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Avant-garde Irish poet Brian Coffey (1905-1995) was highly influenced by French surrealism and produced works that drew from his interests in philosophy and religion, particularly Catholicism. Coffey ran his own press, Advent Books, in the 1960s and 1970s. He also translated the work of other poets into English, including
Brian Coffey was born in Dublin on June 8, 1905. His father, Denis J. Coffey, was Professor of Anatomy at University College, Dublin, and, from 1908 to 1940, served as its first president. Coffey attended Clongowes Wood College and Institution St. Vincent where he studied European and Catholic culture and earned his bachelor's degree.
As early as 1924, while earning advanced degrees in mathematics, physics, and chemistry at University College, Coffey began writing poetry. He published his first poems (including "Sada" which was later reprinted in
Poems and Versions: 1929-1991 and is included in this collection) in UCD's The National Student under the pseudonym Coeuvre. During this time, Coffey met fellow aspiring poet Denis Devlin, who would become a lifelong friend. In 1930, they co-authored a collection simply titled Poems , published at their own expense.Coffey moved to Paris in the early 1930s to continue his studies in physical chemistry under Jean Perrin. However, a developing interest in philosophy led Coffey to transfer in 1933 to l'Institut Catholique de Paris where he worked with the noted French philosopher Jacques Maritain. During this time, Coffey also became acquainted with other Irish literary expatriates, including Thomas MacGreevy and Samuel Beckett, both of whom encouraged Coffey to continue writing. In 1934, Beckett published an essay entitled "Recent Irish Poetry," in which he wrote of Coffey and Devlin, "[they are] without question the most interesting of the youngest generation of Irish poets." Coffey was twenty-nine.
Coffey began work on his doctorate in 1937; however, the onset of World War II forced him to abandon his studies and move to London, where he found work as a teacher. In 1938, Coffey married Bridget Rosalind Baynes, daughter of Dr. H.G. Baynes, a distinguished psychologist and partner of internationally renowned psychologist Carl Jung. Shortly after the wedding, Coffey's second volume of poetry,
Third Person , was published by Europa Press. The press was owned and operated by George Reavey, who would become a close friend.During this time, Coffey made several visits to Beckett's bedside while the latter was recuperating after a stabbing. It was here that Coffey was introduced to the ailing James Joyce, an experience he would reflect upon later in his brief essay "Joyce! What now?" published in
The Irish University Review, Joyce Centenary Issue (1982).In 1947, Coffey returned to Paris and completed his doctoral thesis,
De l'idée d'ordre d'après Saint Thomas d'Aquin . Shortly thereafter, he accepted a position in the philosophy department at Saint Louis University, Missouri, and he and his family relocated to the United States. Here, Coffey began his best known work, Missouri Sequence .Coffey and his family left the United States in 1952 and returned to London where Coffey found work teaching sixth-form mathematics. In the years following this move, his career as a poet blossomed. He published several poems in
University Review and Poetry Ireland , including "Nine -- A Musing," "Missouri Sequence," "Mindful of You," and "Fidelities."In 1966, Coffey attended printing classes and established his own press, Advent Books, which began publishing limited editions of poetry with a special emphasis on typography and jacket design. Among his own works to be published by Advent Books were
Monster , a concrete poem with illustrations by John Parsons (1966); The Time, The Place (1969); Village in the Mountain , a translation of French poet Gaston Bonheur's La Village dans la Montaigne (1970); Brigid Ann (1972); and the beautifully illustrated Abecedarian , the original drawings of which are included in this collection.During these years, Coffey also published several volumes through Liam Miller's Dolmen Press. Among them were two editions of Devlin's work which Coffey edited,
Collected Poems (1964) and The Heavenly Foreigner (1967), as well as Coffey's translation of Mallarme's Dice Thrown Never Will Annul Chance (1964).Friend and fellow publisher Anthony Rudolf of Menard Press is responsible for publishing much of Coffey's later work, including
Slight Song (1985); Advent (1986); and Poems of Mallarmé (1990).Consistently avant-garde and strongly influenced by French surrealism, Coffey's poetry also reflects deeply religious and philosophical sentiments. His most frequent themes include exile and emigration. The sound of his poems, their syntax and rhythm, has led many to compare Coffey's work to Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot.
Brian Coffey died on April 14, 1995, at his home in Southampton, England.
Luftig, Victor. "Brian Coffey."Dictionary of Irish Literature: Revised and Expanded Edition. Ed. Robert Hogan. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Press, 1996. "Introductory Essay."The Irish University Review, Special Brian Coffey Issue, 5:1 (Spring 1975): 9-29.
The Brian Coffey papers comprise personal and literary papers which document Coffey's life and career from 1917 to 1996. The collection contains manuscripts, scrapbooks, collages, artwork, cassette recordings, newspaper clippings, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and postcards. It is divided into seven series: Creative Works, Artwork, Academic Notebooks, Writings by Others, Correspondence, Photographs, and Ephemera. Each series illuminates Coffey's role as a student, scholar, scientist, philosopher, poet, artist, writer, publisher, critic, teacher, translator, mentor, friend, husband, father, and grandfather. Writers whose work Coffey translated include: Guillaume Apollinaire, Gaston Bonheur, Paul Claudel, Paul Eluard, Stéphane Mallarmé, Pablo Neruda, and Pinto Repentista Embolador. The collection also houses significant correspondence with Denis J. Coffey and Mary Margaret McAlpine, as well as work by or about by longtime Coffey friend, Denis Devlin.
Series I., Creative Works by Coffey, encompasses his writings, translations, Self Books, scrapbooks, collages, and cassette recordings. Subseries I.1 includes manuscripts and other material related to forty-five works by Coffey, including poems, short stories, and essays. Items of note include signed, typed manuscripts of
Advent and Death of Hektor ; two handwritten drafts of an experimental story Good Sykhosom ; six handwritten drafts of a long, unpublished poem, Henry ; and a one-of-a-kind copy of Old Gravois Road , bound by Coffey with calligraphy by his daughter, Ann.Fluent in both French and Spanish, Coffey frequently translated poetry from its original language into English, and Subseries I.2 includes many of these endeavors. The bulk of this material remains unpublished. Among those poets whom Coffey translated are Guillaume Apollinaire, Gaston Bonheur, Paul Claudel, Pablo Neruda, and Pinto Repentista. Coffey was most interested in the work of Paul Éluard and Stéphane Mallarmé. He published his translations of the latter in
The Poems of Mallarmé: Bilingual Edition in 1990.Subseries I.3, the Self Books, are unique to the Brian Coffey Papers. They are neither simply journals nor scrapbooks, but a combination of both. The collection includes five of these books, which contain journal entries, correspondence, newspaper clippings, early drafts of poems, and notes for future works. The Self Books offer a rare glimpse into the mind of the poet. They are unselfconscious, intended for no one but the author and his family. They also reflect the spirit of the time in which they were created; Coffey frequently includes newspaper clippings detailing current events.
Coffey's self-titled
Notes for Concerning Making comprises Subseries I.4 His essay of the same title appeared in the Autumn 1973 edition of Lace Curtain , and the book is clearly meant as a continued exploration of the ideas set forth there. Spanning the mid-1970s to the early-1990s, Concerning Making contains notes, poems, essays, reviews, and newspaper clippings which illuminate some aspect of the creative process.Subseries I.5 contains Coffey's twenty-two scrapbooks which span the years 1933 to 1993. Similar to the Self Books, the scrapbooks includes letters, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, photographs of family and friends, and ephemera. The only discernable difference between the Self Books and the Scrapbooks is that the latter have fewer handwritten notes and journal entries. Items of interest include postcards from Samuel Beckett, letters and telegrams related to the death of Denis Devlin, early drafts of Coffey's poems, and several original sketches and lithographs.
In addition to Coffey's many collages and loose scrapbook pages, Subseries I.6 also contains an extensive collection of newspaper clippings. These clippings reflect Coffey's religious beliefs as well as his interest in both national and international politics. Also included are a substantial number of editorials on an array of subjects, from American politics to the political upheaval in Ireland, the use of nuclear weapons to the decline in church attendance in England. Coffey also collected articles on humorous subjects, as well as the occasional cartoon.
Of particular note is subseries I.7 which contains two audio cassettes made by Coffey at his home in Southampton. On the first cassette, recorded in 1975, Coffey reads selections from his long poem,
Advent . The second cassette includes Coffey reading selected poems of Dylan Thomas, ee cummings, and Paul Éluard, as well as selections from his own work, including Mindful of You , Glutz , and The Big Laugh .Series II. includes artwork by Coffey, S.W. Hayter, and Coffey's children and grandchildren. A supporter of the visual arts, Coffey was himself an artist and his small press, Advent Books, was known for its emphasis on illustration and jacket design. Many of Coffey's sketches, lithographs, monoprints and mixed media prints can be found in this series, including
The Island , which was later printed in The Poems of Mallarmé . The series also contains S.W. Hayter's original artwork for Death of Hektor .Academic Notebooks and Lectures are contained in Series III. Spanning the years 1924 to the 1950s, this series details Coffey's intellectual pursuits from his teenage years as a student at University College, Dublin, through his tenure as assistant professor of philosophy at St. Louis University. The series contains forty-five items, including both a rough and final draft of Coffey's doctoral thesis, "De l'idée d'ordre d'après Saint Thomas d'Aquin," completed in 1947.
