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Series I. 1965-1969

Series II. Anvil Press Poetry Production Material, 1968-1986

Series III. Correspondence, 1967-1987

Series IV. Financial Records

Series V. Peter Jay's Works and Translations (non-Anvil publications)

Anvil Press Poetry:

A Preliminary Inventory of Its Records at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	Anvil Press
	Title:	Anvil Press Poetry Records
	Dates:	1965-1987
	Abstract:	This collection consists of the correspondence, poetry manuscripts and typescripts, proofs, galleys, financial records, artwork, publicity leaflets, catalogs, and other publishing material generated by this British journal.
	Extent:	110 boxes, 9 oversize boxes, 63 galley files (53.76 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

Scope and Contents

Founded in 1968 by Peter Jay and John Aczel in Oxford, Anvil Press began as an extension of the poetry magazine New Measure which ran for 10 issues from 1965-1969. This collection of Anvil Press Poetry editorial and production files consists of correspondence, poetry manuscripts and typescripts, proofs, galleys, financial records, artwork, publicity leaflets, catalogs, and other publishing material for the period 1965-1987. In addition, an almost complete set of books published by Anvil, received with the records, have been transferred to the HRHRC book collection. Many of these are signed and numbered editions.

Peter Jay provided a detailed box list and notes regarding the collection; however, at the time of purchase, the material was reboxed for shipping and much of the original organization was lost. Jay's filing system has been reconstructed whenever feasible, but production material for Anvil Press Poetry is arranged in a single alphabet with box numbers from Jay's list noted on the folders. Jay's list and notes are filed in Box 1, along with a copy of this preliminary inventory.

The records are arranged in five series: New Measure, 1965-1969; Anvil Press Poetry Production Material, 1968-1986; Correspondence, 1967-1987; Financial Records; and Peter Jay's Works and Translations.

Series I includes correspondence and production material for New Measure, which featured prominent as well as little-known writers, and new poems as well as translations. The correspondence files also contain holograph manuscripts and typescripts of poems which Jay housed in concertina files dating from 1965 to 1968.

The bulk of the collection is found in Series II which comprises Anvil Press Poetry production material from 1968-1986. It is divided into two subseries: Published Works and Unpublished Material. The published works are arranged alphabetically by poet's names, including Gavin Bantock, designer Asa Benveniste, John Birtwhistle, Johannes Bobrowski, Ronald Bottrall, Joseph Brodsky, Tony Connor, Marcus Cumberlege, Dick Davis, John Digby, Odysseus Elytis, Gavin Ewart, Harry Guest, Michael Hamburger, David Holbrook, Peter Levi, Christopher Logue, John Matthias, Vasco Popa, Peter Porter, F. T. Prince, Sally Purcell, Salvatore Quasimodo, Peter Russell, Michael Schmidt, W. G. Shepherd, Stephen Spender, Paul Verlaine and Peter Whigham. This material is arranged in publication order: production file, typescripts and revisions, setting copy, paste-ups, proofs, running sheets, jackets, and covers. Included in these titles is the Poetica Series, nineteen works mostly in translation, representing all ages and cultures from Persius to Nietzsche.

The unpublished material in Subseries B is also arranged by author. It contains manuscripts which Anvil considered but chose not to publish, along with unsolicited typescripts.

Series III contains Anvil correspondence files arranged in two subseries: Chronological and Alphabetical. The chronological arrangement reflects Jay's use of concertina files. The overlapping dates correspond with Anvil's split year publishing cycles. Correspondents, in addition to poets mentioned previously, include Al Alvarez, W. H. Auden, George Barker, Francis Berry, Maurice Bowra, Basil Bunting, Richard Burns, Charles Causely, Nevill Coghill, Lawrence Durrell, William Empson, Roy Fisher, John Fuller, Louise Glück, Geoffrey Grigson, Thom Gunn, Quintin Hogg, Michael Horovitz, Ted Hughes, Clive James, Donald Justice, Edward Kissam, Philip Larken, George Macbeth, Matthew Mead, Marianne Moore, Charles Osborne, Brian Patten, Janos Pilnszky, Craig Raine, Kathleen Raine, Herbert Read, Vernon Scannell, and R. S. Thomas. In addition to the concertina files, Jay maintained separate files for certain authors for the period 1979-1986. These files comprise the alphabetical subseries.

