," MS |
| 126 | 2 | "Wren," MS |
| - | - | What is the Truth?, prose (appeared on pp. 100-103 in published edition) [See Subseries 2.7: Camillo Pennati poems, "Meeting an Extraterrestrial"] |
| 126 | 3 | What is the Truth?, Table of contents, Lists of corrections, MS |
| 126 | 4 | What is the Truth?, TS I [See also Subseries 2.2, Wolfwatching, "Us He Devours," MS] |
| 126 | 5 | What is the Truth?, TS II |
| 126 | 6 | What is the Truth?, TS III |
| 126 | 7 | What is the Truth?, TS IV |
| 126 | 8 | What is the Truth?, Faxed TS pages |
| 126 | 9 | What is the Truth?, Photocopy |
| OP9 | 5 | What is the Truth?, Proof with corrections, 22 June 1983 [1] |
| OP9 | 6 | What is the Truth?, Proof with corrections, 12 July 1983 [4 different copies] |
| OP9 | 7 | What is the Truth?, Proof with corrections, 22 August 1983 [1] |
| OP9 | 8 | What is the Truth?, [Final] Proof, 20 October 1983 [1] |
| Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth (1986) | ||
| 126 | 10 | Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth, Draft MS |
| 126 | 11 | Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth, TS |
| 126 | 12 | Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth, Copy of TS |
| 126 | 13 | Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth, Page proofs |
| OP10 | 1 | Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth, Sample settings |
| OP10 | 2 | Ffangs the Vampire Bat and the Kiss of Truth, Galley proofs |
| The Cat and the Cuckoo (1987) | ||
| 127 | 1 | Notebook of MS poems |
| 127 | 2 | "Cow," MS and TS [See also Subseries 2.4c: Selected Poems by Keith Douglas] |
| 127 | 3 | "Crow," MS and TS [See also Subseries 2.6: The Cat and the Cuckoo, "Cow" and Subseries 2.6: Tales of the Early World, "The Guardian"] |
| 127 | 4 | "Cuckoo," TS |
| 127 | 5 | "Dragonfly," TS |
| 127 | 6 | "Fantails," TS |
| 127 | 7 | "Goat," MS |
| 127 | 8 | "Grey Squirrel," TS |
| - | - | "Hen," TS [See Subseries 2.2: Wolfwatching, "The Black Rhino," MS] |
| 127 | 9 | "Mole," MS and TS |
| 127 | 10 | "Otter," TS [See also Subseries 2.3: "Miscellaneous Notes"] |
| 127 | 11 | "Owl," TS [See also Subseries 2.2: Wolfwatching, "The Black Rhino," MS] |
| 127 | 12 | "Pig," MS and TS |
| 127 | 13 | "Pike," TS |
| 127 | 14 | "The Red Admiral," MS |
| 127 | 15 | "Robin," MS and TS |
| 127 | 16 | "Sparrow," MS |
| 127 | 17 | "Worm," TS |
| 127 | 18 | The Cat and the Cuckoo, First proofs |
| 127 | 19 | The Cat and the Cuckoo, Page proofs |
| 127 | 20 | The Cat and the Cuckoo, Covers |
| Tales of the Early World (1988) | ||
| 127 | 21 | "The Dancers," Notebook of MS and TS |
| 127 | 22 | "The Guardian," Notebook of MS and TS |
| 127 | 23 | "The Guardian," photocopy |
| 127 | 24 | "How Sparrow Saved the Birds," Notebook of MS and TS |
| 127 | 25 | "The Invaders," Notebook of MS and TS |
| 127 | 26 | "The Leftovers," Notebook of MS and TS [See also Subseries 2.6, Under the North Star, "Skunk"] |
| 127 | 27 | "The Making of Parrot," Notebook of MS and TS |
| 127 | 28 | "The Playmate," Notebook of MS and TS |
| 127 | 29 | "The Shawl of the Beauty of the World," Notebook of MS and TS |
| 127 | 30 | "The Snag," Notebook of MS and TS |
| 127 | 31 | "The Trunk," Notebook of MS and TS |
| 127 | 32 | Tales of the Early World, Title page |
| 127 | 33 | Tales of the Early World, Photocopy minus art |
| 127 | 34 | Tales of the Early World, Page proofs I |
| 127 | 35 | Tales of the Early World, Page proofs II |
| The Mermaid's Purse (1993) | ||
