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- 1965 - 1992 (Creation)
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Flyers for literary events, primarily poetry readings, featuring Mottram, with some administrative correspondence and contracts, including: details of Writers Workshops at the ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts, London), 1965; note of payment from the BBC (British Broadcating Corporation), dated 24 Mar 1969, for participation in programme 'The arts this week'; brochure on 'The Poet's Lifestyle: a poetry seminar' 1972; schedule of events at conference on Herman Melville, at United States Embassy, 10-11 May 1974; details of Cambridge Poetry festival, 1975; invitation to tutor at Arvon Foundation, Hebden Bridge, 1976, with informational sheet; contract and flier for Brighton Contemporary Festival of Arts, 1977; invitation from Bob Cobbing to Writers Forum's 250th publication, the launch of Mottram's Precipice of Fishes (1979); letter of thanks, 8 Oct 1980, for talk at National Book League; correspondence and information from the Ilkley Literature Festival, about Mottram's performance there in 1982; correspondence from Tim Gluckman, 1982, about Mottram's participation in 'Dial-A-Poem Northwest'; Note from Village Voice, 15 May 1984 about Mottram reading in New York; invitation to a Poetry Party in honour of Mottram, 27 Jul 1984, New York, 4 copies; correspondence from Edward Larnissy, Warwick University, about poetry reading for Mottram at Leamington Spa, 1985, and Mottram's manuscript list of items to read; letter from Pig Press, Jan 1986, with details of Basil Bunting commemoration; photocopied circular letter, 31 May 1988, from T. Wignesan, seeking Mottram's participation in 'Premier Colloque International de Poietique'; photocopies of poems by Mottram endorsed 'read by Wignesan in Paris'; manuscript letter from Gilbert Adair, 28 Jun 1988, inviting Mottram to open Sub-voicive reading series; flyer, letter of invitation and Mottram's manuscript list of poems to be read, for the Shakespeare & Company Bookstore, Paris, benefit reading, Waterstones, Covent Garden, 1990; notice of poetry reading series, 1990, at Torriano Poetry, Kentish Town, including one by Mottram, with manuscript note from organiser, John Rety, on reverse; letter of thanks, 22 Feb 1991, for contributing to educational side of exhibition 'The drawings of Jasper Johns'; correspondence 1991-1992 on Walt Whitman event in Coimbra, Portugal; letter from the John Blair Film Company, 5 Aug 1992, inviting Mottram to participate in a television programme called 'The art of tripping', with a list of subsequent shots featuring Mottram; Mottram background notes on drugs and creativity, including a compact bibliography on a message pad; undated note from BBC (British Broadcasting Company) reminding Mottram of time of broadcast of programme 'The beat goes on' to which he contributed; undated manuscript letter from Connie Pickard thanking Mottram for participating in local reading; undated schedule of events at 'Taboo' festival, Brighton, with Mottram manuscript notes on contents of talks; undated notice for benefit reading for Talus magazine byAllen Fisher, Eric Mottram, Wendy Mulford and Iain Sinclair at Polytechnic of Central London, 2 copies; undated flier for series of readings at Zap Club, Brighton, including one by Mottram and Jeff Nuttall; notice for undated reading by Mottram and others at Pentameters, Hampstead, 4 copies; undated flyer and correspondence from 'London Calling' about reading by Mottram is series at Old Red Lion, Islington; undated notice of Mottram poetry reading and lecture 'Contemporary British poetry 1960 to the present', at New York; undated correspondence about reading in Bristol; correspondence and promotional material relating to Mottram's'Poetry Forum' at the Cambridge Poetry Festival, 1975