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Peter Hellings papers Series
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Miscellaneous papers

Miscellaneous papers, [1937]-2001, including a notebook containing his early poetry, prose work, personal papers, press cuttings and poems written in his memory.

Personal letters

Personal letters, 1939-2001, relating mainly to literary matters, including some from editors of periodicals expressing their views on his poems and letters he received during his time serving with the RAF in Palestine; together with letters written by Peter Hellings to his wife Manon and testimonials.

Publications

Includes papers, 1945-[2000], relating to his volumes of poetry Swansea Sketchbook (Pontefract, 1983), and the publishing and launch of A Form of Words (Pontefract, 1995), and also to his poems published in periodicals.

Translations from French

Translations, 1984, by Peter and Madeline (Manon) Hellings of poems by the French poet François Villon entitled 'Ballades', 1984, and 'Versions of Villon', 1988; typescript and manuscript drafts of the translations, with the French text of ballads, notes by Manon Hellings and suggestions by Nicole Crossley-Holland; 'The Legacy' by Villon, 1984; and 'Sonnets from Les Fleurs du Mal' by Charles Baudelaire.

Crossley-Holland, Nicole