That Coffey retained such a vast array of writing by others is a testament to his love for the creative process; Series IV. includes the poetry, short stories, reviews, and critical essays of more than sixty writers. The series is divided into four subseries: IV.1 Writings about Coffey; IV.2 Poetry and Fiction; IV.3
Modern Celtic Poetry: An Anthology ; and IV.4 Critical Essays. Items of note include Parkman Howe's 1975 interview with Coffey which later appeared in Eire Ireland ; typescript poems of Denis Devlin and Thomas MacGreevy; and several typed and handwritten drafts of Augustus Young's Danta Gradha . The anthology of modern Celtic poetry is also interesting, as it was only in the early stages of development when its co-editor, Denis Devlin, passed away. The anthology, which was never completed, includes extensive holograph notes by Devlin and his co-editor Norman MacLeod, as well as several letters to potential publishers.Series V. contains Coffey's extensive correspondence from family and friends as well as from booksellers, publishers, and fellow writers. The series is divided into four subseries: V.1 Personal Correspondence and V.2 Professional Correspondence, V.3 Denis J. Coffey letters to Brian Coffey, and V.4. Postcards. The bulk of the materials in subseries 2. Items of note among the Personal Correspondence include a letter from psychologist H.G. Baynes (Coffey's father-in-law); love letters from his wife, Bridget; and several letters from his children and other relatives. Coffey also corresponded with many prominent contemporary poets, playwrights, and novelists including Denis Devlin, Samuel Beckett, Augustus Young, C.S. Lewis, and Thomas MacGreevy. Letters from fellow poets often compliment or query him about his work, and many correspondents send poetry and fiction of their own. Coffey seems to have been something of a mentor for younger writers, including Michael Farrell, Parkman Howe, Billy Mills, and Michael Smith. Coffey's correspondence with Margaret McAlpine is of particular interest. Though little is known about her personally, the correspondence indicates that she and Coffey shared a close relationship based on an intellectual appreciation of poetry. In many of her letters, she offers candid critiques of his work and makes suggestions for future improvement.
Photographs of Coffey and his family can be found in Series VI., which is divided into two groups: Early Years and Later Years. All of the photographs are undated, and many are unidentified.
The final series in the collection (VII.) encompasses ephemera, including Coffey's personal papers and records, as well as art exhibit catalogs, playbills, publicity fliers, publisher's announcements, menus, and other material. Items of note include Coffey's first passport, his marriage certificate, various driver's licenses and membership cards, and a copy of his will, as well as financial and medical records.
The Brian Coffey papers as a whole provide a valuable historical account of the twentieth century as well as a unique look into the life and mind of one of Ireland's more prolific poets. In a 1975 interview with Parkman Howe, Coffey declared
It's through the language that one's working in that the real poetic thinking is done. [It's about the making, I think now, more than anything else. And what goes on in this process of using the words, and choosing this word rather than that word . . . It is the connection of words and how they best fit together.
Documenting the "making" or creativity is what lies at the heart of the Brian Coffey papers.
- Box 1, 7, 13-14, 18: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (upright manuscript boxes)
- Boxes 2-5, 12, 16-17, 19, 21-22: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes
- Box 6: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (17 inches)
- Box 8-11, 15, 20, 27: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (1 inch)
- Boxes 23-26: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize boxes (24 inches)
- Boxes 28-31: Shelved in SPEC MSS record center cartons
- Box 32: Shelved in SPEC MSS shoeboxes
Purchase, 1992, 1998, 2002.
Processed by Meghan J. Fuller, October 1998-May 1999. Revised by Anita Wellner, May 2008.
People
- Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995
- Coffey, Brian, 1905-1995--Archives
- Devlin, Denis, 1908-1959
- Apollinaire, Guillaume, 1880-1918
- Bonheur, Gaston
- Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955
- Éluard, Paul, 1895-1952
- Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
- McAlpine, Margaret Mary
- Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898
- Neruda, Pablo, 1904-1973
- Embolador, Pinto Repentista
- Coffey, Denis J.
Organization
Subject
- English poetry--Irish authors--20th century
- Poets, Irish--20th century
- Private presses--England--History--20th century
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- University of Delaware Library Special Collections
- Finding Aid Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Finding Aid Date
- 2006 June 6
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Long poem published in book form in 1974 by Coffey's Advent Books; includes 18-page proof with original drawings by Sandra Hill, Nick Marsh, Derek Norman, John Parsons, and Diane Radford; one page of handwritten notes (signed by Coffey and dated November, 1972); and a typed letter from "John," the typesetter
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Typed manuscripts signed. 28 pp. Long poem published by Advent Books on June 20, 1974; number 5 of an edition of 25 copies; title page includes holograph list of the recipients of the other 24 copies, including Samuel Beckett, James Hogan (the poet Augustus Young), and Anthony Rudolf of Menard Press.
Advent also appeared in The Irish University Review, Special Brian Coffey Issue , 5:1 (Spring 1975): 29-109. Coffey took twenty years to write and revise this poem Physical Description1 item
26 pp. Typed manuscript with holograph notes. Also includes one page of notes regarding copyright information; published in book form in 1976 by Sugar Loaf Press, Dublin
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2 pp. Typed manuscript. Short story with the following typed inscription: "From Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. Offered for publication to The Editor of
The Irish Times . Stamped addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS. if unsuitable"; includes minor holograph corrections Physical Description1 item
15 pp. Photocopied typed manuscript. Inscribed "Final copy / ok by Brian Coffey / 27th May 79" Long poem published by Circle Press in 1980, with engravings by S.W. Hayter; also includes miscellaneous handwritten and typed notes, page proofs and sketches, 25 pp. [see also oversize]
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1 p. Typed manuscript. Includes holograph inscription: "Begun when the whole lot came back from I.T. [
Irish Times ?]. I went to England some weeks later" Physical Description1 item
2 pp. Typed manuscript. Short story with the following typed inscription: "From Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dub Laoghaire. 18 July, 1941. Offered for publication to The Editor of The Irish Times, Dublin. Stamped addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS. if unsuitable"; two copies
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Issue of The Niagra Magazine (No. 7) in which Coffey’s poem, "For What For Whom Unwanted" appeared
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Issue of University Review (Vol. III, No. 3) containing Coffey’s "Four Poems." Poems include: "Ones," "The Inside Story," "Recourse to Fiction," and "The Monument." Plus laid-in autograph note
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18 pp. Typed manuscripts signed. Inscribed on title page, "Brian Coffey / 48 Alma Road / South Hampton." Includes photographs of original drawings by Coffey
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8 pp. Autograph manuscripts signed. Notes and sketches; inscribed on title page, "Glutz, Started 25/5/68" See F100 for a cassette recording of Coffey reading excerpts from "Glutz"
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Short piece of experimental fiction with drawings and diagrams throughout; the title is sometimes "Good Psychosome." Also includes three typed copies of the first three pages and a two-page excerpt entitled "The Visitation"
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15 pp.
With holograph notations
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Also includes thirty pages of notes, both handwritten and typed, and one copy of Devlin's
Heavenly Foreigner , edited by Niall Sheridan, inscribed "To Brian / with cordial wishes and affection / from Denis / Rome, 31.iii.1951" Physical Description3 items
Informing Coffey that he has been named Devlin's Literary Executor
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Rough draft of Coffey's introduction
Physical Description7 pp.
With holograph notes; rough draft of introduction
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With holograph notes; revised introduction
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Autograph manuscripts signed. 6 pp. Includes six drafts of unpublished long poem
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Autograph manuscripts signed. 22 pp. Poem, sketches, and notes; also includes one page of a second draft
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12 pp. Typed manuscript signed. and autograph manuscript signed. Originally published in 1970 in the Dublin-based literary magazine,
Lace Curtain ; republished in Poems and Versions, 1929-1990 Physical Description1 item
Autograph manuscripts signed. 60 pp. Collection of poems including "Iceburg," "The Audit," "The Imperative of Choice Disarms," "His Mistake," and "Margaret"
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"Typed manuscripts signed and Autograph manuscripts signed. 13 pp. (5 copies of each poem) "In Sight of All" appeared in
Lace Curtain (Spring 1974): 35-37, includes two issues with corrections Physical Description12 items
Typed manuscript signed. 4 pp. Long poem with holograph corrections
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Typed manuscript signed. 1 p. Possibly one of many editorials sent by Coffey to
The Irish Times Physical Description1 item
Long poem in handmade booklet with illustrations, 11 pp.
