A GUIDE TO THE

ROGER DEAKIN ARCHIVE

Compiled by Bridget Gillies, April 2010. Updated Feb 2014.

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CONTENTS

Provenance 1 Biographical description 1 Scope and content 2 Description and arrangement 4 RD Audio Recordings, 1997-2004 5 RD/ARTS Music, Theatre, Arts & Crafts, 197?-2005 7 RD/DGS Teaching at Diss Grammar School, 1962, 1978 10 RD/EDU Education, 1948-1977 11 RD/ENV The Environment & Environmental Organisations, 1908-2005 12 RD/GEN General Papers, Correspondence 19 RD/LIT Lectures and General Writing, 1918-2006 25 RD/NOTE Notebooks, 1959, 199?-2005 37 RD/PER Personal, 1879-2003 39 RD/PHO Photographs, 194? – 2005 40 RD/RAD Radio, 2000-2006 41 RD/STG St Thomas’s Gardens, 1988-2005 42 RD/TRA Travel, 1969-2005? 43 RD/TW “Touching Wood”, 1997-2006 44 RD/WLOG Waterlog, Swimming, etc., 1935, 1977, 1986-2005 56 RD/WTF Walnut Tree Farm, Mellis & Suffolk Communities, 1979-2005 69 Bibliography of annotated works 70 RD Oversize box 71

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ROGER DEAKIN ARCHIVE Reference: RD Provenance: In October 2008 Jon Cook (Dean of Faculty of Arts and Humanities) was approached by Robert MacFarlane (RD’s Literary Executor) to discuss the possibility of donating RD’s literary papers to the UEA. The collection was gifted to the University by RD’s son, Rufus Deakin. The collection was transferred in August 2009 to the UEA, it had until this time been stored in a container at Walnut Tree Farm, and prior to this, in the top floor of the barn at Walnut Tree Farm. Along with the papers there arrived a substantial collection of film and video material. These were appraised by the East Anglian Film Archive (EAFA) who expressed a keen interest. The collection included films commissioned by Anglia Television; East Anglian interests include “North Sea Follies - The End of the Pier Show at Cromer”, “Stable Lads” (Newmarket racing), “Cheryl and the Chocolate Factory” (Rowntree-Mackintosh-Nestlé production in Norwich), “Long Distance Romancer – The Songs of Mickey Jupp” (Southend music scene), “Cowboys Stay on Longer – the Country Legend of Hank Wangford”, etc. With EAFA’s specialist knowledge in film and it being owned and operated by UEA, EAFA was the obvious home for RD’s film-making archive and film collection. This part of the collection was transferred to EAFA in December 2009. The 45 notebooks [RD/NOTE] were collected separately from the home of Terence Blacker near Dickleburgh. These had been used as source material for Notes from Walnut Tree Farm, edited by Alison Hastie and Terence Blacker (2008) Biographical description: Roger Deakin (1943-2006) went to Haberdashers’ Aske’s School in Hampstead, then Peterhouse, Cambridge, (1961-64) where he took an English BA under the supervision of Kingsley Amis. He then became an advertising copywriter, working for half-a-dozen of the major London agencies, from J. Walter Thompson to Leo Burnett, before becoming creative director of Interlink Advertising for three years. He married Jenny Hind in 1973 (dissolved 1982), their son Rufus was born in 1974. In 1974 he moved to Suffolk, having rebuilt (himself) a ruined 16th Century timber-framed farmhouse, and began teaching English and Drama at Diss Grammar School, Norfolk (1974-78). He also began farming a 12-acre smallholding, chaired the newly-founded East Anglian Arts Trust and co-edited and contributed to the Waveney Clarion community newspaper. During this period he was involved in the creation and promotion of the Barsham Fairs, and, subsequently, the Albion Fairs – open air community arts events on a medium to large scale. As a contributing editor of the Waveney Clarion (the longest running and largest-circulating of the community newspapers of the 1970s) he began promoting through its pages regular village hall events – tours of the Waveney Valley by travelling theatre companies like Footsbarn Theatre and Paddy Fletcher’s Incubus and the Bar Dramatic Society, music by the Hank Wangford Band, The Ivory Brothers, Michael Storey and James Lascelles, Steve Ashley, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, The Tannahill Weavers, Dougie Maclean, Donald Swann and others, and ceilidhs up and down the Waveney Valley. He left Diss Grammar School in 1978 to join the staff of Friends of the Earth (1978-82) planning campaigns, editing and co-writing publications, and managing press relations and media strategy. The first major campaign he was closely involved in planning from the beginning was the campaign to save whales. In 1980 he successfully campaigned to save Cowpasture Lane, part of an ancient Suffolk droving road, from destruction by agribusiness. The campaign, a key issue relating to the future of hedgerows in the debate on the Wildlife & Countryside Bill, and its success is documented as a chapter in Des Wilson’s “Citizen Action”, and in Common Ground’s “Holding Your Ground”, as well as “Hansard”.

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From 1982-1985 RD was a musical advisor to the Aldeburgh Foundation on folk music and jazz, and produced a series of concerts and broadcasts at Snape Maltings by Carole King, the Chieftains, Kate and Anna McGarrigle, Loudon Wainwright, Planxty, the Roche Sisters and others, as well as originating and commissioning “After Smith’s Hotel”, a major Arts Council jazz commission, with Mike Westbrook, first performed at Snape Maltings by the Mike Westbrook Orchestra, broadcast by Radio 3 and recorded in part as the LP/CD “On Duke’s Birthday”, on the German Hat Art label. During this period (1983), RD also became a founder-director, with Angela King and Sue Clifford, of Common Ground, the arts/environmental charity whose ideas and initiatives he helped develop, together with Richard Mabey, Robert Hutchison and Robin Grove-White. Working with the designer and illustrator David Holmes, and with a range of artists and writers that included Heathcote Williams, Andy Goldsworthy, Posy Simmonds, Mel Calman, Glen Baxter, Peter Till, Germaine Greer, Ronald Blythe, Colin Ward, and David Nash, he helped create a distinctive “house style” for Common Ground. His work as a writer/director/producer of film and television took on a special interest in arts, rural and environmental subjects. He was a regular contributor to the Financial Times, The Independent, Guardian and BBC Wildlife, and wrote and lectured on environmental education for the Worldwide Fund for Nature and the Nuffield Foundation. From 2001 he contributed to the writers’ courses at Schumacher College near Dartington. In 1999 RD’s acclaimed book Waterlog: a swimmer’s journey through Britain, was published by Chatto & Windus. This was followed by Wildwood: a journey through trees. The individual chapters of Wildwood were completed shortly before RD died in 2006. The book was then organised and lightly edited into its published form by Robert MacFarlane, Octavia Reeve, Simon Prosser, Alison Hastie and Terence Blacker. It was published in 2007 by Hamish Hamilton (an imprint of Penguin). Notebooks which recorded RD’s daily thoughts, feelings and observations around his home at Walnut Tree Farm, provided the source material for Notes from Walnut Tree Farm (Hamish Hamilton, 2008), edited by Alison Hastie & Terence Blacker. Dates: 1879-2006 Extent: 23 linear metres Medium: Mixed: manuscripts, proofs, typescripts, press-cuttings, diaries, notebooks, photographs, slides, printed journals, computer disks, CDs, video and audio cassettes, published and annotated books, and Speedo swimwear. Scope and content: The Archive holds draft, proof and manuscript copies of Waterlog: a swimmer’s journey through Britain (1999); correspondence relating to the book as well as to the journey on which it was based; and papers on other swimming and water related topics. Wildwood: a journey through trees was published posthumously (2007). Deakin’s wood and tree research took him most notably to Poland, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Australia. The archive includes the proposal for this book (originally entitled “Touching Wood”), chapter breakdowns, and research papers. There are no page proofs or publication correspondence. Included is a series of 45 notebooks in which Deakin recorded his daily thoughts, feelings and observations around his home Walnut Tree Farm, near Mellis, Suffolk. This became the source material for Notes from Walnut Tree Farm (2008), edited by Alison Hastie & Terence Blacker. The Archive contains working papers, notes and correspondence relating to RD’s private and working life. This includes his early careers of advertising copywriting, teaching and environmental campaigning. Included are drafts and manuscripts for his books; scripts for

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journal and newspaper articles; and radio programme recordings, including the BBC Radio 4 documentary “The House” (Walnut Tree Farm).

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Description and arrangement

Contains 16 series

RD Audio Recordings, 1997-2004 RD/ARTS Music, Theatre, Arts & Crafts, 197?-2005 RD/DGS Teaching at Diss Grammar School, 1962, 1978 RD/EDU Education, 1948-1977 RD/ENV The Environment & Environmental Organisations, 1908, 1932, 1972-2005 RD/GEN General Papers, Correspondence RD/LIT Lectures and General Writing, 1918-2006 RD/NOTE Notebooks, 1959, 199?-2005 RD/PER Personal, 1879-2003 RD/PHO Photographs, 194? - 2005 RD/RAD Radio, 2000-2006 RD/STG St Thomas’ Gardens, 1988-2005 RD/TRA Travel, 1969-2005? RD/TW “Touching Wood”, 1997-2006 RD/WLOG Waterlog & Swimming, 1935, 1977, 1986-2005 RD/WTF Walnut Tree Farm, Mellis & Suffolk Communities, 1979-2005

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RD Audio Recordings, 1997-2004

(Visual recordings, where appropriate, have been listed under their respective series).

RD/1 Audio cassettes, 1997-2004 RD/1/1 Dorothy Dye of Mellis (interviewed by RD, talks about Alice Bailey) (side A). Whales (side B). RD/1/2 Alice Bailey sub-master (side A). Dot [Dorothy] Dye (side B). RD/1/3 Alice Bailey (Mellis resident), 8/97. RD/1/4 RD interviews performers from the Aldeburgh Festival. RD/1/5 RD interviews performers from the Aldeburgh Festival. RD/1/6 Aqui & Harvey, Mellis 1997 (side A). BBC Radio 4. A Night with [Roger Deakin], 20/6/98 (side B). RD/1/7 BBC Radio 4. A Night with Roger Deakin, Paul Allen, 20/6/98. RD/1/8 BBC Radio 4. A Night with [Roger Deakin], 20/6/98. RD/1/9 BBC Radio Suffolk, presented by Lesley Dolphin - Waterlog, 16/6/99. RD/1/10 BBC Radio 4. Open Book, 23/5/99. RD is interviewed on Waterlog. RD/1/11 BBC Radio 4. Word of Mouth. RD is interviewed on Waterlog, 23/9/99. RD/1/12 ABC Radio. Books and Writing. A.L. Kennedy (Scottish author) and Elizabeth Jolley, 15/10/99. [No mention of RD on this cassette]. RD/1/12A Books and Writing. Radio Australia. RD speaks about Waterlog to Ramona Koval, 4/2/00. RD/1/13 August Kleinzahler & RD, 19/5/00. RD/1/14 Ronald Blythe interview, 3/10/00. See also RD/RAD/1. RD/1/15 Richard Mabey. Interview with RD, 5/10/00. See also RD/RAD/1. RD/1/16 Richard Mabey. Interview with RD, 5/10/00. Tape 2. See also RD/RAD/1. RD/1/17 BBC Radio 4. Excess Baggage, 2/12/00. RD is interviewed on swimming. RD/1/18 BBC Radio 4. Word of Mouth, RD. RD/1/19 BBC Radio 4. Home Planet, 1/1/02. Sensibility programme for BEN Radio 4. RD/1/20 Westbrook documentary. Radio 3, Pt 2, 15/6/02. RD/1/21 Westbrook documentary Pt. 4, 22/6/02. Pletterback. Chamson … RD/1/22 Mike and Kate Westbrook. Radio 3. RD/1/23 Home Planet, 8/7/03.

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RD/1/24 RD on the beach. BBC Radio 4, 17/11/03. RD/1/25 BBC Radio 4. A Good Read - RD on Waterlog. Presented by Sue McGregor, 16/12/03. RD/1/26 BBC Radio 4. A Good Read - RD on Waterlog, 16/12/03. RD/1/27 BBC Radio 4. A Good Read, 21/12/03. RD. 30 mins. RD/1/28 BBC Radio 4. A Good Read, 21/12/03. RD. 30 mins. RD/1/29 BBC Radio 4. The Charm of Birds. A look at Edward Grey, ornithologist and Foreign Secretary, and writer of The Charm of Birds. RD/1/30 BBC Radio 4. The Charm of Birds. A look at Edward Grey, ornithologist and Foreign Secretary, and writer of The Charm of Birds. RD/1/31 BBC Radio 4. The Charm of Birds. A look at Edward Grey, ornithologist and Foreign Secretary, and writer of The Charm of Birds. Part 3. RD/1/32 BBC Radio 4. The Charm of Birds. A look at Edward Grey, ornithologist and Foreign Secretary, and writer of The Charm of Birds. Part 4. RD/1/33 BBC Radio 4. The Charm of Birds. A look at Edward Grey, ornithologist and Foreign Secretary, and writer of The Charm of Birds. No. 3. RD/1/34 Mellis Birdsong Midsummer dawn morning (side A). Skylark, Top common (side B). RD/1/35 Bob Flowfordew; Somerleyton Gardens Bob Coutts (side 1). Pru Loftus; David & Sheila Gibbs (side 2). RD/1/36 The South – Philip Hensher. RD/1/37 BBC Radio 3. The South (Proms). RD interval talk. RD/1/38 Recording in progress. Mellis quadbike. RD/1/39 David Knopfler interview by RD (Anglia Television). RD/1/40 BBC Radio 4. The Walsall Boys, 31/1/04. RD/1/41 “Birth & Madness” (folklore of childbirth). RD/1/42 Changing Places. BBC Radio programme on Suffolk woodlands (south of Bury St Edmunds) and the equatorial forests of Papua New Guinea. RD/1/43 Wood goodies (folk-like music about woods). RD/1/44 Loudon Wainwright. Kaleidoscope. RD/1/45 Porges and the slow worms (for Roger, Happy Xmas). RD/1/46 Steven Jones.

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RD/ARTS Music, Theatre, Arts & Crafts, 197?-2005

RD/ARTS/1 Aldeburgh Festival & Concerts, 1981-1983 RD/ARTS/2 Skelton Festival, 1976, 2002-2004 RD/ARTS/3 The Gogmagogs, 1997-2003 RD/ARTS/4 London International Festival of Whistling – proposal, 1996 RD/ARTS/5 Mike Westbrook, 1976-2002 RD/ARTS/6 Eastern Arts Association, 1987-1991 RD/ARTS/7 Eastern Arts Board, 1996-1998 RD/ARTS/8 Sample film scripts, [undated] RD/ARTS/9 Printed ephemera from theatres, galleries, museums, exhibitions & musical performances, 197?-2005 RD/ARTS/10 Crafts & natural artwork, 1995-2002 RD/ARTS/11 Rock music, 1978, 1992 RD/ARTS/12 Nutmeg Puppet Company, 1989 RD/ARTS/13 Arts for the Earth, 1986-1987 RD/ARTS/14 David Nash, 1997-2004 RD/ARTS/15 General arts correspondence, 1987-2004 RD/ARTS/16 Miscellaneous arts papers, 1996-1997 RD/ARTS/17 Lucian Freud, 2002-2004 RD/ARTS/18 Paul Bunyan, 1988

RD/ARTS/1 Aldeburgh Festival & Concerts, 1981-1983 RD was the special projects advisor for the Aldeburgh Festival. The 1982 festival featured the Roches, Carole King, The Chieftains, Loudon Wainwright etc. RD/ARTS/1/1 Concerts – summary of ticket sales RD/ARTS/1/2 Programmes and reviews - cuttings RD/ARTS/1/3 Mailing list; addressed labels RD/ARTS/1/4 Carole King; McGarrigles; The Roches; The Chieftains RD/ARTS/1/5 Westbrook performances and reviews [See also RD/ARTS/5/2] RD/ARTS/1/6 Aldeburgh accounts RD/ARTS/1/7 Correspondence, financial summary & ticket sales RD/ARTS/1/8 Mailing lists RD/ARTS/1/9 Entertainers: Welfare State; Grand Union, etc. RD/ARTS/1/10 Carole King

RD/ARTS/2 Skelton Festival, 1976, 2002-2004 Contains poems and scripts for evenings of entertainment around Suffolk and Norfolk to celebrate the work of John Skelton (c.1460). RD’s draft scripts are included for his presentations and readings in 1976. [Contained in 3 folders and one black exercise book]. The exercise book includes a recollection of RD’s first staff meeting at Diss Grammar School.

RD/ARTS/3 The Gogmagogs, 1997-2003 A theatre and classical music company founded in 1995 by theatre director Lucy Bailey and violinist Nell Catchpole. They describe themselves as offering a combination of virtuosic string playing, dynamic physical movement and inventive groundbreaking theatre. Contains a newsletter, correspondence, minutes of the trustees’ meetings, directors’ reports, funding applications, and a brochure on the company. Also 2003 press-cuttings.

RD/ARTS/4 London International Festival of Whistling – proposal, 1996 Contains correspondence and ms notes for RD’s proposal for a London Festival of Whistling, based on the success of the Berlin International Festival of Whistling of 1994. There is no evidence that the festival took place.

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RD/ARTS/5 Mike Westbrook, 1976-2002 Contains 5 files. RD/ARTS/5/1 Westbrook concert, After Smith’s Hotel: a Young Persons Guide to the Jazz Orchestra, 1982-1983 RD/ARTS/5/2 Westbrook reviews and press release material, 1976-2002 RD/ARTS/5/3 Westbrook-Rossini, a film treatment by RD, 1986-1987 RD/ARTS/5/4 Westbrook – film treatment, [undated] RD/ARTS/5/5 Westbrook – general, 1986-1989 RD/ARTS/5/1 Westbrook concert. After Smith’s Hotel: a Young Persons Guide to the Jazz Orchestra, 1982-1983 Contains correspondence and proposals, including TV proposals, and reviews for a concert After Smith’s Hotel: a Young Persons Guide to the Jazz Orchestra composed by Mike Westbrook. The concert was commissioned by Aldeburgh Festival and proposed by RD, special projects advisor. The first performance was at Snape Maltings Concert Hall, 2/10/83. RD/ARTS/5/2 Westbrook reviews and press release material, 1976-2002 Contains correspondence and notes for a review by RD of Westbrooks’ brass band, this was printed in the Waveney Clarion [1976?]; press–cuttings of Westbrook’s performances, 1980-1983; and correspondence for an interview with Westbrook in 2002. [See also RD/ARTS/1/5]. RD/ARTS/5/3 Westbrook-Rossini, a film treatment by RD, 1986-1987 Contains notes by RD for this film treatment; publicity material of the Rossini operas performed by Westbrook; a visual treatment of Westbrook-Rossini by Laurence Aston; and correspondence with Aston regarding the possibility of a Friends of the Earth record album compilation of Westbrook’s music. RD/ARTS/5/4 Westbrook – film treatment, [undated] A second file of RD’s film treatment, this time with the title Africa Within. Includes ms notes of RD’s film treatment, as well as printed ephemera relating to RD’s visits to Berlin, and the Prague jazz festival 22-26 October 1986. RD/ARTS/5/5 Westbrook – general, 1986-1989 Contains copies of Smith’s Academy Informer, nos. 4-14, 1986-1989. This newsletter informs on Westbrook’s performances. Miscellaneous programmes and printed ephemera are also included.

RD/ARTS/6 Eastern Arts Association, 1987-1991 Contains agendas, minutes and supporting documents of the General and Community Arts Panel.

RD/ARTS/7 Eastern Arts Board, 1996-1998 Contains a covering letter for the 1995-96 review and annual report; the actual 1997-98 review and annual report; a list of festivals in the eastern region with literary content; and an incomplete expenses claim from RD.

RD/ARTS/8 Sample film scripts, [undated] Contains a script for Judgement Over the Dead, original screenplay by Trevor Griffiths.

RD/ARTS/9 Printed ephemera from theatres, galleries, museums, exhibitions & musical performances, 197?-2005 Contains programmes, tickets, marketing material, and a few miscellaneous photographs and notes. (Photographs on Mickey Jupp and some young band players are Oversize).

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RD/ARTS/10 Crafts & natural artwork, 1995-2002 Contains printed ephemera and photographs relating to crafts, including woodwork, and artwork with nature. Includes instructions on making a gee-haw wimmy diddle.

RD/ARTS/11 Rock music, 1978, 1992 Contains 4 items. Miscellaneous printed ephemera and press-cuttings, including some on Bob Dylan and Southend Rock.

RD/ARTS/12 Nutmeg Puppet Company, 1989 Contains a leaflet on the production for children of Fish Fingers & the Waterwolf.

RD/ARTS/13 Arts for the Earth, 1986-1987 Contains printed ephemera and correspondence relating to this FOE Trust. RD supported the group through meetings and advice.

RD/ARTS/14 David Nash, 1997-2004

Contains ms notes by RD on the sculptor David Nash; exhibition publicity; and a partial fax by Richard Mabey on safari with David Nash.

RD/ARTS/15 General arts correspondence, 1987-2004

RD/ARTS/16 Miscellaneous arts papers, 1996-1997

A black ring-binder includes an article on Japanese steam; Kneehigh - an interview with Bill Mitchell; Salisbury Festival - interview with Helen Marriage; a poem to Pan; notes on Dunwich; notes on a performance Still Ringing, performed by Jocelyn Pook; and notes on Unknown Public (a packaged quarterly recorded anthology of new music, with documentation).

RD/ARTS/17 Lucian Freud, 2002-2004 Contains webpage print-outs and printed notes on an exhibition of John Constable, selected by Lucian Freud (grandson of Sigmund Freud). The work of both artists is discussed. References to elm trees are included.

RD/ARTS/18 Paul Bunyan, 1988 Includes a tape cassette and programme for Benjamin Britten’s opera Paul Bunyan. The theme of the opera includes lumberjacks and logging. [See also RD/TW].

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RD/DGS Teaching at Diss Grammar School, 1962, 1978

RD taught English at Diss Grammar School for three years (’74-’78). Included are teaching materials: files of poetry, essay writing themes, reading lists, examination papers, lists of pupils’ names. Other papers include those from an English marking seminar; an obituary of F.R. Leavis, literary critic; copies of Leavis’s article on Sir Charles Snow, Spectator, 9/3/62; copies of Costa Nostra, Diss Grammar School Magazine (a copy of the first issue, and 2 copies of issue 4); and a press-cutting showing RD & his son Rufus with a goat given to RD by the school pupils as a leaving gift. See also RD/ARTS/2 for a recollection of RD’s first staff meeting.

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RD/EDU Education, 1948-1977

RD was educated at Haberdashers’ Aske’s (1956-58) and Peterhouse, Cambridge, (1961-1964) where he took an English BA under the supervision of Kingsley Amis. This series contains papers relating to his schooling and university education.

RD/EDU/1 Haberdashers’ Aske’s, 1948, 1956-1958 Includes RD’s school exercise books from Haberdashers’ Aske’s, some are dated 1958; and a first aid certificate, 1959.

Also includes a 1948 sports achievement from Wellington School, Hatch End which pre-dates Haberdashers’ Aske’s.

RD/EDU/2 Peterhouse, Cambridge, 1959-1962, 1977 Contains correspondence, memorabilia, photographs – including one of a smiling RD up to his thighs in a bog, entrance examination papers from 1959, and later examination papers from Peterhouse. Amongst the correspondence are notes from Tony Weston (RD’s friend) and a note from Kingsley Amis. Press-cuttings relate to Lady Chatterly’s Lover; Kingsley Amis; and there is a letter to The Times by RD. Also includes RD’s certificate of “practical proficiency as a qualified teacher”, dd 22/9/77.

