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Scope and Contents

The Ivor C. Treby collection consists of magazines, journals, poetry books, audiocassettes, and newsprint featuring Treby's poetry and reviews about his work. The bulk of the collection is gay and lesbian publications dating from 1980-2012. The collection also includes a published copy and offprints of Michael Field Catalogue, compiled and edited by Treby.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980-2012

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Ivor C. Treby, sometimes known as Ivor Francis Charles Treby, was a poet, writer, educator, and literary researcher born on January 19, 1933 in Devenport, Plymouth, to Frederick Herbert and Phyllis Hayes Treby. He studied biochemistry at Exeter College and Oxford University before teaching biochemistry at the City of Westminster College in London. Treby was openly gay in the early 1960s, when homosexuality was essentially illegal in the United Kingdom, and his advocacy gave him a reputation as a gay literary activist. As a member of the Gay Authors' Workshop, he befriended many writers, historians and activists who were gay, lesbian, or allied. He founded Blackland Press to publish his poetry, many of which featured gay themes. His writings can be found in poetry magazines and journals, as well as gay and lesbian publications.

In his retirement, he spent several years researching Victorian-era lesbian poets Edith Emma Cooper and Katherine Harris Bradley, who both wrote collectively under the pseudonym "Michael Field." His research on Cooper and Bradley led him to become an authority on "Michael Field" and to the publication of the Michael Field Catalogue.

After two years of fighting cancer, Treby passed away on December 28, 2012.

Extent

1.6 Linear Feet (2 boxes.)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The collection consists of magazines, journals, poetry books, audiocassettes, and newsprint featuring Ivor C. Treby's poetry and writings, as well as a copy and offprints of his book Michael Field Catalogue. Born on January 19, 1933 in Devenport, Plymouth, Ivor C. Treby was a poet, writer, educator, literary gay activist, researcher, founder of Blackland Press, and authority on Michael Field.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically by publication title.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bequest of the Ivor C. Treby Estate. Donated by Darren James Perry, Literary Executor of the Treby Estate, on November 4, 2013.

Bibliography

Treby, Ivor C. "Good, Man!" Accord Oct. 1980: 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Wide Shore" Accord Oct. 1980: 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Encounter" Accord Oct. 1980: 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Seaward" Accord Oct. 1980: 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Winter Trees, Berlin." Aces 1982: 3. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Three Angels." Aces 1982: 2. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Sleeping Athanasius." Almost Write Up: A Mini-Anthology of Poetry and Prose from GayAuthors' Workshop. London: Gay Authors' Workshop, n.d. 13. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Returning." Almost Write Up: A Mini-Anthology of Poetry and Prose from Gay Authors' Workshop. London: Gay Authors' Workshop, n.d. 4. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "All in a Deviant's Day." Achilles Heel 1999: 17. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Pigeon Hitch a Ride." The Argadian. England: Gothic Garden, 1992. 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Courts of Pleasure." Ed. Shena Joughin. Argotist n.d.: Portfolio ii. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Old Campaigner." Bay Windows [New England] 8 Nov. 1984: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Head of a Young Roman." Bay Windows [New England] 19 June 1986: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Woman with Camellias." Belfast Review June 1985: 29. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "How Often Love." Bˆte Noire. 6th ed. Ed. John Osborne. Hull: Lincolnshire & Humberside Arts, 1988. 168. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Outlaw." Bˆte Noire. 7th ed. Ed. John Osborne. Hull: Lincolnshire & Humberside Arts, 1989. 68. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Memories Are Made of This." Bˆte Noire. 8th-9th ed. Ed. John Osborne. Hull: Lincolnshire & Humberside Arts, 1989-1990. 280. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Village Voices." Borderlines 13. Ed. Kevin Bamford and Dave Bingham. Welshpool: Anglo Welsh Poetry Society, 1993. N. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Voices of Candia." Borderlines 21. Ed. Dave Bingham and Kevin Bamford. Welshpool: Anglo Welsh Poetry Society, 1997. N. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Bathhouse Trick." Campaign [Australia] Aug. 1984: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Public Hair Collection." Campaign [Australia] Aug. 1984: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Captain Glossop's Prize." Campaign [Australia] Mar. 1987: 80. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Kings Steam, Sydney." Campaign [Australia] Mar. 1987: 80. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Paper Dolls." Campaign [Australia] Mar. 1987: 80. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Captain Glossop's Prize." Campaign [Australia] Mar. 1987: 80. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Outside the Walls of Marrakech." Campaign [Australia] Mar. 1987: 81. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Lemesos." Campaign [Australia] Mar. 1987: 81. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Corroboree." Campaign [Australia] Mar. 1987: 81. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Fond Expectations of the Early Morning Mail." Campaign [Australia] Mar. 1987: 81. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Fulfilment." The Carrionflower Writ. Ed. Javant Biarujia. Melbourne: Nosukumo, 1990. 3. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Seaward." Catch 22 [Australia] Oct. 1984: 26. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Foreign Parts." Catch 22 [Australia] Mar. 1989: 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "We Who Burn." Changing Men Winter 1990: 25. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Three Bears." Chiron Review 86 (2009): 7. Print.