The business papers in Series IV include records for New Measure as well as Anvil Press. Included are invoices, correspondence, tax records, cancelled checks, ledgers, VAT records, check stubs, bank statements, and cash receipts. Also present are Anvil sales catalogs and business records related to the series Modern Poetry in Translation.

Peter Jay's non-Anvil publications and translations are found in Series V. His writings and translations for Anvil are listed in the published works section of Series II. Particularly well-represented in this last series is The Greek Anthology, edited by Jay. Along with production material, correspondence related to the publication of this book is present. Also included in this series is a file on Poetry International, a festival for which Jay was an assistant director in 1969-72.

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Series I. New Measure, 1965-1969
		Subseries A. Correspondence, 1965-1968
			Concertina File no. 1
box	folder
1	1			A-B
	2			Birtwhistle, John
	3			C-G
	4-5			Guest, Harry
	6			H
	7			I-O
	8			P-Q
box	folder
2	1-2			Peters, Robert
	3			R-S
	4			T-Z
			Concertina File no. 2
	5			A
	6-7			B
box	folder
3	1-2			C
	3			D
	4			E-F
	5			G
	6			H
	7			I-L
box	folder
4	1			M
	2			N-O
	3			P-Q
	4			R
	5			S
	6			T-V
box	folder
5	1			W-Z
		Subseries B. Production Material, 1965-1969
			Setting copy, issues 1-10
	2			no. 1-3
	3			no. 4-5
	4-5			no. 5-10