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Offprints from
The Irish University Review, Joyce Centenary Issue (Spring 1982); description of Coffey's meetings with James Joyce; 3 copies Physical Description3 items
A screenplay subtitled, "An S/F Story-Play for Color T/V in which Genetic Engineering Produces the Supermen who Settle the Problems of Terra"
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Rough draft
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Revision, includes sketches
Physical Description29 pp.
Titled "KorKnuKtopia: A Stage Presentation in 19 Scenes" with holograph notations; also includes additional 9 pp. copy
Physical Description13 pp.
Includes three drafts of poem, which appeared in
The Irish University Review, Special Brian Coffey Issue , 5:1 (Spring 1975); also includes newspaper clipping, "A World Apart" by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, which was found in a folder with the manuscripts of "Leo" Physical Description4 items
27 pp.
35 pp.
13 pp.
Typed manuscript signed. Coffey's best known poem, "Missouri Sequence" was originally published in
Irish University Review in 1962 (includes two issues with corrections); divided into four parts, all of which were written during Coffey's tenure as professor of Philosophy at St. Louis University; includes: I. Nightfall, Midsummer, Missouri: To Thomas MacGreevy; II. March, Missouri: To Leonard Eslick; III. Muse, June, Related: To the memory of Denis Devlin; IV. Missouri, Midsummer, Closure: To Bridget. "Nine -- A Musing" was originally published in Irish University Review in 1961. Physical Description3 items
Typed manuscript and autograph manuscript. 10 pp. Notes, some typed pages; a discussion of the work of Marcel Proust and Samuel Beckett which appeared in the literary magazine,
Cyphers , in 1980; also includes poem by the same title, signed by Coffey and dated 1978 Physical Description2 items
Typed manuscript photocopy. 2 pp. (3 copies) One copy inscribed "re Poetry Chicago / I also send The Prayers / James [Hogan]/ P.S. Sorry about quality of PCs (just my fax) / I sent C. Agree better copies!"
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Autograph manuscripts signed. 4 pp. Dated February 28, 1938
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Autograph manuscript signed. 1 p. Handwritten draft of poem written on the back of a postcard of a British Museum reproduction of
Wu Wei , a Chinese painting on silk; signed by the poet and dated 28/2/68; published in Coffey's Selected Poems (1971) and Poems and Versions, 1929-1990 (1991). Physical Description1 item
Issue of University Review (Vol. III, No. 8) containing Coffey’s article: "A Note on Rat Island"
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Subtitle of Coffey's 1971 edition of Selected Poems; includes the following poems. Poems in the order they appear in
Selected Poems Physical Description14 items
Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed with holograph corrections
Typed manuscript signed
Autograph manuscript signed
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Bound by Coffey with calligraphy by his daughter, Ann Ruth; description of their home in Missouri written for Coffey's mother-in-law, Rosalind Popham; a precursor to "Missouri Sequence"
Typed manuscript signed. 2 pp. Short story with the following typed note: "Sent by Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dun Laoghaire. 31 July 1941. Submitted for publication to the Editor of The Irish Times, 31 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. Stamped addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS. if unsuitable. About 1600 words"
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Typed manuscript. 1 p. Includes the following typed note: "Sent by Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dun Laoghaire. 29th July 1941. Submitted for publication to the Editor of The Irish Times, 31 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. Stamped addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS. if unsuitable"
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An offprint of Coffey's review of Georges Lemaitre's
The Primeval Atom (New York, 1950) which appeared in The Modern Schoolman: A Quarterly Journal of Philosophy ; one of several reviews written during Coffey's tenure at Saint Louis University Physical Description1 item
Typed manuscript signed. dated September 1, 1968 1 p. A poem originally published in
The Irish University Review , 3:3 (1963): 10-16. Physical Description1 item
Typed manuscript signed. 10 pp. Short story first published in
The National Student in the late 1920s, under the pseudonym "Coeuvre" Physical Description1 item
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. 16 pp. Long poem dedicated to Paul Leautaud
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Autograph manuscript signed. 22 pp. Long poem
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Typed manuscript signed. 2 pp.
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Typed manuscript signed. 6 pp.
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Typed manuscript signed. 5 pp. (plus 1 photocopy) Also includes copy of Topos and Other Poems, published in 1981 by Mammon Press. See issue of
The Lace Curtain (1973) in Box 6 F65 for a serial publication of this poem Physical Description3 items
Autograph manuscript signed. 10 pp.
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Typed manuscript signed. 2 pp. (2 copies) Includes the following typed note: "Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. 25th July 1941. Submitted for publication to the Editor of the
Irish Times , Dublin. Stamped, addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS. if unsuitable;" also includes the holograph note, "Not Sent" Physical Description2 items
Typed manuscript signed. 1 p. Poem, with typed note at the end, "To be recited with great feeling in a nasalised Dublin accent"
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Autograph manuscript signed. 10 pp. Small, bound volume, signed and dated June 6, 1971
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Autograph manuscript signed. dated 1933, Sorbonne. Published by Jeanette Monnier in Paris in 1933 as a Christmas greeting card
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Typed and handwritten, including "Her Death," "Painterly," "Toolin Replies" and others
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Autograph manuscript signed and typed manuscript signed. Holograph and typed translations interleaved throughout Coffey's own copy of
Alcools . These translations remain unpublishedCoffey's translation was originally published in 1970 by Advent Books, and appeared in a 1975 issue of
The Irish University Review . Includes 15-page proof and the original cover artwork by Hazel McKinley Physical Description4 items
Typescripts signed with holograph notations (3 copies); also includes the typed manuscript signed of Coffey's introduction to the volume which was never published
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Coffey's holograph and typed translations interleaved throughout his personal copy of the collection; these translations were also unpublished
Typescript with holograph notations (2 copies). Also includes a copy of The Poet's Voice 3:3 (1988) in which it was published
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to Coffey from James Hogan regarding the Éluard translations
with holograph corrections by Coffey and possibly Hogan
Physical Description59 pp.
Originally published in 1965 by Dolmen Press; includes a copy of Mallarmé's text with Coffey's translations interleaved throughout; one copy of the original book jacket from the Dolmen Press edition; typescript of the poem with holograph notes, including Coffey's introduction and preface; one holograph copy of the volume
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Typescripts signed, dated November 5, 1972 (also includes 2 photocopies) originally published in
Toward Harmony: A Celebration for Tony O'Malley Physical Description3 items
MenCard, published in 1987 by The Menard Press, London; reprinted in 1990 in Coffey's
Poems of Mallarmé Physical Description1 item
Typescript and holograph copies of poems, including "The Tomb of Edgar Poe," "Sea Salt Breath," and "The Gift of the Poem"; Typescript of introduction by Brian Coffey; photocopies of Mallarmé's poems in the French; most of these poems and the introduction appear in Coffey's
Poems of Mallarmé (Dolmen Press, 1990)Autograph manuscripts signed of "The Unhoping Song," inscribed on title page "draft one". Typed manuscript signed of
Twenty Love Poems , 12 pp. One issue of Irish University Review (Spring 1973) in which these appeared is included Physical Description3 items
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8 pp.
With Coffey's holograph translations
Physical Description8 pp.
Notebook which includes holograph translations of Reverdy poems, dated 1968; Also includes typed manuscripts signed translations of Reverdy's "Heart of the Wheel," "Dreams Coined," "Story Fact," "Stop Catch," and "The Hidden Greeds"
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Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. Includes "The Joy-Mad Ship" by Arthur Rimbaud; "The Wasted Wine," by Paul Valery; "The Heart, the Water Untroubled," by Yves Bonnefoy; and "The Rocks," by Guillevic among others
Perhaps the most interesting facet of the collection, Coffey's Self Books, as he called them, are neither journals nor scrapbooks, but a combination of both. The Self Books include manuscripts for original poems and translations, correspondence from friends and family, newspaper clippings, photographs, artwork, journal entries, notes, and ephemera. The Self Books were numbered one through five by Coffey, and they remain in that order
Roughly 325 pages of notes, rough drafts of poems and stories, photographs of Coffey's grandchildren and his Paris friends, letters from friends and fellow poets, newspaper clippings, and sketches. Items of note include five postcards from Samuel Beckett and a typescript of Beckett's poem, "Neither," dated September, 1976
Physical Description325 pp.
