| Description | /1. 1 x ms. letter, 4 March 1969, from Ann Jonas, Surrey, to Roland Penrose, 2p.
/2. 1 x ts. letter, 7 March 1969, from Roland Penrose, to Ann Jonas, Surrey, 1p.
/3. 1 x ms. letter and attached ts. document with ms.additions, 28 March 1974, from William (Bill) Porter, London, to Roland Penrose, the attached document is a poem by Bill Porter entitled 'Out of Joint' and dated 21 March 1974 (1p), 3p in total.
/4. 1 x ms. letter, 17 June 1976, from William (Bill) Porter, London, to Roland Penrose, 7p.
/5. 1 x ms. document (copy), 1 July 1976 and 2 July 1976, signed by William (Bill) Porter, entitled 'Time's Passage', two versions of a poem by William (Bill) Porter, 1p.
/6. 1 x ms. document, n.d., mostly (if not entirely) in William (Bill) Porter's hand, various notes by William (Bill) Porter written in red and blue pen, inscribed 'Love to you, Bill' 1p.
The poem entitled 'Cenotaph', by William (Bill) Porter:
/7. 1 x ts. document with ms. additions, 1944, ms. inscription on page one reads: "written out by my sister for you love", ms. inscription on page 2 reads: "Southampton 1944. I wrote in down in 1968 as far as I recall", 2p.
Various documents and notes in William (Bill) Porter's hand:
/8. 1 x ms. document in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., document begins: "Lee your wild grass, my story of wild grass...", 1p.
/9. 1 x ms. document in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., notes for a poem entitled 'Tradition', document begins: "This one is coming back to me. I had it down imperfectly. It disappeared', 1p.
/10. 1 x ms. document in pencil in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., document begins: "Fair copy of the second page. I can be sure to get it right...", 1p.
/11. 1 x ms. document (copy) in William (Bill) Porter's hand (2 copies), n.d., document begins "Proportions yes, Pete Cock had done that...", 2p in total.
/12. 1 x ms. document (copy) in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., document begins: "My cousin's DC 350 blew up in his face...", 1p.
/13. 1 x ms. document in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., document begins: "I've still yet to write this one down...", 1p.
/14. 1 x ms. document in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., document begins: "I saw the films of Buchenwald when I was nine...", 1p.
/15. 1 x ms. document in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., document begins: "I can't think of what that one's called right now...", 1p.
/16. 1 x ms. document in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., document begins: "You might as well understand that it was the charioteer...", 1p.
/17. 1 x ms. document in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., document begins: "Roland (...) you two celebrate, night before last that is...", 1p.
/18. photocopies of The Daily Word, n.d., includes pages 26-28 : Tuesday, October 12, 1971 ; Wednesday, October 13th, 1971 ; and Thursday, October 14th, 1971, 2p.
/19. 1 x ms. notes in blue, grey and red pen in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., 6p are written on notebook paper, the final page is written on the verso of an unused finance form, 7p.
/20. 1 x ms. document mostly in pink and red pen in William (Bill) Porter's hand, n.d., document begins: "I've said to him today, A Certain Man, gave me his heart and home and future life...", 2p.
/21. 1 x ms. document (copy) with ms. additions in red pen and in William (Bill) Porter's hand, document begins: "Oh Roland - LOOK! Look, look, look!! Isn't it utterly WONDERFUL!!!..."1p.
/22. envelope (empty), n.d., addressed (William (Bill) Porter's hand) "For Lee", inscription on reverse reads: "Happy fireworks night", 1p. |