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Series II. Anvil Press Poetry Production Material, 1968-1986
		Subseries A. Published Works
box	folder
6	1-2		Alexander, Michael, trans. Old English Riddles, Poetica no. 11, (1980) [cover artwork removed to oversize, Box 114]
			Apollinaire, Guillaume
	3-6			Apollinaire: Selected Poems, trans. by Oliver Bernard, (1986)
box	folder
7	1-2			Apollinaire (cont'd)
			Bantock, Gavin.
	3			Anhaga (1972)
	4			Dragons (1979) [galleys removed to Galley File]
	5			Eireikon (1972)
	6			A New Thing Breathing (1969)
box	folder
8	1			[Various titles] Published and unpublished works including "Juggernaut,""The Dream of the Cross,""Likenesses,""Empress" (play), and poems absorbed into Dragons
	2-3		Bartusek, Antonín. The Aztec Calendar & Other Poems, trans. by Ewald Osers, (1975) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Baudelaire, Charles
	4-6			Baudelaire: The Complete Verse, vol. 1, trans. by Francis Scarfe, (1986)
box	folder
9	1-7			Baudelaire (cont'd)
box	folder
10	1-2			Baudelaire (cont'd)
			Benveniste, Asa
	3-8			Throw Out the Life Line, Lay Out the Corse (1983)
box	folder
11	1			Throw Out the Life Line (cont'd)
			Birtwhistle, John
	2			Not Before Time (1972)
	3			Our Worst Suspicions (1985)
	4			Tidal Models (1980)
			Bobrowski, Johannes
	5-6			From the Rivers, trans. by Ruth & Matthew Mead, (1975) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	7-8			Shadow Lands, trans. by Ruth & Matthew Mead, (1984) [jacket artwork removed to oversize, Box 116 and proofs removed to oversize, Box 117]
box	folder
12	1-3			Shadow Lands (cont'd)
	4-5		Bosley, Keith. Stations (1979) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	6-7		Bottrall, Ronald. Poems 1955-1973 (1974) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
13	1-2		Bradley, Sam. Manspell/Godspell (1975)
	3		Brodsky, Joseph. Verses on the Winter Campaign 1980, trans. by Alan Myers, (1981)
	4		Buck, Heather. At the Window (1982)
	5		Burns, Richard. Avebury (1972)
			Connor, Tony
	6			New and Selected Poems (1982)
	7			Spirits of the Place (1986)
box	folder
14	1			Spirits of the Place (cont'd)
	2-3		Contemporary Swedish Poetry, trans. by John Matthias and Göran Printz-Påhlson, (1980) [galleys removed to Galley Files and jacket proofs removed to oversize, Box 116]
			Cooper, Jane
	4-6			Scaffolding (1984) [poster proofs removed to oversize, Box 114]
box	folder
15	1-3			Scaffolding (cont'd)
			Cumberlege, Marcus
	4-5			Firelines (1977) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	6			Oases (1968)
	7			Running Toward a New Life (1972) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Davis, Dick
box	folder
16	1-2			The Covenant (1984)
	3			In the Distance (1975) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	4			Seeing the World (1980) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Digby, John
	5			Sailing Away from Night (1978)
	6			The Structure of Bifocal Distance (1974) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	7-8			To Amuse a Shrinking Sun (1985) [cover artwork removed to oversize, Box 116]
	9		Disch, Thomas. ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ (1981) [cover layouts removed to oversize, Box 118 and galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
17	1		Doinas, Stefan Aug. Alibi & Other Poems, trans. by Peter Jay and Virgil Nemoianu, (1975) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	2-3		Dooley, Tim. The Interrupted Dream (1985)
	4		Duffy, Carol Ann. Standing Female Nude (1985)
			Dunne, Seán, ed.
	5-6			Poets of Munster (1985) [jacket design removed to oversize, Box 114]
box	folder
18	1-4			Poets of Munster (cont'd)
			Elytis, Odysseus
	5			The Axion Esti, trans. by Edmund Keeley and George Savidis, (1980)
box	folder
19	1			The Axion Esti (cont'd)
	2-6			Selected Poems (1981)
box	folder
20	1-2			Selected Poems (cont'd)
			Ewart, Gavin
	3-4			All My Little Ones (1978) [galleys removed to Galley Files and cover designs removed to oversize, Box 118]
	5-6			More Little Ones (1982)
box	folder
21	1-5		Flower and Song: Aztec Poems, Poetica no. 4, trans. by Edward Kissam and Michael Schmidt, (1977) [galleys removed to Galley Files and cover designs removed to oversize, Box 114]
			Fulton, Robin
	6			Fields of Focus (1982)
box	folder
22	1			Fields of Focus (cont'd)
			Glück, Louise