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RD/ENV The Environment & Environmental Organisations, 1908, 1932, 1972-2005

RD/ENV/1 Friends of the Earth, 1979-1995 RD/ENV/2 Greenpeace – leaflet, 1981 RD/ENV/3 Common Ground, 1982-2005 RD/ENV/4 Water pollution, 1985-1987 RD/ENV/5 Houghton Fishing Club, 1908, 1932, 1998 RD/ENV/6 Bees, 2000-2001 RD/ENV/7 Fleas, 1972-1973 RD/ENV/8 St Kilda, 1988 RD/ENV/9 Kora Wildlife Preservation Trust, 1985 RD/ENV/10 Nature conservation – general, 1980-1990, 2004 RD/ENV/11 Sizewell B Public Enquiry, 1987 RD/ENV/12 UK 2000, 1986 RD/ENV/13 Cycling Through Suffolk, 1996 RD/ENV/14 Cycling, 1988-1990, 1996 RD/ENV/15 Ronald Blythe, bluebells and allotments, [undated] RD/ENV/16 Psychology and environmentalism, 1992-1993 RD/ENV/17 Charles Waterton, [undated] RD/ENV/18 Zoo penguins, 1998 RD/ENV/19 Otters, 1997-1998 RD/ENV/20 French cabbage garden, 2000 RD/ENV/21 General environmental correspondence, 2000-2005 RD/ENV/22 Forty Minutes and Eyewatch, [undated]

RD/ENV/1 Friends of the Earth, 1979-1995 RD/ENV/1/1 History, [undated] RD/ENV/1/2 General, 1979-1996 RD/ENV/1/3 Campaign writing, 1993-1994 RD/ENV/1/4 Discussion papers, finances, etc., 1981 RD/ENV/1/5 Whales, 1979-1980 RD/ENV/1/6 Andrew Lees, 1995 RD/ENV/1/7 FOE published journals, 1989-1990 RD/ENV/1/1 History, [undated] Contains a photocopied typescript of the history of FOE dating back to 1969. RD/ENV/1/2 General, 1979-1996 Contains general leaflets, published material, press-cuttings, appeals and correspondence. Also included is a contract with Mike Flood for his work entitled Solar Prospects. RD/ENV/1/3 Campaign writing, 1993-1994 Contains general correspondence, memoranda and campaign material; also drafts of texts RD submitted to FOE for their publicity and campaign material, particularly relating to air pollution. RD/ENV/1/4 Discussion papers, finances, etc., 1981 Contains memoranda and discussion papers which evaluate individual strategies for: fundraising, employment, transport, weapons, renewable energy, campaigns, marine and wildlife. FOE’s trading and it’s financial situation are also examined. RD/ENV/1/5 Whales, 1979-1980 Notes for “Save the Whale” video presented by FOE and Mike McGear, including Michael Palin; press-cuttings; leaflets from FOE; and a whale declaration written by RD. There are some inclusions from Greenpeace.

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RD/ENV/1/6 Andrew Lees, 1995 Contains RD’s proposal for a network documentary on the FOE campaigner Andrew Lees (1949-1994); and press-cuttings surrounding his work and accidental death in Madagascar. RD/ENV/1/7 FOE published journals, 1989-1990 Contains copies of Earth Matters.

RD/ENV/2 Greenpeace – leaflet, 1981 Contains correspondence with RD concerning his contribution to the Greenpeace leaflet. Includes information on Greenpeace’s history and aims.

RD/ENV/3 Common Ground, 1982-2005

Contains papers relating to this environmental pressure group which linked conservation with the arts. RD was a founder-director of the group which formed in 1982. In 1985 Angela King was full-time co-ordinator and Sue Clifford, Roger Deakin et al., directors. The papers were mainly kept in chronological order and many of the projects, like Apple Day, were annual events. RD/ENV/3/1 Holywells Park Conservation Project (Suffolk), [undated] RD/ENV/3/2 Common Ground, 1982-1983 RD/ENV/3/3 Common Ground, 1983-1984 RD/ENV/3/4 Common Ground, 1984 RD/ENV/3/5 Proposals for projects, leaflets, 1983-1986 RD/ENV/3/6 Greater London Council grant application, 1985-1986 RD/ENV/3/7 Press-cuttings on conservation, 1983-1985 RD/ENV/3/8 Natural Breaks, 1985 RD/ENV/3/9 East Anglian Environments Conference, 11/1/86 RD/ENV/3/10 Common Ground, 1986-1987 RD/ENV/3/11 Common Ground, 1988-1990 RD/ENV/3/12 Common Ground, 1991 RD/ENV/3/13 Flora Britannica, 1992-1994 RD/ENV/3/14 Local distinctiveness, 1993-1995 RD/ENV/3/15 Common Ground, 1993-1995 RD/ENV/3/16 Parish Maps Project, 1988, 1995-1996 RD/ENV/3/17 Field Days, 1995-1997 RD/ENV/3/18 Pulp!, 1997 RD/ENV/3/19 Apple Day and community orchards, 1995-2001 RD/ENV/3/20 Common Ground, 1997-2000 RD/ENV/3/21 Common Ground, 2000-2005 RD/ENV/3/22 Pamphlets and postcards, 1988-1990 RD/ENV/3/1 Holywells Park Conservation Project (Suffolk), [undated] Contains lists of birds, plants and wildlife species, also a list of the management committee and working parties. RD/ENV/3/2 Common Ground, 1982-1983 Includes a copy of the certificate of incorporation, 1982; early correspondence; aims and projects of the new pressure group including the New Milestones Project and Parish Oral Histories; draft of the manifesto; and early ideas on the guide Knowing Your Place [which later became a series of 8 half-hour television programmes]. RD/ENV/3/3 Common Ground, 1983-1984 Contains Board meeting minutes; an appeal to Lord Caldecote for support; correspondence from the Countryside Commission concerning a grant award to Common Ground; an outline of a parish action/ conservation guide; and a background paper on a proposed London Ecology Centre. RD is asked to write about organising a community festival/ event, and about village signs.

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RD/ENV/3/4 Common Ground, 1984 Contains a prospectus; Tears in the Fence – a magazine of poetry with a conservation section; a Common Ground premises appeal; notes on organising local events; correspondence; press-cuttings; a review of Second Nature (book); Board meeting agendas; “Changing Places” – a paper for the 1984 Fitzgerald Memorial Lecture; details of the Countryside Manifesto Group open meeting, and papers for the Second Nature discussion series (Second Nature is also a book and exhibition which examines the relationship between the artist and the land). Also included are some papers from Suffolk Trust for Nature Conservation. The Oversize section contains posters of the Second Nature exhibition (with Andy Goldsworthy), held in July/August 1985.

Get behind the Hedge © David Holmes for Common Ground, 1987

RD/ENV/3/5 Proposals for projects, leaflets, 1983-1986 Papers are mainly enclosures for what was sent to David Holmes, 30/4/85 for leaflet consideration. Includes:

- Outline to the Parish Maps Project. - Proposal for the television series and theatre/ television project Knowing Your

Place: The Parish Conservation Guide. - Preface to Second Nature. - Draft text by RD for leaflet productions including the nature of Common

Ground. - Covers for the publication Holding Your Ground by Common Ground

founders Angela King and Sue Clifford. - A description of “A programme for change in Britain’s relations with nature”

including background notes on Common Ground’s beginnings and aims. - Job description for a Local Initiative Officer for Common Ground. - Tears in the Fence – issue 3.

Also includes Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) & Common Ground’s proposal for two educational publications on landscape conservation.

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RD/ENV/3/6 Greater London Council grant application, 1985-1986 Contains Common Ground’s application, and supporting documents, to the GLC for a grant to employ an Arts and Events Officer at the London Ecology Centre in Covent Garden. Descriptions of current and future events and exhibitions at the centre, including Andy Goldsworthy’s exhibition of photoworks on Hampstead Heath, and the three year programme of events “Trees, Woods & the Green Man”. Also, a job description for the post; and an appeal from Rural Arts from the General and Community Arts Panel. RD/ENV/3/7 Press-cuttings on conservation, 1983-1985 General cuttings, and reviews on Sue Clifford and Angela King’s publication Holding Your Ground. RD/ENV/3/8 Natural Breaks, 1985 Contains correspondence and a proposal for Natural Breaks, a television series about the role of nature and landscape in the lives and work of ten contemporary British writers, artists and musicians. This was a joint venture between Common Ground and Third Eye Productions. RD had envisaged Ted Hughes playing a central role in the series. RD/ENV/3/9 East Anglian Environments Conference, 11/1/86 Papers of the conference held in Wingfield, Suffolk. RD represented Common Ground. RD/ENV/3/10 Common Ground, 1986-1987 Contains a draft press release on Artists’ Parish Maps exhibition organised by Common Ground in May 1987; board minutes; background information on current projects including: the Parish Maps Project, the New Milestones Project, and Trees, Woods and the Green Man; sponsorship for the book Holding Your Ground; notes on a video which RD was asked to make for Friends of the Earth; and 3 copies of the poster “We have deep roots in the Greenwood” (Oversize). RD/ENV/3/11 Common Ground, 1988-1990 Contains a proposal for a theatre event to mark the 1st anniversary of the Great Storm, 1988. Refers to preparations for the opening of Pulp! at an exhibition at the Cartoon Gallery. The exhibition included original cartoons and illustrations from Pulp! the first newspaper devoted entirely to the trees that made it possible. A copy of Pulp!, Summer 1989 is included (Oversize). Includes price lists for items from the travelling exhibition “Out of the Wood”, hosted by the Crafts Council and Common Ground; a newsletter on local trees from St George’s Neighbourhood Office, London; a journal article on “The Green Man” in each of us, including 12 positive ways in which we can help to look after trees; and press releases. Also includes Signals a Channel 4 documentary, 1/11/89. This features the Prudential arts award scheme in which Common Ground was the winner of the visual arts category for the exhibition “Out of the Wood” by Andy Goldsworthy. RD/ENV/3/12 Common Ground, 1991 Contains a pamphlet on the Parish Maps Project; updates on activities including Apple Day; and a response to the DOE’s “Review of Tree Preservation Policies and Legislation”. RD/ENV/3/13 Flora Britannica, 1992-1994 Contains Flora Britannica: the handbook, a supplement to BBC Wildlife Magazine, by Richard Mabey; and a report on the two aims of Flora Britannica, one of which was to start a process of popular interest at the local level which would initiate and thrive on local floral audits.

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RD/ENV/3/14 Local distinctiveness, 1993-1995 Contains notes made by RD on a one-day national conference “Local Distinctiveness”, organised by Common Ground (1993 : London); and press-cuttings. RD/ENV/3/15 Common Ground, 1993-1995 Contains papers concerning the local heritage initiative (a joint initiative by the Countryside Commission and the Heritage Lottery Fund); and gardening. An extract is included from Julia Blackburn’s biography of Charles Waterton on the Common Ground bird housing scheme. Also includes Board of Directors’ meeting minutes; AGM minutes; accounts and annual reports; and a press-cutting concerning Common Ground and Peter Randall- Page: “Local Heroes Make a Stand around the Parish Pump”. The Observer, 23/10/94. RD/ENV/3/16 Parish Maps Project, 1988, 1995-1996 Contains papers relating to the community project which celebrates a place and its distinctive character. Includes a 1988 report from the Local Initiatives Officer; press- cuttings; leaflets; and an article by David Crouch, in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. RD/ENV/3/17 “Field Days”, 1995-1997 “Field Days” which explores the value of fields as areas of recreation and social use. RD/ENV/3/18 Pulp!, 1997 Pulp! was originally published in 1989 by Common Ground, a newspaper celebrating trees and edited by Angela King, RD and Sue Clifford. Contributors included Germaine Greer, Heathcote Williams, Ben Elton etc. The file contains a draft article “A Greener Shade of Pale: Ten Points to Consider When Recycled Paper May Be an Option”; extracts, draft advertisements, and correspondence, some of which concerns Friends of the Earth and an accusation of plagiarism. RD/ENV/3/19 Apple Day and community orchards, 1995-2001 Contains events lists and publicity for the annual Apple Day; press releases and leaflets on orchards; a summary of the Community Orchards Project, 1998-2001; and progress report, 14/10/1998. RD/ENV/3/20 Common Ground, 1997-2000 Contains meeting minutes and agendas; accounts; general papers; and correspondence, press releases and final publication of A Manifesto for Fields. RD/ENV/3/21 Common Ground, 2000-2005 Contains Board of Directors’ meeting minutes; trustees’ annual report; profiles of the directors and staff; a pamphlet of Common Ground’s publications; income and expenditure accounts; and a 2005 letter requesting permission for publication from RD. RD/ENV/3/22 Pamphlets and postcards, 1988-1990 Includes pamphlets on orchards, local distinctiveness, and Common Ground’s publications.

RD/ENV/4 Water pollution, 1985-1987 Contains ms notes and miscellaneous papers relating to a range of issues concerning water pollution of rivers and the sea: pesticides and chemicals, government control, swans, public amenities, footpaths and access to waterways, waste dumping at sea, reservoirs, sludge, angling, wildlife around waterways, a bat survey, etc. Organisations mentioned include the Greater London Ecology Unit, The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE), London Wildlife Trust, various Thames River authorities, etc.

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RD/ENV/5 Houghton Fishing Club, 1908, 1932, 1998 Contains a photocopy of The Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, edited by Sir Herbert Maxwell from the journals of the Club. London : Edward Arnold, 1908; and Further Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1908-1931, edited by R.P. Page. London : McCorquodale, 1932. Also, correspondence from 1998. [Contained in 2 ring-binders].

RD/ENV/6 Bees, 2000-2001 Contains RD’s revised introduction for his bumblebee article “The Plight of the Bumblebee” for The Independent, 2001 and background articles and information on bees and bumblebees.

RD/ENV/7 Fleas, 1972-1973 Contains printed articles on leaping fleas such as the Oriental Rat Flea.

RD/ENV/8 St Kilda, 1988 Contains correspondence and background material for an expedition to St Kilda to survey ancient settlements. The correspondence is copied to RD.

RD/ENV/9 Kora Wildlife Preservation Trust, 1985 Contains a story sheet from Photographers International Ltd. This is a script of events at Kora Game Reserve, Tana River, Kenya. Included are maps and newsletters from the reserve and photographs of lions, some with George Adamson. Copyright: Photographers International. [Contained in 2 files].

RD/ENV/10 Nature conservation – general, 1980-1990, 2004 Contains assorted pamphlets and leaflets; and an article by Albie Sachs on conservation in South Africa.

RD/ENV/11 Sizewell B Public Enquiry, 1987 Contains copies of official documents from the Department of Energy and the Secretary of State for Energy.

RD/ENV/12 UK 2000, 1986 Contains press-cuttings on UK 2000, a government-backed organisation headed by Richard Branson for the promotion of new business, job creation and the tidying up of Britain’s streets. Includes draft letters by RD to Richard Branson in which he declines the suggestion to consider a job with UK 2000.

RD/ENV/13 Cycling Through Suffolk, 1996 A typescript of a tour through Suffolk in 1996 by Don Mathew.

RD/ENV/14 Cycling, 1988-1990, 1996 Contains general cycling pamphlets and journals; printed ephemera from the British National Cyclists’ Association, of which RD was a member; and a cycle insurance quote.

RD/ENV/15 Ronald Blythe, bluebells and allotments, [undated] Contains typescript and notes of RD’s interview with Ronald Blythe on allotments; notes mentioning bluebells, and the sculptor David Nash; and copies of press-cuttings of Ronald Blythe’s series of articles “Word from Wormingford” wherein he mentions RD and Cumbria.

RD/ENV/16 Psychology and environmentalism, 1992-1993 Typescripts and printed articles on psychology and environmentalism. Andrew Samuels was a psychoanalyst. One of the articles is “I am a Place: Depth Psychology and Environmentalism”. [These papers may have emanated from Margot Waddell, a psychologist, and former partner of RD]. See also RD/GEN/12 Psychotherapy papers of Margot Waddell.

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RD/ENV/17 Charles Waterton, [undated] Contains ms notes by RD on Charles Waterton (1782-1865), naturalist and explorer.

RD/ENV/18 Zoo penguins, 1998 Contains ms notes on penguins and notes on an interview of the Keeper at the Penguin Pool [London Zoo].

RD/ENV/19 Otters, 1997-1998 Contains papers relating to an otter, water vole and mink survey administered by the Suffolk Wildlife Trust.

RD/ENV/20 French cabbage garden, 2000 Contains papers relating to an exhibition at the Chelsea Flower Show of “Château de Bosmelet and Cabbages and Kings”. Also, application forms for joining the Friends of Du Château de Bosmelet.

RD/ENV/21 General environmental correspondence, 2000-2005

RD/ENV/22 Forty Minutes and Eyewatch, [undated] Contains 1 VHS and 1 DVD recording. Off-air television recording of the programme Forty Minutes which features “The Fishing Party” (ca.40 min.) This film was made by Paul Watson and winner of the Press Guild Award for best documentary. Followed by Anglia Television’s Eyewatch.The programme examines the benefit of parish maps. RD (representing Common Ground) is seen in a meeting with local parishioners and he is interviewed in Mellis. The villages of New Buckenham and Burston also feature. This clip is c.8mins (48:12 – 55:57).

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RD/GEN General Papers, Correspondence

RD/GEN/1 Letterheads, [undated] RD/GEN/2 Typesetting, [undated] RD/GEN/3 Addresses, [undated] RD/GEN/4 Diaries, 1980-2005? RD/GEN/5 Cards, postcards and artwork, 197?-2006 RD/GEN/6 Memorial leaflets, 1995-2004 RD/GEN/7 Correspondence, 1973-2006 RD/GEN/8 Invitations and table plans, 1998-2003 RD/GEN/9 General notes, [undated] RD/GEN/10 Colin Ward, 2003 RD/GEN/11 Walsall anarchists, 1892-2003 RD/GEN/12 Psychotherapy papers of Margot Waddell, [undated] RD/GEN/13 Citroën cars, 2001 RD/GEN/14 General photocopies, [undated] RD/GEN/15 General photocopies II, 1902, 1920, 197?-200?

RD/GEN/1 Letterheads, [undated] Contains headed stationery and samples from stationers. [Contained in 2 folders].

RD/GEN/2 Typesetting, [undated] Contains samples of different typefaces.

RD/GEN/3 Addresses, [undated] Contains xmas lists; general address lists; names to invite to the Bridewell Theatre; email addresses; business cards; and general scraps of contact details. [Contained in 4 folders]. See also RD/GEN/4.

RD/GEN/4 Diaries, 1980-2005? RD/GEN/4/1 Filofax diaries, 1985-2001 Also includes a filofax address list. [Contained in 5 folders]. RD/GEN/4/2 Other diaries, 1980-1984; 1999-2005?

Contains A4 diaries for 1980-1981, 1983-1984; and assorted desktop pads, 1999-2005?

RD/GEN/5 Cards, postcards and artwork, 197? - 2006 Includes Christmas, birthday and general cards; and postcards, some with a swimming theme.

RD/GEN/6 Memorial leaflets, 1995-2004 Contains leaflets for John, Lord Henniker; Lord Soper; Bruce Howell; and Andrew Lees.

RD/GEN/7 Correspondence, 1973-2006 RD/GEN/7/1 General correspondence, 2000 Concerns expenses claims at Random House; a letter from Dilly Barlow re a series of programmes on swimming through Britain; and the Twickenham Baths. RD/GEN/7/2 General correspondence, 2001 Concerns the BBC Natural World book prize.

RD/GEN/7/3 General correspondence, 2002 General correspondence including e-mails from, Mary Cane on Cornwall activities; notes on logging and a giant squid in Tasmania; and an ms on “Mr. Trubshaw” and “Purple Dolph”.

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RD/GEN/7/4 General correspondence, 2003 Contains general notes including a short poem “What’s you excuse …”; ms notes on blood; an e-mail from Rosamund Kidman-Cox of the BBC with Richard Mabey’s first column starting in March 2003; e-mails from Mary Cane on swimming organisations in Aarhus, Denmark and an AGM of the Pond Committee in Highgate; general correspondence from Carolyn Hart of The Telegraph; with Dot [Dorothy Porter]; a letter from David Nash offering his help with [Wildwood]; and an e-mail from Peter Adams of Windgrove on tree planting in Tasmania. RD/GEN/7/5 General correspondence, 2004 Contains correspondence (not all described here) from: Roger Cazalet (re: Nature’s Child); Pat Evans (re: Wordsworth); Neville Gabie (re: Essex coastline); Michael Hollington; Pater Hay, of Tasmania; Peter Thompson; National Maritime Museum, Cornwall; Simon Prosser, of Penguin Books (re: Port Eliot Literary Festival, Cornwall); Harriett (re: a visit from Dutch friends); Joe Gibbs; Leo; Richard; The Times; and comments on Waterlog. Web-page print-outs on green homes, and heating with wood chip. RD/GEN/7/6 General correspondence, 2005 RD/GEN/7/7 Letters from friends, April-August 2006 Contains letters of support for RD during his illness. Also, the odd note by RD. RD/GEN/7/8 General correspondence A-Z, 1973-2006 Academy Club (re: subscription), 1991 Aciman, Eli (telegram from RD re work in Turkey), 1973 Adams, Peter, of Tasmania, 2003-2006 Anson, Charles, Press Secretary to the Queen, (re: personal message of thanks), 1992 [Ashley], Steve, [undated] [Axon], Marianne, of Mexico, 1993 Axon, Tony (re: Joan Paguina, MD of a Spanish cork company), 2005 Barber, Lucy, 2003-2005. [See also letter written 16/8/2006 RD/GEN/7/1] Barker-Benfield (Ben), G.J., 1996-2006 Barlow, Dilly (re: 5x15 swimming programme), 2001 Barrell, Tony (personal friend of RD), 1997-2005 Big Breakfast, [undated] Bender, Barbara, 1996 Bernard, Oliver, of Kenninghall, 2001-2002 [Blackburn], Julia (re: biography on Daisy Bates – Australian journalist), [undated] Blacker, Terence, 1999-2005. [See also articles and e-mails scattered in RD/TW/5/1] Booker, Nicky & Chris, 200- Bradstreet, Derek (re: Redgrave & Lopham fen), 6/4/05 Brown, Janelle (re: restaurants on the fringe and thriving), [undated] Bryson, Bill, 2001 Campbell, Kate (re: death of Peter Campbell), 1989 Carter, Rebecca, of Chatto & Windus (re: the publishing of “Touching Wood”), 2001 Cheek, Mavis, 1996-1997 Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 2003 Christian Aid, 1990 Cleese, John, 1992 Collins, Shirley (re: manuscript of America Over the Water), 200- Copeman[?], John, 1990 Cornell, John (Solicitor), 2002 Danelly, Frances, of World Land Trust, 2002 Deakin, Gwendolin (RD writes to his mother while sailing the Greek islands; Gwendoline writes to her grandson – Rufus Deakin) Deakin, Rufus, 2002 Deeks, Gary, Headteacher of Mellis School (returns an item to RD), [undated]

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Ferlin, Sophie (of Paris), 1997 Gabriel, Hayden, 2001-2002 Gardens Illustrated (re Rosie Atkins’ change of job), 2002 Hall, Jane, 1989 Hart, Carolyn, of The Telegraph, (personal e-mails between RD and Carolyn), 2003 [Hart], Dulcie, [undated] [Hart], Erica, of Tipaut, France, 2002 Hastie, Alison, [undated] [Henniker], John, of Red House, Thornham Magna (re: conservation), 1984 Holmes, David (thank-you letter), 1995 Hooke Park College, Dorset (contacts’ details), 1990 [Ingles], Rose, of Norwich, (thank you letter), 2002 Juniper, Tony, (re Spix’s Macaw), 2002 Keech, Daniel, of Countryside (re: trips to the orchards of France & Spain; mentions Barrie Juniper), 2001 [Loftus], Irene & Si, 2005 Lord, Michael (M.P.) (re: postal service), 1998 Lowe, Roger, of Suffolk College, (re: proposed degree), 1985 Mabey, Richard (re: Whistling in the Dark & Diane Brierley writes to RD about Richard), 1993- 2002 MacFarlane, Robert (assorted correspondence; includes Orford Ness), 2003-2005 [Mann], Paul, of New York, 1984-1990 Martynoga, Fi (re: Scottish wildlife and trees), 2003 McKnight, Rory (thanks RD for a rocket motor boat), 1983 [Minet], Vicky, of Crabb’s Farm, [undated] Ministry of Defence (re: low flying helicopters), 1998 Motion, Andrew (thanks RD for speaking on a programme), 13/10/04 National Association of Writers in Education, 2002 Norwich Union (re: insurances), 1996 Permaculture Magazine (re: book order), 2003 Peterhouse Society (re: a gathering in 1999 and becoming a “friend”), 1999-2004 Poland, Caroline (re: Portuguese and English languages), 2002 Profile Books (re: The English Landscape), 2000 Roe, Sue, 1995-2006 Rolls, Eric, of Australia, 2003 Rowland, Phil, (re: RD’s uncle: Joseph Deakin), 2002-2003 Samaritans (RD is asked for a reference for Tony Axon), 2006 Seaman, Bill, Natural History Museum, 1989 Sinden, Neil (re: natural apple stamp and article on orchards), 1989 Smith, Jill (re: the promotion of Callanish, Isle of Lewis), [undated] Society of Authors, 1998-2005 Storry, Malcolm, 2001 [Surname unknown, William and Alison?], of Welbeck Abbey, Worksop (re: oaks and forests near Welbeck), 1995 [Surname unknown, ?] (re: opera and learning Arabic), 1997 [Surname unknown], Andy (re: RD dancing in his kitchen when the cops arrived), 2003 [Surname unknown], Anna, [undated] [Surname unknown], Brigid, John Lucy and Dominic, 1989 [Surname unknown], Caroline (re: environmental projects), 1990 [Surname unknown], Claudia, of Halesworth, 1990 [Surname unknown], David, of the National Theatre (thanks RD for his hospitality and a roast lamb at midnight), [undated] [Surname unknown], Emma (hand delivered letter by “Long Shanks”), [undated] [Surname unknown], Erica, 2000-2004 [Surname unknown], Holly (condolences on the death of RD’s mother), 1997 [Surname unknown], Irene, of Lisbon, (re: Portuguese environmental protection), 1990 [Surname unknown], Jane (copy of RD’s letter to Jane. RD mentions being proud of his uncle Joseph Deakin), 2002 [Surname unknown], Julie, of 12 Boscombe Rd, London, 1997 [Surname unknown], Laura, Will and Josh, 2000

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[Surname unknown], Lucy (instructions from RD for Lucy & friends to stay at Walnut Tree Farm), [undated] [Surname unknown], Meg, 1998-1999 [Surname unknown], Mike (of France and NSW; mentions Tony Barrell), [undated] [Surname unknown], Richard, of Chichester, [undated] [Surname unknown], Stella, of 30 Mount Ephraim Rd, Streatham, [undated] [Surname unknown], Stella, of Grey House, Lincombe Hill, Boars Hill, Oxford, [undated] Vintage, (letter of introduction from Publicity Editor, Geraldine D’Amico), 2003 Ward, Martin (re: Diss Express articles and layabouts at Barsham), 1976 Welbourn, Hebe, 2005 (re: Hoxne mill) Westbrook, Kate, 1993, 2004 Weston, Tony and Bundle, 1996 (see also RD/WLOG/1/4/9) Whitton, Margrethe (re: living & working in Afghanistan), 2003-2005 Worpole, Ken, 2005 Wright, Harry Cory (proposal for a photographic trip around the British Isles), 2006 Wright, Patrick, 2004 RD/GEN/7/9 Confidential correspondence A-Z. CLOSED Bailey, Lucy, 1996-1997 [Sharp], Tracy, 199? [Surname unknown], Jo, 1975 Waddell, Margot, 1985, 1993-1998

Shepherd’s Hut at Walnut Tree Farm

RD/GEN/8 Invitations and table plans, 1998-2003 Refers to general invitations.

