Youngest son of Frank Alexander Wilson and Erica Richmond Fell. Educated at Nelson College then Victoria University College. Achieved MA in Education, 1947, MA in Philosophy, 1948. Left New Zealand in 1951 for England. Attended Trinity College of Music, London, 1952-1955. Married Jean in 1956 and had 2 daughters, born 1960 and 1963. Taught at a primary school then at S.Mark and S.John's College of Education, Chelsea. Lastly at Goldsmith'a College, University of London, retiring in 1985 to pursue poetry. New Zealand poet; Oxford Companion to NZ Literature, p591-592. Used pseudonym John Bates when writing for the School Journal.
Wilson, Patrick Seymour, 1926-1999
Bates, John, 1926-1999, Wilson, P S, 1926-1999, Wilson, Patrick, 1926-1999
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Manuscript
Articles, speeches, scripts and letters
Date: [1959-1990]
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: 91-046-2/02
Description: Articles, speeches and scripts: `Te Rauparaha', `Maori village', `Poetry programme', `An Island of spirits' (script), `Influence of childhood on my writing', `Speech for launching of Island to Island', `Influence and independence', notes on personal poetry, 5th ACLALS conference introduction, `Island of spirits' notes and extracts, address to Glendining Homes Old Boys and Girls association, copies of letters to Simon, Frances, Mr Singh, Bill, Margaret and Marjorie, report on `Puha Western' script, `NZ poetry since WWII', `All that blue can be, poems by Brian Turner', NZBC talks on poetry, `Where are the NZ children's authors?', `The Dark lord of Savaiki', `On the road' with Pat Wilson, letter re family benefit capitalisation; flyer, Pacific Writers Series Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Other
Correspodence relating to the 1965 Commonwealth Arts Festival, London
Date: 1965
From: Stead, Christian Karlson, 1932- : Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12831-186
Description: Contains correspodence relating to the 1965 Commonwealth Arts Festival in London, in which C K Stead led a presentation of New Zealand poetry. Includes a festival programme and map, and poems by James K Baxter, Hubert Witheford, and unidentified poets. Also includes a bundle of introductory notes and poems for the presentation. Poems included are by Allen Curnow, Denis Glover, Basil Dowling, Kendrick Smithyman, Hubert Witheford, James K Baxter, Alistair Campbell, Patrick Wilson, Peter Bland, Fleur Adcock, and C K Stead. The bundle is attached by string in the top left corner. Title supplied by Library. Arrangement: Papers in the this folder were originally bound with a binder clip. A note at the front of the papers reads, "This clip is entirely about the NZ poetry presentation at the Royal Court Theatre during the 1965 Commonwealth Arts Festival. Used for Memoir 2016." Quantity: 1 folder(s). Processing information: Binder clip was not kept.
Manuscript
Correspondence with Patrick Wilson relating to literary magazines
Date: [199-]
From: Hamilton, Stephen Derek, 1956- : Papers
Reference: 2005-321-12
Description: Correspondence with Patrick Wilson relating to his involvement with literary magazines at Victoria University College in the late 1940s and 1950s as part of research for PH D thesis. Includes detailed comments by Wilson on the magazines published during this period. Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence - Pat Wilson
Date: 1961-1994
From: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5378-200
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts (some copies)
Other
Wilson, Patrick, 1926-1999 : Papers
Date: 189--1999
By: Wilson, Patrick Seymour, 1926-1999
Reference: MS-Group-1589
Description: Comprises of correspondence with family, friends, other poets and colleagues; notebooks of drafts of poems, drafts of articles, children's stories and other writings; reminiscences and poems of his mother, Erica Richmond Fell; letters and war diaries of his brother, Sandy Wilson. Patrick Wilson was a poet and a teacher. He was educated at Nelson College then at Victoria University of Wellington. He recieved an MA in Education and also Philosophy. Awarded in 1953, his doctorate thesis was devoted to William Blake's poetry. In 1951 he moved to England where he taught philosophy of education at various universities. During this time he wrote several articles and fictional stories for children, many of them published in School Journal issues. Throughout his life he continued to write poetry, retiring early in 1985 to pursue it full-time. Quantity: 84 folder(s). 1.40 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, 2007 Transfers: Collection as a whole received in Manuscripts; material transferred into other sections from here - To Photographic Archive -.