	2			Firstborn (1969) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	3			The House on Marshland (1976) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	4-6		Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. Goethe: Poems and Epigrams, Poetica no. 13, trans. by Michael Hamburger, (1983) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Guest, Harry
	7			Arrangements (1968) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
23	1			Arrangements (cont'd)
			Guest, Harry
	2			The Cutting Room (1970) [cover designs and layouts removed to oversize, Box 114]
	3			Days (1978) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	4			A House Against the Night (1976) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	5-7			Lost and Found (1983)
box	folder
24	1		Hamburger, Michael. Real Estate (1977)
	2-3		Hartnett, D. W. A Signalled Love (1985)
	4-7		Hauge, Olav H. Don't Give Me the Whole Truth, trans. by Robin Fulton and James Greene, (1985)
box	folder
25	1		Hewlings, Michael. The Release (1972)
	2-6		Hölderlin, Friedrich. Hölderlin: Selected Verses, trans. by Michael Hamburger, (1986)
			Holbrook, David
	7			Chance of a Lifetime (1978) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
26	1-5			Selected Poems, 1961-1978 (1980)
			Holloway, Geoffrey
	6-7			All I Can Say (1978) [galleys removed to Galley Files and proofs removed to oversize, Box 119]
box	folder
27	1			To Have Eyes (1972)
			Holmes, Philip
	2-3			The Green Road (1986)
	4-5			A Place to Stand (1977)
	6			3 Sections of Poems (1971) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Holmes, Richard, ed.
box	folder
28	1-6			Shelley on Love (1980) [proofs removed to oversize, Box 119]
box	folder
29	1-2			Shelley on Love (cont'd)
			Howell, Anthony
	3-4			Notions of a Mirror (1983)
	5-7			Why I May Never See the Walls of China (1986) [jacket artwork removed to oversize, Box 114]
box	folder
30	1			Why I May Never See the Walls of China (cont'd)
	2-8		Hugo, Victor. The Distance, The Shadows, Poetica no. 10, trans. by Harry Guest, (1981) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
31	1-2		Jay, Peter, trans. The Song of Songs, Poetica no. 6, (1975) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	3		Justice, Donald. Selected Poems (1980) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Kissam, Edward
	4			Jerusalem & the People (1972)
	5-6			The Sham Flyers (1969)
	7			[Various titles, including "Vietnamese Lessons"]
			Laforgue, Jules
box	folder
32	1-4			Poems of Jules Laforgue, Poetica no. 17, trans. by Peter Dale, (1986)
box	folder
33	1-6			Poems (cont'd)
box	folder
34	1-4			Poems (cont'd)
	5		Lalic, Ivan V. The Works of Love, trans. by Francis R. Jones, (1981)
			Levi, Peter
	6			Collected Poems, 1955-1975 (1976) [galleys removed to Galley Files; cover design and page proofs removed to oversize, Box 116]
box	folder
35	1-5			Collected Poems (cont'd)
box	folder
36	1			Collected Poems (cont'd)
	2			Death Is a Pulpit (1971)
	3-4			The Echoing Green (1983)
	5			Five Ages (1978) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	6-7			The Lamentation of the Dead (1984)
	8-9			Life Is a Platform (1971)
box	folder
37	1			Life Is a Platform (cont'd)
	2-4			The Noise Made by Poems, Poetica no.2, (1977) [galleys removed to Galley Files and cover design removed to oversize, Box 116]
	5			Pancakes for the Queen of Babylon (1968)
	6-7			Private Ground (1981) [cover design removed to oversize, Box 114]
box	folder
38	1			Shakespeare's Birthday (1985)
	2-4		Li, Ho. Goddesses, Ghosts, and Demons: The Collected Poems of Li Hi, Poetica no. 15, trans. by J. D. Frodsham, (1983)
	5		Logue, Christopher. Lucky Dust (1985)
	6		Lomas, Herbert. Public Footpath (1981) [galleys removed to Galley Files and cover design removed to oversize, Box 114]
	7		Lowenstein, Tom. The Death of Mrs. Owl (1977) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
39	1		Mansel, Lavinia. Already on the Hills (1968)
			Markham, E. A.
	2-7			Human Rites (1984) [designs for cover and jacket removed to oversize, Box 116]
box	folder
40	1-3			Living in Disguise (1986)
			Marshfield, Alan
	4-5			The Elektra Poems (1982) [cover proofs removed to oversize, Box 115]
	6			Mistress (1972)
			Martial, trans. by Peter Whigham
box	folder
41	1-5			Letter to Juvenal: 101 Epigrams from Martial, Poetica no. 14, (1985) [jacket design removed to oversize, Box 115]
box	folder
42	1-2			Letter to Juvenal (cont'd)
			Matthias, John
