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Pamela Fogwell was born in April 1929. She married Norman Kitson in 1950, they divorced in 1972, and she subsequently married Hugh Hanley in 1974. Pamela and Hugh began their married life at The Gables, Burcott Lane, Bierton nr Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where they lived until 1987, when they moved to Princes Road, Aylesbury. Between 1947-1948, Pamela worked as a library assistant at University College Leicester, under Larkin's supervision. Her memoir of working with him 'Huddled Teabreaks in the Cupboard' was published in 'About Larkin' No.4 (Oct 1997), the newsletter of the Philip Larkin Society. In 1948 she left this job to enter full time education, losing touch with Larkin until she wrote to him years later in October 1963. There followed an intermittent correspondence until Larkin's death in 1985, and they met on at least one occasion. Pamela sometimes sent Larkin unpublished poems of her own asking for advice which he gave. Pamela died in May 2008, aged 79, and was survived by her husband Hugh Hanley.

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This small collection contains letters received by Pamela Hanley as a result of her connection to Philip Larkin. Correspondents are as follows: Philip Larkin (9 letters), Maeve Brennan (1 letter), Jean Hartley (3 letters), Mary Kelly (1 letter), Andrew Motion (1 letter), Alice, Ann and Anthony Thwaite (6 letters), Brian Dyson (3 letters), James Booth (2 letters). Collection also contains a copy letter from Hanley to James Booth enclosing an article written by Hanley titled 'Personal Postscript to Lucky Jim Country - Leicester', a photograph album documenting a Larkin exhibition at the Brynmor Jones Library, and a brochure for the 1992 Hull Literature Festival.