Pasted to the inside cover is a child's drawing of a dog, with Coffey's holograph note: "sent by Ailve, 14.1.76." This 478-page book contains notes, typescripts, sketches, and newspaper clippings. Items of interest include two typescript poems by James Hogan, "Dream House" and "Old Woman of Beare"; a typescript of Coffey=s poem, "Eddies in the Memory"; and a holograph poem titled "From Prospect Road," dated 27/1/76
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Inscribed on the inside cover is the following note: "Started 19.IV.71 / Practice Book." This self book contains mostly notes for stories and poems, as well as several journal entries, sketches, newspaper clippings, typescripts and letters. Items of note include a handwritten poem by Coffey, "Call the Darkness Home"; three typescript poems of James Hogan, "Family Scene," "Courtship," and "The Return"; and a newspaper clipping from
The Evening Herald , November 25, 1972, about an upcoming reading of poetry of the most influential Irish poets of the 1930s, including Samuel Beckett, Thomas MacGreevy, Brian Coffey, and Nial MontgomeryInscribed on the inside cover: "This volume here is self book 2. Self book 1 is in a filing box in study and was made 73/4. Earlier attempts have now been destroyed. It is signed and dated, "June 1974." In addition to the numerous newspaper clippings, photographs, and sketches, this 445-page book contains several typed and holograph poems. Among those holograph poems by Coffey are "As Ye Come From the Holy Land of Walsing Home," "Rose-Checked Laura," "All Over Again," and "The Pheonix." Typescripts by Coffey include "The Prayers," "Registers," and "The Brain-Scoop Song." Also included are 14 typescript poems from James Hogan's collection,
Danta Gradha , as well as typescripts of his poems, "The Matron," and "Inkquest (A Dreadful Warning to the Poets of Urbane Warfare)." There are also two postcards from BeckettInscribed on the inside cover, "Started 25.ii.77." This book contains sketches and notes for
Death of Hektor , as well as notes for "Moicel and Soim." Also included are typescripts of the following Coffey poems: "The Prayers," "Poem," "Xenia," "Tales from Topos" and "Interecine," which is signed and dated, 12/7/78. There is one Beckett postcard in this book, dated 8/10/78Coffey's self-titled "Notes for Concerning Making" includes notes, poems, essays, reviews, newspaper clippings and other materials representing all stages of the creative process
Items of note include an off-print of Coffey's "Extracts from Concerning Making," which appeared in
Lace Curtain No.6 (Autumn 1973); issue is included. Also several reviews of Coffey's Death of Hektor and Samuel Beckett's Rockaby ; one copy of The Niagra Magazine, Robert Creeley: A Dialogue , No.9 (Fall 1978); and a photocopy of J.C.C. Mays's "Passivity and Openness in Two Long Poems by Brian Coffey," from Irish University Review . "Concerning Making" also contains a typescript of Alain Suberchicot's essay, "La Poesie Britannique: Le Mythe Prolonge chez Brian Coffey and Jonathan Griffin," inscribed "Dear Brian--to appear in a French magazine. / Don't know which. How are you? / All best, A"; and a typescript of James Hogan's "No.28" of Danta Gradha , inscribed "To Brian + Bridget / Best Wishes, James"Coffey's scrapbooks are not unlike his self books; they contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, manuscripts of poems written by Coffey and others, and ephemera. The scrapbooks do not generally include journal entries or notes for future works
This scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, poems, essays, correspondence, and ephemera, as well as extensive material related to the death of Coffey's close friend, Denis Devlin. Items of note include one letter from Devlin, a newspaper clipping of Devlin's obituary, several letters from fellow poets and publishers concerning the possible publication of Devlin's collected works, and a telegram dated 21 August 1959, from "Moya" informing the Coffeys of Devlin's death
Included in this scrapbook are newspaper and magazine clippings, blank postcards, and several small drawings and sketches. Items of note include a drawing signed by Coffey, inscribed, "The Worshippers"; a copy of the French literary journal,
La Bête Noire ; and a full-page article from The Sunday Times , October 22, 1961, "The Greatest Painter of the Age Unlocks his Treasure House: Picasso's Picasso"This scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, political cartoons, and several drawings by Coffey's grandson, Benjamin. Many of the clippings deal with American politics, including an extensive article, "Who's Who Among Those Involved in the Watergate Affair"
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects, including poverty, pornography, sexual ethics, and the role of religion in schools. Also included is a copy of
The Latin Mass Society Newsletter , 1970Comprised mostly of newspaper clippings, this scrapbook also contains an obituary for Irish poet Austin Clarke; and a typescript poem by Robert Graves, "The Hedgepig"
This scrapbook contains mostly newspaper clippings, several drawings by Coffey's grandchildren, and a reproduction of a painting of a nativity scene, inscribed on the back, "The Coffeys / Happy Christmas 1965 / Love to you all / From Nonna"
Comprised of newspaper and magazine clippings, this scrapbook also contains a photograph of Coffey taken in 1965, an article about Coffey's poetry reading in commemoration of the publication of
Selected Poems , and a copy of The It Book of Drugs , published in 1972This scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings exclusively, and concerns such topics as Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal, Russian poetry under Stalin, and the recent exhibits of Andy Warhol
This scrapbook includes newspaper and magazine clippings and articles on mostly political and/or religious subjects. Also included is a supplement to
The Irish Times , dated May 23, 1967, on the history of University College, DublinIncluded in this scrapbook is an extended family tree (in Coffey's handwriting); a newspaper clipping in commemoration of Beckett winning the Nobel Prize; a typescript of "The Ballad of Finnegans Wake"; and many newspaper clippings. Among these clippings are Overpopulation and the Diet of Fear," "Religious Intolerance Still Grows," "Man's 50-50 Survival Chance," and "Television and Sex Education"
This scrapbook contains handwritten notes, poems, essays, letters, postcards, newspaper clippings, drawings, sketches, photographs and ephemera. Items of note include typed and holograph copies of Coffey poems including, "Credidimus," "Pheonix Morning," "The Prayers," "Kind," and a typed, signed manuscript of "And All Will Go Down Together, Administrators and All"; photographs of Coffey, his grandchildren, and Coffey with fellow poet, George Reavey; holograph notes for "Glutz" and "Kroid: A T/V S/F Version of the Birth, Education, Career, and Final End of a Politician"; and letters from such friends and family members as Margaret McAlpine, Agatha Coffey, and James Hogan
This scrapbook begins with the following inscription: "71 years old today, and beginning these writings for my wife, my children, my grandchildren, and those who come after them in the succession--as much of what I am as can reasonably be expressed in words, if the time available--how long?--allows . . . [unintelligible] . . . What do I see as coming in this book-- 1) copies of the poems I like, including my own, 2) translations of poems, 3) stories . . . 4) notes that might have been the philosophical work I once planned, 5) new thoughts on events and books, 6) collage jokes, 7) expressions and opinions, 8) drawings, 9) anything else". Items of note include journal entries, notes for future projects, notes related to Advent Books, and three original drawings, "Ain't She Sweet / Nowhere She Isn't," and two untitled drawings, all of which appear in
The Big Laugh . The scrapbook also contains several typescripts, including two poems by James Hogan, "Animal Performers" and "By My Own Hand"; a poem by Jean Reavey, "In Memorium George Reavey, May 1, 1907 - August 11, 1976"; and an anonymous article on the life of Jacques Maritiain, the French Philosopher under whom Coffey studied at l'Institut Catholique de ParisAn old phone book with newspaper clippings, essays and other ephemera pasted to its pages. Items of note include an autograph letter, signed from Deirdre Bair, concerning her new book,
Samuel Beckett: A Biography ; the letter is written on the back of a press release from Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich, publishers of the book. Laid in the scrapbook is the original book jacket for the Beckett biography, published in 1978. Also of interest is a typed letter, signed from Bair, responding to Coffey's argument that the Beckett book jacket is "all wrong"; dated January 23, 1978This scrapbook is inscribed on the cover "Scrapbook >87" and is made of construction paper. It contains newspaper clippings, notes, essays, poems, letters, postcards, sketches, and ephemera. Items of note include a typescript of James Hogan's poem, "On Failing to Pick Up a Hitch-Hiker Who Looked Like Jack Kerouac," dated 27/11/84; signed typescripts of Michael Smith's poems, "Mr. Peregrine's Sunday Stroll," "In the Shadow of the Cathedral," "Street Elegy," "Necklace," "Time to Go," "Catdream," and a SUNY Buffalo Christmas Broadside, dated December 1983, with a poem and illustration by Susan Howe. Typescripts of several short stories by Maurice O'Riordan are also laid in, including "Swan Song," "The Dry Fly of an Angler's Dream," "Mistress Pusskins--My Cat." In addition, the scrapbook includes a typed letter, dated June 21, 1984, from Laurence Cassidy of The Arts Council, awarding Coffey a bursary of 5,000 pounds to assist with the composition of The Prayers; as well as letters and/or postcards from Samuel Beckett, Parkman Howe, J.C.C. ("Jim") Mays, Don Coffey, and others.
Items of note in the latter half of the scrapbook include a photocopied article, "Remembering Jacques Maritain," by Wallace Fowlie, from
The American Scholar , 56:3 (Summer 1987): 355-366; and a photocopied chapter, "Overcoming Metaphysics," from an unknown sourceThis scrapbook/ diary is comprised of letters, newspaper clippings, and pages of handwritten notes and poems, in both English and French
Inscribed on the title page, To Brian / For whatever purpose in 1985 / Love from Bridget," this diary includes extensive notes for "Concerning Making" and other projects, poems, and sketches
This Scrapbook contains extensive handwritten notes, letters, reviews, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. Items of note include reviews of Coffey's
Death of Hektor and The Poems of Mallarmé , an obituary for Irish poet Niall Montgomery, and letters from Margaret McAlpine, Jim Mays, and James HoganThis scrapbook is inscribed, "This ledger once owned by a M. Vendles whose name goes back to 1066--given to me by John Bulford, wood worker, artist, husband of a Miss Joy Vendles--the family name was dying out. The pages are, I hope, to contain the notes for "Concerning Making," including "The Prayers" in [unintelligible]." The ledger includes newspaper clippings, reviews, and letters.
