Correspondence

Title: Correspondence

Dates of Material:

1963-2009

Extent:

1.1 m of textual records
49 photographs
1 CD

Scope and content

Series consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence primarily from colleagues, institutions and professional contacts on a range of academic and professional matters, including applications for fellowships and teaching positions, guest lectures, exhibition work, book publications, conferences and research on Blake, as well as letters and cards from friends and former students. Also included are application forms, curricula vitae, receipts and travel documentation.

NOTE(S)

Source of supplied title

Title based on content of the series.

Arrangement

The arrangement of the correspondence is a reflection of Michael Phillips's original organizational system, which grouped the letters alphabetically by year. The archivist has maintained that same organizational structure in the archival arrangement.

Access restrictions

Certain files in this series contain personal information and have been restricted by the archivist until 2050. Please contact the archivist at victoria [dot] library [at] utoronto [dot] ca to inquire about accessing these files.

Finding aids

File list available (see below).

2020.07, Box 1
BOX	FILE	TITLE	YEAR	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Correspondence with individuals
1	1	Bonnefoy, Yves	1997-2004	Correspondence to and from Yves Bonnefoy, France's leading poet and art critic and Phillips's friend and supporter. Includes a catalogue of an exhibit.
1	2	Carothers, Frank B.	1970-1976	Correspondence to and from Frank B. Carothers, a professor at Loyola University and Phillips's friend and mentor.
1	3	Collège de France	[1988, 1996]	Correspondence with the Collège de France relating to Phillips's 1996 lecture "Towards a Biography of William Blake", as well as professional and personal letters.
1	4	Donaldson, Ian	1974-1993	Correspondence to and from Ian Donaldson, the Director of Humanities Research Centre in Canberra and Professor of English at the Australian National University. Donaldson was a tutor at Wadham College (Oxford) for Phillips's BPhil.
1	5	Erdman, David V.	1967-1976	Correspondence to and from David V. Erdman, Professor Emeritus of English at State University of New York and Editor of The Bulletin of the New York Public Library.
1	6	Essick, Robert N.	1973-1999	Correspondence to and from Robert N. Essick, a Blake scholar and Phillips's friend. Includes 8 photographs. (Photos P1-8)
2020.07, Box 2
2	1	Keynes, Sir Geoffrey	[1967-1980, 1982]	Correspondence to and from Sir Geoffrey Keynes, a Blake scholar and Phillips's friend. Includes 1 photograph. (Photos P1)
2	2	Ricks, Christopher	1967-2001	Correspondence to and from Christopher Ricks, a fellow in English and Phillips's friend and supporter.
2	3 RR	Stallworthy, Jon	1974-2007	Correspondence to and from Jon Stallworthy, Phillips's friend, supporter and mentor from Clarendon Press. Restricted. Please contact the archivist for access information.
2	4	Trickett, Rachel	1967-1980	Correspondence to and from Rachel Trickett, a friend and supporter of Phillips and one of the directors of study for his BPhil.
2	5	Wilson Knight, George	1966-1988	Correspondence to and from George Wilson Knight, Phillips's close friend and mentor. Phillips boarded with Wilson Knight while completing his PhD.
Correspondence, A-Z (1960s)
2	6	Correspondence "A"	1965-1969	Includes correspondence from: Father Clinton Albertson
2	7	Correspondence "B"	1963-1971	Includes correspondence from: Martin Butlin H.C. Butterfield Cleanth Brooks M.A.F. Borrie George Bain Rosemary Hood of British Book News G.E. Bentley, Jr.
2	8	Correspondence "C"	1963-1968	Includes correspondence from: Father Joseph Caldwell University of Cambridge Claude Gill Books
2	9	Correspondence "E"	1967-1969	Includes correspondence from: Robert Eassom University of Exeter
2020.07, Box 3
3	1	Correspondence "F"	1966-1969	Includes correspondence from: Fitzwilliam Museum Fred Fisher
3	2	Correspondence "G"	[1965, 1970]	Includes correspondence from: Paul Getzoff
3	3	Correspondence "H"	1969	Includes correspondence from: Brian Hepworth
3	4	Correspondence "J"	1969	Includes correspondence from: Don Johnson
