Drafts for Poems of the West Lake.

Correspondence regarding the publication of Poems of the West Lake.

Letter from John Minford, Research Centre for Translation, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, to Angus Graham to ask permission for Graham's West Lake poems to be published in Renditions. He also asks whether Graham would expand them to produce a paperback. Under this letter is a note from [Debra] to say that this will be a beautiful book and that she will ask Dawn to call on John Minford in Hong Kong.

Letter from Zhao Bingnan to Gu Meigao concerning Graham's West Lake poems.

Letter from Angus Graham to John Minford to write about a complication in the publication of Poems of the West Lake. It has been accepted by the Zhejiang Publishing Company. He asks to desert Minford and publish with the other company but that some poems could still feature in Renditions.

Letter from Angus Graham to Mr Yan Lin shu to inform that he would be delighted if the Qi Lu Book Company would publish Poems of the West Lake and he will accept their usual royalties arrangement.

Letter from John Cayley, Wellsweep Press, to Angus Graham to inform him that Wellspring would like to publish his Poems of the West Lake.

Letter from John Cayley, Wellsweep Press, to Angus Graham to state that the book is well-advanced. He encloses two signed copies of the contract which if Graham is satisfied with, then he should sign one and return it. One signed and witnessed copy of the Memorandum of Agreement is with the letter for 12 April 1990.

Angus Graham wrote many articles throughout his career. This series contains material relating to his articles including drafts and correspondence.

Graham was asked to write a preface for the publication of a translation by Witter Bynner. The material consists of correspondence concerning the essay and background material provided by the Foundation.