Items of note include a newspaper clipping of an editorial written by Bridget Coffey detailing her friendship with Carl Jung,
Sunday Times , July 1953; an off-print of Coffey's poem, "Xenia," which appeared in The Irish University Review , Spring 1978; a photocopied essay, "Fragmentation and Wholeness," by David Bohm, professor of Physics at Birbeck College; and several letters from Margaret McAlpine, James Hogan, and Anthony Rudolf, among othersInscribed on the first page, "To my owner, I am a writing book waiting to be filled. Don't let me down. Please," this scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, letters, notes, essays, reviews, and ephemera
Items of note include letters from James Hogan, Don Coffey, Harry Gilonis, Margaret McAlpine, Jim Mays, and Margaret Hogan; reviews of Coffey's
Advent , Chanterelles , and The Poems of Mallarmé , Augustus Young's The Credit , and Susan Schreibman's The Collected Poems of Thomas McGreevy ; artwork and an obituary of Asa Benveniste; and fourteen pages of typed, single-spaced notes about Missouri (possibly used in conjunction with "Missouri Sequence")This scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, essays, reviews, letters, and ephemera. Items of note include a typed manuscript of Coffey's "The Faun: An Afternoon" with holograph notes; one copy of
Pages , a small literary magazine edited by Robert Sheppard; holograph notes for an essay entitled "Poetry-Ireland"; and letters from Margaret McAlpine, Susan Schreibman, Neil Baldwin, Harry Gilonis, James Hogan and Jim MaysThis scrapbook is unique in the sense that everything in it is related to one event: Coffey's 86th birthday. Included in the book are photographs of Coffey and his family, and cards and letters sent by Coffey's children and grandchildren as well as many longtime friends.
This folder contains notes, poems, collages, sketches, and small paintings. Among those poems included in this folder are "Liminal," "Image as a Young Lady," "Don't Kick the Dog," "Antiochus Got an Ague," "At Home," and "On the Roof-Tops." All items were originally housed in the same folder, and they have been left in the order in which they were found.
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This folder contains forty-two pages of material, pasted to the leaves from a 1977 Page-a-Day Diary. Items of note include a photocopy of Parkman Howe's review of the
Brian Coffey Special Issue of the Irish University Review , newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, sketches, and several typed and handwritten poems. Physical Description42 pp.
This folder contains 16 pp. of scrapbook items, including a signed copy of James Hogan's poem, "To the Poet (After Pushkin)" with the following autograph note: "Dear Brian, thought the above might amuse. Trust your French sojourn went well. Regards to Bridget, James." Also included are photographs of Coffey's grandchildren, a two-page photocopy of "A Prayer for Creative Thinkers," and miscellaneous notes and newspaper clippings
Physical Description16 pp.
Most of the material in this folder is related to the publication of Coffey's poetry collection,
Chanterelles . Included are several letters from Billy Mills, Colin Pritchard, Margaret McAlpine, Neil Baldwin, Felix Aprahamian and others; two poems by Colin Pritchard, "New Passions" and "The Sum of Human Misery"; a theater program for Samuel Beckett's Comedie and John Paul Sartre's Huis-Clos ; and miscellaneous notes and poems.Contains newspaper clippings, notes, children's paintings and drawings, and sketches
This folder contains notes for poems and essays (including "Concerning Making"), drawing and sketches, and a photocopy of Gerald Murphy's article for the
Journal of Irish Studies , entitled "Notes on Aisling Poetry," 1939Inscribed on the cover, "October 81 / Sad Little Mary." The book contains only two pages of sketches
This folder contains mostly newspaper clippings, including a review of the poetry of Robert Graves; several obituaries for Coffey's friend, Thomas MacGreevy; and articles about the McCarthy trials and the House Un-American Activities Committee
This folder contains newspaper clippings that span almost 30 years. Highlights include an undated obituary for French scientist Jacques Perrin under whom Coffey studied while living in Paris in the 1930s; several editions of
The Tablet , including vol. 221, (Special Christmas Edition), and vol. 222, (dated February 3, 1968); a copy of the November 21, 1942, Times Literary Supplement featuring the poetry of Stephen Spender; and many other clippings dealing with political, religious, or literary subject matterThis folder contains mostly editorials, on subjects ranging from the use of nuclear weapons to the importation of milk from France. Several editorials include handwritten notes by Coffey: "Does God Exist: Faith Gets a Lift," "Why Politicians are all Against Real Education," and "The Church, the Kremlin, the anti-Christ"
Economics, politics, and religion are the topics most prevalent among these newspaper clippings. The folder also includes the "Southampton Postal News 1992," as well as several articles about James Joyce, including Ulick O'Connor's, "What Joyce Learned from the Jesuits"
Coffey reading selections from his 1974 poem; recorded by Alan Lambourne of the Hospital Broadcasting trust; removed from the collection and housed with sound recordings
Brian Coffey reading selected poems of Dylan Thomas and ee cummings, as well as some of his own translations of French poet, Paul Éluard. Also included are readings from Coffey's own work, including
Mindful of You , Glutz , and The Big Laugh ; removed from the collection and housed with sound recordingsAll of the monoprints are initialed, numbered 1/1, and dated, with a few titled and some labeled "monoprint"
All untitled prints
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All untitled prints, with one signed instead of initialed
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With three untitled and three titled prints
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Two untitled, six titled
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Four untitled and one titled
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Seven untitled and two titled
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Four untitled and two titled
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A series of forty prints, all with six bars, some divided in half. Each print varies by color, weight or type of paper, or color of ink or number or position of divided bars. Only one is initialed, dated and titled "Pi/Standstill (Stagnation)" and is labeled "A/P" and two others initialed, dated "17/3/83"and labeled "Monoprint"
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Includes one item titled "Pi/Standstill (Stagnation)," which is initialed, dated "25/2/82", labeled "A/P"
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Two are labeled "mixed media," one labeled "piloth knife stone and hand," and the other two are a painting process. Three are initialed and dated, two are not
"Mixed Media"
"Piloth knife stone and hand"
"Mixed Media"
Prints made with various processes. Many of the prints are initialed, dated and numbered. Some are labeled "A/P" (artist's proof) and all of very limited editions. Some are also titled
Three untitled, three titled (with multiple proofs of one title)
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Number 5/5, initialed and dated
Includes two proofs (untitled) and two numbered editions, all initialed and dated
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Four untitled (with multiple prints) and four titled prints (each with multiple prints). Of the untitled only one is initialed and numbered but all are dated
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Three sheets, with four prints, all labeled "A.P." and initialed and dated
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Labeled "A.P. 1"
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Initialed, dated and one labeled "A.P." numbered 3 and 4.
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One print (1980) is labeled "A/P" and initialed. One print is signed "Brian Coffey '77" and numbered 1/4. A three print varies in color but has no labeling
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One untitled print (with multiple prints), all A/P, numbered and dated, plus three titled prints (also with multiples)
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Both initialed, dated and labeled "A/P" 1 and 2
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Initialed, dated and labeled "AP" number 1
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Only one item is titled, initialed, dated and labeled "A/P 4." Four are the identical image with different shading and markings. Also includes a second labeled "A/P?" dated 11/24/84 and a rough sketch "(?) Eh, Joe"
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Four untitled (some with multiple prints), all initialed, dated and labeled "A/P." Plus two titled (with multiple prints)
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Both dated and one labeled "A/P" and initialed. Same as print in F13
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Initialed, dated and labeled "AP 2"
Physical Description1 item
Four untitled, all dated and labeled "A/P", but only two are initialed. Plus one titled
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Initialed, dated and labeled "Aquatint." The image is similar to "Ghost Trio" (F13)
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Nine different images, only one titled and none are initialed or numbered
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Twelve untitled images, none dated, and only on initialed. Includes ones similar to "Pillars of Hercues" (F6)
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Appeared in
Poems of Mallarme , published by Menard Press, 1990 Physical Description1 item
Pencil sketches, ink drawings, work with clippings, and crayon drawings. Some are sketches toward prints
Physical Description33 items
Born on December 27, 1901, Stanley William Hayter became a world-renowned line-engraver. As a young man, he studied at Academie Julian under printmaker Joseph Hecht. In 1927, he founded his own art studio, known internationally as Atelier 17. It was a temporary home to many accomplished artists, including Picasso, Miro, Arp, and Giacometti. Hayter provided the designs and illustrations for many of Coffey's poems, including
Death of Hektor , published in a limited edition of 300 by Circle Press in 1979.Engraving by Hayter for
Death of Hektor , 8.5" x 11.75" Physical Description1 item
Engraving by Hayter for
Death of Hektor ; though unsigned, this engraving is clearly one of Hayter's, 8.5" x 11.75" Physical Description1 item
Engraving by Hayter for
Death of Hektor , 8.5" x 11.5" Physical Description1 item
Engraving by Hayter for
Death of Hektor , 8.5" x 11.5" Physical Description1 item
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with holograph notes and sketches by Coffey
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proofs with holograph notes and sketches by Hayter
Physical Description8 pp.
