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Avant-garde Irish poet Brian Coffey (1905–1995) was highly influenced by French surrealism and produced works that drew from his interests in philosophy and religion, particularly Catholicism. Coffey ran his own press, Advent Books, in the 1960s and 1970s. He also translated the work of other poets into English, including
Brian Coffey was born in Dublin on June 8, 1905. His father, Denis J. Coffey, was Professor of Anatomy at University College, Dublin, and, from 1908 to 1940, served as its first president. Coffey attended Clongowes Wood College and Institution St. Vincent where he studied European and Catholic culture and earned his bachelor's degree.
As early as 1924, while earning advanced degrees in mathematics, physics, and chemistry at University College, Coffey began writing poetry. He published his first poems (including "Sada" which was later reprinted in
Coffey moved to Paris in the early 1930s to continue his studies in physical chemistry under Jean Perrin. However, a developing interest in philosophy led Coffey to transfer in 1933 to l'Institut Catholique de Paris where he worked with the noted French philosopher Jacques Maritain. During this time, Coffey also became acquainted with other Irish literary expatriates, including Thomas MacGreevy and Samuel Beckett, both of whom encouraged Coffey to continue writing. In 1934, Beckett published an essay entitled "Recent Irish Poetry," in which he wrote of Coffey and Devlin, "[they are] without question the most interesting of the youngest generation of Irish poets." Coffey was twenty-nine.
Coffey began work on his doctorate in 1937; however, the onset of World War II forced him to abandon his studies and move to London, where he found work as a teacher. In 1938, Coffey married Bridget Rosalind Baynes, daughter of Dr. H.G. Baynes, a distinguished psychologist and partner of internationally renowned psychologist Carl Jung. Shortly after the wedding, Coffey's second volume of poetry,
During this time, Coffey made several visits to Beckett's bedside while the latter was recuperating after a stabbing. It was here that Coffey was introduced to the ailing James Joyce, an experience he would reflect upon later in his brief essay "Joyce! What now?" published in
In 1947, Coffey returned to Paris and completed his doctoral thesis,
Coffey and his family left the United States in 1952 and returned to London where Coffey found work teaching sixth-form mathematics. In the years following this move, his career as a poet blossomed. He published several poems in
In 1966, Coffey attended printing classes and established his own press, Advent Books, which began publishing limited editions of poetry with a special emphasis on typography and jacket design. Among his own works to be published by Advent Books were
During these years, Coffey also published several volumes through Liam Miller's Dolmen Press. Among them were two editions of Devlin's work which Coffey edited,
Friend and fellow publisher Anthony Rudolf of Menard Press is responsible for publishing much of Coffey's later work, including
Consistently avant-garde and strongly influenced by French surrealism, Coffey's poetry also reflects deeply religious and philosophical sentiments. His most frequent themes include exile and emigration. The sound of his poems, their syntax and rhythm, has led many to compare Coffey's work to Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot.
Brian Coffey died on April 14, 1995, at his home in Southampton, England.
The Brian Coffey papers comprise personal and
literary papers which document Coffey's life and career from 1917 to 1996. The collection
contains manuscripts, scrapbooks, collages, artwork, cassette recordings, newspaper
clippings, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and postcards. It is divided into seven
series: Creative Works, Artwork, Academic Notebooks, Writings by Others, Correspondence,
Photographs, and Ephemera. Each series illuminates Coffey's role as a student, scholar,
scientist, philosopher, poet, artist, writer, publisher, critic, teacher, translator,
mentor, friend, husband, father, and grandfather. Writers whose work Coffey translated include: Guillaume Apollinaire, Gaston Bonheur, Paul Claudel, Paul Eluard, Stéphane Mallarmé, Pablo Neruda, and Pinto Repentista Embolador. The collection also houses significant correspondence with Denis J. Coffey and Mary Margaret McAlpine, as well as work by or about by longtime Coffey friend, Denis Devlin.
Series I., Creative Works by Coffey, encompasses his writings, translations, Self Books, scrapbooks, collages, and cassette recordings. Subseries I.1 includes manuscripts and other material related to forty-five works by Coffey, including poems, short stories, and essays. Items of note include signed, typed manuscripts of
Fluent in both French and Spanish, Coffey frequently translated poetry from its original language into English, and Subseries I.2 includes many of these endeavors. The bulk of this material remains unpublished. Among those poets whom Coffey translated are Guillaume Apollinaire, Gaston Bonheur, Paul Claudel, Pablo Neruda, and Pinto Repentista. Coffey was most interested in the work of Paul Éluard and Stéphane Mallarmé. He published his translations of the latter in
Subseries I.3, the Self Books, are unique to the Brian Coffey Papers. They are neither simply journals nor scrapbooks, but a combination of both. The collection includes five of these books, which contain journal entries, correspondence, newspaper clippings, early drafts of poems, and notes for future works. The Self Books offer a rare glimpse into the mind of the poet. They are unselfconscious, intended for no one but the author and his family. They also reflect the spirit of the time in which they were created; Coffey frequently includes newspaper clippings detailing current events.
Coffey's self-titled
Subseries I.5 contains Coffey's twenty-two scrapbooks which span the years 1933 to 1993. Similar to the Self Books, the scrapbooks includes letters, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, photographs of family and friends, and ephemera. The only discernable difference between the Self Books and the Scrapbooks is that the latter have fewer handwritten notes and journal entries. Items of interest include postcards from Samuel Beckett, letters and telegrams related to the death of Denis Devlin, early drafts of Coffey's poems, and several original sketches and lithographs.
In addition to Coffey's many collages and loose scrapbook pages, Subseries I.6 also contains an extensive collection of newspaper clippings. These clippings reflect Coffey's religious beliefs as well as his interest in both national and international politics. Also included are a substantial number of editorials on an array of subjects, from American politics to the political upheaval in Ireland, the use of nuclear weapons to the decline in church attendance in England. Coffey also collected articles on humorous subjects, as well as the occasional cartoon.
Of particular note is subseries I.7 which contains two audio cassettes made by Coffey at his home in Southampton. On the first cassette, recorded in 1975, Coffey reads selections from his long poem,
Series II. includes artwork by Coffey, S.W. Hayter, and Coffey's children and grandchildren. A supporter of the visual arts, Coffey was himself an artist and his small press, Advent Books, was known for its emphasis on illustration and jacket design. Many of Coffey's sketches, lithographs, monoprints and mixed media prints can be found in this series, including
Academic Notebooks and Lectures are contained in Series III. Spanning the years 1924 to the 1950s, this series details Coffey's intellectual pursuits from his teenage years as a student at University College, Dublin, through his tenure as assistant professor of philosophy at St. Louis University. The series contains forty-five items, including both a rough and final draft of Coffey's doctoral thesis, "De l'idée d'ordre d'après Saint Thomas d'Aquin," completed in 1947.
