MCGUCKIAN, MEDBH, 1950- Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Emory University Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library Atlanta, GA 30322 404-727-6887 [email protected] Collection Stored Off-Site All or portions of this collection are housed off-site. Materials can still be requested but researchers should expect a delay of up to two business days for retrieval. Descriptive Summary Creator: McGuckian, Medbh, 1950- Title: Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Call Number: Manuscript Collection No. 770 Extent: 49.5 linear feet (96 boxes), 1 oversized papers box and 2 oversized papers folders (OP), and AV Masters: .25 linear feet (1 box) Abstract: Personal papers of Irish author Medbh McGuckian including correspondence, literary manuscripts, printed material, and audiovisual material. Language: Materials mostly in English, with some material in Gaelic and other languages. Administrative Information Restrictions on Access Special restrictions apply: Subseries 1.3 contains restricted correspondence of John Drexel. Series 7,Unprocessed correspondence is closed to researchers. Use copies have not been made for audiovisual material in this collection. Researchers must contact the Rose Library at least two weeks in advance for access to these items. Collection restrictions, copyright limitations, or technical complications may hinder the Rose Library's ability to provide access to audiovisual material. Collection stored off-site. Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance to access this collection. Emory Libraries provides copies of its finding aids for use only in research and private study. Copies supplied may not be copied for others or otherwise distributed without prior consent of the holding repository. Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Manuscript Collection No. 770 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction. Special restrictions also apply: writings by Ted Hughes may not be reproduced without the written permission of Carol Hughes. Related Materials in This Repository Ciaran Carson papers, Michael Longley papers, Paul Muldoon papers, and Irish women poets oral history collection. Source Purchase, 1995 with subsequent additions. Citation [after identification of item(s)], Medbh McGuckian papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University. Processing Processed by Jennifer Brady, July 2007 This finding aid may include language that is offensive or harmful. Please refer to the Rose Library's harmful language statement for more information about why such language may appear and ongoing efforts to remediate racist, ableist, sexist, homophobic, euphemistic and other oppressive language. If you are concerned about language used in this finding aid, please contact us at [email protected]. Collection Description Biographical Note Medbh McGuckian was born in 1950 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Queen's University, Belfast, in 1972 and earned her Masters in Arts from the same institution two years later. McGuckian won the National Poetry Competition prize in 1979 for "The Flitting," and she published her first two collections of poetry, Single Ladies: Sixteen Poems and Portrait of Joanna, in 1980. Among her most recent collections are Had I a Thousand Lives, The Book of the Angel, and The Currach Requires No Harbours. In addition to being one of Ireland's foremost poets, McGuckian has also served as the editor of Fortnight Literary Magazine and has held numerous academic appointments, including serving as the Writer-in-Residence at her alma mater, Queen's University Belfast, and as a Creative Writing Lecturer at the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry there. McGuckian has also translated the work of several poets of different nationalities; notably, McGuckian and Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin translated the poetry of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill from Gaelic to English for The Water Horse (2000). Scope and Content Note The Medbh McGuckian papers comprises the literary and personal papers of the poet Medbh McGuckian from 1964-2006. The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of McGuckian's own writings, including drafts of poems from her first collection, Single Ladies, through The Currach 2 Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Manuscript Collection No. 770 Requires No Harbours. Also present are extensive files of personal and literary correspondence, which contain letters from Nuala Archer, Gerald Dawe, Theo Dorgan, Paul Durcan, Tess Gallagher, Seamus Heaney, Rita Ann Higgins, Jennifer Johnston, Michael Longley, Joan McBreen, Paul Muldoon, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, Dennis O'Driscoll, and others. The collection also includes writings by others (including student writing), subject files, collected printed material either by or about Medbh McGuckian, photographs, and sound recordings. Arrangement Note Organized into seven series: (1) Correspondence, (2) Writings by Medbh McGuckian, (3) Writings by others, (4) Personal files, (5) Printed material, (6) Audiovisual materials, and (7) Unprocessed additions. Finding Aid Note A selected index of prominent correspondents is available. Note that this index is no longer actively updated as new material is added to the collection. 