Treby, Ivor. "Sudden Seizure at Borough Hall." Connections (1990): 6. Print.

Treby, Ivor. "His Sake." Connections (1990): 27. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Tight-Rope Artist." Crab Creek Review. Ed. Linda Clifton. 3rd ed. Vol. 2. Seattle: Crab Creek Review Association, 1985. 25. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "And This Is Me at." Die Neue Wahrheite. Ed. Neil Martin. 6th ed. 1989. 19. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "On the Train to Leipzig." Direction One n.d.: 21. Print

Treby, Ivor C. "At No Time." Eildon Tree Summer 2011: 21. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Sunset Beach." Eildon Tree Summer 2011: 22. Print.

Treby, Ivor C., and Steven Willshaw. "Bavarian Coach Trip." Filter. Ed. Ian Haywood, Sue Wiseman, Fiona Harris, and Harry Cummins. 2nd ed. 1982. 11. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Miz' Pretty." FootNotes 1. Winchester: Schools' Poetry Association, 1983. 1. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "An Embalmed Revolutionary." The Frogmore Papers. Ed. Jeremy Page. 16th ed. Folkestone: Frogmore, 1987. 13. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Fidelity." Four W Eight. Ed. David Gilbey, Peter Donnan, Muriel Lang, and Debra Luttrell. Australia: Four W, 1997. 103. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Voices of Candia." Four W Eight. Ed. David Gibey, Michele Fromholtz, Muriel Lang, and Troy Whitford. Australia: Four W, 1998. 109. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Outlaw." Gamut Spring 1989: 27. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Phone Call." Gamut Spring 1989: 25. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Old Sybarite." Ganymede. Ed. George Daniel. Campsie: n.p., 1980. N. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "He and I." Gaze (Nov.-Dec. 1980): n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Sight of a Cockatoo." Gazette (6-12 Aug. 1992): n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Untitled." Gay Information: Journal of Gay Studies 16 (n.d.): n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Bar Gongora." Gay and Lesbian Review Sept.-Oct. 2008: 17. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Danse Normale." Gay Noise 4 Dec. 1980: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Untitled." Gay Scotland May-June 1982: 16. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Fantasy on a Ground." Gay Scotland Sept.-Oct. 1982: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Lust at X Thousand Feet." Gay Scotland July.-Aug. 1983: 27. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Easy and Free." Gay Scotland Sept.-Oct. 1984: 16. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Fond Expectations of the Early Morning Mail." Gay Scotland Jan.-Feb. 1987: 33. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Fulfilment." Gay Star n.d.: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "One Gay Life." Gay Star n.d.: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Wide Shore." Gay Star Spring 1984: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Bathhouse Trick." Gay Star Summer 1984: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "At the Concert." Gay Star Spring 1984: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Chicago, Playa del Ingles." Gay Star Summer 1985: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Thunder that Drums." Gay Star Summer 1985: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Something to Look Forward to." Gown 1986: 19. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Sealight." Gap People's Union News Nov. 1979: 26. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Rapt by the Timeless Moment." Gap People's Union News Nov. 1979: 26. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Five Empty Chairs." Gap People's Union News Nov. 1979: 26. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Wide Shore." Gap People's Union News Nov. 1979: 26. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "On the Train to Leipzig." Gap People's Union News Nov. 1979: 26. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Taveerne De Pul, Kerkstraat." Gap People's Union News Nov. 1979: 26. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Wide Shore." Gap People's Union News Nov. 1979: 26. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Porte Del Tormente." Handel News (Feb. 2002): 7. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Youth in the Park." Him Oct. 1982: 55. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "an der OCHSENGARTEN." Him Nov. 1982: 55. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "On Cir Cuit." Him Oct. 1982: 59. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Castaway." Him Oct. 1983: 46. Print. Treby, Ivor C. "Rheinterrasse: Hotel des Trois Rois." Him Oct. 1983: 35. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Straight Johns." Homologie Oct. 1988: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "An Accident." Identity Dec. 1982: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Warm Bodies." Identity Dec. 1982: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Small Differences." Identity Dec. 1982: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Fulfilment Returning." Identity Dec. 1984: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Wild Corner." International n.d.: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Seven Years Gone." International n.d.: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Small Differences." The James White Review: A Gay Men's Literary Quarterly 2.3 (Spring/ Summer 1985): 8. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Apollonicon." The James White Review: A Gay Men's Literary Quarterly 9.3 (Spring 1992): 1. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Small Differences." The James White Review: A Gay Men's Literary Quarterly 13.1 (Winter 1996): n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Requiescat." The Journal: Once of Contemporary Anglo-Scandinavian Poetry 30.40 (n.d.): 25. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Worst Day of the Week." The Journal: Once of Contemporary Anglo-Scandinavian Poetry 30.47 (n.d.): 16. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Night Stop Scriptorium." Journal of the Open University Shakespeare Society 9.3 (1998): 19. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Art of Conversation." Kontiki Dec. 1981: 4. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Wide Shore." Kontiki Dec. 1981: 4. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Magyar Salute." Kontiki Dec. 1981: 4. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Chance Missed." Kontiki Mar. 1982: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Small Ad." Lesbian and Gay Socialist n.d.: 33. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Nothing Clandestine." Lite: Baltimore's Literary Newspaper Oct.-Nov. 1999: 7. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Visit with Salmonella." The Literary Review 52 (1982): 43. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Descent of Man." The Literary Review 52 (1982): 43. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Descent of Man." Linq: Work from the Dry Season. Ed. Gina Mercer, Greg Manning, and Ted Nielsen. 2nd ed. Vol. 25. Queensland: Arts Queensland, 1998. 91. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Too Much Light." Mancunian Gay n.d.: 8. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "If I Bought Her the Wool...?" Mancunian Gay May 1982: 3. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Loose In Amsterdam." Mancunian Gay Sept. 1983: 14. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Too Much Light." Mancunian Gay Sept. 1983: 14. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Untitled." Mancunian Gay May 1986: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Bathhouse Trick." Mister n.d.: 55. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Flaw." Mister n.d.: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Young Master, Tra-la." Mister n.d.: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Metaphorician." Mandrake International Student Magazine for the Collision of Ideas 4 (1981): 29. Print.

