GUIDE TO THE SYLVIA PLATH MATERIALS IN THE LILLY LIBRARY
PLATH MSS.
Go to the BottomThe Plath mss. collection, and was purchased from Ifan Kyrle Fletcher in 1961.
1958, June 24. [Hardcastle Crags (poem)]. T.D. 1p. 28cm.
Published in The Colossus...
London: Heinemann, [l960], p. 16.
Printer's copy with proof-reader's notes.
Originally titled "Nocturne" changed to "
Walk in the
"Hardcastle Crags."
1960, June 27. The Hanging
Man [poem]. T.D. (carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in Ariel...
London: Faber and Faber, 1965, p.70.
1960, July. On Deck
[poem]. 2 drafts. T.D.S. (carbon) and T.D. 1p. each. 28cm.
Published in New Yorker,
XXXVIII (July 22, 1961), p.32 and Crossing the Water...
p.55. Carbon draft has holograph revisions.
1960, July. Two Campers in
Cloud Country (Rock Lake, Canada) [poem]. 2 drafts. T.D.
28cm.
Published in New Yorker,
XXXIX (August 3, 1963), p.28 and Crossing the Water, p.50.
changes.
1960, Sept. 25. Leaving Early
[poem]. T.D. (carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in London Magazine,
i (August 1961), p.5-10 and Crossing the Water, 1971,
p.33.
1960, Oct. 16. Love Letter
[poem]. T.D. (carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in Poetry, XCIX
(March 1962), p.350 and Crossing the Water, p.44.
1960, Oct. 17. Candles
[poem]. T.D. (carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in Listener,
LXIV (November 17, 1960), p.877 and Crossing the Water,
p.41.
1960, Nov. 18. A Life
[poem]. 2 drafts. T.D. (carbon) and T.D. 1p. each. 28cm.
Published in Crossing the Water, p.53. Carbon draft has holograph
revisions.
1961, Feb. 11. Parliament
Hill Fields [poem]. T.D. 1p. 28cm.
Published in London Magazine,
i (August 1961), p.5-10 and Crossing the Water, p.19.
1961, Feb. 14. Whitsun
[poem]. T.D. (carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in London Magazine,
i (August 1961), p.5-10 and Crossing the Water, p.60.
1961, Feb. 15. Face Lift
[poem]. 2 drafts. T.D.S. and T.D. (carbon). 1p. each. 28cm.
Published in Poetry, XCIX
(March 1962), p.349 and Crossing the Water, p.17. Signed
"The Kitchen of the "Fig Tree" on verso.
1961, Feb. 19. Morning Song
[poem]. 2 drafts. T.D. and T.D. (carbon). 1p. each. 28cm.
Published in Ariel, p.11.
article "Watching the Water-voles."
1961, Feb. 21. Small Hours
[poem]. 2 drafts. T.D. and T.D. (carbon). 1p. each. 14 and 28cm.
Published in London Magazine,
i (August 1961), p.5-10 and Crossing the Water, 1971,
verso of typescript fragment of The Bell Jar.
1961, Feb.22. Heavy Women
[poem]. 2 drafts. T.D. and T.D. (carbon). 1p. each. 14 and 28cm.
Published in Poetry, XCIV
(March 1962), p.350 and Crossing the Water, p.37. Type
verso of typescript fragment of The Bell Jar.
1961, Feb. 25. Private Ground
Published in Critical Quarterly, III (Summer 1961), p.141 and
Crossing the Water, p.36. Seven drafts have holograph revisions. Four
drafts carry title "In Frost Time."
1961, Mar. 18. Tulips [poem].
T.D. (carbon). 2p. 28cm.
Published in New Yorker,
at bottom.
1961, Mar.28. I Am Vertical
[poem]. 2 drafts. T.D.S. and T.D. 1p. each. 28cm.
Published in Critical Quarterly, III (Summer 1961), p.140-141 and
Crossing the Water, p.26. Holograph revisions on T.D.S.
1961, May 16. Widow [poem].
3 drafts. A.D.S. 3p., T.D.S. 1p., and T.D. 1p. 28cm.
Published in Poetry XCIX (March 1962), p.347 and Crossing the Water
, p.38. A.D.S. and T.D.S. have holograph revisions. Typescripts of Ted
Hughes' "My Mother" and "My Father" from Meet My Folks!
on versos.
1961, May. Insomniac [poem].
T.D. 1p. 28cm.
Published in The Guinness Book of Poetry 1960/1961, London: Putnam,
1962, p.33 and Crossing the Water, p.21.
1961, July. The Rival
28cm.
Published in Observer,
Black" published in New Yorker, XXXVI (April 9,
1960), p.40 and The Colossus, p.52.
"Snakecharmer" published in London Magazine, vi
(March 1959), p.33-6 and The Colossus, p.54.
1961, Sept. 23. Blackberrying
in Sewanee Review, LXVII
(Summer 1959), p.446 and The Colossus, [1960], p.39.
"I Want, I Want" published in Partisan
Review, 26 (Fall 1959), p.558 and The Colossus, p.3
Published in Hudson Review, XIII (Fall 1960), p.415 and The
Colossus, p.33.
1961, Sept. 29. Finisterre [poem].
A.&T.D.S. (2p.), T.D. (carbon - 1p.). 28cm.