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RD/GEN/9 General notes, [undated] Includes general notes written by RD on all sorts of thoughts, projects, articles, and activities he was busy with. Includes notes on “Touching Wood”; an upstairs sleeping plan (for RD’s home); notes on computing; notes on Heveningham Hall; expenses for a trip to Marakech with Margot Waddell; poor Australian jokes; and notes on various murders/conspiracies which mention Jane Stonehouse, Mary Maddocks, the Kennedy’s, Sebastian Brett, Greville Plugge, Sandra Rivett, Ruth Ellis, David Blakeley, Clare Clifford, etc.

RD/GEN/10 Colin Ward, 2003 Colin Ward was an anarchist, and editor of the newspaper Freedom and the journal Anarchy. This file contains a script of David Goodway interviewing Ward, printouts from Ward’s webpage, and preparations for Mike Dibb (film-maker) and RD to visit and talk with Ward at his Suffolk home. [See also RD/GEN]

RD/GEN/11 Walsall anarchists, 1892-2003 Contains printed material of the Walsall anarchists, some being supplied to RD by Colin Ward. Includes copies of The Walsall Observer and South Staffordshire Chronicle which reported on the 1892 trial of the anarchists. [Joseph Deakin was Secretary of the Walsall Socialist Club in 1891, and RD’s Great Uncle]. [See also RD/GEN/10; RD/NOTE/5 which contains two notebooks on the Walsall anarchists and connections with the Deakin family; RD/PER/5 and RD/TW/5/1/10].

RD/GEN/12 Psychotherapy papers of Margot Waddell, [undated] Margot Waddell was RD’s former partner and psychotherapist. Includes “Modes of Thought in Psychoanalytic Therapy”, by Margot Waddell; papers on marriage and personal identity; and a creativity paper which also mentions Wilfred Bion. These papers she shared with RD. [Contained in 2 folders]. See also RD/GEN/Waddell; RD/ENV/16 Psychology and Environmentalism; and film passed to the East Anglian Film Archive (EAFA) on Wilfred Bion.

RD/GEN/13 Citroën cars, 2001 Contains web-site print-outs of mascots designed by René Lalique for classic Citroën cars. RD had a passion for Citroën cars. Insurance policies refer to 1982 and 1986 Citroëns (See RD/GEN/Norwich Union). In an article “Private View”, Gardens Illustrated, RD refers to “a trio of composting retired Citroën Safaris in the hedge”. See also RD/WLOG/2/29 for notes on RD’s trip to Cornwall in his Citroën.

RD/GEN/14 General photocopies, [undated] Contains an assortment of photocopied extracts: John Cowper Powys (autobiography). Ted Hughes, “A Memorial Address on Henry Williamson. St Martin’s in the Field”. Hugo Williams, “Freelance” (re: swimming). G.M. Trevelyan “Walking”. J.B. Priestley, All About Ourselves and Other Essays. Sylvia Townsend Warner (re: Stowe) T.H. White: A Biography. T.H. White, England Have My Bones. “Must England’s Beauty Perish? A Plea for the National Trust”.

RD/GEN/15 General photocopies II, 1902, 1920, 197?-200? One ring-binder containing miscellaneous photocopies: Motoring mascots including those designed by Louis Lejeune. A history of Iken, Suffolk, 1953 onwards. A history of Canvey Island.

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A preface by J.Y. Cousteau for Michel Odent’s Water and Sexuality; “Here’s Where it all Begins Over Again: An Introduction to Inventing Waterfalls”. Poem: “A Bicycle by the Sea”. Chapters from a book on Gustav Courbet, “Proudhon’s Death 1865-6” and “Towards a New Struggle 1867-9”. Extracts on George Borrow. Sand artistry of Frederick Bultitude. Fenland skating. Can Jane Eyre be Happy?, by John Sutherland. Examines how good a swimmer was Abel Magwitch, from Great Expectations. “Dancing Ledge”, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 2/8/1902 (re: bathing on the Dorset coast) “The Yellow Dingo”, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 10/2/1923. “Hampton Court and the Dittons Amateur Regatta”, The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 14/8/1920.

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RD/LIT Lectures and General Writing, 1918-2006

RD/LIT/1 Lectures, talks, courses & festivals, 1990-2006 RD/LIT/2 Advertisement and product literature copywriting, 1918-2005 RD/LIT/3 Newspaper and journal writing, 1973-1980, 1996-2006 RD/LIT/4 Book and essay writing, 1994-2005 RD/LIT/5 Review writing, 1987-2005 RD/LIT/6 Other works, 1984-2006? RD/LIT/7 Poetry, [undated]

RD/LIT/1 Lectures, talks, courses & festivals, 1990-2006

RD/LIT/1/1 Lectures, talks, courses, [undated] RD/LIT/1/2 Schumacher College, 2001-2002 RD/LIT/1/3 Schumacher College, 2004-2006 RD/LIT/1/4 The Arvon Foundation, 2000-2001 RD/LIT/1/5 Ways With Words Literature Festival, 1992-2005 RD/LIT/1/6 Words by the Water, 2001 RD/LIT/1/7 Cumbria talks, 2003 RD/LIT/1/8 Henleaze Swimming Club talk, 1997 RD/LIT/1/9 Waterlog talk, [undated] RD/LIT/1/10 Wood & Water talks, 1990-1999 RD/LIT/1/11 Other festivals and literary events, 2000-2005 RD/LIT/1/1 Lectures, talks, courses, [undated] Contains a script entitled: “The Weeds and the Wilderness”, by RD; a script of a talk given by RD and introduced by Stephen Love; lecture notes on waste matters and the film American Beauty; notes on I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead; and a letter to a Year 10 English class on writing. RD/LIT/1/2 Schumacher College, 2001-2002 (File 1) Contains background papers and correspondence to the courses at Schumacher College, Dartington Hall. The college is an international centre for ecological studies. RD and Freya Matthews present “Everyday Magic: Bringing the Landscape Alive”, October 6-25, 2002. (File 2) Contains print-outs of supportive teaching materials. These are mainly excerpts from Waterlog. Includes an article by Richard Mabey “Living as if Nature Mattered”, and excerpts from Waterlog including “Porges and the Slow-Worms”; “Bicycles”; “It Began in the Moat …”; “Wild Swimming”; a review for the Guardian on Microcosmos; “Streams of Consciousness – the Poetry of Rivers”; “Crabwise Through Cromer”, an article for the Telegraph; “Maps of the Human Heart”, for the Independent; Dartmoor; and miscellaneous poems. (File 3) Contains stories, essays and poems submitted for a Dartington competition in 2001. One poem is entitled “For the Love of Cornish Apples”. RD/LIT/1/3 Schumacher College, 2004-2006 Contains background papers, correspondence and supportive teaching materials for the course presented by RD, “Woods and Words”, 19-24 June 2005. RD/LIT/1/4 The Arvon Foundation, 2000-2001 RD/LIT/1/5 Ways With Words Literature Festival, 1992-2005 RD/LIT/1/6 Words by the Water, 2001 Contains ms by RD [as background material for his talks] at the Cumbrian Literature Festival, Keswick, 2001. The festival was organised by Ways With Words. Contains brochures on the festival and RD’s writings which can also be found elsewhere in the collection. Includes: an introduction and proposal to “Touching Wood”; Waterlog (it

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began in the moat …); “Extras – garden”; “The Importance of Pottering”; “First Fruit”; “Working Together for the Arts, consultation meeting at Newbury”; “Rivers and Poems”; “Wild Swimming”; Bicycles”; “Dartmoor”; a letter to Year 10 English Class; poems: “The Ghost of Dead Energy”; and an article by Derek Griffiths “Swimming the Lakes”, published in Conserving Lakeland, 2001. RD/LIT/1/7 Cumbria Talks, 2003 Contains various ms being background papers for “Wood Talk” or “Words by the Water” [a literary festival organised by Ways With Words]. Copies of most of these papers can be found elsewhere in the collection. Included are “A Birdsong Summit”; notes on a visit to Prague (see also RD/LIT/3/14, RD/TW/5/13 and RD/PHO); “Decoding Dartmoor” for The Character of the English Countryside (Profile Books, 2000); “Lisbon Natural Break”, BBC Wildlife Magazine; “The Poetry of Orchards”, The Independent, 2000; “The Home Fire”, Country Living, 2002; and poems: “Walk Tall”, “Chatham Dockyard”, “Barrow Poem”, “A Greenwood Chair”. RD/LIT/1/8 Henleaze Swimming Club talk, 1997 Contains RD’s ms notes for a talk at the AGM, and correspondence concerning his visit. RD/LIT/1/9 Waterlog talk, [undated] Contains ms notes for a talk. RD/LIT/1/10 Wood & water talks, 1990-1999 Contains scripts and notes for talks on the theme of wood or water. Includes extracts “Learning to Swim in the River Cary, Somerset”, by Evelyn Buckland; “Streams of Consciousness – the poetry of rivers”; “In a Feral State”; “The Stones of the Place”; “Flight South”; “Dark Horses: Environmental Education and English Teaching”; “The Weeds and the Wilderness”; “Written in Water”, a Telegraph piece – draft on Waterlog; and a poem “The Good-Morrow”. RD/LIT/1/11 Other festivals and literary events, 2000-2005 Includes the Aldeburgh Literary Weekend, Robert Fergusson Supper, Norfolk County Council literary event at Diss Library, Ilkley Literature Festival, Bryanston Society Midsummer Party, Harleston & Waveney Festival.

RD/LIT/2 Advertisement and product literature copywriting, 1918-2005 See also the Oversize box which has assorted advertisement posters. RD/LIT/2/1 Charge card advertisements, 1985-1987 RD/LIT/2/2 Living with a Real Fire, 1987 RD/LIT/2/3 Maxwell Batley Solicitors, 1987 RD/LIT/2/4 Sheridan’s Solicitors, 1989 RD/LIT/2/5 “The Ride of Life”, 1989-1990 RD/LIT/2/6 W. & J. Graham’s Port – advertisement, 1999 RD/LIT/2/7 Selective – the cashmere catalogue, 1999-2000 RD/LIT/2/8 Green Shoes, 2005 RD/LIT/2/9 Country clothes, 1918-2001 RD/LIT/2/10 A-Z couriers, [undated] RD/LIT/2/1 Charge card advertisements, 1985-1987 Contains RD’s drafts and correspondence for charge card literature for Laura Ashley and French Connections’ “white card”. RD was working in conjunction with Gary Rowland Associates. Also includes a 1985 invoice. RD/LIT/2/2 Living with a Real Fire, 1987 Contains drafts and final copies of a brochure Living with a Real Fire, a SFAS (Solid Fuel Advisory Service) publication written by RD. [EAFA holds documentation relating

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to the video Living with a Real Fire, directed by RD; Agency: ASL Lane; Production Co.: John Bull Films Ltd; Producer: Lyndsay Meiklejohn]. RD/LIT/2/3 Maxwell Batley Solicitors, 1987 Contains RD’s draft text for a brochure for this solicitor’s firm. RD/LIT/2/4 Sheridans Solicitors, 1989 Contains faxed publicity material for this media, entertainment and leisure industry law firm. The literature has been edited [by RD?]. RD/LIT/2/5 “The Ride of Life”, 1989-1990 “The Ride of Life” was a cabaret mechanical theatre in Covent Garden which visitors would travel round sitting on a sofa. Included are RD’s drafts for the theatre’s publicity material, photocopied posters (Oversize), and a What’s On in London leaflet. RD/LIT/2/6 W. & J. Graham’s Port – advertisement, 1999 Contains drafts and correspondence for the advertisement of this award winning port. RD/LIT/2/7 Selective – the cashmere catalogue, 1999-2000 RD and Gary Rowland Associates prepare an advertising campaign for Selective. Includes correspondence and draft material. RD/LIT/2/8 Green Shoes, 2005 RD was asked by his former partner, Alison Hastie, to look over the content of the Green Shoes’ website. Included is correspondence, drafts, and product literature. Green Shoes is an environmentally friendly, hand-made shoe company based in Devon. RD/LIT/2/9 Country clothes, 1918-2001 Contains RD’s ms notes for advertisements and articles for country clothing, some of which were published in Countryman. Includes brochures from various suppliers and a 1918 copy of the Landswoman. Brand names include The J. Peterman Company, Pees Poor Ridge Farm, Cordings, Thomas Pink, Oui, and Alfred Dunhill. RD/LIT/2/10 A-Z Couriers, [undated] Contains RD’s advertising drafts for services offered by A-Z Couriers.

RD/LIT/3 Newspaper and journal writing, 1973-1980, 1996-2006 RD/LIT/3/1 Open Democracy, 1999-2006 RD/LIT/3/2 Shoes – The Countryman, 2001 RD/LIT/3/3 “Crabwise Through Cromer”. The Telegraph, 2001 RD/LIT/3/4 “Common Sense”. The Independent, 2001 RD/LIT/3/5 BBC Wildlife Magazine, 1997-2004 RD/LIT/3/6 Fens skating, 2000-2002 RD/LIT/3/7 Country Living Magazine, 2002-2005 RD/LIT/3/8 Resurgence, 2002-2003 RD/LIT/3/9 Moats, 2000-2001 RD/LIT/3/10 Wild Swimming, 1999 RD/LIT/3/11 “Sea Swimming”, 2004 RD/LIT/3/12 “Lost Lidos”. Daily Telegraph Travel, [2000?] RD/LIT/3/13 Lisbon, 1999 RD/LIT/3/14 “Uked”. Telegraph Travel [undated] RD/LIT/3/15 “Planet Earth”. Financial Times column, [undated] RD/LIT/3/16 Press-cuttings and journal articles by, or featuring, RD, 1974, 1989- 2001 RD/LIT/3/17 RD Features, 1996-2004 RD/LIT/3/18 Waveney Clarion, 1973-1980

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RD/LIT/3/1 Open Democracy, 1999-2006 Contains e-mail correspondence with Ken Worpole and drafts of RD’s articles for the online debating forum of contemporary ideas. RD is asked to write on the quantity and quality of open waters in Britain, and the forces which make them unavailable to swimmers. This resulted in the articles “It will all Come Out in the Wash”, and “Towards Ennistone”. Other articles included are: “Clean Up or Clear Out”, (Eastern Europe’s environment), The Economist, 11/12/99; “On the Edge”, The Economist, 23/5/98; and “Stockholm Woodland Cemetery”, by Ken Worpole, 23/1/03. Also included is a photocopy of Michael Hollington’s “Wemmick’s Pig: Notes on the Recycling Economies of Great Expectations”, Qwerty, no.9, Oct 1999. RD/LIT/3/2 Shoes – The Countryman, 2001 Contains drafts and research material for an article written by RD, entitled “Country Shoes”, for The Countryman; as well as a final revised version of “Renaissance of the Local Shoemaker”, also for The Countryman. Included is a draft for The New Yorker entitled “A Whiff of Peat”. The article examines well-worn garments. RD/LIT/3/3 “Crabwise Through Cromer”, 2001 Contains RD’s submission article for the Telegraph and background material including pieces on the history of Cromer. Also included is a 1996 ms article “Clacton, Jaywick and the Blackwater. The Essex Riviera”. RD/LIT/3/4 “Common Sense”, The Independent, 2001 Contains RD’s ms article on property rights concerning Mellis Common. The article was prepared for The Independent. RD/LIT/3/5 BBC Wildlife Magazine, 1997-2004 Contains drafts and notes for RD’s articles to BBC Wildlife Magazine:

- “Natural Break”, concerning the North Norfolk coast. - “A Swim on the Wild Side”. - “Natural Classics”, a review by RD of his favourite classic. - “Paradise Lost”, concerning SSSI (Sites of special scientific interest). - “Brownsea Island”. [Separate file]. - “Australia – an Explorer’s Guide”

This includes RD’s ms contribution to Explorer’s Guide to the Australian Outback; background material printed from webpages; and an example or template by James Fair (BBC) of his trip to Tanzania. [Separate file].

- Reviews written by RD for BBC Wildlife Magazine, include: - Granite Song, by Peter Randall-Page and Chris Chapman (reviewed by

Daniel Chapman). - Modern Wildlife Art, by Nicholas Hammond. - Reason for Hope, by Jane Goodall. - Plants for a Future, by Ken Fern. - Making a Difference (a French natural-history film). - The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

A third file contains RD’s article for the Wildlife Art Awards, 2001, also included are poetry submissions for this award; and an article by RD entitled “Finding a Painting in a Field”, 2002. A fourth file contains details of a writing competition to which RD, Richard Mabey and Simon Barnes travelled in Dorchester. Includes extracts from Cyril Connolly’s Unquiet Grave and Rose Macaulay’s Fabled Shore. Mentioned on the file cover is Norman Douglas’ Siren Land (not included).

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RD/LIT/3/6 Fens skating, 2000-2004 Contains draft articles and research papers for RD’s articles: “On Ice”. Country Living Magazine, 11/5/02. “Fenland Skating”. The Countryman, 2000. Also includes a copy of Rob’s Directory of Cold Places, by Rob Fryer. A skating chapter from Rob’s Directory of Cool Places. A wild skaters guide to fens, washes & a few places abroad including Elfstedentocht. Farleigh & District Swimming Club, 2004. See also the Oversize box for a poster from Queens Ice Skating Club. RD/LIT/3/7 Country Living Magazine, 2002-2005 Contains drafts and background material for articles: “The Best Thing About Winter” (2002). “Michaelmas” (2003). “The Yule Log” (2003). “Hermes in a Red Van”, a letter to the village postman of Mellis, Frank Gooderham, on his retirement, (2003). Correspondence re Clive Davies and Mary Newcomb, 2005. RD/LIT/3/8 Resurgence, 2001-2003 Folder one contains ms of RD’s article “A Sense of Place” for Resurgence. RD finds his sense of place in a cosy cabin. Also included is an emailed review by RD of Richard Jefferies’ At Home on the Earth. A second folder contains an article “A Literature of Place” by Barry Lopez which examines nature writing; and ms notes by RD on “A Place on Earth” with descriptions and quotations on America and Australia; and notes reviewing a book on urine, for Resurgence. RD/LIT/3/9 Moats, 2000-2001 Contains draft articles of RD’s original article entitled “Moats”, also photocopied press-cuttings of RD’s article “Moats” or “Ring of Bright Water”, Gardens Illustrated, and “In a Ring of Bright Water”, The Independent Weekend Review, 16/9/00. Also included are background published excerpts Suffolk moated halls; moated houses of England; boundary ditches; and an article by Ronald Blythe on the artist John Nash’s garden. RD/LIT/3/10 Wild Swimming, 1999 Contains notes and draft articles on wild swimming for The Independent, 19/5/99. Also entitled “Take a Swim on the Wild Side”. See also RD/WLOG/1/8/1 for the published press article: “Take the Plunge. Wild Swimming”. (Cover feature. Water World). (Oversize). RD/LIT/3/11 “Sea Swimming”, 2004 Contains a draft article, correspondence and notes for RD’s article for Coast magazine. RD/LIT/3/12 “Lost Lidos”. Daily Telegraph Travel, [2000?] Contains ms. [Published as Summertime Blues. The Daily Telegraph. Travel, 17/7/00]. RD/LIT/3/13 Lisbon, 1999 Lisbon feature proposal for the Financial Times, Guardian, Daily Mail, Independent on Sunday, and Daily Telegraph. Includes miscellaneous papers from RD’s visit to Portugal in October 1999. [See also small notebook no.4 - marked Lisbon].

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RD/LIT/3/14 “Uked”. Telegraph Travel, [undated] Contains a ms article written for the Telegraph Travel on RD’s journey by rail from Prague to Lviv in the Ukraine. Also, a biography of the Ukrainians, a musician group. See also RD/PHO; RD/TW/5/13 and RD/LIT/1/7. RD/LIT/3/15 “Planet Earth”. Financial Times column, [undated] Contains a proposal for the column; and press-cuttings. None being written by RD.

RD’s writing desk at Walnut Tree Farm

RD/LIT/3/16 Press-cuttings and journal articles by RD, or featuring RD, 1974, 1989-2001 “Creative Director Leaves Interlink”, by Doreen King. Adweek, 2/8/74. “Growing Interest in Nature’s Giants”, [undated]. “Paradise Lost”. Wildlife, 2/91. “The Riches We Ignore”. Financial Times, 9/12/89. “When the Common Becomes Uncommon”. Mercury Series, Ipswich, 11/1/90 (includes a photo of RD in the moat of Mellis Common). “Thorny Problem of Saving the Hedgerows”, by David Green. East Anglian Daily Times, 1/2/90. (Includes a photograph of RD on his “golden mile” of hedgerow; and ms notes by RD “Living with a Mile of Hedge”). “Maps of the Human Heart”. The Independent, 13/5/96. “Private View”. Gardens Illustrated, 1999. Spiked Magazine, 1999 (on cycling). “The Plight of the Bumblebee”. Wildlife, May 1981 and The Independent, 23/6/01. “Still a Boy’s Own World”. Telegraph Travel, 4/8/01. “Teacher’s Notes” (faxed draft for WWF article), 1990.