Treby, Ivor C., comp. The Michael Field Catalogue a Book of Lists. London: De Blackland, 1998. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Enchanted Loom." Mobius: Poetry Magazine May 1998: 9. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Before the Long Night." Mobius: Poetry Magazine May 1998: 27. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Quia Pius Es." Morphrog.com...Poetry in the Extreme.

Treby, Ivor C. "Consequences." Morphrog.com...Poetry in the Extreme.

Treby, Ivor C. "Contrition." Morphrog.com...Poetry in the Extreme.

Treby, Ivor C. "Magician of Iron." Morphrog.com...Poetry in the Extreme.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Lemon Tree." Move May 1980: 10. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Wide Shore XVI." Move May 1980: 10. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Wide Shore XVIII." Move May 1980: 10. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Riddle." Move July 1980: 16. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Castaway." Move July 1980: 16. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Gap in Nature." Muse June 1989: 16. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Sibyl with a Bread-knife." Kangaroo Eleven 1989: 19. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Outside the Walls of Marrakech." No Apologies: A Magazine of Gay Writing n.d.: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "So Often." New England Review 1998: 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Lycanthrope." New England Review 1998: 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Sycorax at the Corner-shop." The New Yorick (Summer 1988): 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "O Tempora! O Miaow!" The New Yorick (Autumn 1988): 12. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "On a Road in Kelantan." The New Yorick (Spring 1989): 7. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Amherst 1886." The New Yorick (Spring 1989): 7. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Cyclamens." The New Yorick (Summer 1989): 3-4. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Saw." The New Yorick (Autumn 1998): 16. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Head of a Young Roman." Out May-June 1986: 32. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Head of a Young Roman." Out May-June 1986: 32. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Flaw." Outrage Oct. 1983: 28. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Bulgar." Outrage Oct. 1983: 28. Print.