	3-6			Crossing (1979) [cover proof removed to oversize, Box 119]
box	folder
43	1-7			Northern Summer (1984) [cover designs removed to oversize, Box 116]
box	folder
44	1-2			Northern Summer (cont'd)
	3-4			Turns (1975) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			McCarthy, Thomas
	5-6			The Non-Aligned Storyteller (1984) [cover designs removed to oversize, Box 115]
box	folder
45	1-2			The Sorrow Garden (1981) [cover design removed to oversize, Box 115]
			Mead, Matthew
	3			The Administration of Things (1970)
	4-5			The Midday Muse (1979)
	6-7		Meleager, trans. by Peter Whigham and Peter Jay. The Poems of Meleager, Poetica no. 1, (1975) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
46	1-3		Moore, Alan. Opia (1986)
			Moss, Stanley
	4			Skull of Adam (1979)
	5-7			The Wrong Angel (1969) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Nerval, Gérard de
	8			The Chimeras, trans. by Peter Jay, (1984) [jackets removed to oversize, Box 116]
box	folder
47	1-3			The Chimeras (cont'd)
	4-6		Nietzsche, Friedrich. Dithyrambs of Dionysus, trans. by R. J. Hollingdale, (1984) [proofs removed to Box 113 and cover designs removed to Box 116]
			Palladas, trans. by Tony Harrison
	7			Palladas: Poems, Poetica no. 5, (1975) [galleys removed to Galley Files and cover designs removed to oversize, Box 115]
box	folder
48	1			Palladas: Poems (cont'd)
	2		Pavlopoulous, George. The Cellar (1977) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	3-4		Paz, Octavio and Charles Tomlinson. Airborn/Hijos del Aire (1981) [galleys removed to Galley Files and cover design removed to oversize, Box 115]
	5		Persius, trans. by W. S. Merwin. The Satires of Persius, Poetica no. 3, (1981)
	6		Peters, Robert. Connections: In the English Lake District (1972)
			Petrarch, Francis
	7			Songs and Sonnets from Laura's Lifetime, Poetica no. 8, trans. by Nicholas Kilmer, (1980) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
49	1			Songs and Sonnets from Laura's Lifetime (cont'd)
	2		Pilinszky, János. Crater, trans. by Peter Jay, (1978) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	3		Plath, Sylvia. Two Uncollected Poems (1980)
	4-9		Poetry World, no. 1 (1986)
box	folder
50	1-2		Poetry World, no. 1 (cont'd)
			Popa, Vasko
	3			Earth Erect, trans. by Anne Pennington, (1973) [galleys removed to Galley Files and cover designs removed to oversize, Box 118]
	4-6			The Golden Apple (1980)
	7		Porter, Peter. The Animal Programme (1982)
			Prince, F. T.
	8-9			Collected Poems (1979) [galleys removed to Galley Files and cover design removed to oversize, Box 115]
box	folder
51	1-2			Collected Poems (cont'd)
	3-4			Later On (1983)
			Purcell, Sally
	5			Dark of Day (1977)
	6			The Devil's Dancing Hour (1968)
	7			The Holly Queen (1972)
			Quasimodo, Salvatore
box	folder
52	1-6			Complete Poems, trans. by Jack Bevan, (1983) [galleys removed to Galley Files; proofs and jacket design removed to oversize, Box 113]
box	folder
53	1-5			Complete Poems (cont'd)
box	folder
54	1-3			Debit and Credit (1972) [jackets removed to oversize, Box 116]
			Radice, William
	4-5			Louring Skies (1985)
	6			Strivings (1980)
			Rilke, Rainer Maria
	7			An Unofficial Rilke, Poetica no. 12, trans. by Michael Hamburger, (1981)
box	folder
55	1-2			An Unofficial Rilke (cont'd)
	3		Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. The Early Italian Poets, Poetica no. 7, ed. by Sally Purcell, (1981)
	4		Rózewicz, Tadeusz. Conversation with the Prince and other Poems, trans. by Adam Czerniawski, (1982) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Russell, Peter
	5-7			All for the Wolves (1984)
box	folder
56	1-4			All for the Wolves (cont'd)
	5			The Elegies of Quintilius (1975) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	6-7		Sabais, Heinz Winfried. The People and the Stones, trans. by Ruth and Matthew Mead, (1968) [proofs removed to oversize, Box 113]
			Schmidt, Michael
	8			A Change of Affairs (1978) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
57	1-2			Choosing a Guest (1983)
	3			It Was My Tree (1972)
	4		Seferis, George. Collected Poems (1982)
	5		Shaw, Robert. In Witness (1972)
			Shepherd, W. G.
	6			Allies (1968)
	7			Evidences (1980) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	8-9			Self-Love (1983)
box	folder
58	1-4			Sun, Oak, Almond, I (1970)
	5		Spender, Stephen. Recent Poems (1978)
			Stanescu, Nichita