That Coffey retained such a vast array of writing by others is a testament to his love for the creative process; Series IV. includes the poetry, short stories, reviews, and critical essays of more than sixty writers. The series is divided into four subseries: IV.1 Writings about Coffey; IV.2 Poetry and Fiction; IV.3
Series V. contains Coffey's extensive correspondence from family and friends as well as from booksellers, publishers, and fellow writers. The series is divided into four subseries: V.1 Personal Correspondence and V.2 Professional Correspondence, V.3 Denis J. Coffey letters to Brian Coffey, and V.4. Postcards. The bulk of the materials in subseries 2. Items of note among the Personal Correspondence include a letter from psychologist H.G. Baynes (Coffey's father-in-law); love letters from his wife, Bridget; and several letters from his children and other relatives. Coffey also corresponded with many prominent contemporary poets, playwrights, and novelists including Denis Devlin, Samuel Beckett, Augustus Young, C.S. Lewis, and Thomas MacGreevy. Letters from fellow poets often compliment or query him about his work, and many correspondents send poetry and fiction of their own. Coffey seems to have been something of a mentor for younger writers, including Michael Farrell, Parkman Howe, Billy Mills, and Michael Smith. Coffey's correspondence with Margaret McAlpine is of particular interest. Though little is known about her personally, the correspondence indicates that she and Coffey shared a close relationship based on an intellectual appreciation of poetry. In many of her letters, she offers candid critiques of his work and makes suggestions for future improvement.
Photographs of Coffey and his family can be found in Series VI., which is divided into two groups: Early Years and Later Years. All of the photographs are undated, and many are unidentified.
The final series in the collection (VII.) encompasses ephemera, including Coffey's personal papers and records, as well as art exhibit catalogs, playbills, publicity fliers, publisher's announcements, menus, and other material. Items of note include Coffey's first passport, his marriage certificate, various driver's licenses and membership cards, and a copy of his will, as well as financial and medical records.
The Brian Coffey papers as a whole provide a valuable historical account of the twentieth century as well as a unique look into the life and mind of one of Ireland's more prolific poets. In a 1975 interview with Parkman Howe, Coffey declared
It's through the language that one's working in that the real poetic thinking is done. [It's about the making, I think now, more than anything else. And what goes on in this process of using the words, and choosing this word rather than that word . . . It is the connection of words and how they best fit together.
Documenting the "making" or creativity is what lies at the heart of the Brian Coffey papers.
Long poem published in book form in 1974 by Coffey's Advent Books; includes 18-page proof with original drawings by Sandra Hill, Nick Marsh, Derek Norman, John Parsons, and Diane Radford; one page of handwritten notes (signed by Coffey and dated November, 1972); and a typed letter from "John," the typesetter
Typed manuscripts signed. 28 pp. Long poem published by Advent Books on June 20, 1974; number 5 of an edition of 25 copies; title page includes holograph list of the recipients of the other 24 copies, including Samuel Beckett, James Hogan (the poet Augustus Young), and Anthony Rudolf of Menard Press.
26 pp. Typed manuscript with holograph notes. Also includes one page of notes regarding copyright information; published in book form in 1976 by Sugar Loaf Press, Dublin
2 pp. Typed manuscript. Short story with the following typed inscription: "From Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. Offered for publication to The Editor of
15 pp. Photocopied typed manuscript. Inscribed "Final copy / ok by Brian Coffey / 27th May 79" Long poem published by Circle Press in 1980, with engravings by S.W. Hayter; also includes miscellaneous handwritten and typed notes, page proofs and sketches, 25 pp. [see also oversize]
1 p. Typed manuscript. Includes holograph inscription: "Begun when the whole lot came back from I.T. [
2 pp. Typed manuscript. Short story with the following typed inscription: "From Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dub Laoghaire. 18 July, 1941. Offered for publication to The Editor of The Irish Times, Dublin. Stamped addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS. if unsuitable"; two copies
Issue of
Issue of University Review (Vol. III, No. 3) containing Coffey’s "Four Poems." Poems include: "Ones," "The Inside Story," "Recourse to Fiction," and "The Monument." Plus laid-in autograph note
18 pp. Typed manuscripts signed. Inscribed on title page, "Brian Coffey / 48 Alma Road / South Hampton." Includes photographs of original drawings by Coffey
8 pp. Autograph manuscripts signed. Notes and sketches; inscribed on title page, "Glutz, Started 25/5/68" See F100 for a cassette recording of Coffey reading excerpts from "Glutz"
Short piece of experimental fiction with drawings and diagrams throughout; the title is sometimes "Good Psychosome." Also includes three typed copies of the first three pages and a two-page excerpt entitled "The Visitation"
With holograph notations
Also includes thirty pages of notes, both handwritten and typed, and one copy of Devlin's
Informing Coffey that he has been named Devlin's Literary Executor
Rough draft of Coffey's introduction
With holograph notes; rough draft of introduction
With holograph notes; revised introduction
Autograph manuscripts signed. 6 pp. Includes six drafts of unpublished long poem
Autograph manuscripts signed. 22 pp. Poem, sketches, and notes; also includes one page of a second draft
12 pp. Typed manuscript signed. and autograph manuscript signed. Originally published in 1970 in the Dublin-based literary magazine,
Autograph manuscripts signed. 60 pp. Collection of poems including "Iceburg," "The Audit," "The Imperative of Choice Disarms," "His Mistake," and "Margaret"
"Typed manuscripts signed and Autograph manuscripts signed. 13 pp. (5 copies of each poem) "In Sight of All" appeared in
Typed manuscript signed. 4 pp. Long poem with holograph corrections
Typed manuscript signed. 1 p. Possibly one of many editorials sent by Coffey to
Long poem in handmade booklet with illustrations, 11 pp.
Offprints from
A screenplay subtitled, "An S/F Story-Play for Color T/V in which Genetic Engineering Produces the Supermen who Settle the Problems of Terra"
Rough draft
Revision, includes sketches
Titled "KorKnuKtopia: A Stage Presentation in 19 Scenes" with holograph notations; also includes additional 9 pp. copy
Includes three drafts of poem, which appeared in
Typed manuscript signed. Coffey's best known poem, "Missouri Sequence" was originally published in
Typed manuscript and autograph manuscript. 10 pp. Notes, some typed pages; a discussion of the work of Marcel Proust and Samuel Beckett which appeared in the literary magazine,
Typed manuscript photocopy. 2 pp. (3 copies) One copy inscribed "re Poetry Chicago / I also send The Prayers / James [Hogan]/ P.S. Sorry about quality of PCs (just my fax) / I sent C. Agree better copies!"