Manuscript
Literary correspondence
Date: 1955-1980
From: Oliver, William Hosking, 1925- : Literary correspondence and draft poems
Reference: MS-Papers-8743-1
Description: Letters, poems and a draft review from a variety of literary personalities Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Letters from Pat Wilson
Date: [ca 1948-1965]
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: 91-046-1/13
Description: Letters from Pat Wilson; letter from Alby Moore (1956); and poem, `Canto of childhood', with Louis Johnson's name added Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Early poems
Date: [1949-1950]
From: Campbell, Alistair Te Ariki, 1925-2009: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7885-01
Description: Notebook of holograph poems, title-page with `A last look of Venus' for Pat Wilson, and some loose poems; also one typescript poem, `The gift', for Winsome Tregonning. Thirty-two poems altogether, only 10 retained, greatly revised, in canon (note from Campbell). Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence mostly with literary associates
Date: 1959-1982
From: Campbell, Aline Margaret, 1937-2007 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-10521-1
Description: Includes poems by James K Baxter; notes by Lauris Edmonds on Meg Baxter's poems Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Image
Wilson, Patrick Seymour, 1926-1999 :Photographs
By: Wilson, Patrick Seymour, 1926-1999
Reference: PA-Group-00136
Description: Comprises photographs of family, friends, other poets and colleagues Negatives at 1/4-118543-F to 1/4-118584-F (from MS-papers-8784-83). 35mm-90297 to 35mm-90302 (from MS-papers-8784-83). 1/2-232597-F (from MS-papers-8784-30). Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 43 b&w original negative(s). 5 b&w original negative(s) strips with 14 images. 233 b&w original photographic print(s). 3 colour original photographic print(s). 2 b&w copy photographic print(s). Provenance: Purchase, 2007 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-1589 : Wilson, Patrick, 1926-1999 : Papers.
Music score
Wilson, Pat, 1926- : [There was a maiden]; for voice and piano / words by Raydia d'Elsa
Date: [ca 1940]
By: Wilson, Patrick Seymour, 1926-1999; Farquhar, Raydia Guy, 1922-2001
Reference: MS-Papers-9773
Description: Part of the Archive of New Zealand Music Quantity: 1 folder(s) (3 leaves). Physical Description: Ms?
Manuscript
Pat Wilson - Letters to Mary Richmond
Date: 1943-1944
From: Richmond family : Papers
Reference: 77-173-25/8
Description: Discusses his plans for the future, 20 Dec 1943 ; plans to write to Director of Broadcasting, Jan 1944; comments on James Shelley's reply (attached), Jan 1944 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss
Manuscript
Correspondence - Penguin Books Ltd
Date: 1954-1962
From: Curnow, Thomas Allen Monro, 1911-2001 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-2402-23
Description: Correspondence with Eunice Frost, Sir Allen Lane, H Summers, R G L Lane, Max Richards, Kendrick Smithyman, Charles Spear, J E Traue, Arnold Wall, Pat Wilson, Hubert Witheford and A Wright Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Correspondence
Date: Jul-Sep 1970
From: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5378-020
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holographs, typescripts (some copies)
Image
Pat Wilson, Douglas Lilburn and Alistair Campbell, Paekakariki
Date: [ca 1950]
From: Lilburn, Douglas Gordon, 1915-2001: Photographs
Reference: PAColl-6884-2-33-2
Description: Pat Wilson, Douglas Lilburn and Alistair Campbell, sitting on the lawn outside the house at 44 Ames Street, Paekakariki. Photograph taken ca 1950 by an unknown photographer. Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Pat Wilson and Alistair Campbell at my Paekakariki house c. 1950 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 6.5 x 9.9 cm