With holograph corrections throughout and a holograph note on the first page: "Checked by Brian Coffey / 2/viii/79"
signed by Coffey and Hayter
Paintings and drawings by Coffey's children, including Ann, Mary, Kathleen, Joseph, Peter, and John
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One drawing from grandson Ben, and another inscribed in an adult's hand, "To cheer up Grandad Brian, 2.6.75." Additional drawings by Coffey's grandchildren can be found in the Self Books and scrapbooks
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Paintings, drawings, and collages
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Sketches, prints, and lithographs. Includes a John Parsons "Monster" illustration for his book with Brian Coffey, as well as a Parsons ink and watercolor drawing
Physical Description28 items
Autograph manuscript signed. Bound notebook, inscribed on cover "Psychologie / B. Coffey / 1905-1924"; written in French while Coffey was a student at Institut St. Vincent
Physical Description170 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Bound notebook; written in French while Coffey was a student at Institut St. Vincent
Physical Description60 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Bound notebook, written in French while Coffey was a student at Institut St. Vincent
Physical Description107 pp.
Off-print of an article written by Coffey and Hugh Ryan, D.Sc., University College, Dublin; published by University Press, 1930 September 5
Physical Description6 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Bound notebook, written in French, title page dated "8.xi.35"
Physical Description35 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Inscribed on cover "Cours de M. Lallement / Sociologie Générale & Sociologie Spéciale;" written in French
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Autograph manuscript signed. Given by Coffey's professor, M. Lallement
Physical Description2 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Physical Description1 item
Autograph manuscript signed. Title page dated "16.xi.35"; in French
Physical Description60 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Physical Description43 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Notes on Arnold Toynbee's
A Study of History ; written in French Physical Description1 p.
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
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Typed manuscript signed. Inscribed on cover "Georg Cantor/ Three Papers on Transfinite Numbers/ Translated by George Bingley/ Annapolis, MD/ The Classics of the St. John's Program, 1942"
Physical Description150 pp.
Typed manuscript signed. Holograph notations throughout; possibly a paper by Coffey; also includes several pages of holograph notes
Physical Description10 pp.
Two typed manuscripts signed with autograph corrections
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Typed manuscript signed with minor holograph corrections: De l'dée d'ordre d'près Saint Thomas d'Aquin Physical Description
171 pp.
Typed manuscript signed: De l'dée d'ordre d'près Saint Thomas d'Aquin Physical Description
171 pp.
De L’Idee D’Ordre D’Apres Saint Thomas D’Aquin. Coffey’s "personal copy" with a few corrections Physical Description
171 pp.
Typed manuscript signed with holograph notations throughout; papers include "Conventional Logic and Modern Logic," by Joseph T. Clark; and "Mathematical Prolegomena to Logistics" by Domhnall A. Steele
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Autograph manuscript signed
Physical Description19 pp.
Published in Paris by the Centre de Documentation Universitaire; 42pp
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Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Physical Description7 pp.
Typed manuscript signed. Inscribed on cover "The Moral Life"
Physical Description154 pp.
The following items were bound with a rubber band in the same folder:
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Typed manuscript signed. Inscribed on title page "Written by Riordan/ 21.2.30"
Physical Description17 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Title inscribed on cover with the date, "1868 - 1923"
Physical Description5 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Title inscribed on cover with "J.C.S./ 1848 - 1929"
Physical Description10 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Title inscribed on cover with the date, "1864 - 1929"
Physical Description18 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed
Physical Description6 pp.
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. Undated, though most likely written while Coffey was a student at Institut Catholique de Paris, sometime after 1933
Physical Description37 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Inscribed "Rough Translation"
Physical Description34 pp.
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed
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5 items
Autograph manuscript signed
Physical Description52 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed
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Autograph manuscript signed
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Enclosed with typed letters signed from George F. Schaeffer, Director of the Department of Chemistry, St. Louis University, August 30, 1949
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Autograph manuscript signed
Physical Description2 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Physical Description2 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
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Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed, written in German
Physical Description9 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Physical Description6 pp.
Autograph manuscript signed
Physical Description20 pp.
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed
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Possibly notes for thesis. Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed Housed in its original three-ring binder. First page is titled, "La définition de l'ordre et les principales acceptions de ordo dans la langue de saint Thomas d'Aquin"
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Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. Also includes newspaper clippings; housed in its original three-ring binder
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Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. Housed in its original three-ring binder
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Typed manuscript signed with some holograph corrections. Later Published as "Brian Coffey: An Interview" in
Eire Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies . 13:1 (1978): 113-123. Physical Description28 pp.
Typed manuscript signed. Also includes two-page autograph letter from Howe to Coffey, dated June 21, 1978
Physical Description7 pp.
Form Books Occasional Paper No.5, published in late April 1995 to mark the death of Brian Coffey; cover from a print by Coffey; also includes his poem "Glendalough"
inscribed "5 May 92 / J Morgan" Later published in
Eire Ireland: A Journal of Irish Studies 28:4 (Winter 1993):100-114. Physical Description23 pp.
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy. Published in
Etudes Irlandaises 8 (December 1983): 165-173 Physical Description9 pp.
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy. Published in
Etudes Anglaises: Grande Bretagne, Etats Unis, Paris 40:2 (1987): 154-166. Physical Description26 pp.
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy
Physical Description63 pp.
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(housed in oversize)
2 items
Typed manuscripts signed, inscribed "A draft of [Towards the West] / To Brian Coffey from Fred Beake / 13 Aug 92"
Physical Description20 pp.
Small poetry collection published by Mammon Press, Bath, 1980; inscribed on inside cover "To Brian Coffey / From Fred Beake / March 31st 1980;" illustrated by Clive Beake
Typed manuscript signed. Inscribed by Coffey "Translations / by Sam B. / Éluard"
Physical Description10 pp.
Twenty-four original drawings by Coffey's daughter, Ann; with one-page, handwritten letter from Ann to her father, signed and dated December 1, 1976
Physical Description1 item
Six stories written by Don Coffey, most inscribed to Brian Coffey. Includes: "Phoebe: The Gentle Dragon," 1989 "Unknown Territory," 1990 "A Tale of Long Ago," 1991 "The Autobiography of a Boiled Egg," 1991 "Satanic Justice," 1992 "Gastronomic Verses. The A. B. C. of Sweetmeats," 1993 (with attached letter)
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Brian Coffey's brother
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Autograph manuscripts signed
Physical Description6 pp.
Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Brian Coffey's father, first president of University College, Dublin
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Including "Text of Introductory Address delivered by Denis J. Coffey on the occasion of the Conferring of the LL.D. Degree upon the Most Rev. Michael McGrath, Archbishop of Cardiff." Typed manuscript signed, 6 pp. (2 copies)
Physical Description6 pp.
"Text of Speeches delivered at a dinner given, on April 11, 1940, by the members of the senate of the National University of Ireland, at Iveagh House, Dublin, in honour of Dr. Denis J. Coffey, on the occasion of his retirement from the office of President of University College, Dublin"
Physical Description8 pp.
Typed manuscript signed
Physical Description10 pp.
Published as Christmas Broadside Number Eleven, part of an annual series by The Friends of the Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New York at Buffalo, signed by the poet
Physical Description1 item
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Typed manuscript signed, photo copy with holograph notations
Physical Description3 pp.
Typed manuscripts signed with holograph notations
Physical Description3 pp.
Typed manuscripts signed / typed manuscript signed, two copies
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Two photocopies of the typed manuscript, one copy includes a curriculum vitae for Denis Devlin and a bibliography, plus one additional poem. Also includes a special edition of University Review (Vol. III, No. 3) with "The Complete Poems of Denis Devlin" edited by Brian Coffey and University Review (Vol. II, No. 11) with Coffey’s article, "Of Denis Devlin: Vestiges, Sentences, Presages."
Physical Description4 items
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy
Physical Description2 pp.
Broadside, published as Christmas Broadside Number Ten, part of an annual series by the Lockwood Memorial Library, State Univ. of N.Y. at Buffalo
Autograph manuscripts signed
Physical Description20 pp.
