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Collapse MS 3407 - Helena Mennie Shire, literary scholar: papersMS 3407 - Helena Mennie Shire, literary scholar: papers
Expand 1 - Personal papers1 - Personal papers
2 - Correspondence
Expand 3 - Papers relating to Helena Mennie Shire's academic career3 - Papers relating to Helena Mennie Shire's academic career
Expand 4 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's teaching career at Cambridge4 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's teaching career at Cambridge
Collapse 5 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's published works5 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's published works
Expand 1 - 'Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI'1 - 'Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI'
Collapse 2 - 'A Preface to Spenser' and related Spenser work2 - 'A Preface to Spenser' and related Spenser work
1 - Proof copy of 'A Preface to Spenser'.
2 - Drafts for 'A Preface to Spenser'.
3 - Miscellaneous rough notes on Spenser, including material on Spenser's connection with Ireland, photographs of Sir Walter Raleigh's house and River Blackwater, County Cork, and postcards from Ireland.
4 - Sectional file labelled 'Introduction to Spenser' containing rough notes and drafts on Spenser and his work. Includes section headings such as 'Edmund Spenser's 'Chevaurice' on the significance of the Calendar aspect of 'The Shepherd's Calendar' '.
5 - Exercise book with notes and references for 'A Preface to Spenser'.
6 - Rough hand-written notes for lecture on 'Spenser and Ireland'.
Expand 7 - Draft copies of an essay on 'Edmund Spenser, cosmic poet' by Helena Shire and correspondence from St James Press7 - Draft copies of an essay on 'Edmund Spenser, cosmic poet' by Helena Shire and correspondence from St James Press
Expand 8 - Papers relating to 'The Spenser Encyclopaedia' project, to which Helena Shire was asked to contribute.8 - Papers relating to 'The Spenser Encyclopaedia' project, to which Helena Shire was asked to contribute.
Expand 9 - Drafts, rough notes and research material for Helena Shire's article on 'Blake and Spenser: the poem and the picture'.9 - Drafts, rough notes and research material for Helena Shire's article on 'Blake and Spenser: the poem and the picture'.
10 - Xeroxed copies of articles by other authors relating to Spenser's 'The Faerie Queen', in an envelope labelled 'Spenser and Elizabethans'.
11 - Xerox of article 'On Spenser's Irish Rivers' by P W Joyce and copy of 'Map of Ireland to Illustrate Spenser's "View" and his Journeys'.
12 - Copies of two papers from conference on Spenser at Kalamazoo, 1979: 'The House of Morality in Book II of The Faerie Queen' and 'Dual Structure in Spenser's Eclogues' by Walter R Davis.
13 - Annotated copy of 'Edmund Spenser' (Longman's, Green & Co, 1957) by Rosemary Freeman.
14 - Helena Shire's copy of 'Elizabethan Ireland' (Longman, 1971) by Grenfen Morton.
15 - Copy of 'Ireland and the Archangel Michael' by Helen Roe from 'Millenaire Monastique du Mont Saint-Michel', part III, 'Culte de Saint Michel et Pelerinages au Mont' (Bibliotheque d'Histoire et d'Archeologie Chretiennes, Paris, 1971), pp 481-487.
16 - Copy of 'PN Review', 14 (vol 6, no 6) 1980, including articles on Spenser.
17 - Copy of 'A numerological Reading of Spenser's 'Daphnaida' by Shohachi Fukuda from 'Kumamoto Studies in English Language and Literature', nos. 29 & 30, 1987.
18 - Correspondence to Helena Shire from Longman publishers regarding writing and publication of 'A Preface to Spenser'. (Closed).
19 - Correspondence from Maurice Hussey to Helena Shire giving advice on the writing of 'A Preface to Spenser'. (Closed file).
20 - Correspondence to Helena Shire from Maureen and Eileen Kelly and other members of the North Cork Writers Festival Committee, Co Cork, Ireland, inviting her to attend the 1975 Festival and helping with enquiries about Kilcoman. (Closed). (See MS 3407/6/4/9/1 for copy of paper which Helena Mennie Shire delivered at the Festival).