3 Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Manuscript Collection No. 770 Description of Series Series 1: Correspondence, 1964-2006 Subseries 1.1: General correspondence, 1964-2006 Subseries 1.2: Correspondence with publishers, 1978-2006 Series 2: Writings by Medbh McGuckian Subseries 2.1: Poetry Subseries 2.2: Prose Subseries 2.3: Translations by McGuckian Subseries 2.4: Translations of McGuckian Subseries 2.5: Notebooks Series 3: Writings by others Subseries 3.1: Writings about Medbh McGuckian Subseries 3.2: Other prose by others Subseries 3.3: Poems by others Series 4: Personal files Subseries 4.1: Personal and family items Subseries 4.2: Subject files Series 5: Printed material Subseries 5.1: Writings by Medbh McGuckian Subseries 5.2: Writings about Medbh McGuckian Subseries 5.3: Other collected printed material Series 6: Audiovisual materials Subseries 6.1: Sound recordings, 1979-1994 Subseries 6.2: Photographs Series 7: Unprocessed additions 4 Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Manuscript Collection No. 770 Series 1 Correspondence, 1964-2006 Box 1 - Box 15, 90 Scope and Content Note The correspondence series in the Medbh McGuckian papers includes letters dating from 1964 to 2006, with the largest portion from the 1980s and 1990s. Literary correspondents include Nuala Archer, Gerald Dawe, Theo Dorgan, Paul Durcan, Tess Gallagher, Seamus Heaney, Rita Ann Higgins, Jennifer Johnston, Michael Longley, Joan McBreen, Paul Muldoon, Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill, and Dennis O'Driscoll. Subseries 1.2 contains correspondence between McGuckian and her publishers. Subseries 1.3 contains the restricted correspondence of John Drexel and Marie and Seamus Heaney. Additional correspondence is located in Subseries 4.2, Other subject files. Arrangement Note Organized into three subseries: (1.1) General correspondence, (1.2) Correspondence with publishers, and (1.3) Restricted correspondence. Finding Aid Note A selected index of prominent correspondents is available. Restrictions on Access Special restrictions apply: Subseries 1.3 contains restricted correspondence of John Drexel. 5 Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Manuscript Collection No. 770 Subseries 1.1 General correspondence, 1964-2006 Box 1 - Box 14, 89: Folder 3 Arrangement Note Arranged in chronological order. Box Folder Content 1 1 1964-1969 1 2 1960s, undated 1 3 1970 January-July 1 4 1970 August-December, undated 1 5 1971 1 6 1972 January-August 1 7 1972 September-December, undated 83 1 1973 83 2 1974 83 3 1975-1976 83 4 1977-1979 83 5 1970s, undated 83 6 1980 83 7 1981-April 1982 83 8 1982 May-December 83 9 1983 January-March 83 10 1983 April-May 83 11 1983 June-December, undated 2 1 1984 January-March 2 2 1984 April-July 2 3 1984 August-December, undated 2 4 1985 January-December 2 5 1986 January-March 2 6 1986 April-May 2 7 1986 June 2 8 1986 July-August 2 9 1986 September-October 2 10 1986 November-December, undated 2 11 1987 January-February 2 12 1987 March 3 1 1987 April 3 2 1987 May-June 6 Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Manuscript Collection No. 770 3 3 1987 July-August 3 4 1987 September-October 3 5 1987 November-December, undated 3 6 1988 January-February 3 7 1988 March-April 3 8 1988 May-June 3 9 1988 July 3 10 1988 August-September 3 11 1988 October-November 3 12 1988 December, undated 84 1 1989 January-February 84 2 1989 March-April 84 3 1989 May-June 84 4 1989 July-August 84 5 1989 September 84 6 1989 October 84 7 1989 November-December 84 8 1989, undated 84 9 1990 January-March 84 10 1990 April-May 84 11 1990 June-July 84 12 1990 August-September 4 1 1990 October-November 4 2 1990 December, undated 4 3 1991 January 4 4 1991 February 4 5 1991 March-April 4 6 1991 May 4 7 1991 June-July 4 8 1991 August-September 4 9 1991 October-November 4 10 1991 December, undated 4 11 1992 January 4 12 1992 February 5 1 1992 March 5 2 1992 April 5 3 1992 May-June 5 4 1992 July-August 5 5 1992 September-October 7 Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Manuscript Collection No. 770 5 6 1992 November-December 5 7 1992, undated 5 8 1993 January 5 9 1993 February-April 5 10 1993 May-June 5 11 1993 July-August 5 12 1993 September-October 5 13 1993 November-December, undated 6 1 1994 January 6 2 1994 February 6 3 1994 March 6 4 1994 April 6 5 1994 May 6 6 1994 June 6 7 1994 July 6 8 1994 August 6 9 1994 September 6 10 1994 October 7 1 1994 November 7 2 1994 December, undated 7 3 1995 January-February 7 4 1995 March-April 7 5 1995 May 7 6 1995 June 7 7 1995 July-August 8 1 1995 September-October 8 2 1995 November 8 3 1995 December, undated 8 4 1996 January-February 8 5 1996 March-April 8 6 1996 May 8 7 1996 June 9 1 1996 July-August 9 2 1996 September 9 3 1996 October 9 4 1996 November-December, undated 9 5 1997 January 9 6 1997 February-March 9 7 1997 April-May 8 Medbh McGuckian papers, 1964-2006 Manuscript Collection No.