Autograph manuscripts signed. 4 pp. Dated February 28, 1938
Autograph manuscript signed. 1 p. Handwritten draft of poem written on the back of a postcard of a British Museum reproduction of
Issue of University Review (Vol. III, No. 8) containing Coffey’s article: "A Note on Rat Island"
Subtitle of Coffey's 1971 edition of Selected Poems; includes the following poems. Poems in the order they appear in
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed with holograph corrections
Typed manuscript signed
Autograph manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Bound by Coffey with calligraphy by his daughter, Ann Ruth; description of their home in Missouri written for Coffey's mother-in-law, Rosalind Popham; a precursor to "Missouri Sequence"
Typed manuscript signed. 2 pp. Short story with the following typed note: "Sent by Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dun Laoghaire. 31 July 1941. Submitted for publication to the Editor of The Irish Times, 31 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. Stamped addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS. if unsuitable. About 1600 words"
Typed manuscript. 1 p. Includes the following typed note: "Sent by Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dun Laoghaire. 29th July 1941. Submitted for publication to the Editor of The Irish Times, 31 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. Stamped addressed envelope enclosed for return of MS. if unsuitable"
An offprint of Coffey's review of Georges Lemaitre's
Typed manuscript signed. dated September 1, 1968 1 p. A poem originally published in
Typed manuscript signed. 10 pp. Short story first published in
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. 16 pp. Long poem dedicated to Paul Leautaud
Autograph manuscript signed. 22 pp. Long poem
Typed manuscript signed. 2 pp.
Typed manuscript signed. 6 pp.
Typed manuscript signed. 5 pp. (plus 1 photocopy) Also includes copy of Topos and Other Poems, published in 1981 by Mammon Press. See issue of
Autograph manuscript signed. 10 pp.
Typed manuscript signed. 2 pp. (2 copies) Includes the following typed note: "Brian Coffey, 5 Mulgrave Terrace, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. 25th July 1941. Submitted for publication to the Editor of the
Typed manuscript signed. 1 p. Poem, with typed note at the end, "To be recited with great feeling in a nasalised Dublin accent"
Autograph manuscript signed. 10 pp. Small, bound volume, signed and dated June 6, 1971
Autograph manuscript signed. dated 1933, Sorbonne. Published by Jeanette Monnier in Paris in 1933 as a Christmas greeting card
Typed and handwritten, including "Her Death," "Painterly," "Toolin Replies" and others
Autograph manuscript signed and typed manuscript signed. Holograph and typed translations interleaved throughout Coffey's own copy of
Coffey's translation was originally published in 1970 by Advent Books, and appeared in a 1975 issue of
Typescripts signed with holograph notations (3 copies); also includes the typed manuscript signed of Coffey's introduction to the volume which was never published
Coffey's holograph and typed translations interleaved throughout his personal copy of the collection; these translations were also unpublished
Typescript with holograph notations (2 copies). Also includes a copy of The Poet's Voice 3:3 (1988) in which it was published
to Coffey from James Hogan regarding the Éluard translations
with holograph corrections by Coffey and possibly Hogan
Originally published in 1965 by Dolmen Press; includes a copy of Mallarmé's text with Coffey's translations interleaved throughout; one copy of the original book jacket from the Dolmen Press edition; typescript of the poem with holograph notes, including Coffey's introduction and preface; one holograph copy of the volume
Typescripts signed, dated November 5, 1972 (also includes 2 photocopies) originally published in
MenCard, published in 1987 by The Menard Press, London; reprinted in 1990 in Coffey's
Typescript and holograph copies of poems, including "The Tomb of Edgar Poe," "Sea Salt Breath," and "The Gift of the Poem"; Typescript of introduction by Brian Coffey; photocopies of Mallarmé's poems in the French; most of these poems and the introduction appear in Coffey's
Autograph manuscripts signed of "The Unhoping Song," inscribed on title page "draft one". Typed manuscript signed of
With Coffey's holograph translations
Notebook which includes holograph translations of Reverdy poems, dated 1968; Also includes typed manuscripts signed translations of Reverdy's "Heart of the Wheel," "Dreams Coined," "Story Fact," "Stop Catch," and "The Hidden Greeds"
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. Includes "The Joy-Mad Ship" by Arthur Rimbaud; "The Wasted Wine," by Paul Valery; "The Heart, the Water Untroubled," by Yves Bonnefoy; and "The Rocks," by Guillevic among others
Perhaps the most interesting facet of the collection, Coffey's Self Books, as he called them, are neither journals nor scrapbooks, but a combination of both. The Self Books include manuscripts for original poems and translations, correspondence from friends and family, newspaper clippings, photographs, artwork, journal entries, notes, and ephemera. The Self Books were numbered one through five by Coffey, and they remain in that order
Roughly 325 pages of notes, rough drafts of poems and stories, photographs of Coffey's grandchildren and his Paris friends, letters from friends and fellow poets, newspaper clippings, and sketches. Items of note include five postcards from Samuel Beckett and a typescript of Beckett's poem, "Neither," dated September, 1976
Pasted to the inside cover is a child's drawing of a dog, with Coffey's holograph note: "sent by Ailve, 14.1.76." This 478-page book contains notes, typescripts, sketches, and newspaper clippings. Items of interest include two typescript poems by James Hogan, "Dream House" and "Old Woman of Beare"; a typescript of Coffey=s poem, "Eddies in the Memory"; and a holograph poem titled "From Prospect Road," dated 27/1/76
Inscribed on the inside cover is the following note: "Started 19.IV.71 / Practice Book." This self book contains mostly notes for stories and poems, as well as several journal entries, sketches, newspaper clippings, typescripts and letters. Items of note include a handwritten poem by Coffey, "Call the Darkness Home"; three typescript poems of James Hogan, "Family Scene," "Courtship," and "The Return"; and a newspaper clipping from
Inscribed on the inside cover: "This volume here is self book 2. Self book 1 is in a filing box in study and was made 73/4. Earlier attempts have now been destroyed. It is signed and dated, "June 1974." In addition to the numerous newspaper clippings, photographs, and sketches, this 445-page book contains several typed and holograph poems. Among those holograph poems by Coffey are "As Ye Come From the Holy Land of Walsing Home," "Rose-Checked Laura," "All Over Again," and "The Pheonix." Typescripts by Coffey include "The Prayers," "Registers," and "The Brain-Scoop Song." Also included are 14 typescript poems from James Hogan's collection,
Inscribed on the inside cover, "Started 25.ii.77." This book contains sketches and notes for
Coffey's self-titled "Notes for Concerning Making" includes notes, poems, essays, reviews, newspaper clippings and other materials representing all stages of the creative process
Items of note include an off-print of Coffey's "Extracts from Concerning Making," which appeared in
Coffey's scrapbooks are not unlike his self books; they contain newspaper clippings, correspondence, manuscripts of poems written by Coffey and others, and ephemera. The scrapbooks do not generally include journal entries or notes for future works