	6-7			The Still Unborn about the Dead, trans. by Petru Popescu and Peter Jay, (1975)
box	folder
59	1-3			The Still Unborn about the Dead (cont'd)
			Turnbull, Gael
	4-6			A Gathering of Poems, 1950-1980 (1983) [galleys removed to Galley Files and cover design removed to oversize, Box 115]
box	folder
60	1			A Gathering of Poems, 1950-1980, (cont'd)
	2-4		"Twelve Poets" booklet series
			Verlaine, Paul
	5			Femmes/Hombres; Women/Men, trans. by Alistair Elliot, (1979) [galleys removed to Galley Files and color negatives for cover removed to oversize, Box 115]
box	folder
61	1-2			Femmes/Hombres; Women/Men (cont'd)
	3		Vianello, Aldo. Time of a Flower, trans. by Richard Burns, (1968) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Waddington, Miriam
	4			Dream Telescope (1972)
	5-6			Driving Home (1973)
	7		Ward, Donald. Border Country (1981) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
62	1-8		Waterman, Andrew, ed. The Poetry of Chess (1981)
box	folder
63	1		Welch, John. Out Walking (1984)
	2		Wheway, John. The Green Table of Infinity (1972)
			Whigham, Peter
	3-4			Astapovo or What Are We to Do (1970)
	5			Blackberry, Blackberry (1976)
	6			The Blue Winged Bee (1969) [galleys removed to Galley Files]
box	folder
64	1-5			Things Common, Properly (1984)
box	folder
65	1-3			Things Common, Properly (cont'd)
	4		Winter, Joe. A Miracle (1972)
	5-6		Unidentified production material
		Subseries B. Unpublished material
box	folder
66	1		Amichai, Yehuda, "Poems"
			Bantock, Gavin
	2-3			"Christ" [galleys removed to Galley Files]
	4			"Hiroshima,""Ichor,""Juggernaut,""Person"
			Barnstone, Willis
	5			"The Alphabet of Night"
	6			"A Rose in Hell"
			Birtwhistle, John
	7			"A Critical Dialogue with Ritsos: Psalms for the Partisans"
box	folder
67	1		Brekke, Paal, "Still at Evening"
	2		Burns, Gerald, [Poems]
	3		Connor, Tony, "My Mother Singing"
			Creeley, Robert, "Poems by Robert Creeley: A Calendar: 1984" [removed to oversize, Box 113]
	4		Cumberlege, Marcus, "Bonzai,""Bonzai from Bruges,""Poems for another Day"
	5		Disch, Tom, "Orders of the Retina"
	6		Dunne, Seán, "Against the Storm"
	7		Evans, Richard, "From the Official Guidebook"
	8		Fulton, Robin, [Poems]
	9		Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, "Roman Elegies"
	10		Graham, Henry, "Europe after Rain"
	11		Greene, James, "A Sad Paradise"
			Hacker, Marilyn
	12			"Assumptions"
	13			"Taking Notice"
box	folder
68	1		Harvey, Andrew, "The Burning Bush"
	2		Hébert, Anne, "Eve"
	3		Holmes, James S., [Poems]
	4		Honig, Edwin, "The Poet's other Voice"
	5		Horace, trans. by W. G. Shepherd, "The Epodes of Horace,""The Odes of Horace"
			Howell, Anthony
	6			"Lyrics from Orpheus and Hermes"
	7			"A Miniature Indoors"
	8			"Orpheus and Hermes"
	9			"Philoctetes" or "The Tale of the Bow"
	10			"The Sunless Sea"
box	folder
69	1		Irwin, Mark, [Poems]
	2		Jaccottet, Philippe, "In Passing"
	3		Johannssen, Georg, "Ars Moriendi"
	4		Joubert, Joseph, "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert"
	5		Laforgue, Jules, "The Moral Tales of Jules Laforgue"
			Levi, Peter
	6			"Fresh Water, Sea Water"
	7			"Water, Rock & Sand"
	8		Lowenstein, Tom, "La Tempesta"
	9		Mathis, Cleopatra, "Aerial View of Louisiana"
			Merwin, W. S.
	10			"The Carrier of Ladders"
box	folder
70	1			"Writings to an Unfinished Accompaniment"
	2		Morley, Hilda, "To Hold in My Hand"
			Popa, Vasko
	3			"The Cut"
	4			"Raw Flesh,""Wolf Salt"
			Reed, Jeremy
	5			"Balzac's Left Hand"
	6			"Greenberg's Mausomuseum,""The Isthmus of Samuel"
	7		Rimbaud, Arthur, "Illuminations"
	8		Root, William Pitt, [Poster poems]
	9		Rozewicz, Tadeusz, "The Fasting Showman Departs"
	10		Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg, [Poems]
	11		Schmidt, Michael, "Bedlam and the Oak-wood"
box	folder
71	1		Sereni, Vittorio, "Fifteen Poems"
			Shepherd, W. G.
	2-3			"Assayings"
	4			"Fantastically Reasonable"
	5			"Poems: Jan.-Apr. 1970"
	6			[Poems]
	7		Souza dos Santos, Paulo Afonso, [Poems]
			Stanescu, Nichita
	8			"Selected Poems"
box	folder
72	1			"Selected Poems" (cont'd)
	2		Tyutchev, Fyodor Ivanovich, "Tyutchev in English"
			Waddington, Miriam, "Say Yes" [galleys removed to Galley Files]
			Whigham, Peter, "Nest of Cunnus" [removed to oversize, Box 113]
	3		Winter, Joe, [Poem]
	4		Woods, John, "The Salt Stone: Selected Poems"
	5		Yuasa, Noboyuki, trans., "Poems of Ryokan"