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RD/LIT/3/17 RD Features, 1996-2004 One ring-binder containing press-cuttings and copies: “Ebb & Flow”. Artpoint. (Article by RD on Peter Randall-Page’s art sculpture). “On Swimming”. Times Weekend Review, 3/8/04. “Turkey, Fish and Gutta Percha on Ice”. The Independent Weekend Review, 13/1/01. “In a Ring of Bright Water”. The Independent Weekend Review, 16/9/00. “More Brogue than Vogue”. The Independent Weekend Review, 17/3/01. “Fenland Skating”. The New Yorker, 15/2/01. “Still a Boy’s Own World”. Telegraph Travel, 4/8/01. “If the Shoe Fits It’ll be Made by Hand”. The Independent Weekend Review, 16/6/01. “Is This for the Common Good?” The Independent Weekend Review, 26/5/01. “Great Expectations from a Pip”. The Independent Weekend Review, 28/10/00. “The Water Road”. Review by RD of Paul Gogarty’s book.The Telegraph, 8/11/02 (and on-line 16/11/02). “The Plight of the Bumblebee”. The Independent, 23/6/01. “A Letter to the Postman”. “Ring of Bright Water”. Extract from Gardens Illustrated. “The Water Gardener”. Private View. “Summertime Blues”. (RD on lidos). The Daily Telegraph. Travel, 17/7/00. “Zen and the Art of Andy Goldsworthy”. “Review. Végétal. Theatre de la Ville, Paris”. The Independent. Section two, 12/3/96. “Natural Classic”. RD’s best wildlife-book classics. BBC Wildlife, 3/97. [See entire journal copy]. “BBC Wildlife Art Award 2001”. Nik Pollard. (RD judged this competition). “Writing in Water”. Sunday Telegraph Review, 26/5/99. “The Pool of Life”. The Guardian, 7/7/97. “Roger Deakin on the Wonderful World of Microcosmos”, 5/5/97. “Maps of the Human Heart”. The Independent Section Two, 13/5/96. “Waving Not Drowning”, 11/6/00. “Hero Sunk By a Lust for Stardom”. (RD reviews The Crossing by Kathy Watson). “From Passion to Mal de Mer”. RD pursues the goggle-fishers into the new world they found under the oceans. (Review of Stars Beneath the Sea, by Trevor Norton). Guardian, 14/8/99. “Whirl pull”. Sunday Herald, 15/10/00. “Stupidity”, by RD. Offprint from Dumbing Down, ed. Ivo Mosley. “Things”. Spiked Magazine, 1999 (on cycling). “Our End is Nigh”. Life’s too short for longevity, says RD. (Review of The Book of Life, by Andrew Jackson). Guardian, 31/7/99. “Rivers” (draft), 22/10/99. RD/LIT/3/18 Waveney Clarion, 1973-1980 The Waveney Clarion was the community newspaper of the Waveney Valley which RD helped write, plan and distribute. Contains assorted copies, from 1976-1980. A full run of this journal is available at the Millenium Library in Norwich. Also includes copies of Coypu Comix, no.1, (1973), with a reference to the Waveney Clarion.

RD/LIT/4 Book and essay writing, 1994-2005

RD/LIT/4/1 Proposal for The Allotment Book, 1994 RD/LIT/4/2 Vox Pop (culture and the mass media), 1999-2000 RD/LIT/4/3 Dartmoor, 1999-2000 RD/LIT/4/4 Peter Randall-Page - water sculpture, 2003-2004 RD/LIT/4/5 The River’s Voice: An Anthology of Poetry, foreword by RD, 1999-2000 RD/LIT/4/6 Landscape into Literature: A Writers’ Anthology. Kay Dunbar, ed., 2005 RD/LIT/4/7 Desktop ring-binder, [undated]

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RD/LIT/4/1 Proposal for The Allotment Book, 1994 Contains transcripts of 1991 interviews [for the half-hour documentary programme Ballad of the Ten Rod Plot, broadcast by Anglia Television in 1992 (repeated June 1993); music was composed by Mike Westbrook; interviewees include Colin Ward, Roy Lacey and Ronald Blythe] and notes for a proposed book which was never published. Included in the film is an introduction to The Grigorovich Ballet of the Bolshoi Theatre. RD/LIT/4/2 Vox Pop (culture and the mass media), 1999-2000 Contains correspondence and drafts for RD’s article on the lottery for Vox Pop, a collection of essays edited by Ivo Mosley. RD and other contributors examine the ascendancy of a new global mono-culture. RD likens the playing of the lottery to the title of Dr Feelgood’s album Stupidity. He also adopts Stupidity as the title for his submission. Also included is an article entitled “Usk: The Stones of the Place”, it examines stones along the river Usk and the unknown origin of the stone outside Safeway supermarket in Diss. The article concludes: “Everything about supermarket culture is non-specific. Things come from ‘the farm’ or ‘the sea’, but very rarely from anywhere in particular. The boulder might just as well have landed from Mars on the dazed populace, like the supermarket itself”. Another variation of this article “Who Rolled the Stone” is also included. RD/LIT/4/3 Dartmoor, 1999-2000 Contains RD’s essay submission “Decoding Dartmoor for The Character of the English Countryside”, a joint publication by Profile Books Ltd and the Countryside Agency. Also included are some general ms notes on Dartmoor; a list of Devon and Cornwall apple varieties; Devon community composting; and notes on Chagford, a village on the eastern fringes of Dartmoor. [Contained in 2 folders]. RD/LIT/4/4 Peter Randall-Page - water sculpture, 2003-2004 Contains RD’s notes and ms for an essay on Peter Randall-Page’s water sculpture “Ebb & Flow”. The essay was written for Artpoint’s book publication with Black Dog publishers Reviews: Artists and Public Space. The sculpture forms part of the Newbury Town Trail. Included are correspondence, post-cards and leaflets. RD/LIT/4/5 The River’s Voice: An Anthology of Poetry, foreword by RD, 1999- 2000 Contains a draft for the foreword for this book edited by Angela King and Sue Clifford for Common Ground and Green Books; also a copy of the published foreword. RD/LIT/4/6 Landscape into Literature: A Writers’ Anthology. Kay Dunbar, ed., 2005 Contains a photocopy of a chapter written by RD, entitled “Trainspottering”. Landscape into Literature was edited by Kay Dunbar. Other inserts are entitled “First Sheds. Cosy Cabins” and “Staying Put”. RD/LIT/4/7 Desktop ring-binder, [undated] Contains a ring-binder marked up as “Desktop”. Includes miscellaneous creative writing pieces. “David Baldwin and I are digging a hole to Australia …” “Cubs” (re: Cubs jamboree when RD was a boy) RD writes to Dot (Dorothy) Porter on Keats “Extras: the carving of school desks is a branch of folk-art …” Text of a play with characters: Astroff, Helena, Voitski and Sonia A note on David Nash Miscellaneous descriptions of trees “Grasshopper” “Hedgehog”

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“At Leatherarse Gully” (Australia, 22/4/00) “Microscopic” (re: insects) Vladimir Nabokov (re: moths) “Pottering” “Sticks” “Sprouts” (re: Brussels sprouts) “125” (re landscape artist Jayne [Davies/ or Ivimey] drawing the spinney on the common in charcoal), 19/9/03 Woods Notes on the Schumacher “Woods and Words” course by RD. See also RD/LIT/1/2 and RD/LIT/1/3

RD/LIT/5 Review writing, 1987-2005 RD/LIT/5/1 World of Information, 1987 RD/LIT/5/2 The Rites of Autumn, 1989 RD/LIT/5/3 Végétal (Theatre de la Ville, Paris), 1996 RD/LIT/5/4 Wood, Andy Goldsworthy, 1996 RD/LIT/5/5 Microcosmos, 1997 RD/LIT/5/6 New writing, June/July 1999 RD/LIT/5/7 Barbara Kingsolver, 2000-2001 RD/LIT/5/8 Birders, Tales of a Tribe, 2001 RD/LIT/5/9 The Forgiveness of Nature: the Story of Grass, Graham Harvey, 2001 RD/LIT/5/10 Kim Taplin, 1989 RD/LIT/5/11 General, 1999-2005 RD/LIT/5/1 World of Information, 1987 Contains general correspondence from the Editorial Director and guidance for reviewers. RD/LIT/5/2 The Rites of Autumn, 1989 Contains drafts of RD’s preview for this book by Dan O’Brien. RD/LIT/5/3 Végétal (Theatre de la Ville, Paris), 1996-1997 Contains RD’s review article for this performance, a collaboration between British artist Andy Goldsworthy and the ballet Atlantiques resident choreographer Régine Chopinot. The article was published in The Independent, 12/3/96. Includes notes, ms and a theatre programme. Also included is a review of Végétal by Richard Mabey in BBC Wildlife Magazine. RD/LIT/5/4 Wood, Andy Goldsworthy, 1996 Contains a press release for Wood (Viking, 1996), RD’s published review, and his ms entitled “Zen and the Art of Andy Goldsworthy”. Also included are pamphlets on Goldsworthy’s sculptured chalk stone trail on the South Downs, and postcards of Goldsworthy’s artwork. RD/LIT/5/5 Microcosmos, 1997 Contains reviews of this French film by RD for The Guardian. Microcosmos was directed by Claude Nuridsanay and Marie Perennou. Includes a notebook. RD/LIT/5/6 New writing, June/July 1999 Contains mainly review writing submissions by RD for the Guardian. Reviews for the Guardian include: The Book of Life, Andrew Jackson; Stars Beneath the Sea, Trevor Norton; Departures and Arrivals and Learning the Ropes, by Eric Newby. Other pieces of writing include a review on Stephen Turner’s catalogue; a piece by RD for Vintage tenth anniversary diary entitled “The High Board”; a piece headed “Track Record”; and a piece on RD’s childhood, “Porges and the Slow Worms” for Radio 4 Home Truths.

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RD/LIT/5/7 Barbara Kingsolver, 2000-2001 Contains a collection of press reviews of Barbara Kingsolver’s writings, including Poisonwood Bible; a draft article for BBC Wildlife Magazine, 29/6/01; and a partly transcribed interview of Barbara Kingsolver by RD on behalf of BBC Wildlife Magazine at the Waldorf Hotel, 18/6/01. RD/LIT/5/8 Birders, Tales of a Tribe, 2001 Contains RD’s review article and background papers to Mark Cocker’s Birders, Tales of a Tribe for BBC Wildlife Magazine. The book takes a close look at twitchers and bird enthusiasts. RD/LIT/5/9 The Forgiveness of Nature: the Story of Grass, Graham Harvey, 2001 Contains RD’s notes and drafts for review articles for The Guardian and BBC Wildlife Magazine. RD/LIT/5/10 Kim Taplin, 1989 Contains a letter from Green Magazine requesting RD to send a review for Tongues in Trees by Kim Taplin. Also includes water-damaged papers of RD’s review for Trees, Weeds and the Wilderness, and a letter to Angela entitled “Pity the Tree”, 5/4/89. RD/LIT/5/11 General, 1999-2005 Contains other general requests for RD to provide reviews and/or contributions to literary works; includes edited text by RD on a review of Michael Pollard’s Botany of Desire, BBC Wildlife, March 2003.

RD/LIT/6 Other works, 1984-2006?

RD/LIT/6/1 The Boggle: a Horrible Tale for Children in Verse [undated] RD/LIT/6/2 Australia: a biography [undated] RD/LIT/6/3 John Payne poems, [undated] RD/LIT/6/4 Mavis Cheek, 1997-1998 RD/LIT/6/5 Ken Worpole, 1997-1999 RD/LIT/6/6 Annette Kobak, 1984-2001 RD/LIT/6/7 Sue Roe – limited edition of poems, 2002 RD/LIT/6/8 Sue Roe - book proposal, 2006? RD/LIT/6/9 W.G. Sebald, 2001-2003 RD/LIT/6/10 “Smoke-Bells and Bricks”, 2004 RD/LIT/6/11 Alice Oswald, 2005 RD/LIT/6/12 “The Turtle: Belize City” [undated] RD/LIT/6/13 “Letter from Yale”, Helena Echlin [undated] RD/LIT/6/14 A.S. Byatt, Babel Tower, 1997 RD/LIT/6/1 The Boggle: a Horrible Tale for Children in Verse [undated] Typescript of Nicholas Salaman’s tale. RD/LIT/6/2 Australia: a biography [undated] Ms by Eric Rolls. This ms was a story sent by Rolls to Granta, but not used. Rolls was “extremely disappointed that he did not use it because it gives a picture of Australia now unknown anywhere”. RD/LIT/6/3 John Payne poems [undated] A folder of simple photocopied ms poems. The file cover indicates that the poems came from Roof Hutton, Kirkby Lonsdale in Cumbria. RD/LIT/6/4 Mavis Cheek, 1997-1998 Contains scripts written by Mavis Cheek for Radio Four programme Home Truths. Scripts include “Wrongfoot Syndrome” and “Valuable Old Ruins”. Also included is an article “Sex in Our Time”, The Times; and a letter from Cheek to RD.

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RD/LIT/6/5 Ken Worpole, 1999 Includes a press article “Welcome to the Pleasuredome”, New Times on-line, 19/4/00. Worpole challenges new Labour to embrace a great British tradition – fun. [Worpole was editor of Richer Futures, a collection of essays in honour of Colin Ward, published by Earthscan, 1999]. RD/LIT/6/6 Annette Kobak, 1984-2001 Contains photocopies of printed reviews and a fax sent to RD by Kobak in which she copies a letter written to her by her father (the subject of which is Kobak’s book: Joe’s War: My Father Decoded); also a review by Kobak of A Bone House by Betsy Tobin. RD/LIT/6/7 Sue Roe – limited edition of poems, 2002 A handmade compilation of illustrated poems on the theme of “The artist at work”. Contents: Muse. – Pose. – Light. - Tulips for Gertrude Stein. [See also RD/LIT/7]. RD/LIT/6/8 Sue Roe - book proposal, 2006? Proposal entitled: “The Private Lives of the Impressionists”. Contains a few editing marks by RD. [The book was subsequently published in 2006 under the same title; Sue Roe was a former lecturer in Creative writing at UEA]. Also included is a draft article by RD “Last Exit to Chagford”, for The Independent, 13/6/01. RD/LIT/6/9 W.G. Sebald, 2001-2003 Contains RD’s thoughts on the author W.G. Sebald, book reviews and obituaries. RD/LIT/6/10 “Smoke-Bells and Bricks”, 2004 Typescript of Joe Richards’ book. Richards, who doesn’t know RD, asks RD to suggest some direction for his script. RD/LIT/6/11 Alice Oswald, 2005 Contains a hand-printed copy of Tree Ghosts, poems by Alice Oswald, 2005. RD/LIT/6/12 “The Turtle: Belize City”, [undated] Contains ms of Belize travel writing by Andrew C. RD/LIT/6/13 “Letter from Yale”, Helena Echlin [undated] Concerns the studying of English at Yale. RD/LIT/6/14 A.S. Byatt, Babel Tower, 1997 Contains a faxed extract from Babel Tower.

RD/LIT/7 Poetry, [undated] RD/LIT/7/1 Poetry folder RD/LIT/7/2 Poetry by others RD/LIT/7/3 Poetry by RD RD/LIT/7/4 Poems RD/LIT/7/5 Poems – Andy Bell RD/LIT/7/1 Poetry folder Contains a folder of assorted poetry writing, some handwritten. By RD: “John Cowper Clarke …”; “The Visit”; “The Wheelbarrow”; “Birthday”; “P.M. (Paul Mann)”. By others: “The Eaton Boating Song”. RD/LIT/7/2 Poetry by others Contain assorted poetry, mainly by Sue Roe; Tony Weston and Helen Kidd. A few are by Dorothy Porter, Stella Davis, Jeremy Over, E.E. Cummings, and Lawrence Sail.

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Also “A Saucey Tale for Apple Day” by James Crowden. Some of the works are written for RD. [Contained in one ring-binder]. [See also RD/LIT/6/7]. RD/LIT/7/3 Poetry by RD Poems by RD include “The Green Wheelbarrow”; “Shed 3, Chatham Dockyard”; “The Cardigan”; “A Greenwood Chair”; “Oh what a joy to be a simple coypu …” ; “Are Such Things Possible?”; “Local Disstinctiveness” [sic]; “Weasel Words”; “Dreamtime – the Unimog Song”; “Waking Up”; “The Bold Navigator”; “Fire”; “Train Journey”. [Contained in one ring-binder]. (See also RD/GEN/12). RD/LIT/7/4 Poems Contains a collection of poems and drafts. By RD: “Walk Tall” – for Rufus; “A Greenwood Chair”; “Pigeons”; “The Baker’s Lament”; “Wednesday Night”, etc. By others: “Freaky” – a poem to RD from Paul Mann, a scholar at Diss Grammar School; a collection of poems by Paul Mann entitled “Rich and Fruity”; poems by Oliver Bernard; Tony Weston, etc. RD/LIT/7/5 Poems – Andy Bell Contains handwritten poems and prose.

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RD/NOTE Notebooks, 1959, 199?-2005

This series of the archives was collected from Terence Blacker’s home. The notebooks were used as source material for Notes from Walnut Tree Farm, edited by Alison Hastie and Terence Blacker. RD/NOTE/1 Small notebooks, August 1996 – October 1997 RD/NOTE/2 Small notebooks, September 1999 – September 2004 RD/NOTE/3 Notebooks, July 1996 – May 1999 RD/NOTE/4 Notebooks, July 1999 – November 2005 RD/NOTE/5 Other notebooks, 1959-2005 RD/NOTE/6 Index notebooks, 199? - 2004 RD/NOTE/7 Index cards, [undated]

RD/NOTE/1 Small notebooks, August 1996 – October 1997 A series of 16 small notebooks, 15x10cm. Mainly relates to topics covered in Waterlog.

Missing: 5 & 15.

RD/NOTE/2 Small notebooks, September 1999 – September 2004 A series of 30 smaller notebooks, 15x10cm, containing the same sort of material as the large notebooks but usually in sketchier form. Missing: 1; there is a 5.5. Total no of notebooks present: 30.

RD/NOTE/3 Notebooks, July 1996 – May 1999 A series of 20 notebooks. Books 1-4 and 17 are A4, the rest are 23x17 cm. Concerns much of the topics which were included in Waterlog, but other topics as well.

RD/NOTE/4 Notebooks, July 1999 – November 2005 A series of 45 notebooks, some are A4, others 23x17cm. There is a 31a, 31b, and 44b. Total no of notebooks present: 47.

RD/NOTE/5 Other notebooks, 1959-2005 Goat – birth. Prague Jazz Festival with the Westbrooks. Prague Jazz Festival with the Westbrooks; Pulp!; Sarah McAllister tree walk; WWF Conference paper Negative of RD with crow, guinea pigs, etc. - general notebook, mostly ruled out but including photographic negative of RD with a crow and guinea pigs (reflected on cover). Rumania. Beaulieu Road, New Forest Camp. Botanical notes from camp, April 1959. Boundaries – thresholds; A.S. Byatt lecture on “Memory and the Making of Fiction”; bicyclists; ice skating, 1996. Monday 11/3/96; Otters 12/10/96. Paris, 2/97; Mary Newcomb Show; 26/11/97 eels; F.Cooke of Hoxton St. [N1]. Library references. Dec.1999; Waterlog corrections (pbk); Australian notes; Snake bite serum; Min’s pen nibs. Brown notebook - primarily on Australia. Tape notes, 21/4/02; Redgrave Fen; general, 2002 Wood Family, notes and letters, 2003. Walsall anarchists and Lord Lucan (family history); includes letters. Walsall anarchists notes. Wood – The Beaulieu Road Tomes, July 6 2004 – The House – chapter notes (3 leaves only). WH Smith memo book – contacts.

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WH Smith notebook (12x8 cm) – artistic productions. WH Smith notebook (12x8 cm) – diy calculations & drawings. John Menzies A6 notebook – general. Ipswich Record Office: Gamekeepers. Poaching; Van Dieman’s land transportation; Henniker Estate records; Timber records; Game books & records. (No.28). Chris Hall on land poachers. Letter from Crete; Howard’s End notes; Bold Navigator … Cork – Barcelona, 2005 Matt Marchbank; George Ewart Evans. Auden/ Aldeburgh; Britten Pears School Contains general contact numbers and a piece on rabbit shooting.

Wood notes: apples, Holloway, Bramfield Church tomb (12x8 cm). Sep/Oct 1994: Cromer notes; Christmas notes, etc. Bolshoi film notes; Moscow, etc.

RD/NOTE/6 Index notebooks, 199- - 2004 Waterlog index Waterlog addresses Wood index (mainly contacts) Wood index to big books 38- (Sep.2004) – Woodnotes index big books. The woodland journeys Part I, II, III Wood – small notebooks index

RD/NOTE/7 Index cards, [undated] Contains 3 small boxes of index cards.

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RD/PER Personal, 1879-2003

RD/PER/1 Biographical papers, [undated] RD/PER/2 Rufus’ maintenance, 1987 RD/PER/3 Alvan and Gwendoline Deakin, 1960, 1997 RD/PER/4 24 Church Street, Eye, 1997 RD/PER/5 Wood and Deakin Family Records, 1879-2003 RD/PER/6 Australia/ Alfred Deakin, 2000 RD/PER/7 General personal notes, [undated] RD/PER/1 Biographical papers, [undated] Contains a chronology of achievements, written by RD.

RD/PER/2 Rufus’ maintenance, 1987 Contains correspondence with RD’s solicitor. RD/PER/3 Alvan and Gwendoline Deakin, 1960, 1997 Contains personal letters of condolence on the death of RD’s father in 1960, and his mother in 1997 at the age of 89. RD/PER/4 24 Church Street, Eye, 1997 Contains papers concerning the sale of this property which belonged to Gwendoline Deakin, RD’s mother; and papers relating to the settling of her estate. RD/PER/5 Wood and Deakin Family Records, 1879-2003 RD’s mother’s maiden name was Wood. Papers include family history searches; biographical sketches of family members including Joseph Deakin, the Walsall anarchist, (1858-1937); history of the Walsall anarchist plot; and family photographs. [See also RD/GEN/11, RD/PHO and RD/PER/6]. RD/PER/6 Australia/ Alfred Deakin, 2000 Contains a photocopy of a printed sketch on the Deakin family: William Deakin, born in Northhamptonshire in 1819 and Alfred Deakin, born in Melbourne, 3/8/1856. Also includes a letter of welcome to Roger Deakin from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 2/3/00. “We refer to our previous correspondence and hope your plans for migration to Australia are progressing well”. [See also RD/PER/5]. RD/PER/7 General personal notes, [undated] It is unclear how these ms notes relate or whether they were written for a particular article. RD writes “The writer and the swimmer in me both had an identical aim – to leave our baggage behind and float free” … “intimacy is the key word. You are in the embrace of water”. He writes of his first consideration for swimming through Britain “to experience the world through the eyes of an otter”. He also writes of his work for Friends of the Earth and his role in the founding of Common Ground. RD writes of his mother’s influence in his appreciation for nature and gardens. “I have two gardening mentors; my mother and the writer-poet Elizabeth Smart”.

