Literary and personal papers of John Moat This collection of literary and personal papers contains: five boxes of personal correspondence. Two contain correspondence mainly between John Fairfax and John Moat 1976-1991; the others hold personal correspondence from a broad group of writers (handlist available), including some extra material from John Fairfax. There are also three boxes of literary manuscripts, papers and drawings, including manuscript and typescript rough drafts, reworkings and fine copies of poems; jotters containing diary notes (mainly taken whilst abroad), sketches and dream diary notes, prose jottings and forming notes; sketch pads (mainly from travels abroad) with some verse accompanying images 1950s-1990s (handlist not yet available). An additional deposit, of the literary manuscripts, papers and drawings for the book 'Hermes & Magdalen' and a limited edition of 'Hermes & Magdalen', with a complete loose-leaf set of the etchings, was made in 2005. Xerox typescripts of poems ('10 Overtures') recently reworked for publication were deposited in 2006. Additional purchases and deposits since 2006 include a second deposit of letters (2009), one copy of the manuscript 'Episola' and two boxes of notebooks and papers in 2012 (handlist available). Three small sets of papers relating to projects and committees (2015): the South West Arts Literature Advisory Panel (1975), "That Teacher" project (a development from the Tandem project) 2007-8, the Tandem Project - an initiative to create a programme of creative opportunities and courses and workshops for teachers, with a pilot project run at Arvon 1997-2002. Also John Moat 'Adam and the miraculous mandarin and a selection from the sequence Hermes and Magdalen' 1950s-1990s