Published in Observer, August 5, 1962, p.14 and Crossing the Water
, p.15. Seven drafts have holograph revisions. On
All were published in The Colossus, p.20-26, 29-31.
Also on versos, two typescript pages of Ted Hughes' Meet My Folks!
1961, Sept. 29. The Surgeon
at 2 A.M. [poem]. 5 drafts. A.D.S. (2 drafts - 1p. and 5p.),
T.D.S. (3 drafts - 1p. each). 28cm.
Published in Listener, LXVIII (September 20, 1962), p.428 and
Crossing the Water,
"Departure," "Hardcastle Crags,"
"The Eye-mote," "Departure" published in Nation, CLXXXVIII (March 7, 1959), p.212 and The Colossus, p.19. "The Eye-mote" published in Chelsea Review, VII (May 1960), p.71 and The Colossus, Times Literary Supplement, 3010 (November 6, 1959), p.xxiii and The Colossus, p.10. "Night Shift" published in The Colossus, p.11. " Critical Quarterly, II (Summer 1960), p.155-7 and The Colossus, p.9. Typescript Bert" from Meet My Folks! on verso of one draft.
1961, Sept. Wuthering Heights
(2 drafts - 3p. and 7p.), T.D. 1p. 28cm.
Published in New Statesman,
LXIII (Mar. 16, 1962), p.390 and Crossing the Water, p.11.
and first pages of The Bed Book. "Faun"
published in Poetry, LXXXIX (January 1957), p.234 and
The Colossus, p.18. "Metaphors" published in Partisan
Review, XXVII (Summer 1960), p.435 under the title
"Metaphors for a Pregnant Woman" and in The Colossus,
The Colossus, p.48. "Full Fathom Five" published
in Audience, vi (Spring 1955), p.34 and The
Colossus, p.46. The Bed Book published London:
Garden" and "Withins" on versos.
1961, Oct. 21. Last Words
each. 28cm.
Published in New American Review, II, New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1971, p.232 and Crossing the Water, p.63.
1961, Oct. 22. The Moon and
the Yew Tree [poem]. 3 drafts. A.D.S. 4p., T.D.S. (2 drafts -
1p. each). 28cm.
Published in New Yorker,
XXXIX (August 3, 1963), p.28-29 and in Ariel, p.47.
1961, Oct. 23. [Mirror
1p. each. 28cm.
Published in New Yorker,
XXXIX (August 3, 1963), p.28-29 and Crystal Gazer...
have holograph revisions.
1961, Oct. 29. The
Babysitters [poem]. 7 drafts. A.D.S. (3 drafts -1p. each),
T.D. (carbon - 1p.). 28cm.
Published in New Yorker,
XLVII (March 6, 1971), p.36 and Crossing the Water, p.27.
Typescripts of 5p. of draft from The Bell Jar, London: Heinemann, 1963,
published in Antioch Review, XVII (January 1957), p.232
and The Colossus, p.42.n.d.
The Beggars [poem]. T.D.
(carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in Chelsea Review,
VII (May 1960), p.70 and Crystal Gazer, p.12.. Has
Benidorm Market." Unidentified holograph draft on verso.
n.d. The Bell Jar [novel
fragments]. 2 drafts. T.D.S (carbon). 1p. each. 28cm.
Published in The Bell Jar,
London: Heinemann, 1963. Both drafts of p.136 of The Bell Jar.
versos. n.d.
The Fifteen Dollar Eagle
[story]. 2 drafts. T.D. (carbon) and T.D. 20 and 21p. 28cm.
Published in Sewanee Review,
LXVIII (Fall 1960), p.603. Holograph changes on typescript carbon.
n.d. In Plaster [poem]. 2
drafts. T.D.S. and T.D. 2p. each. 28cm.
Published in London Magazine,
I (Fall 1962), p.15 and Crossing the Water, p.30. Signed
January" on versos.
n.d. Magi [poem]. T.D.
(carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in New Statesman,
LXI (March 31, 1961), p.514 and Crossing the Water, p.4O.
n.d. Sleep in the Mojave
Desert [poem]. T.D. (carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in Observer,
November 19, 1961, p.28 and Crossing the Water, p.47 n.d. Stars
Over the Dordogne[poem]. 2 drafts. T.D.S. and T.D. 1p. each. 28cm.
Published in Poetry, XCIX
Ills" on verso. Published in Spectator,
CCII (January 30, 1959), p.163 and The Colossus, p.63.
n.d. Stillborn [poem].
T.D.S. 1p. 28cm.
Published in New Statesman, 81 (March 19, 1971), p.384 =and
Crossing the Water, p.35.
am warm."
n.d. Words for a Nursery[poem]. 2 drafts. T.D. (carbon) and T.D. 1p.
each. 28cm.
Published in Atlantic, CCVIII (August 1961), p.66. Carbon draft has
Rhyme for a Nursery," to "Words for a \ Nursery."
n.d. You're [poem]. T.D.
(carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in Harper's, CCXIII (June 1961), p.40 and Ariel, p.57.
n.d. Zoo Keeper's Wife
[poem]. T.D. (carbon). 1p. 28cm.
Published in London Magazine,
i (August 1961), p.5-10 and Crossing the Water,
p.58.