Proof of small poetry collection published by Inheritance Press, Trenton, NC, 1977
Physical Description1 item
Typed manuscripts, signed of the following poems: "Barn Storming," "In Praise of Boiling," "Inventing a Happy Ending," and "Field Mice: A Love Poem"; also includes one-page typed letter signed, from Howe to Coffey, dated January 22, 1982
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Typed manuscript signed. Also includes one-page typed letter signed from Joyce to Coffey, with the following inscription: "Please do let me know whether the dedication seems an impertinent intrusion. I'm so touchy myself in such matters I'd certainly refer not to leave it, if so. If not, thanks. T."
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Typed manuscript signed; Collection of poems
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Typed manuscript signed, carbon copy
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1 p.
Typed manuscript signed, carbon copy
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Advent Books page proofs with corrections
Physical Description4 pp.
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5 pp.
3 pp.
4 pp.
Typed manuscripts signed. Inscribed "Thomas MacGreevy / Father Matthew Record / c.1950"
Physical Description7 pp.
Typed manuscripts signed
Physical Description1 p.
Broadside, published in 1969 by Advent Books
Broadside published by Red Wheelbarrow Press, 1986
Small literary magazine for "good writing and translations," published in San Francisco
Physical Description7 pp.
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Published as the Fourth Number in the Second Series of Christmas Broadsides by the Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New York at Buffalo
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Includes the following inscription on the title page: "My dear Brian, This is MS of my selected poems which I was hoping to have published soon and which I hope will eventually appear. Ever, George 28/9/38 / P.S. I think Parliament of Faust could go in also or in place of Rape of Helen. G.R."
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Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
"Typed manuscript signed, Number 1/50"
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Typed manuscripts signed inscribed "For Brian Coffey / Best Regards, Peter Russey / Have heard wonders of you from Richard Burns over the past ten years / Purdue University / 1977"
Physical Description14 pp.
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscript signed, also includes the following typed poems: "Pictures of Belsen," "Absence," "I'm Always Dreaming and Forgetting," "In Memory of Paul Celan," and "Untitled"
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Typed manuscripts signed, Includes one-page, typed letter signed, from Scully to Coffey, dated 12/4/91
Physical Description8 pp.
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Typed manuscript signed
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Includes: "Walking with Grandmother"; "Stories for Children: 1"; "Stories for Children: 2"; "Stories for Children: 3"; "The Father Sang to the Drunken Child . . ."; "The Woman who Played with Children (for Bridget Coffey)"; "Summer Fugue"; "In the Ruins"; "I.M. Antonio Machedo"; "Nuestra Senora de la Sierra"; "I.M. Cesar Vallejo"; "The Pilgrims Stop in the Village"; and "The Pilgrims Stop to Make Notes"
Translated by Michael Smith. Dublin: New Writer's Press, 1986; no. 1 of 20 copies, numbered and signed by the author
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Typed manuscript signed. Published in 1978 by Regency Press, Belfast
Physical Description23 pp.
Typed manuscript signed. With extensive holograph notations
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"Book, published in 1962 by Allen Figgis & Co., Ltd."
An Anthology of Irish Love Poetry originally compiled in 1926 by T.F. O'Rehilly; the versions in this collection, based on poetry written from 1350 to 750 A.D., are not literal translations; they are written in the spirit of the original poem. Young's version was published by Menard Press and Advent Books in conjunction, in 1975.
Brian O'Cuiv to James Hogan
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James Hogan to Brian Coffey
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James Hogan to Brian Coffey
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Anthony Rudolf to Brian Coffey
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Typed manuscript signed with holograph corrections
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed with holograph corrections
Physical Description22 pp.
No. 6, 12, 14, 21, 22, 38, 52, 62, 68, 94
No. 1, 13, 17, 18, 24, 27, 44, 49, 58, 76, 77, 78, 81, 85, 94, 99, 100, 103
Also includes the following miscellaneous typed poems: "Song of Marcus Aurelius (The Unthinking Man's Philsopher)," "The Mysterious Salesman," "White Murdock's Lament," "Birthday Ode," "Song of Sweet Reason," "Finding Father," "Mother," "Rejected Song from Madam Flesh," "The Ideal Place," "Untitled," "The Toad," "The Ballad of Fat Margaret," and "Outside In"
Included in this folder are: Mina Loy's "English Rose" and "July in Vallombrosa"; Marsden Hartley's "The Fork of Annie"; Roy Campbell's "Autumn"; and "Extracts from
Too Quick for Life ," by an unknown author. Also included are handwritten collections of poetry by Johan Ritus (36 pp.) and Stephen Spender (22 pp.)Edited by Denis Devlin and Norman MacLeod, this proposed anthology is divided into three sections: the poetry of Ireland, the poetry of Scotland, and the poetry of Wales.
Typed manuscripts signed. Also includes one-page, typed letter signed from MacLeod to "Decker," (publisher James E. Decker of Prairie City, Ill.); with the following holograph note written in the margin: "But I want to feature MacDiarmid." Includes extensive holograph revisions by MacLeod
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Typed manuscript signed, 40 pp. Includes introductions for each writer and, where noted, a manuscript; The writers listed below and others are included
Physical Description19 items
Autographed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscripts signed with holograph notations
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscript signed of the following poems: "Poem for Christopher Wood," "Various Places," "The Last Ogre"
The writers listed below and others are included
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Autograph manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "The Calamity," "Requiem," "Rush Hour," "Song of the Small Stature," "The Speaker," "Factory" and "Chimney"
Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscripts signed, With one-page, typed letter signed from Jones to MacLeod, November 1, 1939
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Typed manuscript signed
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Autograph manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "The Modern," "A Yacht," "The Rhonnda Poems," "Hymn," "A Pagan," "The Hills," "Poets," "Age"
Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "Triton Time," "From my Loitering"
More writers than those listed below are included
Physical Description41 items
Typed manuscripts signed
Physical Description3 pp.
Typed manuscript signed of the following poems: "High Street," "Ken," "Lines on the Passing of the Broadstone Railway Station," "The Tape-worm of Banba," or "The Wild Goose Returns," "Requiem by the Barrister"
Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "Poem," "Influenza," "An Equation," "Two A.M.," "Always Adam," "Corca Dhuibhne," "Fragment"
Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "Minutes of Meeting," "Thinking Artolas," "Night Song"; also newspaper clippings of "April in Eire," and "The Burning Bough"
Typed manuscript signed
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Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "Prolegomenon," "Don Quixote's Testament," "Faust's Dialectic"; also includes off-print for "Quixotic Perquisitions"
Typed manuscripts signed
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Typed manuscripts signed of "Reverse of Reason" and "Snow"
Off-print from "Purpose"
Physical Description8 pp.
Photocopied article from unknown source
Physical Description4 pp.
Newspaper clippings from
The Listener , November 11-December 16, 1982Photocopy from unknown journal
Physical Description4 pp.
Signed from Hogan to Coffey in which Hogan describes the chapter as his "attempt to explain the Catholic professional classes in Ireland"
Physical Description2 pp.
With holograph corrections
Physical Description10 pp.
Typed manuscript signed, carbon copy. With transparency of artwork, possibly done for the manuscript; published as
Fidelity and Marriage by Marquette University Press in 1993 Physical Description118 pp.
Typed manuscript signed. Also includes one-page holograph letter signed, from Howe to Coffey, dated August 24, 1976
Physical Description9 pp.
Typed manuscript signed
Physical Description8 pp.
Photocopied from
Southern Journal of Philosophy , Spring 1968; inscribed, "To Brian Coffey with best wishes from John, Jerry, and Benedict Spinoza"Typed manuscript signed
Physical Description3 pp.
Off-print, inscribed "For Brian Coffey, with respect and affection, Jim Mays"
Typed manuscript signed. Also includes
The Irish Law Times and Solicitors' Journal , July 16, 1938 Physical Description4 pp.
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy
Physical Description2 pp.
With typed letter signed, 1969 October 13, 1 p. to Coffey from Seaman
Physical Description19 pp.
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2 pp.
photocopied
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10 pp.
11 pp.
Typed manuscript
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Typed manuscript
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Typed manuscript, carbon copy
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Typed manuscript, carbon copy
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Typed manuscript
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Typed manuscript
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"Chicken Supreme," "Interpretation of Dreams," "Inventing a Happy Ending," "The Prodigal Son: A Sequal," "Once at the Zoo," "Of Mice and Me and Thee," "In Praise of Boiling," "Barn Storming," "Waking then and now"
Typed manuscript. Includes "First," "Beech Boughs," "Three War Poems," "Man and Mole," "Rambling Now," "Alone," "Nail," "Lovely Day," "Geometry," and "Pollution," among others
Physical Description16 pp.
