McGough - Papers of Roger McGough - 1954-2007
This extensive collection of working and personal papers cover a period dating from McGough's childhood to the time immediately before its deposit in 2007. It gives much insight into his working practices and includes many manuscript, typescripts and notebooks containing various drafts of his poetry...
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| Archive level description: | Fonds |
| Physical Description: | 14 subfonds: 101 boxes; 17 oversize folders. |
| Languages: | English |
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| Summary: | This extensive collection of working and personal papers cover a period dating from McGough's childhood to the time immediately before its deposit in 2007. It gives much insight into his working practices and includes many manuscript, typescripts and notebooks containing various drafts of his poetry, plays, books for children and work for television and radio. Much material relates also to McGough's time as a member of The Scaffold and The Grimms. There are extensive series of appointment diaries and correspondence, with letters from notable individuals, publishers, agents and fan mail, as well as many personal letters. There is an important series of published and unpublished poetry pamphlets and magazines dating the late 1950s onwards. Included with the collection is also a series of printed books by McGough and others, these have been catalogued separately as part of the Library's printed book catalogue, see SPEC McGough. |
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| Date: | 1954-2007 |
| Reference Number: | McGough |
| Accruals: | Future accruals are expected. |
| Access Conditions: | Some material in this collection is closed access. Unless otherwise indicated, this material remains closed until 2110. |
| Arrangement: | In many cases individual series had been identified and maintained by McGough and where evident this arrangement has been retained. The papers are arranged as follows:
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| Finding Aids: | A copy of this finding aid is available for consultation in the reading room. |
| Related Material: | Readers may also be interested in the Papers of Adrian Henri: Part I, Papers of Adrian Henri: Part II and the Papers of Brian Patten. |
| Access Restrictions: | Reproduction and Licensing Rules available on request. |
| Biographical/Administrative Information: | Roger McGough was born in Litherland, Liverpool in 1937. He was educated at St Mary's College, Crosby and at Hull University where he read Geography, French and Education. In 1959 he took up a teaching post at St. Kevin's Comprehensive School, Kirkby, moving in 1961 to the Mabel Fletcher Technical College, Liverpool. In the early 1960s he became a part of the Liverpool scene, gaining a following and prominence, appearing at poetry readings and various performances and art events. Along with Adrian Henri and Brian Patten he published the poetry anthology The Mersey Sound in 1967, the poets becoming collectively known as The Liverpool Poets. From 1963 to 1973 he was a member of The Scaffold, with John Gorman and Mike McGear. From 1973 to 1975 McGough was Fellow of Poetry at Loughborough University. He is a Fellow of John Moores University, Liverpool an Honorary Professor at Thames Valley University and a Vice President of The Poetry Society. He was awarded the Signal Poetry Award in 1984 for Sky in the Pie and again in 1999 for Bad, Bad Cats and won the Cholmondeley poetry award in 1999. McGough was awarded an OBE in 1997 and a CBE in 2004 for services to literature. In 2001 he was honoured with the Freedom of the City of Liverpool, along with Adrian Henri and Brian Patten. McGough remains a prolific writer and performer, producing poetry collections, plays and works for children. He is also a broadcaster and presenter of Poetry Please for BBC Radio 4. |