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RD/PHO Photographs, 194? - 2005 The contents of files RD/PHO/1-3 [contained in 2 boxes] were part of a later deposit (17/11/10) by David Cecil Holmes (illustrator of Wildwood). RD had given his friend David Holmes the photographs in order that he may use them as a basis for the illustrations in Wildwood. RD/PHO/1 General photographs, 2001-2003 RD/PHO/1/1 The train to Ukraine; Lviv; Church at Zernica Wyzna ; “A” at hilltop over Baligrod (26 photographs) RD/PHO/1/2 Nov. 2001. Ukraine/Poland; Przemsyl/Ustianova; Baligrod. walk, woodpiles, beech woods; the church at Zernica Wyzna , A and R walking in woods. (34 photographs) [Some portrait] RD/PHO/1/3 Heinz in Lesbos; Australia – Eric Rolls; Camden Haven forests; boat building; Kempsey sawmill (41 photographs) RD/PHO/1/4 Spring 2002. Bluebell party; raising apple tree at WTF; WTF house; France – Languedoc; 500 year old oak (34 b&w photographs; 4 additional photographs are inserted in the “page on galley proofs”. RD/PHO/1/5 7th April 2002. Bender. Group of people creating a [hazel cairn] and rowing the hazel across water (37 photographs; and 3 photographs inserted in the “page on galley proofs”) RD/PHO/1/6 7th April 2002. Bender. Group of people creating a [hazel cairn] (38 photographs) RD/PHO/1/7 7th April 2002. Bender. Group of people creating a [hazel cairn] (37 photographs) RD/PHO/1/8 24 April 2002. France. Woods – river above; Mauroul; Olargues; Haut Languedoc – orchids, flowers, ruins, chestnuts (39 photographs) RD/PHO/1/9 24/25 April 2002. France. Chestnut woods near Olargues; Gorges d’Heric river pools; flowers/ rating turn the woods; River Orb – nightingale haunts (39 photographs) RD/PHO/1/10 1st June 2002. Randall Page - hut in the woods in Teign, (43 photographs) RD/PHO/1/11 June 2002. Lesbos (40 photographs) RD/PHO/1/12 June/July 2002. Lesbos (31 photographs) RD/PHO/1/13 June 2002. Lesbos; WTF house (42 photographs) RD/PHO/1/14 Aug. 2002.Devon Green Man hunt with Alison Hastie; St. Andrew South Tainton (37 photographs; and 3 photographs inserted in the “page on galley proofs”) RD/PHO/1/15 Nov. 2002. Pilliga Forest with Eric Rolls; scribbly bark; bowerbirds; Bronte Beach Pool (32 photographs) RD/PHO/1/16 Winter wooding; Grantham ash tunnel; Hazel rods on Citroen car for bender; tractor-trailor with wood; tractor; statue of Newton at Woolsthorpe, Lincs. (40 photographs) RD/PHO/1/17 Winter wooding; Grantham ash tunnel; Hazel rods on Citroen car for bender; tractor-trailor with wood; tractor; statue of Newton at Woolsthorpe, Lincs. (37 photographs, duplicate of above envelope) [Winter wooding; ash tunnel (3rd set of duplicates, discarded)]

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RD/PHO/1/18 Rufus Deakin in his shed; allotment sheds; Rufus in railway wagon (20 photographs) RD/PHO/1/19 Puzzle wood; Welsh woods – shed; log lorry; The Great Oak Café, Llanidloes; Devon Green Man at Spreyton; Trewythen Arms at Llanidloes; oak doorway; dead badger (38 photographs) RD/PHO/1/20 Dec. 2002. Leatherarse Gully – John Wolseley ; railway guard’s van; house; Alfred and Pattie Deakin graves; Sydney harbour; Dawn Fraser Pool, Balmain, Australia (22 photographs) RD/PHO/1/21 2002. Whipstick Forest Australia with John Wolseley; white gum, Casuarina (Australasia genus); ironbark, old cairn forest; Ford Zephyr (car); swimming in the dam (27 photographs) RD/PHO/1/22 Devon – ash; old swimming pool (22 photographs) RD/PHO/1/23 WTF and RD’s desk (23 photographs) RD/PHO/1/24 Feb 2003: Laid hedge – Mellis; April 2003: Morwenstowe; vicar’s hut; Oak Apple Day; winter wooding; Leatherarse Gully (45 photographs) RD/PHO/1/25 Spring 2003. Crab apple in Mellis; cowslips in Barn Field; wood hedge-laying in Barn Field; ash tunnel laying; ash pollard tunnel – just budding; willow pollard and moat; cow parsley foam; Dartmoor trees; Cranbrook Castle, Dartmoor; windblown trees: oaks, hollies; beeswarm Moretonhampstead; dancing tree; tin roofs at … Oak Apple Club; Oak Apple “mowering” in Groveley Wood (39 photographs) RD/PHO/1/26 Oak Apple Day; mist in valley; Groveley Wood; marriage bough; Salisbury Cathedral; procession – Great Washford (30 photographs) RD/PHO/1/27 Oak Apple Day – Great Ashford; Alvedston lime avenue & hedges; ancient ash pollard – near Salisbury; Mellis roses; ash dome in leaf, Aug. 2003 (38 photographs) RD/PHO/1/28 Shepherd’s hut; summer photos Aug. 2003; ash arch in leaf; Jun/July 2003 (34 photographs) RD/PHO/1/29 Devon – Bow; St Martin’s Chapel, Dartmoor; elephant’s tail pool and hawthorns; Teignturn; ‘The Thorn’ – windswept landmark tree for Teignturn (Aug?) 2003; South Tainton Church (39 photographs) RD/PHO/1/30 Winter 2003. Ash tunnels; hedge-laying; barn meadow wood; snowy ash tunnel; half-laid willow hedge; Millie (cat) (26 photographs) RD/PHO/1/31 Rufus & Em; Terence & Angela in house; Dartmoor – Alison; Somerset Levels Church; Machelney; roof bosses (oak) in Devon at the Furze Church: King’s Nympton; Green Man (40 photographs) RD/PHO/2 Kyrgyzstan and Kyrgyzstan RD/PHO/2 /1 Kazakhzstan Almaty Bazaar; apples; apple expedition with Isa Baitulin; honey farmers; RD in mountains; Tianshan; Alatar Altau Sep. 28 2002 (38 photographs) RD/PHO/2 /2 Kazakhzstan expedition to see wild apples with Luisa Sauvieva, Dr. Kurona Karibaia, Alikkhon jeep driver and Isa Baitulin; lunch with foresters; Sat – 28 Sep. 2002 Talgar Valley Kazakhzstan (38 photographs) RD/PHO/2/3 Kazakhzstan Talgar Valley apples expedition; lunch with the foresters Sep. 28 2002; Dr. Salina Kwralay on horse (37 photographs)

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RD/PHO/2/4 K1. (56 photographs, includes some portrait, and some of Eric Rolls). (See also disk where some of these have been copied) RD/PHO/2/5 K2. (37 photographs) RD/PHO/2/6 K3. Kazakhzstan. Wood pasture; apples; Almaty Botanical Gardens; RD & Isa Baitulin, Oct. 2002. RD/PHO/2/7 K4. Kyrgyzstan 10th Oct. 2002. Jalal-Abad Walnut Bazaar, Arslanbob; Shaidan valley & mountain walk; Zakir Zammzakov & Zamira; junipers (prayer spring) birch; 3 year old walnut; Shaidan wagon walnut nursery; waterwheel (36 photographs) RD/PHO/2/8 K5. Kyrgyzstan Fergana Valley; walnut woods; Ortok; Arslanbob; prayer tree (26 photographs) RD/PHO/2/9 K6. Kyrgyzstan Ortok woods and mountain climb (44 photographs) (See also disk where some of these have been copied) RD/PHO/2/10 K7. Kyrgyzstan Jalal-Abad Walnut Bazaar; amazing blue foothills; cob barns; houses; Yurt apples; Ortok village; Zamira & Jacob; Ortok farmhouse; Ortok woods and camps; Gena and Zamira on horse; turkeys; beehives (40 photographs) RD/PHO/2/11 K8. Kazakhzstan & Kyrgyzstan Almaty, Kazakhzstan Sep. 2002. Wood pasture; oak fans; sellers; Zamira; Margrethe; Driver Osh-Kyrgyzstan. Oct. 1st and 2nd 2002 pistachio orchards; Jalal-Abad Bazaar; road to Ortok; camp in woods; Aitbu Tutasheva; Dalbaiev Turgumbao (38 photographs) RD/PHO/3/1 Miscellaenous photographs and items deposited by David Cecil Holmes RD/PHO/3/1 Envelope containing a press-cutting of RD in the Camden Haven Courier & photos of a group in [the Pilliga Forest], one photograph of RD and Eric Rolls (7 photographs) RD/PHO/3/2 Envelope of “Annette’s photos” contains photographs of Newcastle City Council Ocean Baths, Australia; and the stairway to the barn at Walnut Tree Farm (WTF), Mellis (11 photographs) RD/PHO/3/3 Postcard dated 13/5/00 from Elaine [van Kempen, partner of Eric Rolls] RD/PHO/3/4 Envelope of desk photographs (5 photographs) RD/PHO/3/5 Page on Galley Proofs for Wildwood, with inserted photographs used as references by David Cecil Holmes for the illustrations in Wildwood. RD/PHO/4 [Contained in 2 boxes]. Waterlog & swimming.

Wood Family photographs including Gwendoline Deakin (RD’s mother). Mellis Common and Cowpasture Lane. Walnut Tree Farm and farmhouse. Shepherd’s hut at Walnut Tree Farm. Portrait photos of RD. Eric Rolls (RD in Australia: giving a talk; and in a campsite with kangaroos). Whipstick Forest, Australia, with John Wolseley, 2002.

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Yorkshire farmhands; David Nash ash trees (photocopies). Peter Campbell (Suffolk artist). Kyrgyzstan photographs - compiled for a talk, 15/6/05 (CD). Greece 1980 [1 envelope]. Prague, Lviv, Krakow, 2001. (See also RD/TW/5/13). Somerset, 2002 [1 envelope]. Petworth Park trees, 2003 [1 envelope]. France, [undated]. The Aldeburgh apple; Staverton thicks. Boat building, [undated].

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RD/RAD Radio, 2000-2006 RD/RAD/1 Ronald Blythe & Richard Mabey, 2000 Contains scripts and correspondence for interviews on ABC national radio by RD. Includes an audio cassette of the interview, 3/10/00. [See RD/1/15-16 for an audio tape cassette of Richard Mabey’s interview; and RD/1/14 for a tape cassette of Ronald Blythe’s interview]. RD/RAD/2 Steve Ashley, 2001 Contains a script and background material and notes for RD’s interview of English songwriter Steve Ashley for ABC Radio - National Books and Writing. RD/RAD/3 Rivers and Stories. BBC Radio 3, 23/5/02 Contains RD’s ms and discusses Aldeburgh, Snape Maltings Concert Hall and the local wildlife. Includes background mss “Streams of Consciousness – the poetry of rivers”; “The Rivers of Suffolk”; “Walberswick – David Whatley’s Near-Drowning”; chapter 16 of “The Otter”; “Moat”, for The Independent, 27/8/00; “The Music of Waters/ Tributaries/ Backwaters – source material”; and descriptions of canoeing on the River Waveney. [Contained in 2 files]. RD/RAD/4 The House, 2003-2004 Contains a draft proposal of the BBC Natural History Radio programme The House. The programme recorded the sounds of Walnut Tree Farmhouse throughout the year. The sounds were captured with the help of microphones in the beams, rafters, attic and floorboards, etc. Correspondence is with Sarah Blunt, Senior Producer. Also includes letters of praise after the programme was aired in 2004; and a CD of the programme. RD/RAD/5 BBC Natural History Unit Radio, 2002-2006 Correspondence with Sarah Blunt, Senior Producer. Contains detailed notes and track descriptions. Programmes include the BBC Radio 4 programme “A Small Piece of Tranquillity” in which RD was interviewed; “The Garden”; and “Cigarette Down the Waveney” (canoeing from Redgrave Fen to Geldeston Lock on the Waveney River) for which there is an audio CD of the BBC Radio 4 broadcast presented by RD, 26/7/05. RD/RAD/6 Miscellaneous radio papers, 1999-2005 Contains a leaflet relating to radio ballads; a note on Excess Baggage (a BBC Radio 4 programme in which RD was interviewed on swimming); and a Jameson Whisky contract with RD. See also audio tape cassette RD/1/17.

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RD/STG St Thomas’s Gardens, 1988-2005

[This series is contained in two boxes]. RD had two London addresses: 5 Cardozo Road, N7 9RJ and Flat 3 St Thomas’s Gardens, Kentish Town, London, NW5 4EX (basement flat). STG was owned by Serena Inskip (RD’s partner) and it was agreed in 1988 when they were living together that RD’s contribution to the property would be recognised by Serena granting him a lease of the basement flat provided that he put it into good order. The yearly rent being a peppercorn (if demanded). When their relationship collapsed sometime in 1990 a formal lease agreement was entered into [see Solicitor’s letter]. The flat underwent extensive repair and renovation by RD and in 1999 Serena offered for sale her share in the property. The flat was leased by RD. The papers include leases between Serena & RD; papers relating to repairs and renovations in the early ‘90s including certificates, building control inspectors’ fees, plans, sketch drawings by RD, planning permissions, and correspondence with neighbours and builders. In a letter dd March 1995, Serena asks RD if he would like to buy her part in STG. General insurance correspondence is included as well as a claim for front door repairs after a burglary in December 2002; brochures on fittings and furnishings; and property sales/ leasing brochures. 2005 papers include tenancy agreements, information on leasing to tenants on housing benefits, and to students. The flat was at one time leased to Tony and Bundle Weston [see also RD/GEN]. Also includes council tax payments, parking permits and papers on roof repairs.

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RD/TRA Travel, 1969-2005?

RD/TRA/1 Formentera, 1969 Contains an A4 notebook of journal notes. Also some loose leaf papers of creative writing and short poems.

RD/TRA/2 Jura, 1990 Contains journal writing “A Few Days on Jura”, 1990; and includes a paper “One Little Room an Everywhere”; and leaflets on the Scottish island of Jura, and George Orwell.

RD/TRA/3 General travel, [undated] Contains miscellaneous printed ephemera relating to Moscow, Paris, Morocco and Barcelona. Included is a notebook (possibly belonging to Margot Waddell) which mentions France, Morocco and Portugal; included is a boarding pass for Waddell from Marrakesh to Casablanca. Also includes a marked Oversize map of Newtown and Llanidloes, Wales.

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RD/TW “Touching Wood”, 1997-2006 “Touching Wood” was the working title of RD’s book which was published posthumously by Penguin as Wildwood. Page proofs are not included, nor is there any significant correspondence in this archive relating to the book’s publication. RD/TW/1 Proposal & chapter breakdown, 2001-2002 RD/TW/2 Chapter writing & CD back-ups, 2002?-2006 RD/TW/3 Drafts, [undated] RD/TW/4 Notes, [undated] RD/TW/5 Research files, 1997-2005 RD/TW/6 Other wood & tree related papers, 1990-2005

RD/TW/1 Proposal & chapter breakdown, 2001-2002 RD/TW/1/1 Original chapter outline plan, 2001 Contains sticker-notes attached to paper which was created for a laid-out plan.

RD/TW/1/2 Proposal & chapter breakdown, 2002 Contains RD’s proposal and chapter breakdown for “Touching Wood: A woodland Journey”. RD/TW/1/3 Blurb, [undated] Includes various drafts of the blurb.

RD/TW/2 Chapter writing & CD back-ups, 2002?-2006 Chapter drafts [contained in six ring-binders]: RD/TW/2/1 One ring-binder RD/TW/2/2 One ring-binder RD/TW/2/3 Printed chapters sent to Simon, 15/4/05. Includes correspondence on the book’s final title of Wildwood RD/TW/2/4 Chapters dated 25/1/06 RD/TW/2/5 “Green Man” chapter notes, which was published as The Sacred Groves of Devon RD/TW/2/6 “Ash”, for revision (the last chapter of the book) RD/TW/2/7 Folder containing a ms draft of “The Moth Wood” and drafts entitled “Bender” and “Driftwood” CD’s with chapters, correspondence, articles and “backed-up” work: RD/TW/2/8/1 Back-up CD, 10/03 RD/TW/2/8/2 CD 26/4/04 RD/TW/2/8/3 CD 2/6/04 RD/TW/2/8/4 Wood to 24/9/04; including Nash chapters (CD) RD/TW/2/8/5 Back-up CD, 5/9/04 RD/TW/2/8/6 Chapters, etc.(CD), 11/10/04 RD/TW/2/8/7 “Chapters sent to Simon & Juliette”. 372 pages, 111,000 words. Also features wood, research, etc., 5/4/05 (CD) RD/TW/2/8/8 Back-up CD disk on Wildwood chapters, 26/1/06 RD/TW/2/8/9-10 Two CD’s with “doc alias” extension, 26/1/06

RD/TW/3 Drafts, [undated] Drafts marked as “earlier” and “new”. [Contained in two ring-binders].

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RD/TW/4 Notes, [undated] Contains 3 files. RD/TW/4/1 General notes, [undated] RD/TW/4/2 “Wood plans, 2003 stuff” RD/TW/4/3 Trees in the House, [undated] RD/TW/4/1 General notes, [undated] General ms notes and extracts from “Touching Wood”. Includes an account of a trip to Lesbos; notes on olives; a poem “The Tree” by Luis Cernuda; chapter notes on “The Spinney”, “The Woods and the Water”, and ash trees; ms notes on walnuts, flowering trees, Tasmanian immigrants; Oliver Rackham and the Cretan landscape; “Going to Meet David Nash”; and Brendon Chase, New Forest. [Contained in one black ring-binder and one folder]. RD/TW/4/2 “Wood plans, 2003 stuff” Ring-binder containing an email on Cyprus oranges; notes on European woodland destinations and flora; notes on RD’s paternal grandfather’s brother, Joseph Deakin, who in 1892 was arrested in Tottenham Court Road with a rucksack containing a bomb destined to assassinate Tsar Nicholas of Russia; and other general notes. [Contained in one yellow ring-binder, marked “Wood plans, 2003 stuff”]. RD/TW/4/3 Trees in the House, [undated] One writing pad.

RD researching “Touching Wood”

RD/TW/5 Research files, 1997-2005 RD/TW/5/1 Research files 1-12, 2001-2005 RD/TW/5/2 “Touching Wood” Research I, 1999-2005

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RD/TW/5/3 Nimes/ Languedoc, April 22-25, 2002 RD/TW/5/4 Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan, 2002 RD/TW/5/5 Kyrgyzstan Ortok Woodlanders and Kazakhstan/ Kyrgyzstan notes, 1997-2004 RD/TW/5/6 Kyrgyzstan/ Poland, 2003-2004 RD/TW/5/7 Willow (Cricket Bat Willow), 1996-2002 RD/TW/5/8 Stonehenge/ Woodhenge, [undated] RD/TW/5/9 Apple Pip, 2003 RD/TW/5/10 Printed extracts RD/TW/5/11 Australia, 1999-2002 RD/TW/5/12 Notes on wood and Kyrgyzstan, 2004-2005 RD/TW/5/13 Poland, Ukraine and Czech Republic, 1986, 2001 RD/TW/5/14 Pyrenees, 19-22 November 2001 RD/TW/5/15 Mary Newcomb, 200-? RD/TW/5/16 Wood - miscellaneous paragraphs and book ideas; apples, wood, Newcomb, 200-? RD/TW/5/1 Research files 1-12, 2001-2005 Contains miscellaneous papers, mainly photocopied articles, printed web-pages and press-cuttings. Some contents have something to do with “Touching Wood” but there is much which is unrelated and was probably merely collected over this same time period. Each file’s contents are arranged alphabetically. Indexed material which is missing appears in grey [Contained in 12 ring-binders, RD/TW/5/1/1- 5/1/12]. RD/TW/5/1/1 Research file 1 Apple Day; anti-road protestors; Abergavenny carving; Adams, Ansel; apples; bears; Wendell, Berry; benders – planning – Simon Farlie; Bristol trees; Blacker; Carter, Paul, article: “Living in a New Country”; Coxwell Barn at Beaulieu Abbey; Cooper, Joe; Touch Wood Bristol; catfish war (US); chemicals; city trees; Eliot, T.S. poem; elms; fruit-fly flight; furniture – from wood-scraps; Felsham woods; Finlay, Ian Hamilton- ; flowers – extinction; farming; fire – forest; Fairy Fair (Norfolk); filmstars – trees; fear of woods; feltmakers; gypsies; Goya - Black Paintings; houses – eco; household, Geoffrey & Hollington; house beam; Law, Ben – review of his book The Woodland Way; Law, Ben – living in a tree; Lopez, Barry; landscape design; logging – illegal in Cambodia; logging x3: green printing of Harry Potter, logging in Poland, logging in Russia; Lewis, Norman (obit.); Miller, Arthur, by Christopher Bigsby; Miller, Arthur – family tree press-cutting about his daughter Rebecca Miller; manure power; Margaret Mellis; Macaulay, Rose (miscellaneous published extracts); Morris, William – press-cutting on his home Red House; Mellis News; “Michaelmas”, by RD for Country Living – on angels; Mabey - house & picture; Mabey – articles; Mabey – article on TV wildlife; Nash, David; Oak Apple Day; parks; tree planting guides; privet hedge murder; parakeets; Rolls, Eric; rooks; redwood; rainforest – Amazon; scholar gypsy; Sylva; Sinclair, Ian, A Packet of Seeds, Radio 3; Cecil Torr’s book Small Talk at Wreyland; Segal, Walter (architect); silk worms; Stradbroke, Earl of ; St. Briavels common; skips; Tim Stead (joiner) advert for his book Explorations in Wood; “Touching Wood” – proposal & chapter breakdown; Tasmania forests - logging; Tasmania – Aborigine skulls; turkeys; tree climbing; Wright, Patrick on Stephen Bayley; “The Working Tree”, jnl article by Mike Collins; walnut; [Peter Adams] Windgrove – Tasmania trees; Wormingford; Weird and Wonderful Wood (event in Suffolk); woods – general Sunday Times press-cutting. RD/TW/5/1/2 Research file 2 Australia – a conversation with David Marr; Australia (Patrick White); ABC, Australia; Aborigines – paintings, Prince William; Hugh Brody; Saul Bellow on writing; Bunyan, Paul; bees; Blacker “Feeling Sexy Makes Me a Better Writer”; Independent 11/7/03; Berger, John, on Iraq; conservatories (catalogues); Cyril Connolly – Unquiet Grave; Carter, Paul; Australian book Lie of the Land; Coocumbal Island, Australia – Eric Roll’s 2000 trip; Captain Cook; cork oak; Cowpasture Lane; Crete map; Canvey Island; e-mails: Roe, [Sue] & MacFarlane, [Robert]; Estonia; Eno, Brian – secret Woodbridge garden; fire; Flannery, Tim (2 essays); “Australia an Explorer’s Guide” (draft article on the Finke River by RD for BBC Wildlife); fire-festivals; The Psychology of Fire, by Graston Bachelard; Flanagan, Richard; fox-hunting; Fry Gallery – Saffron Walden; gamekeepers; gypsies; glazes from ash; ghosts in Hagley Wood,

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Birmingham; Howard’s End notes on wych-elm, by E.M. Forster; Jefferies, Richard; Barbara Kingsolver on writing; Land sales Ltd; longhand letter (RD to Pete, with reference to Barry Lopez and Tasmania); Margarethe’s bowl; mosquitoes; Mabey columns; Murray, Les – “The Idyll Wheel” (poem), “Blocks & Tackle”, and “In a Working Forest” and other essays; Mabey film series proposal; NY Review of Books – on tree books; Nicolson, Adam – articles, Sunday Telegraph Magazine, 1999; NY Times x2; outlaws; Oates, Joyce Carol on running & writing; Oliver’s wooding; orchard – grubbing; pigshit pollution; Polish farms; Purple Emperor; potato art; Porter, Henry, on trees; Rackham, Oliver – letter and book on Crete; rooks; road protest; Snyder, Gary – forests; Studebaker (car manufacturer); Scotland; swimming tours; storm , great; Southern Upland Way; trees, care of; Tasmania; Vlachs (Greece), Tim Salmon; Patrick Wright on British forestry; wolves; Walsall Local History Centre; Bird, Kenneth – path poems; Ward, Colin – book on houses; Wolseley, John; yule; yurts. RD/TW/5/1/3 Research file 3 Aboriginal art; advertising art; apples; bee inspector and singing ringing tree; badgers by Waugh; beehive paintings; Blacker on woods; Blacker on Selwyn Burr; Beuys; chairs; Constable; Claude; Cob; Cork; Citroën; Cowpasture Lane; chainsaw guerillas in France; countryside – English Heritage; Cernuda poem “Tree”; “Track record” by RD, on cycling; Doncaster; Dombrovskis; Della Francesca, Piero; emails (4/03); ECOS; Fellini; furniture making; fire notes; forest fire; flood defence; forests at risk; greenwood; Germaine Greer on villages in decline; Goldsworthy; la Hulotte; holloways; Hart, Cyril, Forestry of Dean; HAT tree story; Hunkin; handsaws; hedge – shooting; Jefferies, Bevis; Jefferies, Richard, review by RD; Kyrgyzstan (politics, oil); map of England – geology; moths; medieval romance & forest; MacFarlane & Guardian book prize; RD & MacFarlane visit the Burren, County Clare, Ireland; Newcomb, Mary; New York trees; orchards; owls; private woods; Parfitt, Rob; poem – “The Way Through the Wood”; poisoning of trees – Oz; Padel, Ruth – woods essay; Sebald, W.G.; Steward Community Woodland; Sylvanus Trust; shooting; Suffolk Wildlife Trust; “Sweeney Astray” (poem); Smart, Eliz.; Scottish wood Carrifran; “Shepherds Hut” (poem); seahenge; Sunday Times; Tasmania and nature literacy, article by Peter Grant; Tasmania Pacific Prize – online article, and e-mail from Flanagan Carey; “Call of the Wild” feature; Toys R Us; Tinker’s bubble; tramp song; treen (turned objects); tree planter mystery; voles; David Widgery (obit.); whitebeam; Ward, Colin; walnut – Greek names; Zambia, Robert Mugabe. RD/TW/5/1/4 Research file 4 A140 speeding; Amazon books Tree Culture; apples, by Gail Vines; axe competitions; bats; barrell; bikers; Bolan, Marc tree; basketry; Blythe, Ronnie; Bunyan, Paul; bikers; black poplars; boards, wild; Blenheim; buildings as trees; Copper family; chainsaws; Citroën DS; Country Living – fire; charcoal burners; Causley, Charles (obit.); cider brandy; mole cricket; cemetery – woodland; druids; Diss tree-felling; Deakin, Alfred; Devon churches; Devon’s sacred grove; DNA trees; Dehesa (wood pasture); extras (typescripts on “Sycamores”; “First Sheds, Cosy Cabin”, “We Never Closed”, “The Yule Log”, “Garden”); Earthhouse at Cranbourne; fires – California; FOE; forests bibliography; Fair Green three (felling of); field names – Ulgham; Fenland survey; French forest; gypsies; Gladstone (woodsman of Hawarden); Fay Godwin; Glastonbury; Greenpeace Waveney Fair; la Hulotte; hedges; Harvey, Graham; heritage - Stonehenge; Iceland; insect art; Jules book project (“The World of Small Beings”); juniper; kangaroos; Kyrgyzstan; Kyrgyzstan politics; Kew – collections; loggers (Vancouver Island); millwheels; McGregor, Joanna; Meyer, Chris; Murray, Les; musical instrument makers; MacFarlane re Geoffrey Hill; Mabey on RD; Morgan sports car; spider monkeys; Mabey, Richard; Morris, Cedric (artist); Mabey – film; Nutmeg Puppets show – review by RD; Nash, David; Nicolson, Adam, article by; Oak, Newland; oaks; olives; Pountney Hall, Mellis; Powerful Information; Perkins, Kevin; Powis Castle, Forest of Dean; Plath, Sylvia & Hughes; pollution in New York; protest (Long Island); pollution x3; pear, wild; Rufus photo; Rumania contacts; Roydon - cedar; Randall-Page; recycled paper; Rothschild, Miriam; Sebald, W.G.; storm (1987 etc); Defoe, storm of 1703; sparrows; Sumatra pulp industry; stinkwood; shops; Thesiger, Wilfred (obit.); treehouses; transhumance; Truffaut, François; Jewish Ukrainian forest survivors; Williams, Hugo; Wilderness Wood Trail, Sussex; Wainwright, Rufus; Windgrove – Peter Adams; Waterways foreword by RD; Wendell, Berry (article: The Futility of Global Thinking); Walnut Club; willow, Cricket Bat; Wordsworth; walnuts; woodland management; York.

