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Manuscript and typescript notes and transcripts for lectures on Special Service Brigade given by Robert Edward Laycock, including lectures on Commando action on the Litani River, Palestine, Jun 1941; bombardment units; the development of the technique of Combined Operations; sea and land warfare; development of amphibious techniques and the Commandos in the Middle East. 1 file

Transcripts and notes for speeches given by Robert Edward Laycock in support of John Irving, Conservative Party candidate for Bassetlaw, in the 1950 election. 1 file

Texts and notes for speeches given by Kirke relating to the work of Territorial Army Sport Board. Includes recruitment speech at the Saracens Football Club dinner, 23 Feb 1938; speech regarding the work of Col Charles Francis Hill Greenwood for the Territorial Army Sport Board; suggested recruitment speech for football club representatives drafted by Mr Smith, sports editor, Sunday Express; The Kings Challenge Cup, rules and results 1939 (cup competed for by units taking part in events controlled by the Sport Board). 1 file

Texts (and some notes) for speeches by Kirke at Territorial Army Dinners relating to the expansion and recent developments in the Territorial Army and its importance in the defence of the country, particularly the anti-aircraft units. 1 file

Texts (and some notes) of speeches given by Kirke to the British Legion, Witley and Guildford branches, Surrey; Royal Artillery Association, Birmingham; Home Guard, 2 sector, Croydon; Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps Old Comrades Association; 2/5 Bn Queen's Royal Regt, (West Surrey). Speech to the Witley British Legion relates to Kirke's visit to South Africa [1948], his views on the country and its political situation. The other speeches deal mainly with the Territorial Army and the political and military situation in Europe in the late 1930s. 1 file

Texts (and some notes) of speeches by Kirke at functions held by large London firms and employers associations promoting the Territorial Army and encouraging support. 1 file

Texts (and some notes) of speeches given by Kirke at Church Parade, 23 County of London Bn London Regt, Battersea, 1936; Inspection of Voluntary Aid Detachment Camp, Sparsholt, Oxfordshire, 1937; Church parade, Cambridgeshire Regiment, 1937; Presentation of medals on Horse Guards Parade to the London Div Royal Artillery; Presentation of Territorial Decoration to the Lord Mayor of London, 1939; address to 2/5 Bn Queens Royal Regt, (West Surrey) at Wannock, Sussex, 1936. Speeches relate mainly to the contribution of the Home Forces. 1 file

Texts and notes for speeches by Kirke at the openings of Territorial Army Drill Halls at Shrewsbury, Shropshire; Dundee, Tayside; Framlingham, Suffolk; Gainsborough, Lincolnshire; Kings Lynn, Norfolk; Middlesborough, Cleveland; Chesterfield, Derbyshire; Flixton, Suffolk; Peterborough, Cambridgeshire; the opening of the Services Club Richmond. Speeches include comments on military developments particularly in the Territorial Army and political developments in Europe. 1 file

Texts and notes for addresses by Kirke to Officer Training Corps at schools in Sedburgh, Cumbria; Wellington, Berkshire; Glen Almond, Tayside; to the University of London; Newport Army Bands School; St Edward's School, Oxford; Public Secondary School's Cadet Association and 1 Cadet Battalion London Regt (The Queens). Speeches relate mainly to the value of military training. 1 file

Texts (and some notes) of speeches and interviews given by Kirke to publicise the work of the Territorial Army and encourage the military training of civilians. Includes speeches at the Cornwall Small Bore Rifle Association and the Old Haileyburian Society Dinner; draft letter to Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison on opportunities for the training of cadets; notes on the Territorial Army for the Royal Military College Journal; proof of an article for the Observer on the new model Territorial Army and regular Army organisation, draft text and notes for the interview with Capt Ernest H Robinson; text of speech at a meeting of press representatives at the War Office, 13 Jun 1936. 1 file

Notes and transcripts of lectures on Special Service Brigade given by Laycock, including 'A tribute to the army Commandos', 5 Nov 1945; raiding operations and the lessons learnt from them and a script for broadcast on 'The disbandment of the Army Commandos', 27 Nov 1945. 1 file