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Series III. Correspondence, 1967-1987
		Subseries A. Chronological
			1967-1970
box	folder
73	1			A
	2			B
	3			C
	4			D-F
	5			G-H
box	folder
74	1			I-L
	2			M
	3			N-O
	4			P-R
	5			S
	6			T-V
box	folder
75	1			W-Z
			1970-1973
	2			A
	3-4			B
box	folder
76	1-2			C
	3			D
	4			E
	5			F
	6			G
	7			H
box	folder
77	1			H (cont'd)
	2			I-J
	3-4			K-L
	5-6			M
box	folder
78	1			N-O
	2-3			P-Q
	4			R
	5			S
box	folder
79	1			S (cont'd)
	2			T
	3-4			U-Z
			1973-1975
	5-6			A-B
	7			C-D
box	folder
80	1			E-H
	2			I-M
	3			N-Q
	4			R
	5			S-V
	6			W-Z
			1975-1977
	7			A
box	folder
81	1-2			B
	3			C
	4			D-F
	5			G-H
	6			I-L
	7			M-Mc
box	folder
82	1			N-O
	2			P-Q
	3			R-S
	4			T-Z
			1977-1980
	5			A
	6			B
	7			C
box	folder
83	1			D
	2			E
	3			F-G
	4			H
	5			I-J
	6			K-L
	7			M
	8			N-O
box	folder
84	1			P-Q
	2			R
	3			S
	4			T-V
	5			W-Z
			1980-1982
	6			A
box	folder
85	1			B
	2			C-D
	3			E-G
	4			H-J
	5			K-L
	6			M
	7			N-Q
box	folder
86	1			R-S
	2			T-Z
			1982-1983
	3			A
	4			B
	5-6			C
	7			D-G
box	folder
87	1			H-J
	2			K-M
	3			N-Q
	4			R-S
	5			T-Z
			1983-1984
	6			A-B
box	folder
88	1			C
	2			D-F
	3			G-H
	4			I-L
	5			M
	6			N-O
	7			P-Q
	8			R
box	folder
89	1			S
	2			T-Z
			1984-1985
	3-4			A
	5			B
	6			C-D
	7			E-G
box	folder
90	1			H-J
	2			K-Mc
	3			N-Q
	4			R
	5			S
	6			T-Z
			1985-1986
box	folder
91	1			A-B
	2			C-D
	3			E-G
	4			H-J
	5			K-M
box	folder
92	1			N-Q
	2			R-S
	3			T-Z
			1986-1987
	4			A
	5			B
	6			C
box	folder
93	1			D-G
	2			H-L
	3			M-O
	4			P-R
	5			S
	6			T-Z
		Subseries B. Alphabetical
box	folder
94	1		American and foreign publishers, 1978-83
	2		Arts Council of Great Britain, 1977-83
	3		Bantock, Gavin, 1979-85
	4-5		Benveniste, Asa, 1977-86
	6		Birtwhistle, John, 1979-96
	7		Bloodaxe Books, 1983-84 [oversize material removed to Box 113]
box	folder
95	1		Bobrowski, Johannes, 1971-73
	2		Buck, Heather, 1982-86
	3		Burns, Richard, 1977-86
	4		Camelot Press, 1975 (re: Bartusek's Aztec Calendar and Bobrowski's From the Rivers)
	5		Cooper, Jane, 1984-86
	6		Cumberlege, Marcus, 1979-86
	7-8		Davis, Dick, 1975-86
box	folder
96	1		Digby, John, 1978-85
	2		Disch, Tom, 1978-86
	3		Elliot, Alistair, 1979-87
	4		Elytis, Odysseus, 1980-82
	5		Ewart, Gavin, 1977-86
	6		Guest, Harry, 1978-86
	7		Hamburger, Michael, 1977-86
	8		Harrison, Tony, 1978-86
	9		Holbrook, David, 1978-86
	10		Holloway, Geoffrey, 1978-86
	11		Holmes, Philip, 1975-86
	12		Jones, Francis R., 1985-86
box	folder
97	1		Keeley, Edmund and Philip Sherrard, 1979-85
	2		Levi, Peter, 1972-86
	3-5		Matthias, John, 1977-86
	6		McCarthy, Tom, 1985-86
	7		Mead, Matthew, 1978-85
	8		Moss, Stanley, 1978-86
	9		Password, 1983-May 1985
box	folder
98	1-2		Password (cont'd)
	3		Prince, F. T., 1978-86
	4		Purcell, Sally, 1982-84
	5		Radice, William, 1978-86
	6		Rudolf, Tony, 1978-80
	7		Russell, Peter, 1982-86
box	folder
99	1		Serendipity Books, 1970-71
	2		Schmidt, Michael, 1978-86
	3		Shepherd, W. G., 1979-86
	4		Turnbull, Gael, 1979-86
	5		Ward, Donald, 1981-86
	6		Waterman, Andrew, 1979-87
	7		Whigham, Peter, 1976-86
	8		Wildwood House Inc., 1981-85

