Records relating to writings and publications

Title: Records relating to writings and publications
Dates of Material:
1968-2014
Extent:
2.43 m of textual records
28 col. photographs
160 b&w photographs
3 CDs
Scope and content

Series consists of records relating to books, articles and essays published by Michael Phillips, and includes drafts and proofs, correspondence, photographs, reviews and general research.

NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title

Title based on contents of the series.

Finding aids

File list available (see below).

BOX FILE TITLE YEAR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
2011.05
2011.05, Box 1
The Poetical Sketches of William Blake (Ph.D. Thesis, 1968)
11 Notebookn.d.
12Photographs of MS correctionsn.d.
13Thesis (bound) 1968
William Blake: Essays in Honour of Sir Geoffrey Keynes (published 1973)
14Correspondence1971-1972
15Correspondence1973-1975
16Correspondence re dinner party in honour of KeynesMay-Sept. 1973
2011.05, Box 2
21 "A Reading of Blake's Early Poetry" drafts [1972 or 1973]
22"A Reading of Blake's Early Poetry" drafts [1972 or 1973]
23General Index draft n.d.
24Index and Preface drafts and proofs n.d.
25G. Wilson Knight's "The Chapel of Gold" draft and correspondence Sept.-Oct. 1972
26Proofs (pp. 21-207)[ca. Jan. 1973]
27Proofs (pp. 208-376)[ca. Jan. 1973]
28Proofs (images) [ca. Jan. 1973]
29Published text 1973
2011.05, Box 3
Interpreting Blake: A Volume of Studies (published 1978)
34Peter Buller's "Milton: The Final Plates" draft[ca. 1978]
35David Erdman's "The Symmetries of 'The Song of Los'" draft 1974
36James Ferguson's "Prefaces to Jerusalem" draft n.d.
37Heather Glen's "Blake's Criticism of Moral Thinking" draft n.d.
38Belinda Humfrey's "'Who Shall Bind the Infinite': A Study of Europe: A Prophecy" draftn.d.
39Annette Levitt's "Comus, Cloud, and Thel's 'Unacted Desires'" draft n.d.
310Frank Parisi's "Emblems of Melancholy" draft n.d.
311E.P. Thompson's "London" draft and correspondenceAug. 1973-May 1976
312Published text 1978
313Reviews1979
An Island in the Moon (published 1987)
315Correspondence, script, and photographs relating to Savage's presentation of "Conversations at Mr. Quid's" [ca. 1974]
316CorrespondenceMarch 1978-April 1980
317CorrespondenceMay 1980-July 1981
318CorrespondenceAug. 1981-March 1983
2011.05, Box 4
41 CorrespondenceApril 1983-Dec. 1984
42Correspondence1985
43CorrespondenceJan. 1986-Sept. 1987
44CorrespondenceOct. 1987-July 1994
45Photographs of original text n.d.
46Prints, proofs, and bookplates (Blake Catalogue) 1978-1979
47Draft [ca. Aug. 1, 1981]
48Draft [ca. 1981]
49Draft 1982
410Draft n.d.
411Introduction draft (Phillips' copy) Sept. 1982
412Printing estimate and costs for Fawcus facsimile (which was too small) 1980-1983
2011.05, Box 5
51 Printing text for Fawcus facsimile 1983
52Printing text for Fawcus facsimile (cont.)1983
53Master proof and copy 1983
54Introduction draft May 11, 1984
55Typescript Feb. 1985
56Typescript (London corrections) March 1985
57Proofs and setting manuscript (Phillips' copy) July 1985
58Proofs and setting manuscript (Phillips' copy) (cont.) July 1985
59Proof (duplicate) 1985
510Proof (Simon Rendall's copy) Dec. 1985
511Proofn.d.
2011.05, Box 6
61 Proofn.d.
62Proof (Baron corrections) n.d.
63Proof (second duplicate) Jan. 24, 1986
64Proof (copy sent to Verona)Jan. 24, 1986
65ProofJan. 24, 1986
66Proofn.d.
67Proof1986
68ProofMarch 16, 1986
69Proof (Phillips' revised pages)March 1986
610Proof (Rendall's revised pages) March 1986
2011.05, Box 7
71 Proof (Phillips' corrections, master copy)March 17, 1986
72ProofMarch 17, 1986
73ProofMarch 1986
74Proof (master copy) May 1986
75ProofJune 1986
76Proof (unmarked duplicate) June 1986
77ProofAug. 1986
78Copy of master proof (incorporating Phillips/Burger corrections and sent to printer) Aug. 1986
2011.05, Box 8
81 ProofsSept. 1986
82Proof and paste-up Sept. 1986
83Proof (sent to Mardersteig in Verona) [ca. Sept. 1986]
84Proof (hardcover)[ca. 1986]
85Published facsimile (1) 1987
86Published facsimile (2)1987
872 Volume Deluxe Edition (not released for sale)1987
88Reviews1988-1990
2011.05, Box 9
"The Composition of Pope's Imitation of Horace, Satire, II.i" (published in Alexander Pope: Essays for the Tercentenary, 1988)
91CorrespondenceSept. 1980-Sept. 1987
92Notes and research n.d.
93Notes and researchn.d.
94Text of Pope's Epistle VII (blown up pages) n.d.
95Handwritten draftn.d.
96DraftJune 7, 1987
97Draftsn.d.
98Draftsn.d.
99Drafts (final revisions) Aug. 31, 1987
910Published essay in Alexander Pope: Essays for the Tercentenary 1988
2011.05, Box 11
The Creation of the Songs (published 2000)
1110"William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, from Manuscript to Illuminated Plate" drafts [ca. 1978]
2011.05, Box 12
121"William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, from Manuscript to Illuminated Plate" drafts [ca. 1978]
122"William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, from Manuscript to Illuminated Plate," The Book Collector (offprint) Spring 1979
123"Printing Blake's Songs", The Library (original and offprint) Sept. 1991
124William Blake: Recherches pour une biographie, research1991-1995
125William Blake: Recherches pour une biographie, publication1995
126CorrespondenceJan. 1986-Dec. 1998
127CorrespondenceJan. 1999-Dec. 2001
128File cards, notes, and research n.d.
129File cards, notes, and research n.d.
1210File cards, notes, and research n.d.
1211File cards, notes, and research n.d.
2011.05, Box 13
131Proof copy of Songs (ed. Andrew Lincoln, published 1991) taken to compare with originals 1991
132Photographs of original pages n.d.
133Draft[ca. July 18, 2000]
134ProofAug. 1, 2000
135ProofAug. 1, 2000
136ProofSept. 6, 2000
137ProofSept. 25, 2000
138ProofOct. 5, 2000
139ProofOct. 16, 2000
2011.05, Box 14
141Book cover drafts 2000
142Proof with cover Nov. 22, 2000
143Printing informationn.d.
144CD containing all of Michael Phillips' files 2000
145Published text 2000
146Reviews and items relating to publicity 2000-2001
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (published 2011)
149Colour photographs of the Bodleian Library's copy and colour proof of Plate 14 from all other copies n.d.
1410Page layouts (1st, 2nd, and 4th spreads) 2006
2011.05, Box 15
151Proofs (prepared by Simon Rendall) Nov. 2006
152Proofs (Introduction) Aug. 20, 2008
153ProofOct. 2008 or 2009
1542 CDs of complete files (including colour photographs) 2007-2011
155Published text 2011
156Reviews and items relating to publicity2011
2012.02
2012.02, Box 1
"The Printing of Blake's The Illustrations to the Book of Job" (published 2005)
11CorrespondenceMay 1996, June 2004-Aug. 2005