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Mottram typescript essay headed F. Scott Fitzgerald, with sections on The Great Gatsby and Tender is the night'; further Mottram typescript material with manuscript inserts, headed, '6. The last tycoon: The day of the locust'; Mottram manuscript notes on Tender is the night (Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1934); brief Mottram manuscript and typescript notes on Fitzgerald's career and work; invitation to speak on BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) programme 'Kaleidoscope' about 1974 film of The Great Gatsby, with Mottram's typescript notes for the occasion, and other material about the film; invitation, 5 Sep 1979 to speak about 'the new Scott Fitzgerald Collection' on BBC radio arts programme 'Kaleidoscope'; BBC 1985 information pack on serialisation of Tender is the night; newspaper cuttings, 1973-1974; Morris Dickstein review of biography of Fitzgerald for New York Times Book Review [1974] (outsize); Portsmouth Polytechnic Library provisional list of articles about F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1960-1982

American art in 1950s and 1960s, for course at Pennsylvania, 1976: manuscript essays 'Towards 1941-Art intersections' and 'Revolution in art'; manuscript and typescript notes on secondary sources; newspaper cuttings, 1970-1971, including material on tribal masks

William Burroughs, studies: report by Ann Beat on Burroughs at the Edinburgh Festival from Books and Bookmen (London, Mar 1963); typescript carbon bibliographical lists compiled by Donatella Manganotti, on 'Reviews of Nova express', 'Works about William Burroughs' and 'The works of William Burroughs', with entries up to 1965; letters to Mottram, 1973, from Bernard Sigaud, with supporting material, on intended research on Burroughs' work, and examples of translation of Burroughs into French, with unattributed cut-up sequence titled 'Nooze expen metal fuehrer prints square matter empor up and heavy'; article by Josephine Hendin 'Angries: S-M as a literary style' from Harpers Feb 1974; typescript and manuscript bibliography of Burroughs by Peter Monck, with 52 entries up to 1974; photocopy of article '"Junky" restored' by Allen Ginsberg from New York Times Book Review of 6 Feb 1977; photocopy of unsourced article 'Aspects of the Maya in the work of Ernesto Cardenal and William S. Burroughs' by John Lyons, with accompanying typescript letter from Lyons, 3 Jan 1983; photocopy of typescript dissertation by Andy Hibbert (1983), titled '"A Boy's Book": an investigation into the work of American writer William S. Burroughs, and specifically his latest novel, Cities of the red night (Calder 1981)'; typescript letter, Sep 1984 from Michael White to Mottram enclosing his essays 'Poets, prophets and heroes' and 'Blast on through: a review of The place of dead roads by William S. Burroughs', with the table of contents for a proposed anthology of Jack Kerouac's writing; two photocopies of Michael White's typescript essay, 'The search for the final fix: a review of Queer by William S Burroughs including interviews with William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, with covering notes from White, 1986; photocopy of typescript sheet headed 'The Beat generation: a short bibliography', Mar 1985; photocopy of article on Burroughs, 'The return of the invisible man' by James Fox, from The Sunday Times Magazine 22 Mar 1987 (outsize)

William Burroughs, Mottram studies: Mottram essay on Burroughs with title 'The algebra of need' written in later; opening in typescript, 'The name of William Burroughs penetrated the insular, censored air of British literary life...' but mainly in manuscript; typescript of Mottram essay headed 'William Burroughs: The algebra of need', with opening paragraph, similar to the previous essay, cancelled, to start, 'Burroughs writes: "In my writing..."'; typescript carbon of Mottram essay headed 'William Burroughs' and opening '"In my writing I am acting as a map maker..."', with manuscript inserts between pp. 27 and 28; letter, 15 Mar 1963 from The London Magazine explaining their inability to publish Mottram essay on Burroughs; Mottram letters, 1965-1966, seeking publication of unspecified study of Burroughs with Tom McGrath at Peace News, London, then seeking return of script; fragment of Mottram essay on Burroughs headed 'William Burroughs: The algebra of need' and opening 'William Burroughs' four fictions from Junkie to Nova Express...'

Robert Duncan, studies of: 'Adventurous song: Robert Duncan as romantic modernist' by Thom Gunn, photocopy of typescript of essay later published in PN Review and Threepenny Review; 'The high road' by Thom Gunn, photocopy of essay on Duncan and Elizabeth Bishop, with photocopy of typescript of poem by Gunn on Duncan, appended; 'Robert Duncan: the opening of the field', typescript essay by Graça Capinha, with covering manuscript note from Capinha to Robert Bertholf, 27 Sep 1993; 'Robert Duncan: the years as catches, or A learning in disorder', typescript essay by Graça Capinha; 'Robert Duncan: agonic structures in The opening of the field' by Graça Capinha