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The Yeats mss., 1889-1954, consists of letters and writings of William Butler Yeats, 1865-1939, and materials about him, collected by Allan Wade, 1881-1955, compiler of A Bibliography of the Writings of W. B. Yeats... (London, 1951), and editor of The Letters of W. B. Yeats... (New York, 1955).

The Wright, D. mss., 1955-1967, consist of letters and literary papers of David John Wright, 1920-1994, author. Included are also some letters to Martin Seymour-Smith, 1928-1998, poet.

The Wordsworth mss. II, 1848-1909, consist of letters and papers of the family of William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, and their friends. They are concerned chiefly with family matters, financial accounts, and the welfare of Dora Wordsworth, 1858-1934, his granddaughter, after the death of her mother.

The Wordsworth mss., 1805-1948 consist of primarily correspondence from William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, to family members, friends, and colleagues.

The Wordsworth mss. III, 1806-1956, consist of correspondence of William Wordsworth, 1770-1850, and of Mrs. Dorothy (Wordsworth) Dickson; a photograph of a chalk drawing of Wordsworth; and a photograph of Mrs. Dickson.

The Wilson, C.H. mss., 1956-1964, consist of the writings of Colin Henry Wilson, 1931-2013, author.

The Whistler mss., 1963-1967, 1973, consist of correspondence of the British poet Sir (Alan Charles) Laurence Whistler with Jean Frampton, the typist of his memoir The Initials in the Heart (1964) and other works.

The Hill, B. mss., 1959-1967, consist of six letters to Brian Merrikin Hill 1896-1979, poet, from Rowland Watson, editor.

The Wain mss., 1955-1959, consists of the correspondence and writings of author John Wain, 1925-1994.

The Thompson, F. mss., 1895-1945, consist mainly of writings by Francis Thompson, 1859-1907, poet, and letters from Wilfrid Meynell, 1852-1948, author.

The Nye mss., 1967-1971, are cards and a letter to poet and novelist Robert Nye, 1939-2016, from poet Nathaniel Tarn, 1928- .

The Southey mss., II, 1834-1843, consist of poet Robert Southey's own annotated copy of his only published work of fiction The Doctor, &c (London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1834-1847).

The Southey mss., 1799-1831, consist of the letters to and from Robert Southey, 1744-1843, poet.

The Singer mss., 1950-1952, consists of the writings of poet Burns Singer, 1928-1964.

The Sackville-West, V. mss., 1888-1962, consist of the letters of author Victoria Mary (Vita) Sackville-West, 1892-1962, and her husband, Sir Harold George Nicolson, 1886-1968, author.

The Sackville mss., 1925-1950, are letters from Lady Margaret Sackville, 1881-1963, poet, to Mrs. Lorna Keeling (Collard) Horstmann, fl. 1964, poet, and the foreword by Lady Sackville for Mrs. Horstmann's play, The Immortal Rose.

The Russell mss. consist of correspondence, 1889-1933, and writings, 1895-1933, of George William Russell, (A.E.), 1867- 1935, poet, and of Frederic Prokosch, 1908-1989, author.

The Ross mss., 1910-1966, consist of correspondence of Robert Baldwin Ross, 1869-1918, art critic, and Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon, 1886-1967, poet.

The Redgrove mss., 1958-1961, are notebooks of Peter William Redgrove, 1932-2003, poet.

The Raworth mss., 1967-1972, consists of letters and postcards from poet Thomas Moore Raworth, 1938-2017, to Bill Berkson, 1939-2016, poet.