This scrapbook includes newspaper clippings, poems, essays, correspondence, and ephemera, as well as extensive material related to the death of Coffey's close friend, Denis Devlin. Items of note include one letter from Devlin, a newspaper clipping of Devlin's obituary, several letters from fellow poets and publishers concerning the possible publication of Devlin's collected works, and a telegram dated 21 August 1959, from "Moya" informing the Coffeys of Devlin's death
Included in this scrapbook are newspaper and magazine clippings, blank postcards, and several small drawings and sketches. Items of note include a drawing signed by Coffey, inscribed, "The Worshippers"; a copy of the French literary journal,
This scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, political cartoons, and several drawings by Coffey's grandson, Benjamin. Many of the clippings deal with American politics, including an extensive article, "Who's Who Among Those Involved in the Watergate Affair"
This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings on a wide variety of subjects, including poverty, pornography, sexual ethics, and the role of religion in schools. Also included is a copy of
Comprised mostly of newspaper clippings, this scrapbook also contains an obituary for Irish poet Austin Clarke; and a typescript poem by Robert Graves, "The Hedgepig"
This scrapbook contains mostly newspaper clippings, several drawings by Coffey's grandchildren, and a reproduction of a painting of a nativity scene, inscribed on the back, "The Coffeys / Happy Christmas 1965 / Love to you all / From Nonna"
Comprised of newspaper and magazine clippings, this scrapbook also contains a photograph of Coffey taken in 1965, an article about Coffey's poetry reading in commemoration of the publication of
This scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings exclusively, and concerns such topics as Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal, Russian poetry under Stalin, and the recent exhibits of Andy Warhol
This scrapbook includes newspaper and magazine clippings and articles on mostly political and/or religious subjects. Also included is a supplement to
Included in this scrapbook is an extended family tree (in Coffey's handwriting); a newspaper clipping in commemoration of Beckett winning the Nobel Prize; a typescript of "The Ballad of Finnegans Wake"; and many newspaper clippings. Among these clippings are Overpopulation and the Diet of Fear," "Religious Intolerance Still Grows," "Man's 50-50 Survival Chance," and "Television and Sex Education"
This scrapbook contains handwritten notes, poems, essays, letters, postcards, newspaper clippings, drawings, sketches, photographs and ephemera. Items of note include typed and holograph copies of Coffey poems including, "Credidimus," "Pheonix Morning," "The Prayers," "Kind," and a typed, signed manuscript of "And All Will Go Down Together, Administrators and All"; photographs of Coffey, his grandchildren, and Coffey with fellow poet, George Reavey; holograph notes for "Glutz" and "Kroid: A T/V S/F Version of the Birth, Education, Career, and Final End of a Politician"; and letters from such friends and family members as Margaret McAlpine, Agatha Coffey, and James Hogan
This scrapbook begins with the following inscription: "71 years old today, and beginning these writings for my wife, my children, my grandchildren, and those who come after them in the succession--as much of what I am as can reasonably be expressed in words, if the time available--how long?--allows . . . [unintelligible] . . . What do I see as coming in this book-- 1) copies of the poems I like, including my own, 2) translations of poems, 3) stories . . . 4) notes that might have been the philosophical work I once planned, 5) new thoughts on events and books, 6) collage jokes, 7) expressions and opinions, 8) drawings, 9) anything else". Items of note include journal entries, notes for future projects, notes related to Advent Books, and three original drawings, "Ain't She Sweet / Nowhere She Isn't," and two untitled drawings, all of which appear in
An old phone book with newspaper clippings, essays and other ephemera pasted to its pages. Items of note include an autograph letter, signed from Deirdre Bair, concerning her new book,
This scrapbook is inscribed on the cover "Scrapbook >87" and is made of construction paper. It contains newspaper clippings, notes, essays, poems, letters, postcards, sketches, and ephemera. Items of note include a typescript of James Hogan's poem, "On Failing to Pick Up a Hitch-Hiker Who Looked Like Jack Kerouac," dated 27/11/84; signed typescripts of Michael Smith's poems, "Mr. Peregrine's Sunday Stroll," "In the Shadow of the Cathedral," "Street Elegy," "Necklace," "Time to Go," "Catdream," and a SUNY Buffalo Christmas Broadside, dated December 1983, with a poem and illustration by Susan Howe. Typescripts of several short stories by Maurice O'Riordan are also laid in, including "Swan Song," "The Dry Fly of an Angler's Dream," "Mistress Pusskins--My Cat." In addition, the scrapbook includes a typed letter, dated June 21, 1984, from Laurence Cassidy of The Arts Council, awarding Coffey a bursary of 5,000 pounds to assist with the composition of The Prayers; as well as letters and/or postcards from Samuel Beckett, Parkman Howe, J.C.C. ("Jim") Mays, Don Coffey, and others.
Items of note in the latter half of the scrapbook include a photocopied article, "Remembering Jacques Maritain," by Wallace Fowlie, from
This scrapbook/ diary is comprised of letters, newspaper clippings, and pages of handwritten notes and poems, in both English and French
Inscribed on the title page, To Brian / For whatever purpose in 1985 / Love from Bridget," this diary includes extensive notes for "Concerning Making" and other projects, poems, and sketches
This Scrapbook contains extensive handwritten notes, letters, reviews, newspaper clippings, and ephemera. Items of note include reviews of Coffey's
This scrapbook is inscribed, "This ledger once owned by a M. Vendles whose name goes back to 1066--given to me by John Bulford, wood worker, artist, husband of a Miss Joy Vendles--the family name was dying out. The pages are, I hope, to contain the notes for "Concerning Making," including "The Prayers" in [unintelligible]." The ledger includes newspaper clippings, reviews, and letters.
Items of note include a newspaper clipping of an editorial written by Bridget Coffey detailing her friendship with Carl Jung,
Inscribed on the first page, "To my owner, I am a writing book waiting to be filled. Don't let me down. Please," this scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, letters, notes, essays, reviews, and ephemera
Items of note include letters from James Hogan, Don Coffey, Harry Gilonis, Margaret McAlpine, Jim Mays, and Margaret Hogan; reviews of Coffey's
This scrapbook is comprised of newspaper clippings, essays, reviews, letters, and ephemera. Items of note include a typed manuscript of Coffey's "The Faun: An Afternoon" with holograph notes; one copy of
This scrapbook is unique in the sense that everything in it is related to one event: Coffey's 86th birthday. Included in the book are photographs of Coffey and his family, and cards and letters sent by Coffey's children and grandchildren as well as many longtime friends.
This folder contains notes, poems, collages, sketches, and small paintings. Among those poems included in this folder are "Liminal," "Image as a Young Lady," "Don't Kick the Dog," "Antiochus Got an Ague," "At Home," and "On the Roof-Tops." All items were originally housed in the same folder, and they have been left in the order in which they were found.
