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Robin Hyde's poetry manuscripts at The University of Auckland Library 1962- 1996 From the Collection: 1939-1952 Robin Hyde died in London 23 August 1939, aged 33. The papers she had taken with her to England, and others accumulated during her travels were returned to her family in Wellington, among them many of the poetry manuscripts that form the present collection. Hyde’s older sister Hazel Wilkinson initially sorted the mass of papers. In a letter of 5 May 1945 offering them for safekeeping to W.R Edge. Hyde’s appointed trustee/executor, Hazel...

Robin Hyde's poetry manuscripts at The University of Auckland Library 1962- 1996 From the Collection: 1939-1952 Robin Hyde died in London 23 August 1939, aged 33. The papers she had taken with her to England, and others accumulated during her travels were returned to her family in Wellington, among them many of the poetry manuscripts that form the present collection. Hyde’s older sister Hazel Wilkinson initially sorted the mass of papers. In a letter of 5 May 1945 offering them for safekeeping to W.R Edge. Hyde’s appointed trustee/executor, Hazel...

Scope and Contents The Book of Nadath is an unpublished manuscript written by Hyde in 1937. The following notes on this manuscript are taken largely from Patrick Sandbrook’s Appendix to his 1985 PhD thesis Robin Hyde: A Writer at Work.Loose pages numbered by Hyde consecutively to p. 57 (actually p.56 due to misnumbering; there is no p.37, numbers run 1-36, 38-57). After p.57 each chapter is numbered individually. From p.36 consecutive numbering will be given in square...