Writers in Education Questionnaire Annotated Responses, and Photographs, 1979-1996

Accession number: 1997-0021R



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Processed by: Susan Hamburger
Date Completed: 2007
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Descriptive Summary

Creator: Brownjohn, Alan, 1931-
Title: Writers in Education Questionnaire Annotated Responses, and Photographs, 1979-1996
Accession: 1997-0021R VF Lit
Extent: 40 items
Repository: Pennsylvania State University, University Libraries, Special Collections Library

Administrative Information

Access

Unrestricted access.

Source of Acquisition

Purchased from R. A. Gekoski, 1992; and gift of Alan Brownjohn, 1997

Preferred Citation

Writers in Education Questionnaire Annotated Responses, and Photographs, 1979-1996, Accession 1997-0021R, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Special Collections Library, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by respondent.

Biographical Note

Alan Brownjohn is a British poet.

Scope and Content

In 1979 Alan Brownjohn sent a questionnaire to British and Irish poets, novelists, and playwrights requesting their views on writers' fellowships in academic institutions. He retained replies from three who had received fellowships and from twenty who had not. Brownjohn annotated their responses in red ink.

Respondents include Dannie Abse, Kingsley Amis, Beryl Bainbridge, Margaret Drabble, D. J. Enright, Michael Frayn, William Golding, W. S. Graham, Michael Hamburger, Seamus Heaney, Thomas Hinde, Ted Hughes, Dan Jacobson, Laurie Lee, Doris Lessing, Michael Longley, Olivia Manning, Stanley Middleton, Iris Murdoch, Piers Paul Read, C. H. Sisson, Stephen Spender, and Ted Walker.

Also, includes eight photographs (7 color, 1 black-and-white) of Alan Brownjohn, 1983-1996.

Index Terms

These materials are indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Pennsylvania State University. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog under these index terms.

Personal Subjects

Brownjohn, Alan, 1931- -- Portraits

Topical Subjects

Authors, English -- 20th century

Authors, Irish -- 20th century

Women authors, English -- 20th century

Form/Genre Terms

Black-and-white photographs

Color photographs

Questionnaires

Correspondents

Abse, Dannie

Amis, Kingsley

Bainbridge, Beryl, 1933-

Drabble, Margaret, 1939-

Enright, D. J. (Dennis Joseph), 1920-2002

Frayn, Michael

Golding, William, 1911-1993

Graham, W. S. (William Sydney), 1918-

Hamburger, Michael

Heaney, Seamus, 1939-

Hinde, Thomas, 1926-

Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998

Jacobson, Dan

Lee, Laurie

Lessing, Doris May, 1919-

Longley, Michael, 1939-

Manning, Olivia

Middleton, Stanley, 1919-

Murdoch, Iris

Read, Piers Paul, 1941-

Sisson, C. H. (Charles Hubert), 1914-

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

Walker, Ted, 1934-