Murphy, Emily
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joe Randolph Ackerley - Patricia Murphy correspondence, 1951-1968
Collection
Identifier: 1988-006
Scope and Contents
Collection consists of 68 letters, half of which are from J.R. Ackerley to Patricia Avis Strang Murphy the wife of Anglo-Irish poet Richard Murphy. The other 34 letters, addressed to Patricia, are from mutual friends of Ackerley and Murphy, which include Kingsley Amis, Dan Jacobson, Patrick Kavanagh, Bruce Montgomery, Edna O'Brien, Brian O'Nolan, Honor Tracy and Richard Murphy. Included with the collection is a lengthy essay prepared by Colin Franklin, which discusses Ackerley, his home...
Dates:
1951 - 1968
Philip Larkin correspondence, 1952-1977
Collection
Identifier: 1988-008
Scope and Contents
Consists of letters, postcards, and notes exchanged between Philip Larkin and Patricia "Patsy" Avis (Strang Murphy) during her marriage to Colin Strang and later to Richard Murphy. 129 pieces are Larkin writing to Murphy, 62 pieces Murphy to Larkin. Included in the correspondence is a telegram and letter from Emily Murphy (Patricia and Richard's daughter) to Philip Larkin after Patricia Murphy's death in 1977. The final folders of the collection contain miscellaneous items, including three...
Dates:
1952 - 1977