3	5	Correspondence "KL"	1967-1969	Includes correspondence from: Robert Kolker John Parry Lewis Loyola University
3	6	Correspondence "M"	[1965, 1970]	Includes correspondence from: Mark Mispagel David Machin
3	7	Oxford correspondence	1967-1972	Correspondence with University of Oxford constituent colleges and buildings, including Pembroke College, Worcester College, Rewley House and St. Edmund Hall.
3	8 RR	Correspondence "P"	1963-1972	Includes correspondence from: F.V. Pickstock Morton Paley Also includes letters and applications related to permits and passport renewals. Please contact the archivist for access information.
3	9	Correspondence "R"	1967	Includes correspondence from: J.B. Bamborough of the Review of English Studies
3	10	Correspondence "T"	1968	Includes correspondence from: Ruthven Todd
3	11	University College London correspondence	1969-1970	Correspondence regarding Phillips's applications to Lecturer positions at University College London.
3	12	Worcester College correspondence	1967-1969	Correspondence regarding the Martin Senior Scholarship at Worcester College, including programs and applications.
3	13	Correspondence "WY"	[1966, 1969-1970]	Includes correspondence from: Yale University Alec Yearling Rob Wilmer F.A. Whitehead Tony Walkman[?]
Correspondence, A-Z (1970s)
3	14	Correspondence "A"	1971-2005	Includes correspondence from: University of Adelaide Father Clinton Albertson Australian National University Richard Arnold R.C. Alston Akiko [Takenouchi]
3	15	Correspondence "B"	1971-1979	Includes correspondence from: Peter Butter Harold Brooks and Freddy Bateson C. Brackwell David Black David Bindman John Beer British Library Harold Brooks Martin Butlin British Book News Bibliographical Society The Book Collector G.E. Bentley, Jr. John Broad Brian Blench
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4	1	Correspondence "C"	1971-1982	Includes correspondence from: University of Cambridge Cambridge University Press John Carter California State College David and Gail Coombs
4	2	Correspondence "D"	1972-1976	Includes correspondence from: Gerald Doherty Dent and Sons Ltd. Publishers Martin Dodsworth Tim Duffy
4	3	Correspondence "E"	1971-1981	Includes correspondence from: Robert Essick Morris Eaves Kay Parkhurst Eassom Mac Emslie Howard Erskine-Hill William Empson Ted Eames Vic. E Frank Ellis
4	4	Correspondence "F"	1972-1979	Includes correspondence from: Arnold Fawcus Fitzwilliam Museum Neil Franklin Freie Universitat Berlin Everett Frost K.J. Fielding Alastair Fowler David Fleeman James Ferguson
4	5	Goldberg, Sam	1973-1981	Correspondence with Sam Goldberg of the Australian National University regarding applications for various research fellowships.
4	6	Correspondence "G"	1979-1980	Includes correspondence from: Stanley Gardner Robert Gleckner Kenneth Garlick George Goyder Alan and Carlotta Griffiths Alan Griffiths
4	7	Correspondence "H"	1972-1978	Includes correspondence from: Huntington Library Jim Henderson John Holloway Jean Hagstrum Richard Hame[?] Don Hirsch James Henderson Desiree Hirst Belinda[?]
4	8	Correspondence "J"	1971-1974	Includes correspondence from: Harold Jenkins Gwyn Ingli James
4	9	Correspondence "K"	1971-1979	Includes correspondence from: Frank Kermode Harald Kittel
4	10	Correspondence "L"	1972-1975	Includes correspondence from: Raymond Lister Annette Levitt Richard Luckott Longman Group Ltd. Loyola University (from Ray Brown) F.R. Leavis
4	11	Correspondence "M"	1971-1981	Includes correspondence from: David Machin Robert Martin Paul Miner City of Manchester Cindy Mediavilla
2020.07, Box 5
5	1	Correspondence "Mc"	1975-1980	Includes correspondence from: Don McKenzie Angus McIntosh James McCord Shawn McCord David McKitterick Peter McIntyre
5	2	Correspondence "N"	1974-1981	Includes correspondence from: John Nicoll New York Public Library National Gallery of Victory/University of Melbourne National Gallery of Victoria Desmond Neil
5	3	Correspondence "O"	[1974 and 1977-1980]	Includes correspondence from: Stephen Orgel Oxford University Press Also includes a copy of Phillips's article "Blake's Songs in Manuscripts".
5	4	Correspondence "P"	1972-1979	Includes correspondence from: Morton Paley Martin Prince Morton Paley and Morris Eaves Don Pearce Frank Parisi Also includes correspondence related to Phillips's "Poetical Sketches" article as well as offprints of articles written by Phillips published in The Book Collector.