This folder contains forty-two pages of material, pasted to the leaves from a 1977 Page-a-Day Diary. Items of note include a photocopy of Parkman Howe's review of the
This folder contains 16 pp. of scrapbook items, including a signed copy of James Hogan's poem, "To the Poet (After Pushkin)" with the following autograph note: "Dear Brian, thought the above might amuse. Trust your French sojourn went well. Regards to Bridget, James." Also included are photographs of Coffey's grandchildren, a two-page photocopy of "A Prayer for Creative Thinkers," and miscellaneous notes and newspaper clippings
Most of the material in this folder is related to the publication of Coffey's poetry collection,
Contains newspaper clippings, notes, children's paintings and drawings, and sketches
This folder contains notes for poems and essays (including "Concerning Making"), drawing and sketches, and a photocopy of Gerald Murphy's article for the
Inscribed on the cover, "October 81 / Sad Little Mary." The book contains only two pages of sketches
This folder contains mostly newspaper clippings, including a review of the poetry of Robert Graves; several obituaries for Coffey's friend, Thomas MacGreevy; and articles about the McCarthy trials and the House Un-American Activities Committee
This folder contains newspaper clippings that span almost 30 years. Highlights include an undated obituary for French scientist Jacques Perrin under whom Coffey studied while living in Paris in the 1930s; several editions of
This folder contains mostly editorials, on subjects ranging from the use of nuclear weapons to the importation of milk from France. Several editorials include handwritten notes by Coffey: "Does God Exist: Faith Gets a Lift," "Why Politicians are all Against Real Education," and "The Church, the Kremlin, the anti-Christ"
Economics, politics, and religion are the topics most prevalent among these newspaper clippings. The folder also includes the "Southampton Postal News 1992," as well as several articles about James Joyce, including Ulick O'Connor's, "What Joyce Learned from the Jesuits"
Coffey reading selections from his 1974 poem; recorded by Alan Lambourne of the Hospital Broadcasting trust; removed from the collection and housed with sound recordings
Brian Coffey reading selected poems of Dylan Thomas and ee cummings, as well as some of his own translations of French poet, Paul Éluard. Also included are readings from Coffey's own work, including
All of the monoprints are initialed, numbered 1/1, and dated, with a few titled and some labeled "monoprint"
All untitled prints
All untitled prints, with one signed instead of initialed
With three untitled and three titled prints
Two untitled, six titled
Four untitled and one titled
Seven untitled and two titled
Four untitled and two titled
A series of forty prints, all with six bars, some divided in half. Each print varies by color, weight or type of paper, or color of ink or number or position of divided bars. Only one is initialed, dated and titled "Pi/Standstill (Stagnation)" and is labeled "A/P" and two others initialed, dated "17/3/83"and labeled "Monoprint"
Includes one item titled "Pi/Standstill (Stagnation)," which is initialed, dated "25/2/82", labeled "A/P"
Two are labeled "mixed media," one labeled "piloth knife stone and hand," and the other two are a painting process. Three are initialed and dated, two are not
"Mixed Media"
"Piloth knife stone and hand"
"Mixed Media"
Prints made with various processes. Many of the prints are initialed, dated and numbered. Some are labeled "A/P" (artist's proof) and all of very limited editions. Some are also titled
Three untitled, three titled (with multiple proofs of one title)
Number 5/5, initialed and dated
Includes two proofs (untitled) and two numbered editions, all initialed and dated
Four untitled (with multiple prints) and four titled prints (each with multiple prints). Of the untitled only one is initialed and numbered but all are dated
Three sheets, with four prints, all labeled "A.P." and initialed and dated
Labeled "A.P. 1"
Initialed, dated and one labeled "A.P." numbered 3 and 4.
One print (1980) is labeled "A/P" and initialed. One print is signed "Brian Coffey '77" and numbered 1/4. A three print varies in color but has no labeling
One untitled print (with multiple prints), all A/P, numbered and dated, plus three titled prints (also with multiples)
Both initialed, dated and labeled "A/P" 1 and 2
Initialed, dated and labeled "AP" number 1
Only one item is titled, initialed, dated and labeled "A/P 4." Four are the identical image with different shading and markings. Also includes a second labeled "A/P?" dated 11/24/84 and a rough sketch "(?) Eh, Joe"
Four untitled (some with multiple prints), all initialed, dated and labeled "A/P." Plus two titled (with multiple prints)
Both dated and one labeled "A/P" and initialed. Same as print in F13
Initialed, dated and labeled "AP 2"
Four untitled, all dated and labeled "A/P", but only two are initialed. Plus one titled
Initialed, dated and labeled "Aquatint." The image is similar to "Ghost Trio" (F13)
Nine different images, only one titled and none are initialed or numbered
Twelve untitled images, none dated, and only on initialed. Includes ones similar to "Pillars of Hercues" (F6)
Appeared in
Pencil sketches, ink drawings, work with clippings, and crayon drawings. Some are sketches toward prints
Born on December 27, 1901, Stanley William Hayter became a world-renowned line-engraver. As a young man, he studied at Academie Julian under printmaker Joseph Hecht. In 1927, he founded his own art studio, known internationally as Atelier 17. It was a temporary home to many accomplished artists, including Picasso, Miro, Arp, and Giacometti. Hayter provided the designs and illustrations for many of Coffey's poems, including
Engraving by Hayter for
Engraving by Hayter for
Engraving by Hayter for
Engraving by Hayter for
with holograph notes and sketches by Coffey
proofs with holograph notes and sketches by Hayter
With holograph corrections throughout and a holograph note on the first page: "Checked by Brian Coffey / 2/viii/79"
signed by Coffey and Hayter
Paintings and drawings by Coffey's children, including Ann, Mary, Kathleen, Joseph, Peter, and John
One drawing from grandson Ben, and another inscribed in an adult's hand, "To cheer up Grandad Brian, 2.6.75." Additional drawings by Coffey's grandchildren can be found in the Self Books and scrapbooks
Paintings, drawings, and collages
Sketches, prints, and lithographs. Includes a John Parsons "Monster" illustration for his book with Brian Coffey, as well as a Parsons ink and watercolor drawing
Autograph manuscript signed. Bound notebook, inscribed on cover "Psychologie / B. Coffey / 1905–1924"; written in French while Coffey was a student at Institut St. Vincent
Autograph manuscript signed. Bound notebook; written in French while Coffey was a student at Institut St. Vincent
Autograph manuscript signed. Bound notebook, written in French while Coffey was a student at Institut St. Vincent
Off-print of an article written by Coffey and Hugh Ryan, D.Sc., University College, Dublin; published by University Press, 1930 September 5
Autograph manuscript signed. Bound notebook, written in French, title page dated "8.xi.35"
Autograph manuscript signed. Inscribed on cover "Cours de M. Lallement / Sociologie Générale & Sociologie Spéciale;" written in French