   

12Researchn.d.

   

13Illustrations and notes2004-2005, n.d.

   

14Drafts[ca. 2004]

   

"The Printing of Blake's America a Prophecy" (published March 2004)
15CorrespondenceOct. 2003

   

16Research and notesn.d.

   

17ProofOct. 2003, Dec. 2003

   

18Images (CD)Dec. 18, 2003

   

19Published text (2 copies)March 2004

   

"Printing Blake's Songs, 1789-1794" (published September 1991)
110CorrespondenceJan. 1990-May 1991

   

111DraftsNov. 1990, March 1991, n.d.

   

112Proofs (3 copies)July 1991

   

113Published textSeptember 1991

   

2012.02, Box 2
"William Blake and the Sophocles Manuscript Notebook" (published 1997)
21CorrespondenceFeb. 1993-April 1999

   

22Photocopied MSn.d.

   

23Research and notesn.d.

   

24DraftsJuly 1996, Sept. 1996, April 1997, n.d.

   

25ProofsSept. 1997, Nov. 1997, n.d.

   

26Published text (2 copies)1997

   

27"William Blake and the Sophocles Enigma" by G.E. Bentley June 4, 1996

   

2015.04
2015.04, Box 3
"The Printing of Blake's America a Prophecy" (published March 2004)
39Annotated copies of plates for Blake's America2014

Used for "The Printing of Blake’s America a Prophecy,: Print Quarterly, Vol. XXI, No. 1 (March, 2004), pp. 18-38.  

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (published 2008 Bodleian Library)
32Proof I (before any amendments in page proof)[200-]

   

33Proof II (with amendments requested at I)[200-]

   

34Proof II (with amendments but not final as in III)[200-]

   

35[Publisher's agreement for The Marriage of Heaven and Hell]2007

   

36Publisher's catalogue with The Marriage of Heaven and Hell listed2008

   

37[Annotated colour page proofs][200-]

   

"Parody and Play in Blake's Composite Art" (Published 2014
38"Parody and Play in Blake's Composite Art" 2014

Interfaces 35 (2013-2014). 35-66.

2020.07
2020.07, Box 10
Blake and the Terror, 1792-93 (published 1994)
1010Blake and the Terror 1792-93, offprint1994

Offprint of the essay "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93", which appeared in The Library, vol. 16, no.4. Includes a list of individuals who received the offprint.

1011Thank-you notes1994-1995

Notes and letters from friends and colleagues thanking Phillips's for the offprint of "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93".

1012[Drafts]1994

Contains four manuscript drafts for "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93".

1013Illustration layout1994

Illustration layout of "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93", including a copy of the essay and a list of plates.

1014Final author's version1994

Final author's version of "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93" as "parted" to Martin Davies.

2020.07, Box 11
The Poetical Sketches of William Blake (Ph.D. Thesis, 1968)
114The Poetical Sketches of William Blake, early draftca. 1968

Early draft of The Poetical Sketches of William Blake: Part 1, A Definitive Text. Phillips's PhD thesis.

The Creation of the Songs (published 2000)
115Blake's Songs, manuscript notes[n.d.]

Manuscript notes of Blake's Songs.

Blake and the Terror, 1792-93 (published 1994)
111[Proofs]1994

Contains proofs of "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93" with notes on layout and page proofs of plates used in the essay.

112Blake and the Terror correspondence1994

Includes correspondence from:

  • Jim McCord, with notes and observations on the essay
  • British Museum and British Library, requesting permission to reproduce prints for the essay
  • Liz Rosindale of W.S. Maney and Son Ltd., giving permission to use plates in the essay
113Blake and the Terror research material1994

Contains a list of plates used in "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93" and prints of plates.