5	5	Correspondence "R"	1971-1978	Includes correspondence from: Angus Ross Robert Rosenblum Christopher Ricks Dennis Read Simon Rendall
5	6	Correspondence "S"	[1970 and 1974]	Includes correspondence from: Frank Sullivan Also includes a program of a Blake event directed by Roger Savage.
5	7	Correspondence "T"	1972-1977	Includes correspondence from: Jeremy Treglown (with accompanying notes from John Wilder) James Peter Thorne Michael Tolley Trinity College Basil Taylor Bruce Taylor Edward Thompson
5	8 RR	Correspondence "U"	1970-1975	Includes correspondence from: University of California, Santa Barbara University College London Restricted. Please contact the archivist for access information.
5	9	Correspondence "WY"	1971-1976	Includes correspondence from: David and Melanie Worrall Janet Warner David Worrall Joe Wittreich, Jr. David Wylde John Wilder Yale University Press (from John Nicoll)
Correspondence, A-Z (1980s)
5	10	Correspondence "A"	1987-1988	Includes correspondence from: Richard Arnold Aberdeen University Press and others regarding essay on Alexander Pope
5	11	Correspondence "B"	1982-1989	Includes correspondence from: Warner Brown John Beer British Academy Elizabeth Blackadder
5	12	Correspondence "C"	[1981, 1983, 1988]	Includes correspondence from: Cambridge University Press John Commander T.R.M. Creighton
5	13	Correspondence "D"	1983	Includes correspondence from: Chris Duvold Rowena Davies
5	14	Correspondence "E"	1981-1989	Includes correspondence from: Edinburgh Faculty of Arts Research Fund (from D. McMullen) University of Edinburgh (from Wallace Robson) Edinburgh's Travel and Research Committee (from H.W. Taylor) Edinburgh College of Art Andrew Edmunds Morris Eaves Howard Erskine-Hill
5	15	Correspondence "F"	[1981-1985, 1989]	Includes correspondence from: Fitzwilliam Museum David Fleeman Folger Shakespeare Library (from Karen Greene) Alistair Fowler
5	16	Correspondence "G"	[1982-1984, 1987-1989]	Includes correspondence from: Paul Goodson Philippa Gregory Bob[?] G. Mark Greenberg
2020.07, Box 6
6	1	Correspondence "H"	1982-1989	Includes correspondence from: Harvester Press Ltd. (from Jackie Jones) Nelson Hilton Huntington Library Elaine Henderson
6	2	Correspondence "J"	[1981, 1983]	Includes correspondence from: Jerry James C.R. Johnson Rare Book Collections
6	3	Correspondence "KL"	1978-1989	Includes correspondence from: Randal Keynes Quentin Keynes Sally Kwan Raymond Lister Lancaster University
6	4	Maggs Bros. Ltd.	1979-1984	Correspondence with Maggs Bros. Ltd., an antiquarian bookseller in London.
6	5	Bernard C. Middleton, Book Restorer	1981-1984
6	6	Correspondence "M"	1983-1989	Includes correspondence from: Roger[?] Robert MacLean Manchester Etching Workshop Bernard C. Middleton (from Robert) Queen's University in Ontario regarding Robert MacLean Laura Mandell
6	7	Correspondence "N"	[1983 and 1989]	Includes correspondence from: Norton and Company Ltd. Also includes telefaxes related to Phillips's Blake research.
6	8	University of Oxford - Jesus College	1984	Correspondence regarding Tutorial Fellowship in English at Jesus College.
6	9	University of Oxford - St. Catherine's College	1979-1980	Correspondence with and about St. Catherine's College at Oxford regarding Phillips's application to the University Lectureship in English Literature.
6	10	University of Oxford - Worcester College	1987	Includes correspondence and applications for the Hawthornden Official Tutorial Fellowship in English Literature at Worcester College.
6	11	Oxford University Press	1982-1986	Correspondence with Oxford University Press regarding Blake publications.
6	12	Correspondence "P"	1983-1989	Includes correspondence from: Princeton Rare Books Pickering and Chatto Ltd. Also contains correspondence related to applications for a Visiting Professorship at Williams College with Phillips's essay "The Creation of Blake's Songs" (the inception of the monograph Blake's Songs), correspondence related to applications for Berry Chair of English at University of St. Andrews, Visiting Appointment correspondence, a flyer for Phillips's William Blake seminar, and copies of his curriculum vitae.
6	13	Correspondence "R"	1988-1989	Includes correspondence from: Simon Rendall