Autograph manuscript signed. Given by Coffey's professor, M. Lallement
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Autograph manuscript signed. Title page dated "16.xi.35"; in French
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Autograph manuscript signed. Notes on Arnold Toynbee's
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Typed manuscript signed. Inscribed on cover "Georg Cantor/ Three Papers on Transfinite Numbers/ Translated by George Bingley/ Annapolis, MD/ The Classics of the St. John's Program, 1942"
Typed manuscript signed. Holograph notations throughout; possibly a paper by Coffey; also includes several pages of holograph notes
Two typed manuscripts signed with autograph corrections
Typed manuscript signed with holograph notations throughout; papers include "Conventional Logic and Modern Logic," by Joseph T. Clark; and "Mathematical Prolegomena to Logistics" by Domhnall A. Steele
Autograph manuscript signed
Published in Paris by the Centre de Documentation Universitaire; 42pp
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Typed manuscript signed. Inscribed on cover "The Moral Life"
The following items were bound with a rubber band in the same folder:
Typed manuscript signed. Inscribed on title page "Written by Riordan/ 21.2.30"
Autograph manuscript signed. Title inscribed on cover with the date, "1868 – 1923"
Autograph manuscript signed. Title inscribed on cover with "J.C.S./ 1848 – 1929"
Autograph manuscript signed. Title inscribed on cover with the date, "1864 – 1929"
Autograph manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. Undated, though most likely written while Coffey was a student at Institut Catholique de Paris, sometime after 1933
Autograph manuscript signed. Inscribed "Rough Translation"
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed
Autograph manuscript signed
Autograph manuscript signed
Autograph manuscript signed
Enclosed with typed letters signed from George F. Schaeffer, Director of the Department of Chemistry, St. Louis University, August 30, 1949
Autograph manuscript signed
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed, written in German
Autograph manuscript signed. Written in French
Autograph manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed
Possibly notes for thesis. Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed Housed in its original three-ring binder. First page is titled, "La définition de l'ordre et les principales acceptions de ordo dans la langue de saint Thomas d'Aquin"
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. Also includes newspaper clippings; housed in its original three-ring binder
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed. Housed in its original three-ring binder
Typed manuscript signed with some holograph corrections. Later Published as "Brian Coffey: An Interview" in
Typed manuscript signed. Also includes two-page autograph letter from Howe to Coffey, dated June 21, 1978
Form Books Occasional Paper No.5, published in late April 1995 to mark the death of Brian Coffey; cover from a print by Coffey; also includes his poem "Glendalough"
inscribed "5 May 92 / J Morgan" Later published in
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy. Published in
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy. Published in
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy
(housed in oversize)
Typed manuscripts signed, inscribed "A draft of [Towards the West] / To Brian Coffey from Fred Beake / 13 Aug 92"
Small poetry collection published by Mammon Press, Bath, 1980; inscribed on inside cover "To Brian Coffey / From Fred Beake / March 31st 1980;" illustrated by Clive Beake
Typed manuscript signed. Inscribed by Coffey "Translations / by Sam B. / Éluard"
Twenty-four original drawings by Coffey's daughter, Ann; with one-page, handwritten letter from Ann to her father, signed and dated December 1, 1976
Six stories written by Don Coffey, most inscribed to Brian Coffey. Includes: "Phoebe: The Gentle Dragon," 1989 "Unknown Territory," 1990 "A Tale of Long Ago," 1991 "The Autobiography of a Boiled Egg," 1991 "Satanic Justice," 1992 "Gastronomic Verses. The A. B. C. of Sweetmeats," 1993 (with attached letter)
Brian Coffey's brother
Autograph manuscripts signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Brian Coffey's father, first president of University College, Dublin
Including "Text of Introductory Address delivered by Denis J. Coffey on the occasion of the Conferring of the LL.D. Degree upon the Most Rev. Michael McGrath, Archbishop of Cardiff." Typed manuscript signed, 6 pp. (2 copies)
"Text of Speeches delivered at a dinner given, on April 11, 1940, by the members of the senate of the National University of Ireland, at Iveagh House, Dublin, in honour of Dr. Denis J. Coffey, on the occasion of his retirement from the office of President of University College, Dublin"
Typed manuscript signed
Published as Christmas Broadside Number Eleven, part of an annual series by The Friends of the Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New York at Buffalo, signed by the poet
Typed manuscript signed, photo copy with holograph notations
Typed manuscripts signed with holograph notations
Typed manuscripts signed / typed manuscript signed, two copies
Two photocopies of the typed manuscript, one copy includes a curriculum vitae for Denis Devlin and a bibliography, plus one additional poem. Also includes a special edition of University Review (Vol. III, No. 3) with "The Complete Poems of Denis Devlin" edited by Brian Coffey and University Review (Vol. II, No. 11) with Coffey’s article, "Of Denis Devlin: Vestiges, Sentences, Presages."
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy
Broadside, published as Christmas Broadside Number Ten, part of an annual series by the Lockwood Memorial Library, State Univ. of N.Y. at Buffalo
Autograph manuscripts signed
Proof of small poetry collection published by Inheritance Press, Trenton, NC, 1977
Typed manuscripts, signed of the following poems: "Barn Storming," "In Praise of Boiling," "Inventing a Happy Ending," and "Field Mice: A Love Poem"; also includes one-page typed letter signed, from Howe to Coffey, dated January 22, 1982
Typed manuscript signed. Also includes one-page typed letter signed from Joyce to Coffey, with the following inscription: "Please do let me know whether the dedication seems an impertinent intrusion. I'm so touchy myself in such matters I'd certainly refer not to leave it, if so. If not, thanks. T."
Typed manuscript signed; Collection of poems
Typed manuscript signed, carbon copy
Typed manuscript signed, carbon copy
Advent Books page proofs with corrections
Typed manuscripts signed. Inscribed "Thomas MacGreevy / Father Matthew Record / c.1950"
Typed manuscripts signed
Broadside, published in 1969 by Advent Books
Broadside published by Red Wheelbarrow Press, 1986
Small literary magazine for "good writing and translations," published in San Francisco
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Published as the Fourth Number in the Second Series of Christmas Broadsides by the Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New York at Buffalo
Includes the following inscription on the title page: "My dear Brian, This is MS of my selected poems which I was hoping to have published soon and which I hope will eventually appear. Ever, George 28/9/38 / P.S. I think Parliament of Faust could go in also or in place of Rape of Helen. G.R."