Autograph letter signed. Baynes is Coffey's father-in-law; renowned psychologist and one-time partner of Carl Jung
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Coffey’s daughter. Includes three letters and four postcards written by Agatha, plus four cards sent to her, and a cassette tape sent by her to Brian and Bridget Coffey
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Coffey’s daughter. Includes one letter and a photocopy of plans for the renovation of her house, plus eight postcard written by Ann to friends and family and twenty-four postcards sent to her
Physical Description34 items
Includes forty-six postcards written by Coffey to his wife, children and occasionally a friend. Also nine postcards written by Brian Coffey by his mother and seven calling cards, two of Coffeys and the rest given to him by others
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Coffey’s wife. Includes three letters and forty-nine postcards written by Bridget Coffey to friends and family. Many of the postcards undated. There is also a letters from "Chris" (1992) to Bridget and nine postcards to Bridget from her mother
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Coffey’s daughter. Includes two cards written by Brigid and three postcards sent to her
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Includes two postcards written by Dominic to the Coffeys and eleven postcards sent to him by others, including Brian and Bridget Coffey
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Coffey’s brother. Includes twenty-three letters and ten postcards written by Don Coffey to Brian
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Coffey’s son. Includes seven letter or cards and twenty postcards written by Joe (and wife Lilian) to his family
Physical Description27 items
Coffey’s son. Includes two letters and two postcards written by John to family and two postcards sent of John, plus a letter from the Archdioceses of St. Louis
Physical Description7 items
Coffey’s daughter. Includes two letters, six postcards and three cassette tapes written by Kathy to her parents, plus two fragments of letters written by Brian Coffey to his daughter. Also includes a letter from her parents on cassette tape and five postcards sent to her by family and friends
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Coffey’s daughter. Includes seventeen letters and cards written by Mary to her family and one postcard sent to her
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Coffey’s sister. Includes seven postcards written by Maud to Brian Coffey and her father Denis Coffey, plus an obituary card (1964)
Physical Description8 items
Includes thirty-eight postcards, letters, cards, and artwork by Coffey’s grandchildren, plus a comic book, The Adventures of Fat Freddy’s Cat
Physical Description38 items
Children of J.C.C. (Jim) Mays, university professor and close friend of Coffey. Includes nine postcards, letters, and a limited edition handmade book, "Tiggy’s Book"
Physical Description9 items
Longtime friend of Coffey. 35 letters
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62 letters
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Monni is an English poet
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Includes typed manuscript signed of the poems "Oranges," "Knotted Strings," "Fragment," and "Golden Mountain"
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1 p.
Aldous's literary magazine,
Sol Physical Description16 pp.
19 letters and postcards. Includes signed typescripts of the following poems: "Psalm," "The Rationale," "Fatherhood," "Where Responsibilities Begin," and "Grave Yards"
Includes typescripts of two untitled poems
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2 pp.
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Some items are tipped into Coffey's self books or his scrapbooks, all loose items are housed in the vault
Physical Description30 items
Tipped in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
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Tipped in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
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Tipped in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
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Originally laid in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
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Originally laid in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
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Originally laid in Self book #2 (Box 5 F61)
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Originally laid in Self book #2 (Box 5 F61)
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Originally laid in Self book #2 (Box 5 F61)
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Originally laid in Self book #4 (Box 6 F63)
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Tipped in Self book #4 (Box 6 F63)
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Originally laid in Self book #5 (Box 6 F64)
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Tipped in Self book #5 (Box 6 F64)
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Originally laid in "Concerning Making" (Box 7 F65)
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Tipped in "Scrapbook begun June 8, 1976" (Box 13 F77)
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Originally laid in Scrapbook (Box 18 F85)
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2 pp.
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Originally in Series V.2 postcards
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Originally in Series V.2 postcards
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Originally in Series V.2 postcards
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Originally in Series V.2 postcards
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Seven postcards from the Bells to the Coffeys
One postcard
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Written in French
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Written in French
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Dedalus Press
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1 p.
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With photograph of Devlin getting off an Aer Lingus plane
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2 pp.
Autograph letter signed
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Manager, National Poetry Society Bookshop, London. 7 letters and one postcard
Physical Description8 items
One postcard
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Irish poet Augustus Young. 34 letters and 39 postcards. Also includes typescripts of the following poems: "Beast Poems," "The Idyll," "Coppy Copy," "Pavane for a Defunct Infant," "The Modern Colonial Boy is not Wild," "Woodflesh," "Smoe Snodrops," and "Olden Days"
Physical Descriptioncirca 81 items
87 letters and postcards, plus photographs
13 letters and one postcard. Also includes a typescript of Howe's review of the
Irish University Review's Special Brian Coffey Issue , which was later published in Hibernia . Also includes typescripts of the following poems: "Chicken Supreme," "The Landscape of Childhood," "Iceburgs," "You are Flying Home," "Volcano," and "Healing the Old Wound." Physical Description21 items
Autograph letter signed
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Typed letter signed
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Autograph letter signed
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15 pp.
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5 postcards or cards
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Dolmen Press
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14 letters and postcards
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4 postcards from George Reavey and one postcard from his wife Jean to the Coffeys
Physical Description5 items
14 letters, postcards and notes, as well as "MenCards" printed by Rudolf's Menard Press
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5 letters. Also includes her business card, as well as a typescript of the poem "Famine Roads: in memory of Bernard Croke"
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12 letters and postcards. New Writers' Press
Physical Description12 items
3 items
2 pp.
2 pp.
From Coffey to Thompson
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4 items
2 pp.
2 pp.
2 pp.
27 letters and postcards
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3 letters
35 letters
11 letters
10 letters
27 letters
5 letters
32 letters. Also includes an undated cassette from "Roberta" containing music and poetry readings, as well as a letter on cassette from Coffey to his grandson, Aaron, sent from Southampton to the United States
Physical Description33 items
74 letters. Includes letters of commendation from friends and fellow writers and letters from publishers and booksellers; also included are several letters from Workshop 107, the studio where Coffey and Hayter worked on
Death of Hektor Physical Description74 items
30 letters. Most letters in this folder detail Coffey's inability to find adequate housing for his family due to a housing shortage in the area and other difficulties around the time his resignation in 1952
Physical Description30 items
189 letters. Included in this folder is a carbon copy of Coffey's curriculum vitae, a handwritten list of colleges and universities in the United States and a typed list of Canadian universities, all of whom received Coffey's vitae.
Physical Description192 items
12 letters. Also includes a brochure for the school, thirty-one postcards from the Bursar's office, and a certificate which accompanied an ink stand, cigarette box, and silver tea set presented to Coffey from the students and faculty of the school
Physical Description45 items
Letters and postcards written by Brian Coffey’s father to him, as well as the notes made by Dennis Coffey, possibly for lectures or research and a clipping
Over four hundred and fifty postcards sent to the Brian and Bridget Coffey by friends and family, as well as a few postcards to others which probably were given to them. One folder of oversized postcards has been removed to Box 31
Physical Descriptioncirca 450 items
This series contains two folders of photographs, all of which are unidentified
Brian Coffey and a woman (possibly Margaret McAlpine) in the garden; Coffey and his wife with one of their infant children (probably John); several of Coffey's children at the beach; three pictures of Coffey and the students and faculty at the private boys school where he taught mathematics (St. Benedict's School in Ealing); an unidentified young man in military uniform
Physical Description7 items
Fifteen photographs of Coffey, including three which were taken at his home in Southampton. In another photograph, Coffey is reading a copy of
The Lace Curtain , with a man who is presumably its publisher, Michael Smith Physical Description15 items
Includes a passport with photograph issued to Coffey on August 2, 1922; a certified marriage certificate for Coffey and his wife, dated October 8, 1938; a photocopy of Coffey's doctoral diploma; a letter (dated April 15, 1969), confirming Coffey's wish to remain a British citizen; a typed copy of Coffey's Last Will and Testament; and a two-page, handwritten letter from John Coffey to the TPA Pension Service informing them of Coffey's death, with copy of death certificate attached
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10 items
Issued in Jefferson County, Missouri
Issued in West Ealing, London
For the following libraries: Hampshire County; Trinity College, Dublin; National Library of Ireland; and Catholic Central
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Includes passport applications, report cards, certificates of merit, and tuition records
Physical Description16 items
Notes from a walk taken from Poitiers to Tours in 1935
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This copy is inscribed, "To the President, University College, Dublin, Eamon de Valera," and dated May 3, 1937
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Twelve issues of
The Defender , a quarterly periodical of concerned Catholics Physical Description12 items
Includes a number of laid-in clippings
Physical Description1 item
9 items
at King Alfred's College
At University College, Dublin
Publicity flier
Specimen pages
Publicity flier
Brochure and membership information
Includes programs for exhibits at the Southampton Art Gallery; the Tate Gallery; the Arthur Jeffress Gallery; the Guggenheim; the Waddington Gallery; and the Freud Museum. Also includes a program for the opening of Picasso's "Guernica," as well as four copies of a brochure for 107 Workshop, a small artists' studio where Hayter and Coffey collaborated on
Death of Hektor Physical Description15 items
Includes an invitation to a dinner dance at Imperial College, March 24, 1961; a dried corsage, possibly from the same dance; a menu from Chez Ducotlet Restaurant; and a book jacket for
The Life of Saint Dominic , by Bede Jaarrett Physical Description23 items
Includes lecture notes, articles, keys, postcards
Physical Description48 items