Treby, Ivor C., Isobel Armstrong, Malcolm Povey, and David Rankin. "Since It Was Not So." Poesis: New Poetry from the South. Ed. Stella Davis. England: U, Southampton, n.d. 19. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Chicago, Playa Del Ingles." Poetry Doors One: A Poetry Workbook (n.d.): n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Visit with Salmonella." Psychopoetica. Ed. Geoff Lowe. United Kingdom: U of Hull, 1990. 31. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Strandman." Purple Patch 1989: 6. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Notobekickedagainst." Patlar June 1986: 6. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Against Nature." Patlar June 1986: 6. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "If I Bought Her the Wool...?" Pink Triangle Feb. 1982: 11. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Fond Expectations of the Early Morning Mail." Pink Triangle May-June. 1986: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "4424 Melrose." Pink Triangle Spring 1986: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "At the Concert." Pink Triangle Spring 1986: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Torched." Pink Triangle March-April. 1989: 38 Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Lemesos." Pink Triangle March-April. 1989: 38. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Phone Call." A Queer Tribe n.d.: 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "An Interview with English Poet Ivor C. Treby." A Queer Tribe n.d.: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. The Scroll. Northbridge: Red Lion Tavern, n.d. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "He Mocks at Love." RFD Fall 1982: 20. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Not in Tunis." RFD Spring 1986: 46. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "At the Turn of the Year." RFD Winter 1986-87: 53. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Due Milanesi." RFD Summer 1987: 42. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Small Thing." RFD Fall 1989: 22. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Corroboree." RFD Spring 1989: 20. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Lost Bright Waters." Rialto Summer 1985: 5. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "DSMVWLLD (R, TH PHNTM FV)." Rialto Summer 1993: 21. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Short Trip." Rialto Summer 1988: 15. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "4424 Melrose." Rites Dec.-Jan. 1985-86: 18. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "After Reading Cavafy in Morocco." Rites Dec.-Jan. 1985-86: 18. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "To a Lady Whose Mislaid Carbimazole Tablet Inadvertently Occasioned the Premature Demise of a Cockroach." Riverrun Summer 1999: 42. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Chicago, Playa Del Ingles." Salome: A Literary Dance Magazine 1986: 67. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Wide Shore." Sappho n.d.: 10. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "A Matter of Public Record." Southlight 11 Spring 2012: 17. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "To the Romantic Composer." Straight Lines 1980: 9. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Bar Hustler." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 1979: 10. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Flaw." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 1979: 10. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Triptych or Crane Dance." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 1979: 10. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Foreign Station." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 22 Aug. 1980: 7. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "An Der OSHSENGARTEN." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 22 Aug. 1980: 7. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "An Aside." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 17 Oct. 1980: 7. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Two by Two." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 17 Oct. 1980: 7. Print

Treby, Ivor C. "The Bulgar." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 28 Nov. 1980: 14. Print

Treby, Ivor C. "A Wide Shore." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 22 May. 1981: 11. Print

Treby, Ivor C. "Sleeping Athanasius." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 9 Oct. 1981: 11. Print

Treby, Ivor C. "If Love Comes Knocking." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 15 Jan. 1982: 15. Print

Treby, Ivor C. "A Magyar Salute." The Sydney Star: Gay Community News 18 Jun. 1982: 9. Print

Treby, Ivor C. "Since It Was Not So." T.O.P.S. Ed. Anthony Cooney. Liverpool: Old Police Station, Nov.-Dec. 1982. 7. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Our Eyes Are Mirrors" T.O.P.S. Ed. Anthony Cooney. Liverpool: Old Police Station, Jan.-Feb.1982. 11. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Rheinterrasse: Hotel Des Trois Rois." Upfront 12 Oct. 1979: 28. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Small Ad." Upfront 12 Oct. 1979: 28. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "The Pink Triangle." Upfront 12 Oct. 1979: 28. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Real Thing, Take Twelve." Upfront 12 Oct. 1979: 28. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Miz' Pretty." Worlds Apart. Comp. Chas White, Christine Shepherd, and Christine E. Shepherd. London: Mary Glasglow Publications, 1986. 24. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Time." Warsaw 1983: n. pag. Print.

Treby, Ivor C. "Country Girl." ZIP n.d.: n. pag. Print.

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Title
Finding aid to the Ivor C. Treby papers, 1980-2012
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Date
© 2016
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