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RD/TW/5/1/5 Research file 5 Apples; Aboriginal art; Akubra hats; apples- article by B.E. Juniper; bushfires; bushfires - Sydney; Bruny Island, Tasmania; Bob Brown; Coonabarabran Times (article with photo of Eric Rolls and RD in Baradine whilst carrying out research in the Pilliga Forest); tree death (man killed by falling gum tree – press-cutting); Dandenong ranges map; Ellis, Bob (article on tree); Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize boycott by Richard Flanagan and others; Granny Smith apples; Hastings district timber industry; Hobart bookshops; joinery; Le Plastrier, Rick – (Australian architect); Murray, Les A Working Forest; Murcutt, Glen at Kempsey (Australian architect); Melbourne – natural history, by Tom Griffiths; Pilliga; poisoning of trees in Sydney; South-East forests (NSW); Styx Forest, Tasmania; Tasmania; US forests; violin rental, Kendall; wilderness (Patagonia); writers’ trees: Michael Leunig’s African olive tree, Eric Rolls’ white cypress pine, David Malouf’s hoop pine; Les Murray’s rough barked apple; Bushfire Journals, extracts from John Wolseley’s journals RD/TW/5/1/6 Research file 6 Association of Garden Trusts’ Ancient Tree Conference; Aldeburgh apple; AOL notes; apples; ash arch; Aborigine housing; Aborigine riots; allotments; Bendigo e-mail; Blacker on children; Blacker on pets; Blacker on trees; Blacker on Michael Heseltine’s gardening; BBC e-mail on The House; BBC series – landscapes of British poetry; bees dying; bats & buildings; Brancusi (sculptor); Bunyan, Paul; beavers; Burnt Norton; Central Park Panorama; Shed 3, Chatham Dockyard poem; Cashford proposal; car addiction; John Clare trees/pollards; “The World of Small Beings” – proposal, by RD; car addiction; dachas (Russian country house); Defoe: storm of 1703; darkness essay; deer; Dionysos; e-mails; fungus – NY; falconry; Andy Goldsworthy; Germaine Greer on forests; Gladstone; gypsies; The House; hares; Kes (film); lathe; lime plaster; logs; Lindisfarne; mazers (bowls); Mockbee, Samuel (architect); Mabey; Margrethe; map room at Cambridge University; mosquito; Madeira; NY Times, Oliver Sacks; NY bicycling; olives – Berger, John; phantom tree-planter; penguins; Rowland, Phil (on RD’s uncle Joseph); Redenhall Church; Soham murders; sycamores, Shaftesbury; SUVs (sport utility vehicle); swastika in woods; letter from Sir T.G. Scuffard to the Diss Express on the accidental digging of a Roman site; sheds; Stroud; tinkers bubble; turkeys; truffles; Taplin, Kim, Pity the Tree; Thesiger, Wilfred review; Ubbeston; “Windsor-Forest” poem by Alexander Pope; Windsor by Oliver Rackham; Worpole, Ken - references; Waddell, James (obit.); Windsor map; walnuts; wolves – Greenlaw; Wood, Grandpa; Wildness conference; Waddell, James (obit.) RD/TW/5/1/7 Research file 7 Alaska; apples; Apple Day; apples, Calvados; Arad, Ron (designer & architect); archaeology, Suffolk; Bernard, Bruce; Blacker - hedges; Blake, William; Brearley, Mike (cricket); bristlecone pines; Buddleia davidii (“butterfly bush”); boat building Ullapool; Castaway (BBC programme on Taransay); cedar; Cedar bridge (Madison County); chair - Glenn Gould; chestnuts; Countryside Commission x3; coastline; dacha; draft, initial for “Touching Wood”; Deakin on Common Ground (press-cutting); diving; drought, trees; elm; Fair Green three (felling of); field names; forests, fossilized; foxes; Gardam, Jane – on gardens; Anya Gallaccio’s installation of tree artwork at the Tate; gates; Green Man; goat’s milk; Gomera laurels (on the Canary islands); Hamptons (Long Island); hedgerows in Norfolk; hedges; hellebores; hermit cave; honey; Hood, Robin; Ikea; jungle boy; land girls; lime trees; review of Richard Mabey’s Flora Brittanica; Mabey on gardens; mazes; mosses; Newbury protestors; Honour Oak; Girton College orchard; pixies; pleaching; poplars (in France); The Poacher’s Handbook by Ian Niall; Proulx, Annie; road protestors Bell Steve; protestors, symbols; protestors, New Age; rainforests, fires; rainforest conservationist; San Diego; Seahenge; sheds V&A; sheds; shrubs & security; skylarks; storms & tree damage; streetlights; strips, buffer; subsidence; summit earth; Sydney, trees; Tasmania; Tasmania, John Glover; Tasmania - truffles; logging; National Tree Week; Trollope, Joanna, on the countryside; tree house; timber frame houses, N.Z.; Tree Aid; Trees, English Nature; USA wilderness; Vera, W.M. – grazing ecology; walnut woods; walnuts; well with wooden pipework, Wales; willow; willow merchants; woods – to buy; woods, Steward Community Woodland; Woodland Trust; Wrights, Patrick, on Tolkein; Zimbabwe.

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RD/TW/5/1/8 Research file 8 Allotments; apples; anatomy; apes; Blakemere Moss; Blacker on foxes; Blacker on WW2; birdsong, Wolseley; birdsong; barge, sailing; birds, extinction; Bugatti; Carter, Angela (writer); cob (mixture of subsoil, straw and water); compost; Crystal Palace; cats; Cornwall; conservation (farmer evicted for bird reserve); conifers; Deakins, Cyril (artist); Deakin, Susan (artist); extinction, species; Falconio, Lees trial; ferral man; “First Fruit” by RD; food - supermarkets; garden makeovers; Goldsworthy Andy; Gunn, Thom (obit.); Gabie, Nevill (e-mail); Earth Garden (television series); Haddon, Mark (review); Sir Henniker-Major (funeral service leaflet); The Holy Grail, by Richard Barber (press-cutting review); Hughes, Ted; insects; Iona - drownings; Incredible String Band; Kilimanjaro; The Kindlings (writing group with Marina Warner); Kingsolver, Barbara; Kleinzahler, August (two poems); Shand Kydd, Adam (obit.); Shand Kydd, Johnnie; Kobak, Annette (review); Lesbos; Library, Cambridge University; landscape; Lvov; Mabey, Richard; Madonna – on rambling; Platts-Mills, John (obit.); Murray, Les (profile); Madagascar; MacDon; Manaccan, church; Margrethe [Whitton] (letters from); mosquito; Nicolson, Adam (countryside article); nine-eleven terrorist attack; oak; orchards; parks; Hamilton-Paterson, James (profile); penguins; postcard images; Prosser, Michael (on the University of Life); pigs (The Whole Hog by Lyall Watson); pond weed; permaculture; pools, sea; pheasants; recycling in NY; Russian forests; Sebald, W.G.; Smit, Tim (Director of Eden Project); Summerhill (school); swimming, river; Channel swimming; Hampstead Heath swimmers; swimming in floodwater; Schama, Simon (profile); swimming/ artist; screw caps for N.Z. wine; Turner, Stephen – tide & change; Thomas R.S. (obit.); Uzbekistan - terrorism; walking; Ward, Colin (allotments); whales; wild boar; wind turbine; woodpeckers; wolf; Wakhan corridor (Afghanistan); wilderness.

RD/TW/5/1/9 Research file 9 Aborigines; Aboriginal Australia; Aldeburgh; America - wetland; America – environment; apples + owl box; Bonyhady, Tim on Papunya Aboriginal art; Kimber, Richard on Aborigines; Ansell, Rodney – Australian; Blacker on gypsies; Blacker on writing; Binsey poplars; Birch & – Alder Arboretum; Black Dog Books; coracles; clogs; Chekhov – Uncle Vanya (script); Corryvreckan – Michael Powell: “My Life in Film”; Country Living - feature ideas; Edgar, David and the arts; Fanthorpe, V. A. – notes on Desert Island Disks; 4WD; Falmouth; grass sculptor; gypsies and Cowpasture lane, Mellis; Griffiths, Jay (extracts from Wild Time); Sir John Henniker-Major (obit.); insects (Germaine Greer on hoverflies); Israel - trees; Ikea; review of Bang by Hamilton-Patterson, James; Hamish Hamilton; hops; Indians on train roof die from overhanging branches of banyan tree; Kazakhstan – journalists; Kropotkin, Peter; logging - USA; Lawrence, D.H. - poem: “A Snowy Day in School”; London trees; MacFarlane, Robert reviews Herbert Ponting’s Freeze Frames; MacFarlane, Robert - article “The Quartz Parliament” (re: English landscape); MacFarlane, Robert visits Dorset “Where Better to go Rogue?” Telegraph Weekend, 28/8/04; MacFarlane, Robert – e-mails; Maclean, Fitzroy (extract on China); Mellis; Mellis Common; MacFarlane, Robert – reviews J.A. Baker’s The Peregrine; nightjar; outlaws in India; Porter, Dot, poem for RD “The Hampstead Heath Toad”; paper; rainforests x2; Russia x2; Rufus, William; snake catchers, New Forest; shelter – moors convict; Suffolk Wildlife Trust – commons and “brush”; shepherd’s hut & sheds; skating; sycamore (extract from Wendell Berry’s poem); social life of trees; St Mary’s Church, Thornham Parva; termites; Flanagan, Richard on Tasmania Aborigines; Hay, Peter on Tasmania; Peter Grant essay; Tasmania – logging; weather; wolves x2; wooden legs; wildness essay; woodland; Winton, Tim essay; Wyndham, William Trevelyan. RD/TW/5/1/10 Research file 10 Aboriginal art – dressing trees; Africa (animals); Aborigines; Aboriginal San of the Kalahari; ancient trees; bikini; badgers; booklist on woods; Beaulieu, New Forest; blackberry - pressed; Berger, John; birch bark (samples); Clare, John (poet); Chideock martyrs; city trees; chapters – “Touching Wood”; cork oak; Blacker on Clarkson, Jeremy; canopy; churchyard trees & plants; conkers; dingoes; education; earth house; fungi – Norfolk; wood – the fifth element; fungi x2; figs - pressed; Fuller, Ron; Greer, Germaine – interview; gypsies/ Romanies; Green Books; Grumman canoes; Glinton Church, Cambs.; hares; Headstone Lane; Highgate ponds; Hughes, Ted; I-Spy books creator Charles Warrell (obit.); Japan; Kipling poem on woods; Jean de Florette; Leonardo da Vinci; moths; moth list; Mellis; Margaret Mellis; nests; New Forest; orchard; oak death (sudden oak death); proposal for “Touching Wood”; Porges; pools; rain; river poems; ravens; scythe; Scotts Nurseries (Merriott) Ltd; Sanok; shearers;

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supermarkets (article by Jonathan Glancey); Tasmania; “Touching Wood” blurb, chapters, images; Turner, Steve – tree rings for the King’s Wood; Tree Council; tidal pools; veneers; US forests; Ukraine/ Uzbekistan; Wright, Patrick; Waterlog by Blacker; wind turbines; Walsall anarchists; Walnut Club; Yaxley church. RD/TW/5/1/11 Research file 11 Burgate history; George Borrow (extract) by Edward Thomas; Massingham, H.J. “A Countryman’s Journal”, The Field, Dec 9, 1944; Headstone Lane maps; Hopkins, Gerald Manley; Keats by Edward Thomas; Mycenaean tree cult; truffle hunting. RD/TW/5/1/12 Research file 12 Aborigines; Afghanistan; Blacker on Richard Mabey’s Nature Cure; “The Swimmers” (article) by George Barker; Cane, Mary (e-mail); Cernuda, Luis; cockfighting; ecopoetics; English class year 10; elm – Diss Mere; gamekeeper; Hughes, Ted/Keats; Blacker on the Ikea riot; house poem by William H. Davies; Leplastrier, Richard (architect); Longley, Michael - water poem; mangrove; Miller, Arthur (obit.); Monbiot, George (climate change); Nature Cure by Mabey - review; Pilliga forest; Pulmonaria obscura (lungwort); Schumacher College; shingles, roof; Samuel Palmer and the Ancients, by Raymond Lister; Somerset Levels’ sweet track (wooden trackway); The Tramp (jnl); The North-West Wind by Edward Thomas; wind power; wood talk by RD “Wood is my element …”; World of Warcraft (online fantasy game). RD/TW/5/2 “Touching Wood” Research I, 1999-2005 Contains an assortment of papers, mainly notes and correspondence. [Contained in one ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/3 Nimes/ Languedoc, April 22-25, 2002 Contains printed material on the natural environment and flora of the area including olives and chestnuts, and contains travel brochures and maps. Also includes ms article by RD “Meeting Nightingales Halfway”. RD/TW/5/4 Kazakhstan & Kyrgyzstan, 2002 RD travelled to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to see the wild-fruit and walnut forests during the fruiting season of September and October 2002. Contains mainly e-mail correspondence concerning arrangements for RD’s visit, background material and notes relating to the trip, official documentation, receipts and bills from the trip. Correspondence is with the British Council, Barrie Juniper of the Plant Sciences Department at Oxford University, and others. [Contained in one black ring-binder and one folder]. RD/TW/5/5 Kyrgyzstan Ortok Woodlanders and Kazakhstan/ Kyrgyzstan notes, 1997-2004 Contains typescript draft chapters on “Ortok Woodlanders” and “Understanding the Walnut Forest”; a typescript report by Gabriel Henery on a walnut seed collecting expedition to Kyrgyzstan in 1997; and RD’s related ms notes. RD/TW/5/6 Kyrgyzstan/ Poland, 2003-2004 Contains mainly webpage articles relating to Kyrgyzstan and Central Asia, The Middle East, and Turkey. Includes reviews of books on Aurel Stein, writer of the Silk Road. Articles on Kyrgyzstan’s medicinal plants, human rights, oil projects and deforestation. Articles on the poppy trade & the Taliban in Afghanistan. A report on a trip to Kyrgyzstan by the Ornithological Society of the Middle East. Articles on Kyrgyz music; Egyptian cedar coffins; and Ararat - a film on Armenians and the Turkish past. Also includes webpage information on Wetlina, Poland. Includes maps. [Contained in one yellow ring-binder].

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RD/TW/5/7 Willow (Cricket Bat Willow), 1996-2002 Contains mainly RD’s ms notes on Cricket Bat Willow trees, some manufacturer’s leaflets, and a typescript chapter on willows for “Touching Wood”. RD/TW/5/8 Stonehenge/ Woodhenge, [undated] Contains photocopies of printed works: The Making of Stonehenge, by Rodney Castleden; Stonehenge: Making Space, by Barbara Bender; and If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller; by Italo Calvino. [Contained in one ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/9 Apple Pip, 2003 Contains a copy of this children’s book by Meg Amsden, published by the Arts Council, 2003, and 1 leaf of RD’s related notes on apples. RD/TW/5/10 Printed extracts RD/TW/5/10/1 Printed extracts Contains photocopies from printed works: The Disappearing Russian Forest; webpage reviews on From the Forest to the Sea, by Chris Maser; A Forest Journey, by John Perlin; The Friend of Shelley: a memoir of Edward John Trelawny, by H.J. Massingham; Portrait of the Anti-Semite, by Sartre, 1948; Eastern Approaches, by Fitzroy Maclean; Woodland Crafts; Country Craft Tools, Percy Blandford, 1974; Country Relics, by H.J. Massingham, 1939 (on country crafts); Untrodden Ways, by H.J. Massingham, 1923; and The Definition of a Mazzard (fruit). Also includes an article on Morris dancing; and information on the artist Constantin Brancusi; how wood decomposes; and shipworms. [Contained in one ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/10/2 Printed extracts Contains photocopies from printed works: Notebooks – on woods, by John Fowles; chapter on Hardy’s insects from Reading Hardy’s Landscapes, by Michael Irwin; Seahenge, by Frances Pryor; Hengeworld (woodhenge), by Mike Pitts; The Wood Pigeon, by R.K. Murton; The Mole, by Kenneth Mellanby; The Rabbit, by Harry V. Thompson; The Life of the Shrew, by Peter Crowcroft; chapter 6 “Speak, memory” of Nabokov’s Butterflies, by Brian Boyd; Ecology of Sumatra, vol.1, Tony Whitton; Trees, Wood and Timber in Greek History, by Oliver Rackham; Woodland Management, Products and Uses Since 1250. [Contained in one black ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/10/3 Printed extracts Contains photocopies from printed works: The English Country Chair: An Illustrated History of English Chairs and Chairmaking; Trees, Woods and Man – includes RD’s sticker notes on: wattle & daub, craft & timber, hedgerow trees, oak – craft, walking sticks, ash, sycamore, hornbeam and hazel. [Contained in one black ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/10/4 Printed extracts Contains drawings of Sarakatsani wooden domes huts thatched with reeds, by Sheila Campbell; The Arrow and the Sword, by Hugh Ross-Williamson, 1942; an essay from Permanent Red, by John Berger; The Elm, by R.H. Rubens.; How to Be Alone, by Jonathan Franzen. [Contained in one yellow ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/10/5 Printed extracts Contains a photocopy from The English Path, by Kim Taplin. [Contained in one black ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/10/6 Printed extracts Contains photocopies from printed works: Lichens, by Oliver Gilbert; Grazing Ecology and Forest History, F.W.M. Vera; Axe Handles, poems by Gary

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Snyder; The Forest of Medieval Romance; The Social Life of Trees. [Contained in one black ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/10/7 Printed extracts The New Forest: an Ecological History, by Colin R. Tubbs; Journal, with RD’s sticker-notes on oaks, Dartmoor, and faeries; and extracts from Gerald Manley Hopkins which mentions ashboughs and aspens. [Contained in one black ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/10/8 Printed extracts Contains photocopies from printed works: Reading Out of Doors, Edward Thomas; Wales, by Edward Thomas; A Literary Pilgrim in England, by Edward Thomas; Critical essays on Italo Calvino from Calvino at the End of the Century, by William Weaver et al.; poems from Wendell Berry; Three on Community, by Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry and Carole Korda; At Swim-Two- Birds, Flann O’Brien; Damned to Fame (biography of Samuel Beckett), by James Knowlson; The Nature and Art of Workmanship, by David Pye. [Contained in one green ring-binder]. RD/TW/5/10/9 Printed extracts Contains an extract from Transactions, Vol.51. “Headstone Manor, Pinner, Middlesex”. Patricia A. Clarke. This concerns the history of the oldest known surviving timber-framed dwelling in Middlesex. RD/TW/5/11 Australia, 1999-2002 Contains 2 files RD/TW/5/11/1 Dingoes, sharks and whales, 1999-2001 RD/TW/5/11/2 Australia – emails and Barrow Creek Affair, 2001-2002 RD travelled to Australia as part of his research for ”Touching Wood”. Before April 2001 RD had journeyed from Alice Springs to Ayers Rock, Glen Helen, Hermannsburg, and the Aboriginal outstation of Utopia. On a camping journey, with the ethno-botanist Peter Latz, RD followed the bed of the Finke River up towards the Tanami Desert. RD/TW/5/11/1 Dingoes, sharks and whales, 1999-2001 Contains press-cuttings and e-mails on the dangers of dingoes and sharks in and around Australia. Terence Blacker writes on the culling of dingoes on Fraser Island. Also contains one article from The Observer on Japan’s pressure on Dominica to lift a ban on whaling. RD/TW/5/11/2 Australia – emails and Barrow Creek Affair, 2001-2003 Contains webpage articles on the attack on tourists Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio in the northern Territory outback; articles on the culling of kookaburras on Fraser Island; e-mail correspondence with Australian contacts including Freya Mathews, concerning the Schumacher College courses which RD would teach; e-mails of a general nature with Dorothy (Dot) Porter; with Elaine van Kempen of Australia; Anthony (Tony) Barrell of Australia; and Ann Hinchliffe of Regional Arts NSW regarding RD speaking at the Regional Arts Conference in Australia in October 2003. Also included are notes on “A Place on Earth”. RD/TW/5/12 Notes on wood and Kyrgyzstan, 2004-2005 Contains a large collection of ms notes which primarily relate to wood and Kyrgyzstan; an ms article by RD on blewit mushrooms; a typescript article on the Wakhan Corridor in Kyrgyzstan; and an article on cabins by Diane Roberts. [Contained in one ring-binder].