6	14	Correspondence "S"	[1980-1981, 1989]	Includes correspondence from: Robert Shackleton Sotheby's
6	15	Correspondence "T"	1988	Includes a letter about James Peter Thorne along with a funeral program.
6	16	Correspondence "WY"	1981-1988	Includes correspondence from: Wellesley College Williams College Karina Williamson Abiodun Williams [?] from the University of Adelaide Yale Center for British Art (Photos P1)
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Correspondence, A-Z (1990s)
7	1	Correspondence "A"	1992-1995	Includes correspondence from: Peter Ackroyd Shirley High on behalf of Professor Robin Alston St. Anne's College Richard Arnold
7	2	Correspondence "B"	1990-1998	Includes correspondence from: The Bibliographical Society The Burlington Magazine The British Library John Beer Includes a programme and booking form for A Blake Day.
7	3	British Academy	1990-1996	Correspondence regarding British Academy grants, publications and research. Includes applications, receipts and offprints.
7	4	Correspondence "C"	1991-1996	Includes correspondence from: James Thomas Crombie Centre for English Studies R. Alan Cameron Peter L. Caracciolo J.T. Coppock Includes correspondence regarding Phillips's talk at "La Caixa" in Barcelona, and an offprint of the article "William Blake and the Terror" in French.
7	5	Correspondence "D"	1991-1999	Includes correspondence from: D.W. Doerrbecker Tony [?] Harry Dickinson Michael Davis colleagues in Dijon, France Vincent Daniels
2020.07, Box 8
8	1	Correspondence "E"	1989-1998	Includes correspondence from: University of Essex Morris Eaves Christopher Edwards Edinburgh Bibliographical Society University of Edinburgh Department of English Edinburgh University Library Andrew Edmunds Includes a poster for Phillips's lecture at Edinburgh University and a copy of his curriculum vitae.
8	2	Correspondence "F"	[1991, 1996-1997]	Includes correspondence from: E.C. Fernie Michael Ferber France (Celia Coriat, Guyonne Leduc, Francois Laroque, Gisele Venet, Yves, and Marie-Madeleine Martinet)
8	3	Correspondence "G"	[1989-1995, 1997]	Includes correspondence from: Robert Gleckner Jacques Gury Stanley Gardner Alan Griffiths Sam Goldberg Sandy Gourlay Antony Griffiths Jack Grant
8	4	Correspondence "H"	[1988, 1991-1995]	Includes correspondence from: E.D. Hirsch, Jr. [?] Hamlyn Nelson Hilton The Huntington Library J. Paul Hunter Christopher Z. Hobson
8	5	Correspondence "J"	1992	Consists of an application to Jesus College, Oxford for the Visiting Senior Research Fellowship.
8	6	Correspondence "K"	[1989-1991, 1996-1997]	Includes correspondence from: Frank Kennedy Randal Keynes Toshikazu Kashiwagi (Photos P1-2)
8	7	Correspondence "L"	[1991, 1994-1997]	Includes correspondence from: The Leverhulme Trust E.M. Lawson and Co. Stephen Lloyd of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery Le Havre Université - includes 10 photographs Jean Leyris University of Lleida (Catalona, Spain) Includes a list of London Topographical Newsletter recipients. (Photos P1-10)
8	8	Correspondence "M"	1989-1998	Includes correspondence from: Bernard C. Middleton - includes 17 photographs H.T. Mason Jon Mee Maggs Bros. Ltd. Raymond Mason - includes drawing Geoffrey Morrow Lori Misura Chris Mendez Paul Miner (Photos P1-17)
8	9	Correspondence "Mc"	1989-1998	Includes correspondence from: Jim and Carol McCord - includes 1 photograph Daria McKitterick Don McKenzie Iain McCalman Robert MacLean (Photos P1-3)
8	10	Correspondence "N"	1990-1997	Includes correspondence from: National Humanities Centre W.W. Norton & Company National Gallery of Victoria Also includes applications and correspondence related to the 1993-1994 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships, correspondence related to the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies conference, and an application to attend an Urban History Group conference at Nottingham University.
2020.07, Box 9
9	1	Correspondence "O"	1990	Includes correspondence from: Oxford University Press
9	2	Correspondence "P"	1990-1996	Includes correspondence from: Princeton Rare Books John Price Antiquarian, Rare and Scholarly Books Michel Pierres Also includes correspondence related to publications, lists of individuals receiving complimentary copies of books, and a receipt of expenses for The Creation of William Blake's Songs. (Photos P1-2)
