Christopher Reid Papers

Broad description of gift to the Ted Hughes Network, University of Huddersfield, of documents relating to the book Letters of Ted Hughes, edited by Christopher Reid (2007)

1. Paper Documents:
Three large ring files of letters, cards, notes, etc, to the editor from TH's correspondents, arranged alphabetically
One large ring file of correspondence to and from institutions holding TH's papers
One box file containing editor's working papers, ms jottings, etc, plus post-publication items of correspondence and reviews

2. SanDisk Memory Stick containing the following:

Correspondence:
Copies of letters and emails to and from the editor: 780 pages
A few brief email exchanges with Faber and Faber editor, Paul Keegan
Querries to various contributors of letters

Emory Files
Miscellaneous material relating to Ted Hughes holdings at Emory University

Finishing Touches
Documents relating to copy editing, production, illustrations and photographs, applications for permissions, etc.

Hughes by chapter
Early draft of the book, arranged into chapters, prior to final editing

Hughes Letters
Draft of book arranged year by year, prior to final editing

Permissions
Requests, mainly to libraries and universities

Post-publication
Miscellaneous correspondence, reviews, corrections, etc.

Transcriptions
Editor's transcriptions, a number done on the spot in various archives

Christopher Reid edited the 2007 book Letters of Ted Hughes and the documents are related to the publication of that work.