Subseries BXB/1/1/BEJ - James Berry

Identity area

Reference code

BXB/1/1/BEJ

Title

James Berry

Date(s)

  • 1995 - 2011 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

(1924-1994)

Biographical history

James Berry was born in 1924 and brought up in a tiny seaside village in Jamaica. He learnt to read before he was four years old, mostly from the Bible, which he often read aloud to his mother’s friends. When he was 17, he went to work in America, but ... Read more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Consists of letters and proofs relating to the published poetry works of James Berry.

Allied materials area

Related units of description

BXB/2/7/16

James Berry's archive is held at the British Library, reference Deposit 10691

Access points

Name access points