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Holographs and typescripts by James K. Baxer including: Song to the Father(2 leaves); Summertime on the Shortest Day of the Year (2 leaves); The Boobhead and the Girl (4 leaves) - holograph and typescript; Song to the Lord God on a Spring Morning (4 leaves) holograph and typescript; Sestina to Frank McKay; Sestina of the Makutu; ...
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At the time of acquisition, the papers of Kendrick Smithyman, which cover five decades, were already well arranged, with indexing, into three recognisable series by Smithyman and Margaret Edgcumbe. A fourth series was created to accommodate items that were drafts of two posthumous publications.
Correspondence, in alphabetical order, largely inwards, and pertaining to Smithyman’s literary world, comprises Series 1. The largest group of letters from an individual to Smithyman was...
Collection comprises typescripts of three poems composed by Smithyman to mark the retirement of three collegues, Peter Dane, Bill Pearson and Karl Stead from The University of Auckland English Department. The poems are entitled: 'Peter Dane retiring', 'Words for Bill Pearson', 'Yes (C)K.S.'.
Collection comprises manuscript and typescript drafts of some 600 poems by Robin Hyde arranged in chronological order, by Gloria Rawlinson, in preparation for a published collection which never transpired.
Typescript poem of "At the lighting of the lamps" by Ursula Bethell. Found amongst Hyde's poetry manuscripts by Gloria Rawlinson and annotated by her in an attached note: "Not Robin Hyde's (though among her papers)". Poem is annotated "Not published yet" in another hand.