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
"Typed manuscript signed, Number 1/50"
Typed manuscripts signed inscribed "For Brian Coffey / Best Regards, Peter Russey / Have heard wonders of you from Richard Burns over the past ten years / Purdue University / 1977"
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed, also includes the following typed poems: "Pictures of Belsen," "Absence," "I'm Always Dreaming and Forgetting," "In Memory of Paul Celan," and "Untitled"
Typed manuscripts signed, Includes one-page, typed letter signed, from Scully to Coffey, dated 12/4/91
Typed manuscript signed
Includes: "Walking with Grandmother"; "Stories for Children: 1"; "Stories for Children: 2"; "Stories for Children: 3"; "The Father Sang to the Drunken Child . . ."; "The Woman who Played with Children (for Bridget Coffey)"; "Summer Fugue"; "In the Ruins"; "I.M. Antonio Machedo"; "Nuestra Senora de la Sierra"; "I.M. Cesar Vallejo"; "The Pilgrims Stop in the Village"; and "The Pilgrims Stop to Make Notes"
Translated by Michael Smith. Dublin: New Writer's Press, 1986; no. 1 of 20 copies, numbered and signed by the author
Typed manuscript signed. Published in 1978 by Regency Press, Belfast
Typed manuscript signed. With extensive holograph notations
"Book, published in 1962 by Allen Figgis & Co., Ltd."
An Anthology of Irish Love Poetry originally compiled in 1926 by T.F. O'Rehilly; the versions in this collection, based on poetry written from 1350 to 750 A.D., are not literal translations; they are written in the spirit of the original poem. Young's version was published by Menard Press and Advent Books in conjunction, in 1975.
Brian O'Cuiv to James Hogan
James Hogan to Brian Coffey
James Hogan to Brian Coffey
Anthony Rudolf to Brian Coffey
Typed manuscript signed with holograph corrections
Typed manuscript signed and autograph manuscript signed with holograph corrections
No. 6, 12, 14, 21, 22, 38, 52, 62, 68, 94
No. 1, 13, 17, 18, 24, 27, 44, 49, 58, 76, 77, 78, 81, 85, 94, 99, 100, 103
Also includes the following miscellaneous typed poems: "Song of Marcus Aurelius (The Unthinking Man's Philsopher)," "The Mysterious Salesman," "White Murdock's Lament," "Birthday Ode," "Song of Sweet Reason," "Finding Father," "Mother," "Rejected Song from Madam Flesh," "The Ideal Place," "Untitled," "The Toad," "The Ballad of Fat Margaret," and "Outside In"
Included in this folder are: Mina Loy's "English Rose" and "July in Vallombrosa"; Marsden Hartley's "The Fork of Annie"; Roy Campbell's "Autumn"; and "Extracts from
Edited by Denis Devlin and Norman MacLeod, this proposed anthology is divided into three sections: the poetry of Ireland, the poetry of Scotland, and the poetry of Wales.
Typed manuscripts signed. Also includes one-page, typed letter signed from MacLeod to "Decker," (publisher James E. Decker of Prairie City, Ill.); with the following holograph note written in the margin: "But I want to feature MacDiarmid." Includes extensive holograph revisions by MacLeod
Typed manuscript signed, 40 pp. Includes introductions for each writer and, where noted, a manuscript; The writers listed below and others are included
Autographed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscripts signed with holograph notations
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscript signed of the following poems: "Poem for Christopher Wood," "Various Places," "The Last Ogre"
The writers listed below and others are included
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Autograph manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "The Calamity," "Requiem," "Rush Hour," "Song of the Small Stature," "The Speaker," "Factory" and "Chimney"
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed, With one-page, typed letter signed from Jones to MacLeod, November 1, 1939
Typed manuscript signed
Autograph manuscripts signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "The Modern," "A Yacht," "The Rhonnda Poems," "Hymn," "A Pagan," "The Hills," "Poets," "Age"
Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "Triton Time," "From my Loitering"
More writers than those listed below are included
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscript signed of the following poems: "High Street," "Ken," "Lines on the Passing of the Broadstone Railway Station," "The Tape-worm of Banba," or "The Wild Goose Returns," "Requiem by the Barrister"
Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "Poem," "Influenza," "An Equation," "Two A.M.," "Always Adam," "Corca Dhuibhne," "Fragment"
Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "Minutes of Meeting," "Thinking Artolas," "Night Song"; also newspaper clippings of "April in Eire," and "The Burning Bough"
Typed manuscript signed
Typed manuscripts signed of the following poems: "Prolegomenon," "Don Quixote's Testament," "Faust's Dialectic"; also includes off-print for "Quixotic Perquisitions"
Typed manuscripts signed
Typed manuscripts signed of "Reverse of Reason" and "Snow"
Off-print from "Purpose"
Photocopied article from unknown source
Newspaper clippings from
Photocopy from unknown journal
Signed from Hogan to Coffey in which Hogan describes the chapter as his "attempt to explain the Catholic professional classes in Ireland"
With holograph corrections
Typed manuscript signed, carbon copy. With transparency of artwork, possibly done for the manuscript; published as
Typed manuscript signed. Also includes one-page holograph letter signed, from Howe to Coffey, dated August 24, 1976
Typed manuscript signed
Photocopied from
Typed manuscript signed
Off-print, inscribed "For Brian Coffey, with respect and affection, Jim Mays"
Typed manuscript signed. Also includes
Typed manuscript signed, photocopy
With typed letter signed, 1969 October 13, 1 p. to Coffey from Seaman
photocopied
Typed manuscript
Typed manuscript
Typed manuscript, carbon copy
Typed manuscript, carbon copy
Typed manuscript
Typed manuscript
"Chicken Supreme," "Interpretation of Dreams," "Inventing a Happy Ending," "The Prodigal Son: A Sequal," "Once at the Zoo," "Of Mice and Me and Thee," "In Praise of Boiling," "Barn Storming," "Waking then and now"
Typed manuscript. Includes "First," "Beech Boughs," "Three War Poems," "Man and Mole," "Rambling Now," "Alone," "Nail," "Lovely Day," "Geometry," and "Pollution," among others
Autograph letter signed. Baynes is Coffey's father-in-law; renowned psychologist and one-time partner of Carl Jung
Coffey’s daughter. Includes three letters and four postcards written by Agatha, plus four cards sent to her, and a cassette tape sent by her to Brian and Bridget Coffey
Coffey’s daughter. Includes one letter and a photocopy of plans for the renovation of her house, plus eight postcard written by Ann to friends and family and twenty-four postcards sent to her
Includes forty-six postcards written by Coffey to his wife, children and occasionally a friend. Also nine postcards written by Brian Coffey by his mother and seven calling cards, two of Coffeys and the rest given to him by others
Coffey’s wife. Includes three letters and forty-nine postcards written by Bridget Coffey to friends and family. Many of the postcards undated. There is also a letters from "Chris" (1992) to Bridget and nine postcards to Bridget from her mother
Coffey’s daughter. Includes two cards written by Brigid and three postcards sent to her
Includes two postcards written by Dominic to the Coffeys and eleven postcards sent to him by others, including Brian and Bridget Coffey
Coffey’s brother. Includes twenty-three letters and ten postcards written by Don Coffey to Brian
