The Robert W. Woodruff Library, Special Collections and Archives Division at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia holds many papers relating to Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and their family and friends. The home page for the Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Library is online here.
Of the many holdings are the Letters to Frieda Hughes, 1971-1997. Below is the scope and content note from the finding aid.
Letters to Frieda Hughes, 1971-1997
The collection consists primarily of letters to Frieda Hughes from her father, Ted Hughes and stepmother, Carol Hughes from 1971-1997. A few of the letters are addressed to her brother, Nicholas. Many of the early letters, 1971-1978, were written while Frieda and her brother, Nicholas were attending Ibstock Place School in London and then Bedales School in Petersfield, Hants. These letters discuss news regarding their home, various pets, encouraging words about school work, and writing and language lessons/exercises written by her father. Of particular interest are a series of 1971 letters written while her father was in Paris and Teheran, Iran working with Peter Brooks on the production of ORGHAST; a humorous account of a meeting with the Royal family written on 14 February 1975; and a lengthy and humorous letter describing the day that Ted Hughes received the OBE from the Queen in 1977. In the later years, there are several letters which contain comments that Ted Hughes made regarding his daughter's writings. There is a detailed annotation of the letters provided by Frieda Hughes in the first folder of the collection [the container list notes the original number assigned by Hughes to each letter]. Also included in the collection; two sketchbooks containing several drawings by Ted Hughes and some loose sketches one by Sylvia Plath; Ted Hughes' death certificate; and a chronology of events from 1956-1971, written by Ted Hughes for Frieda Hughes.
The collection is housed in 2 boxes and 2 bound volumes. There is a sketch called "Daffodils" by Plath in 'OP3'. Additionally, Hughes composed a timeline of events from 1956-1971 for Frieda in 1995. The full finding aid to this collection is online here:
Of the many holdings are the Letters to Frieda Hughes, 1971-1997. Below is the scope and content note from the finding aid.
Letters to Frieda Hughes, 1971-1997
The collection consists primarily of letters to Frieda Hughes from her father, Ted Hughes and stepmother, Carol Hughes from 1971-1997. A few of the letters are addressed to her brother, Nicholas. Many of the early letters, 1971-1978, were written while Frieda and her brother, Nicholas were attending Ibstock Place School in London and then Bedales School in Petersfield, Hants. These letters discuss news regarding their home, various pets, encouraging words about school work, and writing and language lessons/exercises written by her father. Of particular interest are a series of 1971 letters written while her father was in Paris and Teheran, Iran working with Peter Brooks on the production of ORGHAST; a humorous account of a meeting with the Royal family written on 14 February 1975; and a lengthy and humorous letter describing the day that Ted Hughes received the OBE from the Queen in 1977. In the later years, there are several letters which contain comments that Ted Hughes made regarding his daughter's writings. There is a detailed annotation of the letters provided by Frieda Hughes in the first folder of the collection [the container list notes the original number assigned by Hughes to each letter]. Also included in the collection; two sketchbooks containing several drawings by Ted Hughes and some loose sketches one by Sylvia Plath; Ted Hughes' death certificate; and a chronology of events from 1956-1971, written by Ted Hughes for Frieda Hughes.
The collection is housed in 2 boxes and 2 bound volumes. There is a sketch called "Daffodils" by Plath in 'OP3'. Additionally, Hughes composed a timeline of events from 1956-1971 for Frieda in 1995. The full finding aid to this collection is online here: