Gerald Hughes papers, circa 1910-2006.

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Gerald Hughes papers, circa 1910-2006.

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The first major portion of the collection consists of letters from Ted Hughes, in England, to his brother and sister-in-law, Gerald and Joan Hughes, in Australia, between 1952 and 1991. The letters provide an intimate look at Ted Hughes as he discusses personal matters such as the birth of his children; his separation from Sylvia Plath; and the deaths of his partner, Assia Wevill, their daughter Shura, and his mother. Hughes also writes about his career including his teaching and writing. The second major portion of the collection includes letters from Edith (Farrar) Hughes, William Henry Hughes, and Hilda Farrar, Edith's sister, to Gerald Hughes and his family, written between 1952 and the 1990s. This family correspondence provides further insight into the life and work of Ted Hughes and also provides more extensive details of the relationships between the Hughes family members. Another portion of this collection includes photographs of Ted Hughes, taken throughout his lifetime, in addition to early family photographs of Edith and William Henry Hughes and their parents. Many of the photographs were taken by Gerald Hughes during family trips back to England. A final portion of this collection consists of drawings and writings by Ted Hughes, such as drafts of unpublished poems or original poems written for Gerald Hughes, and two writings by his mother, Edith (Farrar) Hughes. Also included are two films shot by Gerald Hughes in 1964 during a visit to England, one of which contains rare footage of Assia Wevill and Ted Hughes in London during the changing of the Guards at Buckingham Palace.

1.25 linear ft. (3 boxes)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6698092

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Hughes, Gerald, 1920-

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Gerald Hughes, born in 1920, is the older brother of Ted Hughes (1930-1998), English poet and author, who served as Poet Laureate to the Queen from 1984 until his death in 1998. Gerald, Ted, and their sister Olwyn were born to William Henry Hughes (1894 - 1981) and Edith (Farrar) Hughes (1898 - 1969) of Mytholmroyd, a small village in the western region of Yorkshire, England. In 1938, when the Hughes family moved south to the mining town of Mexborough in order to open a newsagent's shop, Gerald ...

Plath, Sylvia, 1932-1963

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Plath (1932-1963) was educated at Smith College (A.B., 1955) and Newnham College, Cambridge University (A.B., 1957). She married Ted Hughes in 1956 and taught English at Smith College, 1957-1958. Plath and Hughes returned to England in Dec. 1959 and separated in 1962. In her lifetime she published two books: The Colossus and other poems (1960) and The bell jar (1963). On Feb. 11, 1963 she committed suicide in London. Her Ariel poems were edited by Hughes and published in 1965. From t...

Hughes, Edith, 1898-1969.

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Hughes, Ted, 1930-1998

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Assia Wevill was born Assia Gutman on May 15, 1927, in Berlin, Germany. Her mother, Lisa, was a German Protestant, and her father, Lonya, was a Russian Jew. In the late 1930s, the family fled to Tel Aviv to escape the Nazis. Wevill first married John Steel in London in 1946, and from there emigrated to Canada, sending visas to her family in Israel. In Vancouver, she met her second husband, Richard Lipsey, whom she divorced in 1960 to marry her third husband, David Wevill. The Wevills met Ted Hug...

Hughes, William Henry, Captain, 1886-1987

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Farrar, Hilda.

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