Collapse 21 - Correspondence to Helena Shire from Helen Roe, Dublin, giving news and information on Ireland and on Edmund Spenser's connection with it. (Closed).21 - Correspondence to Helena Shire from Helen Roe, Dublin, giving news and information on Ireland and on Edmund Spenser's connection with it. (Closed).
22 - Miscellaneous correspondence to Helena Shire concerning 'A Preface to Spenser' and her Spenser research (Closed):
23 - Draft correspondence of Helena Shire to Maurice Hussey, Miss (Joan) Ward, Longmans publisher's, and to 'Patrick' concerning work on 'A Preface to Spenser'. (Closed).
24 - Publisher's advertising material and book jacket for 'A Preface to Spenser'.
25 - Reviews of 'A Preface to Spenser' from 'Teaching English', (2 copies) and 'NATE News'.
26 - Map of Doneraile, Co Cork, Ireland, belonging to Maureen and Eileen Kelly.
27 - Two copies of an antique print of Kilcolman Castle, Ireland.
28 - Miscellaneous material from Helena Shire's visit to Ireland for Writer's Festival, Co Cork, including air tickets and order of mass for Festival.
29 - Newspaper cuttings from 'The Irish Times' on castle at Enniscorthy, at one time held by Edmund Spenser.
Expand 3 - 'Music of Scotland 1500-1700' by Helena Shire and Kenneth Elliot from 'Musica Britannica' volume XV, (London, Stainer & Bell, 1957) and related projects.3 - 'Music of Scotland 1500-1700' by Helena Shire and Kenneth Elliot from 'Musica Britannica' volume XV, (London, Stainer & Bell, 1957) and related projects.
Expand 4 - 'Alexander Montgomerie: a selection of his songs and poems' (Edinburgh, Saltire Society, 1960) and related research.4 - 'Alexander Montgomerie: a selection of his songs and poems' (Edinburgh, Saltire Society, 1960) and related research.
Expand 5 - 'Poems from Panmure House' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1960).5 - 'Poems from Panmure House' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1960).
Expand 6 - 'Poems and Songs of Sir Robert Ayton' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1961) and related research.6 - 'Poems and Songs of Sir Robert Ayton' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1961) and related research.
Expand 7 - 'The Thrissil, the Rois and the Fleur-de-Lys' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1962).7 - 'The Thrissil, the Rois and the Fleur-de-Lys' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1962).
Expand 8 - 'King Orphius, Sir Colling, The Brother's Lament, Litel Musgrave' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1973).8 - 'King Orphius, Sir Colling, The Brother's Lament, Litel Musgrave' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1973).
9 - 'The Sheath and the Knife or Leesome Brand' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1974) (published as a broadsheet). Orders for 'The Sheath and the Knife or Leesome Brand', including National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Blackwells Books, Oxford.
Expand 10 - The Ninth of May, miscellaneous materials.10 - The Ninth of May, miscellaneous materials.
Expand 11 - Material relating to Helena Mennie Shire's research on the writer and poet Olive Fraser.11 - Material relating to Helena Mennie Shire's research on the writer and poet Olive Fraser.
Expand 12 - Articles and essays published in journals, anthologies, newspapers etc (relating predominately to Musica Scotica)12 - Articles and essays published in journals, anthologies, newspapers etc (relating predominately to Musica Scotica)
Expand 13 - Reviews written by Helena Mennie Shire13 - Reviews written by Helena Mennie Shire
Expand 6 - Papers relating to broadcasts, musical presentations, lectures, and conference papers of Helena Mennie Shire6 - Papers relating to broadcasts, musical presentations, lectures, and conference papers of Helena Mennie Shire
Expand 7 - Miscellaneous research papers7 - Miscellaneous research papers
Expand 8 - Material presented to Helena Mennie Shire by colleagues and friends8 - Material presented to Helena Mennie Shire by colleagues and friends
Expand 9 - Miscellaneous material9 - Miscellaneous material

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