9	3	Correspondence "R"	1992-1996	Includes correspondence from: Ruth R. Rogers Simon Rendall - includes 1 photograph Reading University (Photos P1)
9	4	Correspondence "S"	1990-1995	Includes correspondence from: Paul Stirton Marsha Keith Schuchard Sotheby's (from Julian Rota) - includes 3 photographs St. John's College Grace Schulman - includes 1 photograph Includes holiday cards and postcards from unidentified sources. (Photos P1-4)
9	5	Correspondence "T"	[1990, 1997-1998]	Includes correspondence from: Tate Britain Michael Taylor Tate Gallery
9	6	Correspondence "UV"	[1989-1990, 1993-1996]	Includes correspondence from: University of Ottawa Victoria and Albert Museum Université Paris III – Sorbonne Nouvelle Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle (with Robert Elrodt)
9	7	Correspondence "WY"	1991-1999	Includes correspondence from: City of Westminster Dennis Ward W.S. Maney & Sons Ltd. David Worrall [John?] Wilders Williams College Karina Williamson Jonathan Wordsworth (postcard) Robert Woof and Sylvia Wordsworth Abiodun Williams Yale Center for British Art
Correspondence, A-Z (2000s)
9	8	Correspondence "A"	2002-2003	Includes correspondence from: John Alberti David Alexander
9	9	Correspondence "B"	1996-2007	Includes correspondence from: Bretton Hall (from Cyril Pearce) Bodleian Library Alan Bell Martin and Frances Butlin British Academy (from Ken) Edward Beale Elizabeth Blackadder Julian Birkett (BBC) David Bindman Adrian Bartlett G.E. Bentley, Jr. Ruth Borthwick
9	10	Correspondence "C"	[2000-2002, 2006]	Includes correspondence from: Mark Crosby Daniela Cardillo James Crombie R.A. Cameron Laurent Châtel Chelsea Arts Club
9	11	Correspondence "D"	[1999-2004, 2006]	Includes correspondence from: Darwin College, University of Cambridge Tony Dyson Érik Desmazières Keri Davies Dr. Detlef W. Dörrbecker
9	12	Correspondence "E"	[200-?]	Includes correspondence from: Andrew Edmunds
9	13	Correspondence "F"	2000	Includes correspondence from: Tad Fadem[?] - written in reverse
9	14	Correspondence "G"	2000-2002	Includes correspondence from: Robert Gluckner Dario Gamboni David George
9	15	Correspondence "H"	[2000-2001, 2004, 2009]	Includes correspondence from: Heather Howell Suzanne Hoover Olivia Henley Robin Hamlyn Penny Green (Harting) Also includes a promotional poster for Phillips's Blake lectures for Holy Cross College.
9	16	Correspondence "J"	[2003?]	Includes correspondence from: Adele Johnson
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10	1	Correspondence "KL"	2001-2004	Includes correspondence from: S. D. Keynes Patrick King Andrew [?] Stephen Lloyd Alan [?]
10	2	Correspondence "M"	2000-2005	Includes correspondence from: David McKitterick (postcard) Norma McCaw (postcard) Bernard C. Middleton Jim McCord Louise Machin Includes a postcard from an unidentified individual and a flyer for Phillips's lecture at Magdalen College.
10	3	Correspondence "NO"	1999-2002	Includes correspondence from: University of Oxford Jon Newman National Gallery of Art (from Michael Skalka)
10	4	Correspondence "P"	2000-2002	Includes correspondence from: Andrew [?] Ted Pleasance Bill Pressley Also includes Phillips's article, "Blake", published in Print Quarterly (XVII).
10	5 RR	Research applications	2002-2004	Includes correspondence related to research applications for fellowships and grants. Restricted. Please contact the archivist for access information.
10	6	Correspondence "R"	2000-2006	Includes correspondence from: Christopher Ricks (postcards) Jared Rickman Simon Rendall
10	7	Correspondence "S"	2000-2004	Includes correspondence from: Celia Stothard Bethan Stevens Keith Schuchard Also includes a change of address postcard from Nicholas Stogdon.
10	8	Correspondence "T"	2002	Includes correspondence from: Tate (from Robin Hamlyn)
10	9	Correspondence "WY"	[1995, 1998-1999, 2001-2006]	Includes correspondence from: Karina Williamson David Way University of York Yale Art Gallery The Paul Mellon Centre for British Art at Yale University Yale Center for British Art Also includes flyers for Phillips's research seminar at York and a BBC Radio CD, "Forum - William Blake".

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