Coffey’s son. Includes seven letter or cards and twenty postcards written by Joe (and wife Lilian) to his family
Coffey’s son. Includes two letters and two postcards written by John to family and two postcards sent of John, plus a letter from the Archdioceses of St. Louis
Coffey’s daughter. Includes two letters, six postcards and three cassette tapes written by Kathy to her parents, plus two fragments of letters written by Brian Coffey to his daughter. Also includes a letter from her parents on cassette tape and five postcards sent to her by family and friends
Coffey’s daughter. Includes seventeen letters and cards written by Mary to her family and one postcard sent to her
Coffey’s sister. Includes seven postcards written by Maud to Brian Coffey and her father Denis Coffey, plus an obituary card (1964)
Includes thirty-eight postcards, letters, cards, and artwork by Coffey’s grandchildren, plus a comic book, The Adventures of Fat Freddy’s Cat
Children of J.C.C. (Jim) Mays, university professor and close friend of Coffey. Includes nine postcards, letters, and a limited edition handmade book, "Tiggy’s Book"
Longtime friend of Coffey. 35 letters
62 letters
Monni is an English poet
Includes typed manuscript signed of the poems "Oranges," "Knotted Strings," "Fragment," and "Golden Mountain"
Aldous's literary magazine,
19 letters and postcards. Includes signed typescripts of the following poems: "Psalm," "The Rationale," "Fatherhood," "Where Responsibilities Begin," and "Grave Yards"
Includes typescripts of two untitled poems
Some items are tipped into Coffey's self books or his scrapbooks, all loose items are housed in the vault
Tipped in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
Tipped in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
Tipped in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
Originally laid in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
Originally laid in Self book #1 (Box 5 F60)
Originally laid in Self book #2 (Box 5 F61)
Originally laid in Self book #2 (Box 5 F61)
Originally laid in Self book #2 (Box 5 F61)
Originally laid in Self book #4 (Box 6 F63)
Tipped in Self book #4 (Box 6 F63)
Originally laid in Self book #5 (Box 6 F64)
Tipped in Self book #5 (Box 6 F64)
Originally laid in "Concerning Making" (Box 7 F65)
Tipped in "Scrapbook begun June 8, 1976" (Box 13 F77)
Originally laid in Scrapbook (Box 18 F85)
Originally in Series V.2 postcards
Originally in Series V.2 postcards
Originally in Series V.2 postcards
Originally in Series V.2 postcards
Seven postcards from the Bells to the Coffeys
One postcard
Written in French
Written in French
Dedalus Press
With photograph of Devlin getting off an Aer Lingus plane
Autograph letter signed
Manager, National Poetry Society Bookshop, London. 7 letters and one postcard
One postcard
Irish poet Augustus Young. 34 letters and 39 postcards. Also includes typescripts of the following poems: "Beast Poems," "The Idyll," "Coppy Copy," "Pavane for a Defunct Infant," "The Modern Colonial Boy is not Wild," "Woodflesh," "Smoe Snodrops," and "Olden Days"
87 letters and postcards, plus photographs
13 letters and one postcard. Also includes a typescript of Howe's review of the
Autograph letter signed
Typed letter signed
Autograph letter signed
5 postcards or cards
Dolmen Press
14 letters and postcards
4 postcards from George Reavey and one postcard from his wife Jean to the Coffeys
14 letters, postcards and notes, as well as "MenCards" printed by Rudolf's Menard Press
5 letters. Also includes her business card, as well as a typescript of the poem "Famine Roads: in memory of Bernard Croke"
12 letters and postcards. New Writers' Press
From Coffey to Thompson
27 letters and postcards
3 letters
35 letters
11 letters
10 letters
27 letters
5 letters
32 letters. Also includes an undated cassette from "Roberta" containing music and poetry readings, as well as a letter on cassette from Coffey to his grandson, Aaron, sent from Southampton to the United States
74 letters. Includes letters of commendation from friends and fellow writers and letters from publishers and booksellers; also included are several letters from Workshop 107, the studio where Coffey and Hayter worked on
30 letters. Most letters in this folder detail Coffey's inability to find adequate housing for his family due to a housing shortage in the area and other difficulties around the time his resignation in 1952
189 letters. Included in this folder is a carbon copy of Coffey's curriculum vitae, a handwritten list of colleges and universities in the United States and a typed list of Canadian universities, all of whom received Coffey's vitae.
12 letters. Also includes a brochure for the school, thirty-one postcards from the Bursar's office, and a certificate which accompanied an ink stand, cigarette box, and silver tea set presented to Coffey from the students and faculty of the school
Letters and postcards written by Brian Coffey’s father to him, as well as the notes made by Dennis Coffey, possibly for lectures or research and a clipping
Over four hundred and fifty postcards sent to the Brian and Bridget Coffey by friends and family, as well as a few postcards to others which probably were given to them. One folder of oversized postcards has been removed to Box 31
This series contains two folders of photographs, all of which are unidentified
Brian Coffey and a woman (possibly Margaret McAlpine) in the garden; Coffey and his wife with one of their infant children (probably John); several of Coffey's children at the beach; three pictures of Coffey and the students and faculty at the private boys school where he taught mathematics (St. Benedict's School in Ealing); an unidentified young man in military uniform
Fifteen photographs of Coffey, including three which were taken at his home in Southampton. In another photograph, Coffey is reading a copy of
Includes a passport with photograph issued to Coffey on August 2, 1922; a certified marriage certificate for Coffey and his wife, dated October 8, 1938; a photocopy of Coffey's doctoral diploma; a letter (dated April 15, 1969), confirming Coffey's wish to remain a British citizen; a typed copy of Coffey's Last Will and Testament; and a two-page, handwritten letter from John Coffey to the TPA Pension Service informing them of Coffey's death, with copy of death certificate attached
Issued in Jefferson County, Missouri
Issued in West Ealing, London
For the following libraries: Hampshire County; Trinity College, Dublin; National Library of Ireland; and Catholic Central
Includes passport applications, report cards, certificates of merit, and tuition records
Notes from a walk taken from Poitiers to Tours in 1935
This copy is inscribed, "To the President, University College, Dublin, Eamon de Valera," and dated May 3, 1937
Twelve issues of
Includes a number of laid-in clippings
at King Alfred's College
At University College, Dublin
Publicity flier
Specimen pages
Publicity flier
Brochure and membership information
Includes programs for exhibits at the Southampton Art Gallery; the Tate Gallery; the Arthur Jeffress Gallery; the Guggenheim; the Waddington Gallery; and the Freud Museum. Also includes a program for the opening of Picasso's "Guernica," as well as four copies of a brochure for 107 Workshop, a small artists' studio where Hayter and Coffey collaborated on
Includes an invitation to a dinner dance at Imperial College, March 24, 1961; a dried corsage, possibly from the same dance; a menu from Chez Ducotlet Restaurant; and a book jacket for
Includes lecture notes, articles, keys, postcards