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Reference code
Pickard
Title
Pickard (Tom) Collection
Date(s)
- 1942 - 2017 (Creation)
Level of description
Book Collection
Extent and medium
395 books
Context area
Name of creator
(1946-)
Biographical history
Tom Pickard (born 1946, Newcastle upon Tyne, England) is a poet, and documentary film maker who was an important initiator of the movement known as the British Poetry Revival.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
This collection was purchased from Tom Pickard in 2019.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
A rich collection of mainly Anglo-American poetry with authors’ presentation inscriptions which offer a glimpse into the vast interpersonal network of relationships which Tom Pickard established around the Morden Tower venue over four decades with modernist poets including Basil Bunting, Barry MacSweeney and Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further material is expected to be added to this collection.
System of arrangement
Dewey Decimal
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
UK copyright law applies
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Rare Books / Publications
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Description control area
Description identifier
gb186-Pickard
Institution identifier
gb186
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English