The Archive of Lawrence Upton

I would be personally most interested in seeing Lawrence Upton's papers preserved, as they include the (unique) camera-ready copy of a book I edited which has never appeared; and now never can, unless these important papers are safely secured!

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Van Gogh sold one painting while he was alive. Zora Neale Hurston died penniless and was buried in an unmarked grave. Shakespeare received scant notice at his death and only after he died were his plays printed, largely from the memories of his actors. Do not value artists by their popularity at the time of their passing.

Lawrence Upton was a crucial figure in the British Poetry Revival and his Archive needs to be preserved for present and future scholars.

Lawrence Upton was a seminal figure in the poetry world. His archive is invaluable and must be protected and secured with the deepest possible respect and recognition. To do otherwise would be a travesty.

It would be an act of vandalism pure and simple not to secure this irreplaceable archive.

Preserve before it is too late , if not it will never be known what is lost forever.

Lawrence was an extraordinary artist and writer -- his archive is enormously valuable for understanding the development of British poetry over the last fifty years.

I am a publisher and editor from the U.S., and value Upton's work highly.

Lawrence Upton was an important poet. I hope that his work will be treated well.

Lawrence's archive is priceless and needs to be preserved.

Lawrence Upton’s archive is extremely valuable for knowledge of British poetry since the 1960s. It needs to be preserved

Please save this important archive for future generations!

Allow the archiving of this poet's work.

Enjoyed reading his insightful comments, on many poetry blogs.

Save this archive

Pleez save lawrence uptons invaluabul archives

Please preserve this important archive.

Lawrence Upton's work and influence on the cutting edge of British poetics spans decades and is full of riches; sometimes the unfinished materials can tell us even more about a poet and the larger poetry scene than published accomplishments. Please be aware that universities like my own (Notre Dame) are deeply interested in archiving and making available such materials; in some ways they're of more interest to libraries than physical books in this day and age.

As both a poet and an archivist, I would like to ask that the papers of Lawrence Upton be saved for future generations of scholars and be placed in the safe-keeping of a suitable repository.