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Series IV. Financial Records
box	folder
100	1	New Measure,checking account records, 1966-74
		Anvil Press Poetry
	2		1967-70
	3		1970-72
	4		1972-73
	5		1973-75
	6-7		1975-77
	8-9		1977-78
box	folder
101	1-2		1978-79
	3-4		1979-80
	5		March-Sept. 1980
box	folder
102	1-2		1980-81 [petty cash accounts and receipts, 1980-1982 removed to oversize, Box 118]
	3-6		1981-82
box	folder
103	1		Author's remainders, 1985
	2		Bank statements, 1968-74 [check stubs, 1972-18, removed to Box 111; and canceled checks, 1968-1982, removed to Box 112]
	3-4		Income and expenditure accounts, 1968-79
	5		Inland Book Company
	6		Miscellaneous receipts, e.g. cash payments, 1969-81
	7		Permissions, 1983-85
	8		Stock reports and delivery notes, 1980-83
box	folder
104	1		Stock reports and delivery notes (cont'd)
	2		VAT records, 1973-77
	3	Anvil Press Poetry Catalogs
			1978-86, [galleys for 1968-76 Complete Stocklist and New Books, Jan.-Mar. 1977 removed to Galley Files; 1985 posters removed to oversize, Box 116]
	4		Production material, 1980-83
		Modern Poetry in Translation Ltd.
	5		Accounts and tax records, 1977-83
	6		Arts Council accounts, 1978-85
	7		Arts Council lists
box	folder
105	1		Certificate of incorporation, register of members, and minutes of meetings, 1965-80
	2-3		Financial records, 1979-85
	4		Memorandum and articles of association, 1965
	5-6		Royalties and paid invoices, 1976-86

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Series V. Peter Jay's Works and Translations (non-Anvil publications)

box

folder

106

Hogge, Teddy and Alec Pope, Expostulations and The Wooden Muse, Part One trans. by P. Jay and W. G. Shepherd

Jay, Peter

Lifelines

3-4

Shifting Frontiers

Jay, Peter, ed.

5-7

The Greek Anthology

box

107-108

The Greek Anthology (cont'd)

Correspondence

box

folder

109

A-D

E-H

I-M

N-S

T-Z

box

folder

110

1-2

Poetry International, 1969-72

3-7

Popescu, Petru, Burial of the Vine, trans. by P. Jay

box

111-119

Oversize

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Anvil Press Poetry:

A Preliminary Inventory of Its Records at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

Descriptive Summary

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Access

Administrative Information

Acquisition

Processed by

Anvil Press Poetry Records--Folder List

Series I. New Measure, 1965-1969

Series II. Anvil Press Poetry Production Material, 1968-1986

Series III. Correspondence, 1967-1987

Series IV. Financial Records

Series V. Peter Jay's Works and Translations (non-Anvil publications)