Elizabeth Jennings manuscripts, 1973-1992

Collection

Identifier: 1986-001

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Elizabeth Jennings manuscripts consist of 39 notebooks and loose sheets of handwritten working drafts of approximately 2,225 poems, many with handwritten revisions, written between 1973 and 1992.

The poems were said to be unpublished at the time of acquisition and cover a wide range of topics including artists, composers, and writers. They are arranged chronologically by the date provided by Elizabeth Jennings. They are also indexed alphabetically by title. This collection of the English poet contains 39 autograph notebooks containing 2166 poems, many unpublished with many revised and corrected. Bookseller magazine describes this collection saying As usual, Miss Jennings' poems cover an extraordinary range of topics. What distinguishes this group of notebooks from others is the presence of a number of prose poems on the subject of artists, composers and writers.

Dates

Creation: 1973 - 1992

Language

These materials are in English.

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader. This material is housed off-site and will require advance notice of 1 business day for use.

Use and Copyright

This material is owned by the University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections. Unpublished manuscripts are under copyright. Therefore, permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from both the repository and the copyright holder.