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I. Correspondence, professional,personal, and miscellany.

II. Poetry Book Society, London.

II.1 Business Records. Poetry Book Society, London.

II.2 Correspondence between the directors of the Poetry Book Society.

II.3 Miscellaneous related materials.

III. Company of Nine

III.1 Company of Nine. Business Records

III.2 Correspondence,

III.3 Miscellaneous related materials.

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III.3 Miscellaneous related materials. [subseries]:

box-folder 3/38
Miscellaneous programs, leaflets, announcements, advertisements for readings, clippings, articles and related materials. [1956-1960] (c.40 items.)
Scope: Some items related to societies or groups other than the Company of Nine.

box-folder 3/39
[1957: Jan. 21] Feeding Birds [poem] by Rumer Godden. Ts., no revision, 1 p. (1 item.)

box-folder 3/40
Poetry of two wars 1958: Nov. 11. (54 pp. 3 boxes. c.800 items. [anthology] Ts. [carbon])
Scope: Poems read during Foyle's lunchtime promenade to commemorate the war dead. Program arranged by the Company of Nine, primarily Rumer Godden and Erica Marx. Read by John Laurie and David Spenser, with Paul Dehn in the chair. Poets include Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke, Alun Lewis, Osbert Sitwell, Charles Causley, Edward Thomas, and others. Each of these poems had been previously published.