Archive
These letters and other material of scholarly interest, such as working copies corrected in the author's hand,
Rational Meaning being just one of these, may be found in the Nottingham Trent University Library Archive (Clifton Site), U.K.,
to whom application to view should be made in advance.
Letters Laura (Riding) Jackson
Provenance to Mark Jacobs
Box 1 1971
Box 2 1972
Box 3 1973
Box 4 1974
Box 5 1975
Box 6 1976
Box 7 1977
Box 8 1978
Box 9 1979
Box 10 1980-1989
A miscellaneous collection of photocopied documents
Autobiographic letters
Cuttings and letters to editors
Letters and commentaries on Joyce Wexler's dissertation on Laura (Riding) Jackson
Letters from James F. Mathias, President of the Guggenheim Foundation
Letters from Sally Chilvers (Principal of Lady Margaret Hall and niece of Robert Graves
1. Letters from various correspondents:
G.S. Fraser – 33 letters
Harry Kemp – 53 letters and poems, etc.
Sonia Guip (Raiziss) – six letters
Barbara Adams – five letters
Michael L. Rosenthal – one letter
2. Letters from various correspondents:
Robert Graves – two letters
Michael Kirkham – 10 letters
Beryl Graves – one letter
Robert Nye – 10 letters
Warren Hope – one letter
Letters to Editors
12 letters offering autobiographical information by Laura (Riding) Jackson to MJ
February 1976 to May 1977
Miscellaneous photocopies of pamphlets, reviews and clippings
Modern Language Association Seminar
Letters on 'The Question of Bias: Some Treatments of Laura (Riding) Jackson'
Review cuttings – Miscellany
Letters and papers relating to the 'Seminar on Laura Riding and Robert Graves', Modern Language Association 1975
Various Drafts, Typescripts and Documents (includes account of the author's suicide attempt in 1929)
Books, letters and various papers donated by Mrs. Joan Wilentz from the library of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Wilentz
Donated by Elizabeth Friedman
Rational Meaning: A New Foundation for the Definition of Words - author's typescript with hand-written corrections and revisions
Donated by John Nolan
The Failure of Poetry, the Promise of Language - working proof-copy
If you'd like to contribute to, or find out more about, Laura (Riding) Jackson and her work don't hesitate to get in touch, we'd love to hear from you.