| 128 | 1 | The Mermaid's Purse, Notebook of MS poems, I |
| 128 | 2 | The Mermaid's Purse, Notebook of MS poems, II |
| 128 | 3 | The Mermaid's Purse, Photocopies of poems with annotations |
| 128 | 4 | The Mermaid's Purse, Photocopied draft fragments |
| 128 | 5 | The Mermaid's Purse, Corrected TS |
| 128 | 6 | The Mermaid's Purse, Photocopied TS |
| OP10 | 3 | The Mermaid's Purse, Early color proof with corrections [extensive MS revisions to "Ragworm"] |
| 128 | 7 | The Mermaid's Purse, Printer's proofs |
| The Iron Woman (1993) | ||
| 128 | 8 | Notebooks (4) of MS poems |
| 128 | 9 | Notebook of MS poems |
| 128 | 10 | The Iron Woman, MS |
| 128 | 11 | The Iron Woman, Draft TS |
| 128 | 12 | The Iron Woman, TS (incomplete) |
| 128 | 13 | The Iron Woman, Corrected TS |
| 128 | 14 | The Iron Woman, TS |
| 128 | 15 | The Iron Woman, Page proofs |
| 128 | 16 | The Iron Woman, Galley proofs |
| The Dreamfighter and other Creation Tales (1995) | ||
| 129 | 1 | "Camel," Notebook of MS |
| 129 | 2 | "The Dreamfighter" Notebook of MS |
| 129 | 3 | "The Gambler," Notebook of MS |
| 129 | 4 | "Goku," Notebook of MS |
| 129 | 5 | "Gozzie," Notebook of MS |
| 129 | 6 | "Grizzly Bear and the Human Child" Notebook of MS |
| 129 | 7 | "How God Got His Golden Head" Notebook of MS |
| 129 | 8 | "The Last Dinosaurs," Notebook of MS |
| 129 | 9 | "The Moon and Loopy Downtail," Notebooks of MS (2) |
| 129 | 10 | "The Screw," MS |
| 129 | 11 | "The Secret of Man's Wife," MS |
| 129 | 12 | The Dreamfighter and other Creation Tales, TS w/ unpublished material |
| 129 | 13 | The Dreamfighter and other Creation Tales, Corrected TS |
| 129 | 14 | The Dreamfighter and other Creation Tales, Page proofs I |
| 129 | 15 | The Dreamfighter and other Creation Tales, Page proofs II |
| 129 | 16 | The Dreamfighter and other Creation Tales, Faxed designs |
| Collected Animal Poems (1995) | ||
| 129 | 17 | Tables of contents |
| 129 | 18 | List of sources |
| 129 | 19 | List of page proof corrections |
| 129 | 20 | Vol. 1: The Iron Wolf, "Spider," MS and TS |
| 129 | 21 | Vol. 1: The Iron Wolf, Page proofs |
| 129 | 22 | Vol. 1: The Iron Wolf, Page proofs w/ illustrations |
| 129 | 23 | Vol. 1: The Iron Wolf, Cover |
| 129 | 24 | Vol. 2: What is the Truth?, Proofs |
| 129 | 25 | Vol. 2: What is the Truth?, Proofs w/ illustrations |
| 130 | 1 | Vol. 2: What is the Truth?, Sample cover |
| 130 | 2 | Vol. 2: What is the Truth?, Cover |
| 130 | 3 | Vol. 2: What is the Truth?, Photocopy |
| 130 | 4 | Vol. 3: A March Calf, "The Irish Elk," MS |
| 130 | 5 | Vol. 3: A March Calf, "Live Skull," TS [variant title: "Trenchford Winter"] |
| 130 | 6 | Vol. 3: A March Calf, "Tiger," MS and TS |
| 130 | 7 | Vol. 3: A March Calf, "Very New Foal," MS and TS |
| 130 | 8 | Vol. 3: A March Calf, "Waterlicked," MS and TS |
| 130 | 9 | Vol. 3: A March Calf, Page proofs I |
| 130 | 10 | Vol. 3: A March Calf, Page proofs II |
| 130 | 11 | Vol. 3: A March Calf, Cover |
| 130 | 12 | Vol. 4: The Thought Fox, Page proofs I |
| 130 | 13 | Vol. 4: The Thought Fox, Page proofs II |
| 130 | 14 | Collected Animal Poems, Illustrations |
| Shaggy and Spotty (1997) | ||
| 130 | 15 | Shaggy and Spotty, MS (Inventory from Hughes stated: "as told to Frieda and Nicholas about 1964/5") |
| Uncollected Children's Writings | ||
| 130 | 16 | Opening of a children's story about Adam and Eve |
| 130 | 17 | Unidentified Children's prose ["Once upon a time, the world disappeared," MS] |
v1.11.0-dev