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RD/TW/5/13 Poland, Ukraine and Czech Republic, 1986, 2001 Contains printed ephemera relating to RD’s travels to Krakow, Lviv and Prague. See also RD/LIT/1/7 and RD/LIT/3/14 for writings by RD on his travels to Prague and the Ukraine. And RD/PHO for photographs of this trip in 2001. Also includes a few printed items on the Polish landscape (1986). RD/TW/5/14 Pyrenees, 19-22 November 2001 RD travelled to Barcelona and then visited the Pyrenees. The file contains travel documentation, and notes on trees, wood and cattle. RD/TW/5/15 Mary Newcomb, 200-? A chapter in Wildwood is devoted to the artist Mary Newcomb (1922-2008). Included here are draft chapters and notes. RD/TW/5/16 Wood - miscellaneous paragraphs and book ideas; apples, wood, Newcomb, 200-? Contains ms notes. Mentions Mary Newcomb; RD discusses the light and colours of woods; wood turning; songs sung at school and their association with apples outside the classroom; and how he never found out why his father’s middle name was Greenwood.

RD/TW/6 Other wood & tree related papers, 1990-2005 RD/TW/6/1 Proposal for a series of books on trees, 1990 RD/TW/6/2 Parks, 1990 RD/TW/6/3 Lithuania, [undated] RD/TW/6/4 Wood pictures, [undated] RD/TW/6/5 Wood-turning lathes, 1994 RD/TW/6/6 Woodland Trust, 2001-2005 RD/TW/6/7 The Walnut Club, 2001-2003 RD/TW/6/8 Articles on wood and trees, 1998-2002 RD/TW/6/9 More articles on wood and trees, 2004-2005 RD/TW/6/10 Channel 4 television proposal - “Touching Wood”, 2004 RD/TW/6/11 Bender, [undated] RD/TW/6/12 Association of Gardens Trusts Conference, 2003 RD/TW/6/13 Churchyard trees, [undated] RD/TW/6/14 Elm, [undated] RD/TW/6/15 Eucalyptus, 1989-1995 RD/TW/6/16 Designs, [undated] RD/TW/6/17 “Touching Wood”, film by Mike Dibb, 2005 RD/TW/6/1 Proposal for a series of books on trees, 1990 Contains an outline proposal of a series of small books on trees by RD, 5/1/90. RD/TW/6/2 Parks, 1990 Contains a photocopied article from Candida about London parks in 1894 and a few notes by RD. RD/TW/6/3 Lithuania, [undated] Contains a photocopied extract from The Old Lithuanian Sculpture (wood sculpture). The folder is marked by RD as “Erica’s Lithuania stuff, Oct 2001”. RD/TW/6/4 Wood pictures, [undated] Contains an assortment of photocopied images from published works. RD/TW/6/5 Wood-turning lathes, 1994 Contains product literature for Startrite lathes.

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RD/TW/6/6 Woodland Trust, 2001-2005 Contains printed brochures, correspondence and a calendar from the Woodland Trust. RD/TW/6/7 The Walnut Club, 2001-2003 Contains newsletters, correspondence and information on the identification and care of walnut trees. RD/TW/6/8 Articles on wood and trees, 1998-2002 Includes articles on resource depletion in India’s woods, by A.K. Patel; the Salisbury Festival project “In Praise of Trees”; chestnuts; olives and olive trees; Oregon Country Fair; yew trees; protection of the Bangladeshi forest; Indonesian flora and fauna; woods of Cornwall and Cumbria; and some miscellaneous items. [Contained in one black ring-binder]. RD/TW/6/9 More articles on wood and trees, 2004-2005 Contains mainly webpage and press articles: A Tree Council review of The Great British Trees Book. “Burma’s Virgin Teak Forests Being Massacred”, by Phil Reeves. “Amid a Forest’s Ashes, a Debate Over Logging Profits is Burning”, by Matthew Preusch, NY Times, 15/4/04. Orlando Furioso – Ariosto. “Parks Try Tropical Trees to Beat Heat”, by Jonathan Leake, The Sunday Times, 26/6/05. “China Consumes Forests of Smuggled Timber”, Jonathan Watts, The Guardian, 22/4/05. “Nightmare on Lime Street”, by Ross Lydall, Evening Standard, 21/3/05. “China Crisis: Threat to the Global Environment” The Independent, 19/10/05. RD/TW/6/10 Channel 4 television proposal - “Touching Wood”, 2004 Contains a proposal for a series of ten 30-minute programmes. Includes correspondence, notes and also a copy of the book proposal. RD/TW/6/11 Bender, [undated] Photocopies of a printed article. It refers to a covered cairn of hazel, willow and stone in the grounds of Tranekaer Castle, Denmark. RD/TW/6/12 Association of Gardens Trusts Conference, 2003 Contains mainly printed ephemera on this conference on ancient trees in the historic environment. RD/TW/6/13 Churchyard trees, [undated] Contains printed brochures, leaflets and ms notes on trees in churchyards. Papers are from a variety of organisations concerned with churchyard wildlife. RD/TW/6/14 Elm, [undated] Contains creative writing notes as well as factual notes on elm trees. RD/TW/6/15 Eucalyptus, 1989-1995 Contains mainly printed papers and notes concerning the ecological effects of eucalypts, particularly in Portugal. RD/TW/6/16 Designs, [undated] Contains sketched drawings for lampshade designs (made from wood); and a notepad which relates partly to wood designs and calculations but also includes notes on: Guy Fawkes; objections to nuclear power; handmade houses; meetings with FOE; general notes and to-do lists; European travel arrangements; personal finance; and substantial notes on a campaign for clean water.

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RD/TW/6/17 “Touching Wood”, film by Mike Dibb, 2005 Contains 2 copies of this film by Mike Dibb of RD at Walnut Tree Farm, 8/2/05. RD talks about the girth of oak trees and how oak and chestnut are used in the farmhouse at WTF. Filmed in the garden and in the house of WTF. RD discusses amateur wood sculptures; how gothic arches were formed by bending sapling ash into an arch (he shows an example of this on his property); fire and how he sees it as the beginning of human culture; and East Anglia being the main area which grows the cricket bat willow. Informal film. Quality is not good, a bit fuzzy. 1 video cassette [RD/TW/6/17/1]; 1 DVD [RD/TW/6/17/2]; (ca. 13 min.) + 2 DVD copies.

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RD/WLOG Waterlog, Swimming, etc., 1935, 1977, 1986-2005, 2010

RD/WLOG/1 Waterlog, 1996-2003 RD/WLOG/2 Swimming, etc., 1935, 1977, 1986-2005, 2010

RD/WLOG/1 Waterlog, 1996-2003 RD/WLOG1/1 Manuscripts [undated] RD/WLOG1/2 Original proposal & contract, 1996 RD/WLOG1/3 Index and prelim pages, [199-] RD/WLOG1/4 Correspondence, 1996-2003 RD/WLOG1/5 Promotion, 1999-2003 RD/WLOG1/6 Jackets, posters and artwork, 1999 RD/WLOG1/7 Paperback revisions, 1999-2000 RD/WLOG1/8 Press-cuttings & journal articles, 1999-2000 RD/WLOG1/9 Reviews & press-cuttings, 1997-2003 RD/WLOG/1/10 Swimming tape transcripts, 1996-1997 RD/WLOG/1/11 Notebooks index, 1996-1997 RD/WLOG/1/12 Radio recording for BBC Scotland, 2000 RD/WLOG/1/13 Swimming & Waterlog, general notes, letters, misc., 1997 RD/WLOG/1/14 Waterlog disks, 1996-2001 RD/WLOG/1/15 Waterlog video cassettes & DVDs, 1999-2003

RD/WLOG1/1 Manuscripts RD/WLOG/1/1/1 Chapter writing RD/WLOG/1/1/2 Drafts RD/WLOG/1/1/3 Proof RD/WLOG/1/1/4 Miscellaneous ms draft pages and notes RD/WLOG/1/1/5 Abridged manuscript by Derek Webb on behalf of Westwood Sound RD/WLOG1/1/1 Chapter writing Contains 2 ring-binders of chapter writing. Part 1 contains a list of chapters to write, and ms of separate chapters. Part 2 includes a list of what still has to be written, index to chapters written, and ms. A folder contains various ms chapters: “A People’s River”, “Beachcombing”, “Moonbeams and Tiderips”, “To Derbyshire”, “To Yorkshire”, “To Cornwall”, “Back to Cornwall”, To Dorset”, “Extinctions”, “Messing About in Moats”. Another ring-binder includes a revised structure and is marked for Dudley’s attention. A green ring-binder contains 1st drafts and additional chapters. Includes notes on Houghton Fishing Club; ms on the Lords of the Fly; chapter writing on the River Cary in Somerset; Winchester; eels and Ely; notes and ms relating to coypu. RD/WLOG/1/1/2 Drafts 1st draft master copy (in ring-binder). Draft ms [for the attention of] Westons, with comments, in ring-binder. Draft ms [for the attention of] Terence [Blacker] in ring-binder. 2nd draft ms, two copies in two ring-binders, 1/1/99. Draft ms without corrections. Corrected draft ms. Complete ms with corrections. RD/WLOG/1/1/3 Proof Author page proof. Marked proof.

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Unmarked proof, pages 136-350. Chapter one - page proof. RD/WLOG/1/1/4 Miscellaneous ms draft pages and notes Contains four files of revised drafts and ms notes. RD/WLOG/1/1/5 Abridged manuscript by Derek Webb on behalf of Westwood Sound

RD/WLOG/1/2 Original proposal and contract, 1996 Contains an initial proposal, dd. May 1996, entitled: “The Waters of the Wondrous Isle: Swimming Round Britain”. Also the contract between RD and Chatto & Windus, 19/8/96.

RD/WLOG/1/3 Index and prelim pages, [199-] Handwritten notes and a typed index of place names and rivers and a list of chapters and illustrations.

RD/WLOG/1/4 Correspondence, 1996-2003 RD/WLOG/1/4/1 Comments and criticism, 1996-1998 RD/WLOG/1/4/2 Correspondence with Chatto & Windus and Gary Rowland Associates re layout, 1999 RD/WLOG/1/4/3 Edit notes and Channel 4 Television series proposal, 1998-1999 RD/WLOG/1/4/4 Correspondence with Chatto & Windus and The Sunday Telegraph, 1997-1999 RD/WLOG/1/4/5 Waterlog letters, A-Z, 1999-2003 RD/WLOG/1/4/6 Adrian, 1999 RD/WLOG/1/4/7 Society of Authors, 1996-1998 RD/WLOG/1/4/8 Correspondence with Ken Worpole, 1997 RD/WLOG/1/4/9 General correspondence concerning Waterlog, 1998-2006

RD/WLOG/1/4/1 Comments and criticism, 1996-1998 The earliest correspondence is 22/5/96 with Fourth Estate Ltd in which RD writes “have been thinking about how best to approach a book about native swimming”. In a later note he writes “I need to get a sense of risk and danger in early on”. Thereafter correspondence is mainly with Rebecca Carter of Chatto & Windus. Includes editorial comments and RD’s reactions to this. Also includes early proposals and discussions for the content and themes of Waterlog. Revised structure; and chapter writing schedules. Additional correspondence is with Terence Blacker.

RD/WLOG/1/4/2 Correspondence with Chatto & Windus and Gary Rowland Associates re layout, 1999 Contains correspondence with Rebecca Carter of Chatto and Windus. Includes printed test pages of the manuscript in bembo typescript; revised layouts and faxed revisions of the design of the prelim pages from Gary Rowland Associates. All parts of the text are discussed with the publishers: proof corrections, prelims, index, quotations, acknowledgements, title page, pagination, font size and layout. Also includes opening pages of Waterlog to assist David Holmes and Gary Rowland with page layouts. RD/WLOG/1/4/3 Edit notes and Channel 4 Television series proposal, 1998-1999 Contains correspondence with Rebecca Carter of Chatto and Windus concerning the illustrations, acknowledgements, prelim pages and index. Includes notes on late revisions; RD’s outline redraft for a press release; and a list of possible titles for the book. Also included is RD’s proposal and a proposal from Third Eye Productions Ltd to Channel 4 Television for a series “Swimming Through Britain (working title): A Swimmer’s Journey”. In the series it is proposed that RD be given “a different, mad,

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keen, but surprising swimmer companion” [eg. Oliver Sacks]. With the proposal he includes copies of his article “The Pool of Life”. The Guardian, 7/7/97. Other contents include correspondence and contract for the BBC Radio 4 programme A Night With …, aired on 20/6/98. RD/WLOG/1/4/4 Correspondence with Chatto & Windus and The Sunday Telegraph, 1997-1999 Correspondence highlights RD’s concerns at the way in which Waterlog is being edited by Rebecca Carter of Chatto & Windus. RD also writes of his and Chatto’s treatment by The Sunday Telegraph concerning the promotion of Waterlog. RD/WLOG/1/4/5 Waterlog letters, A-Z, 1999-2003 Letters arranged by Jenny Farley. They mostly contain informal comments and reviews on Waterlog. [Contained in two ring-binders]. See also RD/WLOG/1/4/9. RD/WLOG/1/4/6 Adrian, 1999 Contains a letter from RD to his cousin Adrian expressing his concern regarding Adrian’s ill health and cancer. Adrian appears in chapter 8 of Waterlog, extracts are included; notes from the speech RD gave at the memorial service in December 1999; and a letter from Margaret [Adrian’s widow?]. RD/WLOG/1/4/7 Society of Authors, 1996-1998 Contains correspondence concerning a grant request of £1,850 for completion expenses for Waterlog research. Included is a 1996 description of RD’s ideas for a book on swimming, and biographical details. RD/WLOG/1/4/8 Correspondence with Ken Worpole, 1997 Contains a letter from Worpole to RD thanking him for his comments on Staying Close to the Water; and mentions a photographic archive belonging to Ian Gibson on swimming pools; includes “Backpeddaling” (an article on swimming); and “The Outdoor Life”. Landscape Design, 3/97. RD/WLOG/1/4/9 General correspondence concerning Waterlog, 1998-2006 Amongst other papers, this file includes correspondence from the BBC production of Bookworm with filming of RD; correspondence from the Daily Telegraph for a review article; and a draft structure for RD to appear in a “water film” by the company Coasthouse (a creator of brand communications). See also RD/WLOG/1/4/5.

RD/WLOG/1/5 Promotion, 1999-2003 RD/WLOG/1/5/1 Vintage; festivals in Australia, 1999-2000 RD/WLOG/1/5/2 Literary festivals & bookshop readings for the promotion of Waterlog, 1999 RD/WLOG/1/5/3 Launch party, 1999 RD/WLOG/1/5/4 Correspondence with Chatto & Windus re promotion and sales of Waterlog, 1998-1999 RD/WLOG/1/5/5 Correspondence with Chatto & Windus and Random House re launch & promotion, 1999 RD/WLOG/1/5/6 Promotion of Waterlog in Australia, 2000 RD/WLOG/1/5/7 General promotion of Waterlog, 1999, 2003 RD/WLOG/1/5/1 Vintage; festivals in Australia, 1999-2000 Contains general correspondence concerning the promotion of Waterlog at festivals and libraries in the UK and Australia. RD was granted £400 from Eastern Arts Board for research in Australia and for appearances there. He visited Sydney from 10/3/99 until May and contemplated staying for the Sydney Writers’ Festival for the launch of the Waterlog Vintage paperback. Vintage launched their UK paperback on 1/6/99.

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RD/WLOG/1/5/2 Literary festivals & bookshop readings for the promotion of Waterlog, 1999 Contains correspondence and leaflets. Events include: Mere Literary Festival, Wilts.; Diss Library event; Southwold Literary Weekend; Norfolk Writers’ Festival, 7/7/99; Cheltenham Festival; book signing at Farleigh, Hungerford; Sole Bay Literature Festival, Southwold, Suffolk, 6/99; and Edinburgh Festival, 8/99. Includes some background statistical notes on swimming; a request by Vintage for RD to contribute to a 10th anniversary literary diary; acceptance of RD as a full member of English PEN; an agreement signed by RD for an interview on the BBC programme Bookworm. RD/WLOG/1/5/3 Launch party, 1999 Contains invitation lists, notes, correspondence and a short biography. The launch was scheduled for 27/5/99 in London. RD/WLOG/1/5/4 Correspondence with Chatto & Windus re promotion and sales of Waterlog, 1998-1999 Contains numerous letter and faxes concerning promotion of Waterlog; an index of places; and a faxed letter of complaint from RD to Chatto, dd 27/9/99. RD/WLOG/1/5/5 Correspondence with Chatto & Windus and Random House re launch & promotion, 1999 Correspondence is from May-June 1999. RD/WLOG/1/5/6 Promotion of Waterlog in Australia, 2000 Contains correspondence with publishers and papers concerning RD’s visit to the Sydney Writers’ Festival and the promotion of Waterlog. Press-cuttings are included, some are from the Olympic Games. RD/WLOG/1/5/7 General promotion of Waterlog, 1999, 2003 Contains papers concerning a programme with shoots at Tooting BEC Lido and Highgate; various notes on swimming and pools and Brighton Swimming Club information.

RD/WLOG/1/6 Jackets, posters and artwork, 1999

RD/WLOG/1/7 Paperback revisions, 1999-2000 Contains cover quotes; a summary of key chapters (or abridged versions of them); copy corrections/ amendments; jacket proofs from the publishers, Vintage.

RD/WLOG/1/8 Press-cuttings & journal articles, 1999-2000 RD/WLOG/1/8/1 Waterlog reviews and features, 1999 RD/WLOG/1/8/2 Australia cuttings - Waterlog, 2000 RD/WLOG/1/8/1 Waterlog reviews and features, 1999 These are mainly whole newspapers or journals. Mostly oversize. “Go With the Flow” (review of Waterlog by Michèle Roberts). Financial Times, 3/7/99. (OS). “Take the Plunge. Wild Swimming”. The Independent Magazine, 29/5/99. (Cover feature. Water World). (OS). “In a Pools Paradise: David Green Meets a Wild Swimmer”. The East Anglian Magazine, 29/5/99. No.35. (Cover feature. “Wet and Wild”). (OS). “Travel. Destination Jura. Homage to Corryvreckan”. Scotland on Sunday. 30/5/99. (OS).

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“It’s the Plunge that Counts” (Waterlog reviewed by Heathcote Williams). London Review of Books, 19/8/99. (OS). “In the Swim”. Adam Nicholson reviews Waterlog. Times Literary Supplement, 30/7/99. (Cover feature). (OS). “Scotland Toured at a Crawl”. The Sunday Times, 13/6/99. (OS). “In the Swim”. BBC Wildlife, June 1999. “Come on In the Water’s Fine”. (Oliver Bernard reviews Waterlog). The Oldie, October 1999. “No Longer in the Swim”. (Charles Sprawson reviews Waterlog). The Spectator, 22/5/99. “Waving Not Drowning”. Sunday Herald Magazine, 11/6/00. Also contains some duplicate photocopied press-cuttings. RD/WLOG/1/8/2 Australia cuttings - Waterlog, 2000 [Contained in one ring-binder].

RD/WLOG/1/9 Reviews & press-cuttings, 1997-2003 Contains press-cuttings and personal letters of praise regarding Waterlog. Included are letters from Oliver Sacks and Andrew Motion. Also includes critical review comments for the dust-jacket; cover quotes; and photographs of RD at a book launch; and a typescript of “In At the Deep End”, by Kate Kellaway, Observer, 26/8/01, which refers to RD’s swimming. [Contained in 4 ring-binders and two folders].

RD/WLOG/1/10 Swimming tape transcripts, 1996-1997 A red ring-binder contains transcripts of [dictaphone] tapes 8/1996 – 12/1997; and a note on the River Wissey.

RD/WLOG/1/11 Notebooks index, 1996-1997 Contains an index to small noteboooks with a swimming theme, from 8/1996 – 10/1997; and a list of headings.

RD/WLOG/1/12 Radio recording for BBC Scotland, 2000 Contains scripts for Waterlog which were sent to BBC Scotland. RD was invited to Edinburgh for the recording.

RD/WLOG/1/13 Swimming & Waterlog, general notes, letters, misc., 1997 Includes notes on the disappearance of the Suffolk coast; typed ms on swimming, the weightlessness of swimming and cycling, and the freedom from constraint; contact for eel basket makers, eel catchers, and other Ely based contacts; photocopied maps of Stiffkey and Blakeney in Norfolk, and Iona; notes on Andy Goldsworthy and a BBC 2 production concerning rivers; Environment Agency article on hormone disruption in wildlife; notes on personal swimming experiences of Rachel Moynihan in the Wirral and the health benefits of swimming; notes from RD’s interviews with folk from Dungeness; notes on access to rivers and riversides and mentions David Beskine (the Ramblers’ access campaigner); ms notes by RD on his early plans for “Swimmingly” [Waterlog] and his plans to swim all over the UK; ms notes mentioning “mythic maps” and “maps of paradise” and wild swimming; literature on alternative therapies; annual Channel review; an article on sea bathing by Louis Appleby; article by Robert Burton for British Wildlife, “Through a Naturalist’s Eyes”; an article on Somerset’s silt flats; a poem by Arthur McHugh on distance swimming; a letter from Ken Worpole; letters in response to RD’s article for the Guardian “The Pool of Life”; details of the Amateur Swimming Association’s first national conference (1997 : Sheffield); South London Swimming Club membership details; River Waveney regeneration project; and general correspondence and articles on swimming and pools. Includes RD’s initial thoughts on Waterlog, as written in a note to ‘Nick’ –

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“I concluded that the best plan would be the simplest … taking basic camping kit, some old plimsolls or plastic sandals, a bar or two of chocolate, thermos and hip flask … being single-mindedly amphibian myself, I would hope to bring out the amphibian in the people I meet along the way … I would like to write (as I naturally do anyway) discursively. DeQuincy and Thoreau come to mind, as well as Cobbett … This is swimming for pleasure, or out of curiosity … Turning into a swimmer is one way of being a chameleon observer of our native land and people. Like the wart in the Once and Future King, I will turn into a fish, or an otter in Clacton, Bognor Regis, amongst the beach huts of Southwold or Walberswick, or in a Highland river pool amongst salmon, or in seaweedy Kimmeridge Bay, nudged by languid mullet”. [Contained in one ring-binder].

RD/WLOG/1/14 Waterlog disks, 1996-2001 Contains 71 floppy disks relating to Waterlog, swimming and water articles. Includes “back-ups” and “safety copies”, wildlife articles and accounts.

RD/WLOG/1/15 Waterlog video cassettes & DVDs, 1999-2003

RD/WLOG/1/15/1 Wild swimming presentation, 20/2/99. 1 video cassette + 2 DVD copies. RD/WLOG/1/15/2 RD talks to Highgate Ladies Pond AGM, 1/03. 1 video cassette + 2 DVD copies. RD/WLOG/1/15/3 Bookworm and Countryfile BBC 2 Bookworm on Waterlog, 9/11/99 interview with Griff Rhys Jones. BBC 1 Countryfile, 2/7/00. 1 video cassette + 2 DVD copies. RD/WLOG/1/15/4 The Book Show, 15/6/99 Sky Television broadcasts The Book Show. RD is seen swimming in moats. He talks about swimming, the cold, and how his swims added up to a journey. 1 video cassette. (ca. 5 min.) + 2 DVD copies. RD/WLOG/1/15/5 Countryfile, 2/7/00 BBC 1. Michaela Strachan interviews RD on Waterlog. RD is seen swimming in the moats and they have a picnic on the River Waveney. 1 video cassette. (ca. 10 min.) (A duplicate of RD/WLOG/1/15/3).

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RD/WLOG/2 Swimming, etc., 1935, 1977, 1986-2005, 2010 RD/WLOG/2/1 The poetics of water, [undated] RD/WLOG/2/2 “Wild Swimming”, Sunday Telegraph, [undated] RD/WLOG/2/3 Hampstead Heath ponds, [199-] - 2004 RD/WLOG/2/4 Hampstead Water Festival, 2003 RD/WLOG/2/5 House of Commons. Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee. The Sport of Swimming, 2001 RD/WLOG/2/6 Swimming pool campaigns, 1997-2005 RD/WLOG/2/7 Jubilee Pool, Penzance, 1935, 1993-1997 RD/WLOG/2/8 Heathersage Swimming Club, [undated] RD/WLOG/2/9 Farleigh & District Swimming Club, 1996-1999 RD/WLOG/2/10 Swimming in Ipswich, 1984? RD/WLOG/2/11 “Great Lengths: A Preliminary Proposal for a Music Tour of the Swimming Pools of East Anglia”, 1996-1997 RD/WLOG/2/12 Swimming holes, 1998-2001 RD/WLOG/2/13 Ingleton pools, 1997 RD/WLOG/2/14 Dorset, Stockbridge, Winchester, 1997-1998 RD/WLOG/2/15 Somerset/ River Cary, 1998 RD/WLOG/2/16 Cornwall – Falmouth/ Red River, [undated] RD/WLOG/2/17 Plymouth – swimming recollections from the public, 1998 RD/WLOG/2/18 Dartmoor, 1998 RD/WLOG/2/19 Cambridge, 1998 RD/WLOG/2/20 Diss/ Waveney, 1977, 1998 RD/WLOG/2/21 Harleston, 1997 RD/WLOG/2/22 Shetland, 1998 RD/WLOG/2/23 Channel 4 proposal. “A Swimmer’s Journey”, 1998-1999 RD/WLOG/2/24 Drowning (coroners), 1998 RD/WLOG/2/25 Water – cold, 1999 RD/WLOG/2/26 Jack Overhill/ Tammy van Wisse, 1977, 1986, 2001 RD/WLOG/2/27 Ponds/ Moats, 1989, 1997-1998 RD/WLOG/2/28 Swimming – general letters, and The Guardian article, 1997-1999 RD/WLOG/2/29 Swimming chapter copy, 1996 RD/WLOG/2/30 Guardian swim notes, [undated] RD/WLOG/2/31 Spas, 1996-1997 RD/WLOG/2/32 Blandford Fly in the Stour Valley, 1986-1992 RD/WLOG/2/33 Burt Lancaster and The Swimmer, 2001 RD/WLOG/2/34 Swimwear, 1996 RD/WLOG/2/35 Penguin Pool, London Zoo, and other designer pools, 2001 RD/WLOG/2/36 Swimming – general notes, [undated] RD/WLOG/2/37 Swimming – hazards, 1996-1998 RD/WLOG/2/38 General press-cuttings on swimming and water, 1995-2005 RD/WLOG/2/39 Miscellaneous printed papers, 1999 RD/WLOG/2/40 Miscellaneous swimming articles by RD, 1997-2000 RD/WLOG/2/41 General correspondence on swimming, water, etc., 2003-2005 RD/WLOG/2/42 “The Deep” – Hull’s Submarium, 2002 RD/WLOG/2/43 Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts, BBC Channel 4, c.2010

RD/WLOG/2/1 The poetics of water, [undated] Contains a collection of photocopied printed verse; a reference list of verses used by RD – ‘Getting Changed: the Chameleon Swimmer’; and ‘Rivers and Poems’, by RD.

RD/WLOG/2/2 Wild Swimming, Sunday Telegraph, [undated] Contains 2 folders with drafts and notes for an article for the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Review. Variously titled: “Wild Swimming”, “Swimming in the Wild” and includes a top 10 of wild swimming spots. Also includes “A Strategy for Provision of Swimming Pools in Greater London”, London Sport.

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RD/WLOG/2/3 Hampstead Heath ponds, [199-] - 2004 Contains correspondence concerning charging for swimming in open ponds. Includes extracts of chapters 32 & 33 from Waterlog.

RD/WLOG/2/4 Hampstead Water Festival, 2003 Contains pamphlets and correspondence relating to the festival on 16/8/03, Winchester Cathedral and St Swithun.

RD/WLOG/2/5 House of Commons. Culture, Media and Sports Select Committee. The Sport of Swimming, 2001 Contains printed enquiry evidence. Includes an advance copy of the House of Commons report Testing the Waters: the Sport of Swimming. The focus is on the importance and popularity of swimming and the need to maintain swimming facilities.

RD/WLOG/2/6 Swimming pool campaigns, 1997-2005 Contains a press-cutting concerning the closure of the Pells swimming pool in Lewes, Sussex. A press-cutting on saving the Moseley Road Baths, The Guardian, 20/7/98; and a fax from Michael Palin to Alan Read, 10/9/00 describes the joys of Marshall Street Baths. Also included are leaflets and campaign literature for the Victoria Baths; the Marshall Street Leisure centre; Govanhill Pool, Glasgow; and Haggeston Pool. Campaigners for these baths met at the House of Commons, 9/8/01. Additional press-cuttings are included on the campaign for Tinside open air pool in Plymouth, 1999-2000; and the plight of others.

RD/WLOG/2/7 Jubilee Pool, Penzance, 1935, 1993-1997 Contains press-cuttings on the history of the pool, one of the opening of the pool in 1935; a brochure on public pools in Cornwall; leaflet on the Jubilee Pool; letter to RD from the President of the Penzance Jubilee Pool Association outlining the lottery heritage grants which had been applied for, for the restoration of the pool and café, and expressing an interest in the article which RD was writing for the Guardian; and notes by RD.

RD/WLOG/2/8 Heathersage Swimming Club, [undated] Contains handwritten information notes on this club run by the Parish Council.

RD/WLOG/2/9 Farleigh & District Swimming Club, 1996-1999 Contains a 1996 newsletter, a letter granting RD honorary membership, copies of a history of the club, and reminiscences.

RD/WLOG/2/10 Swimming in Ipswich, 1984? Contains a brochure. D.L. Jones. The Story of Swimming in Ipswich from 1329-1984. Ipswich Borough Council.

RD/WLOG/2/11 “Great Lengths: A Preliminary Proposal for a Music Tour of the Swimming Pools of East Anglia”, 1996-1997 Contains RD’s proposal for live concerts at poolsides.

RD/WLOG/2/12 Swimming holes, 1998-2001 Contains notes which mention West Burton on the River Ure and ‘The Fosse’ at Stainforth; and a rivers and lakes map of the UK. Also includes Rob’s Directory of Cool Places: a Wild Swimmer’s Guide to Swims in Rivers, Afons, Pools … Farleigh & District Swimming Club, 2001.

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RD/WLOG/2/13 Ingleton pools, 1997 Contains RD’s ms notes on natural and man-made pools around Ingleton, Lancashire; and photographs of the Ingleton swimming pool.

RD/WLOG/2/14 Dorset, Stockbridge, Winchester, 1997-1998 Contains printed material on Gunner’s Hole, a spacious stretch in a branch of the Itchen just outside Meads; Labour’s pledges concerning the right to roam, canoeing, and the recreational potential of rivers, 6/97; letters to RD about experiences of swimming in the sea; and correspondence with the Airborne Forces Museum about the origins of the parachute. [See RD/WLOG/2/29] where RD writes “I carry a big Air Force surplus silk parachute with me and spread it over the car when I’m in residence; I can see out but people, or just as likely cows, can’t see in. …”

RD/WLOG/2/15 Somerset/ River Cary, 1998 Contains letters from the public recalling swimming experiences in Somerset, the River Cary and the Dorset coast.

RD/WLOG/2/16 Cornwall – Falmouth/ Red River, [undated] Contains ms notes.

RD/WLOG/2/17 Plymouth – swimming recollections from the public, 1998 Contains letters from the public in response to RD’s article in the local Evening Herald, 19/2/98, asking for recollections of their swimming experiences in Plymouth.

RD/WLOG/2/18 Dartmoor, 1998 Contains letters from the public to RD recollecting their swimming experiences; and photocopies of articles by Bob Mann on Totnes and Ivybridge.

RD/WLOG/2/19 Cambridge, 1998 Contains recollections from the public of swimming in Cambridge; also documentation on water safety for baptisms in the River Lark.

RD/WLOG/2/20 Diss/ Waveney, 1977, 1998 Contain RD’s letter to the Diss Express (pre-Waterlog) asking for stories or memories of readers’ swims in or around Diss, 27/2/98, and readers’ response letters; also a draft and printed article “Blazing Paddles” on canoeing on the River Waveney, first printed in the Waveney Clarion in 1977; and an article “Learning to Swim at Mendham Mill on the Waveney, Suffolk” by Robert Moss.

RD/WLOG/2/21 Harleston, 1997 Contains reminiscences by Gillian Edwards of river swimming on the Norfolk/Suffolk border at Harleston. Includes two typed transcripts.

RD/WLOG/2/22 Shetland, 1998 Contains notes by RD of Richard Smith’s recollections of swimming in the Shetlands.

RD/WLOG/2/23 Channel 4 proposal. “A Swimmer’s Journey”, 1998-1999 Contains a preliminary proposal for a series of 6x25 minute programmes. Includes programme content and possible co-swimmers. Suggested classifications for the programmes include: Unofficial Swimming Holes; Lidos, Spas and Clubs; Sea Swimming; Wild Rivers and Mountain Swims; Swimming with Eels – the Fens, Levels and Broads; Mud Swimming.

RD/WLOG/2/24 Drowning (coroners), 1998 Contains ms notes on water safety and water accidents. Includes contact details of coroners and incident details in East Anglia. Printed material is included from ROSPA The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. The notes may have been prepared for a documentary as there is reference to accompanying music.

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RD/WLOG/2/25 Water – cold, 1999 Contains a press-cutting “Cold Showers Are Good For You”, The Independent, 21/11/99.

RD/WLOG/2/26 Jack Overhill/ Tammy van Wisse, 1977, 1986, 2001 Contains photocopied ms of Jack Overhill’s book: A Special Tribute to My Dogs … ; also press-cuttings relating to Jack, author, broadcaster, and a keen swimmer who took a daily dip in the Cam for 60 years. Jack also founded the Granta Swimming Club. [Contained in one ring-binder]. Also includes are press-cuttings and webpage print-outs relating to the Australian marathon swimmer Tanny van Wisse.

RD/WLOG/2/27 Ponds/ Moats, 1989, 1997-1998 Contains correspondence with the Suffolk Wildlife Trust concerning the Great Green at Mellis, the siting of a track, and it’s impact on the pond on the Mellis Green, 1989. Also includes notes and ms extracts [from Waterlog?] on ponds and moats, 1997.

RD/WLOG/2/28 Swimming – general letters, and The Guardian article, 1997-1999 Contains letters from readers in response to RD’s article “The Pool of Life”. The Guardian, 7/7/97; also some general letters and notes.

RD/WLOG/2/29 Swimming chapter copy, 1996 Contains a chapter on RD’s trip to Cornwall in his Citroën, and his swimming in the Red River; notes on the sand sculptor at Gt Yarmouth, Frederick Bultitude; notes on the farming activities of Frances Pryor at Whittlesea near Wisbech; and a list of chapter, or article titles eg. “Aqua Britannica”, “Duck to Water”, “Hopping Mad”, “A Frog’s Diary”, “Not Drowning, Not Waving”, etc.

RD/WLOG/2/30 Guardian swim notes, [undated] Contains miscellaneous notes on swimming, including: nudity, Walberswick & plankton, otters, Bedales Pool, the Vietcong, Penzance, the psychology of swimming, Jura, breast stroke, the rain and moat at Mellis, pools in prisons, RD’s recollections of being able to swim, Jonah and the whale, monkfish, baptism, Trevelyan notes, etc.

RD/WLOG/2/31 Spas, 1996-1997 Contains ms notes and research papers on the history of spas, spa therapy and hydrotherapy.

RD/WLOG/2/32 Blandford Fly in the Stour Valley, 1986-1992 Contains notes and research papers on the fly which bites only females. Papers discuss the eradication of the fly along river banks with chemicals. A profile of the valley and its towns are included from a publication by Common Ground Confluence, as well as papers and notes on grass snakes and leeches. See also RD/WLOG/2/24 and RD/WLOG/2/37 for other hazards.

RD/WLOG/2/33 Burt Lancaster and The Swimmer, 2001 Contains biographical notes on Lancaster and reviews of the 1968 film in which he starred The Swimmer. This film was the inspiration for RD’s swim around the UK.

RD/WLOG/2/34 Swimwear, 1996 Contains RD’s black Speedo swimming costume; instruction manuals for the Tusa diving mask and snorkel; and a letter dd 22/12/96 from RD to B.F. Aquasport/ Terrapin concerning RD’s search for a suitable wetsuit for swimming around Britain.

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RD/WLOG/2/35 Penquin Pool, London Zoo, and other designer pools, 2001 Contains photocopies of printed works relating to the Penquin Pool at London Zoo designed by Berthold Lubetkin; as well as the planning and design of public and private swimming baths.

RD/WLOG/2/36 Swimming – general notes, [undated] Contains some general notes on wild swimming; fishing; swimming in Cambridge; notes from the account of bailiff Stephen Rees concerning a pike bite; a drowning at Gunner’s Hole caused by unusual currents; and a list of books about rivers. Also included is a corrected ms of “Chapter 6” in which RD writes about swimming in his moat in Mellis, and describes the resident wood pigeons.

RD/WLOG/2/37 Swimming – hazards, 1996-1998 Contains information on Weil’s disease, and Environment Agency information on water quality and safety. See also RD/WLOG/2/32 and RD/WLOG/2/24 for other hazards.

RD/WLOG/2/38 General press-cuttings on swimming and water, 1995-2006 These articles do not mention RD. Includes an article on Burt Lancaster’s film The Swimmer on which Waterlog was based; an article by Fiona MacCarthy on swimming pools of the 1930s “Pleasure Palaces”, The Guardian, 6/8/05; “Lido Life”, by Ken Worpole, Open Democracy (webpage), 9/3/06; and “The Ice Maiden” (endurance swimmer Lynne Cox), The Independent on Sunday, 8/5/05. [Contained in one ring-binder and one folder].

RD/WLOG/2/39 Miscellaneous printed papers, 1999-2005 Contains a photocopy of a chapter “Archetypal Movements of Water” from [Sensitive Chaos, by Theodor Schwenk]; photocopies of printed works on swimming and diving, including The Art of Swimming newsletter.

RD/WLOG/2/40 Miscellaneous swimming articles by RD, 1997-2000 Contains drafts of articles, some appearing elsewhere in the archive. “The Stones of the Place” “On Swimming”. The Guardian, 13/6/97 “Moat”. The Independent, 27/8/00 “On Cycling and Swimming”, 5/99 “Village Swimming”. Country Living “Sydney Dreaming”. Australian Broadcasting, 17/6/99 & notes on poetry and water.

RD/WLOG/2/41 General correspondence on swimming, water, etc., 2003-2005 Jonathan Drake offers instruction in the Alexander Technique; Gillian Ashby remembers the Kenwood pools in Leicester, and refers to RD’s offer to help with the Coopers Beach chalets [in Essex?]. Also includes general letters from the public, one mentions the mill at Hoxne.

RD/WLOG/2/42 ‘The Deep’ – Hull’s Submarium, 2002 Contains papers relating to the submarium designed by Terry Farrell in Hull. Correspondence concerning an invitation for RD to attend the press day is included.

RD/WLOG/2/43 Wild Swimming with Alice Roberts, BBC Channel 4, c.2010 Documentary on wild swimming. Includes RD’s voice and film clips of him swmming. Alice Roberts travels around the country and experiences wild swimming. [DVD, 60 min.]. Broadcast on 30/11/09. Two copies. One supplied by the BBC, the other copied under UEA’s licence.

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RD/WTF Walnut Tree Farm, Mellis & Suffolk Communities, 1979-2005

RD/WTF/1 Cowpasture Lane, 1981-2005 RD/WTF/2 Mellis Common, 1989-2001 RD/WTF/3 Mellis Common, 1997-2005 RD/WTF/4 Common land, [undated] RD/WTF/5 Charity Commissioners & Mellis Common, 2000-2001 RD/WTF/6 Cowpasture Farm, 1986 RD/WTF/7 Walnut Tree Farm – garden & home, 197- RD/WTF/8 Walnut Tree Farm – sale and boundaries, 2005 RD/WTF/9 Barn, 1985-1989 RD/WTF/10 General, 1979, 2003 RD/WTF/11 Roses - Mellis Garden [undated] RD/WTF/12 Mellis, 1986-2002 RD/WTF/13 Local churches: St Mary’s Church, Thornham Parva; Hoxne; Burgate; Mellis RD/WTF/14 Dorothy Dye and Alice Bailey, 1987-1992 RD/WTF/15 Aga cooker, 1998-1999

RD/WTF/1 Cowpasture Lane, 1981-2005 Contains a summons issued by the plaintiff RD on the defendant William Battell concerning the obstruction of Cowpasture Lane, the ploughing thereof and the cutting down of hedges and trees. Also included is a petition from the local community for right of way and tree preservation along Cowpasture Lane; a printed article on the campaign for Cowpasture Lane, including the lane’s history; and sketches by RD of the lane showing cross-sections of the ditches, and details of the trees and flora. Also includes a letter from the Dept. of Environment and Transport wherein William A. Battell of Rectory Farm appeals against refusal of consent to remove tree stumps, 21/3/85; a 1986 letter from Mid Suffolk Council concerning attempts to agree a management programme with Mr Battell; correspondence with the Council concerning RD’s plans for maintenance and conservation of Cowpasture Lane in conjunction with Suffolk Trust for Nature Conservation; a lengthy letter by RD to the Waveney Valley Project on his concerns for Cowpasture Lane, 27/10/89; a ms by RD describing Cowpasture Lane being used as grazing land, 1998; and notes on hedge-grubbing [a possible draft for a press article]. Following a public enquiry in 2005, the status of Cowpasture Lane was confirmed as a byway open to all traffic from Mellis Green to Thornham Magna. This meant that the lane could not be ploughed and could be reinstated. Correspondence to this effect, with the Planning Inspectorate, Suffolk County Council and Sue Clifford of Common Ground, is included.

RD/WTF/2 Mellis Common, 1989-2001 Contains a press-cutting on the rights of way documents or easements which Mellis residents need to pay to the Suffolk Wildlife Trust. The Trust was gifted part of the common by Lord Henniker who handed the organisation his lord of the manor title, the 1989 deed of gift is included. Also included are notes on payments made by Mellis residents to Suffolk Wildlife Trust for right of way across Mellis Common to their homes; and a ms article written by RD on the “mismanagement” of Mellis Common by Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Other papers include a Suffolk commons management report; handwritten notes on common land; a document on commons management by the Dept of the Environment, Transport and the Regions; and a NVC (national vegetation classification) survey on Mellis Common [Contained in one ring-binder].

RD/WTF/3 Mellis Common, 1997-2005 Contains papers relating to the preservation of Mellis Common, the largest common in Suffolk. RD notes: “SWT seem to be making the fundamental mistake of imagining conservation is concerned with nature but not people”. In another note he writes: “A common reveals all the things we have in common – which may, these days, turn out to be very little”;

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Includes drafts of RD’s article “Common Sense” The Independent, 2001; correspondence relating to Suffolk Wildlife Trust (who own the common) and Vehicular Right of Way; an article on ancient commons, by Ken Worpole; an explanation of the Commons Bill; “Suffolk Commons”, Suffolk Wildlife Magazine, 6/6/04; “A Walking Landscape”; and “Signs of Life”.

RD/WTF/4 Common land, [undated] Contains a printed article on manorial misconceptions, by John Robinson; typescript accounts on the management of other common land including Newtown Common and Chorleywood; typescript notes on a survey of the reptilia and amphibia of Suffolk, by Mark Jones; notes & ideas from Julie on a history of common land; and a press cutting on common land in Hanworth near Cromer, The Guardian, 28/4/05. Also includes an audio CD of an Australian Radio programme Night Air (TNA 214 Commons) introduced by Brent Clough. Here RD speaks to his friend Tony Barrell (who lives in Australia) on common land in the UK, it’s history, and how it is viewed in a place like Mellis. There are background sounds of the birds and wildlife living in the common. Music is interspersed throughout the programme and there is a clip from the House of Commons. 02/06.

RD/WTF/5 Charity Commissioners & Mellis Common, 2000-2001 Refers to the ownership of Mellis Common by Suffolk Wildlife Trust; the proper running of such a charity, and the disposal of charity land. Includes correspondence with the Charity Commission and RD’s concerns for the correct running of charities. [Contained in one ring-binder].

RD/WTF/6 Cowpasture Farm, 1986 Contains an unsigned conveyance for Cowpasture Farm, Mellis between Mr and Mrs Perryment and RD, 1986.

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RD/WTF/7 Walnut Tree Farm – garden & home, 197- Also included is a hand-sketched plan of the garden and buildings; and a journal article on RD and Jenny Hind’s first years at WTF.

RD/WTF/8 Walnut Tree Farm – sale and boundaries, 2005 Contains 1925 conditions of sale of Rendlesham Estate which included WTF. Includes a monochrome photograph of WTF. Also notes and correspondence on boundary fences.

RD/WTF/9 Barn, 1985-1989 Contains notes, calculations, sketches and invoices for the erection of a barn in 1985. Also includes related product literature and correspondence relating to planning permission in 1989.

RD/WTF/10 General, 1979, 2003 Contains building and labour costings for 1971; auctioneers’ catalogue and invoice for sheep netting, 1979; notes (not by RD) on the possibility of running 25 ewes on 12 acres; invoices for tree pollarding and cooker services; and correspondence with Network Rail and MP, David Ruffley concerning the condition of RD’s boundary fence and the drainage situation adjacent to his land.

RD/WTF/11 Roses - Mellis Garden [undated] This could relate to the garden of WTF, but it is not clear and may relate to a village garden.

RD/WTF/12 Mellis, 1986-2002 Contains a letter concerning an overhead electricity line in Mellis; a hand-sketched map of Mellis 35x50 cm; photocopied maps of the Mellis and surrounding area; Mellis heritage map project correspondence; a council letter concerning road repairs at Mellis Common, 1997; and an objection by RD to the conversion of Pountney Hall Barn to a private residence.

RD/WTF/13 Local churches: St Mary’s Church, Thornham Parva; Hoxne; Burgate; Mellis Contains a copy of Percival Oakley Hill’s Echoes from the Past Life of Burgate, Suffolk; general printed material and some notes by RD about these local churches.

RD/WTF/14 Dorothy Dye and Alice Bailey, 1987-1992 Contains papers relating to Mellis residents Dorothy Dye and Alice Bailey. Included is a transcript of an interview with Dorothy Dye (nee Walton), 1987; a transcript of Dorothy Dye’s recollections of living in Mellis; and a booklet Don on the Green: Memories of a Life in Mellis, by Dorothy Dye, 1992; a part transcript of a recorded conversation with Alice Bailey of Pountney Hall, Mellis, 16/8/87; and further correspondence and recollections. [See also RD/1/1-3.

RD/WTF/15 Aga cooker, 1998-1999 The Aga was the central focus point in the farmhouse at Walnut Tree Farm as it provided a central source of heating. RD made frequent reference to this, for instance, in the radio programme The House.

This file contains papers relating to a court case hearing between RD and H. Warner & Son Ltd (Mechanical, Water & Electrical Engineers). RD was unhappy about the service he received. There finally appeared to be an admission with the type and grade of kerosene used in the Aga. A higher grade “blue” paraffin was recommended.

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Bibliography of annotated works

Amongst RD’s papers were books marked up extensively with sticky notes and annotations. A selection of these has been retained with the papers. They can be found listed in the Library Catalogue. Bail, Murray. Eucalyptus. London : Harvill Press, 1999. Bode, Carl (ed). The Portable Thoreau. New York: Penguin, 1977. Reprinted 1982. Gardner, W.H. Poems and Prose of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Selected with an introduction and notes by W.H. Gardner. Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1963. Jefferies, Richard. The Gamekeeper at Home; The Amateur Poacher. London : Oxford University Press, 1948. Reprinted 1960. (The World’s Classics; 516). Peterken, George F., Natural Woodland: Ecology and Conservation in Northern Temperate Regions. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1996. Pyne, Stephen J. Burning Bush. Seattle : University of Washington, 1991. Rolls, Eric. A Million Wild Acres. Victoria : Penguin Books, 1984. Schama, Simon. Landscape and Memory. London : Harper Collins, 1995. Tudge, Colin. The Secret Life of Trees. London : Allen Lane, 2005.

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RD Oversize Box Contains advertising posters for: the Solid Fuel Advisory Service “Come home to a real fire”; Eye Show (featuring the country road show of Hank Wangford), 1975; Royal Navy recruiting; Queens Ice Skating Club; National Cash Register Company, 1974; Insurance Shop; and the Venice Film Festival, 1975. All other items are listed under their respective series/files.

Walnut Tree Farm, postcard by Peter Campbell

Updated BG, 3/17