of poetical greats, from Wordsworth to TS Eliot. But the poet wasn't always so precise in her reading: a 1962 report sees Cope's teacher advising her that "meticulous attention to detail in the study of her set-books is required if she is to fulfil her promise".The report is one of the items in the huge archive of Cope's personal effects which has just been acquired by the British Library for £32,000. From 40,000 emails--the most substantial literary email archive ever bought by the Library--to poetry notebooks, school reports, Word files, early school work, correspondence and accounts books, the collection spans Cope's life to date and fills 15 large storage boxes. Cope's school reports--kept for the author by her mother--see the 16-year-old Cope's English teacher note that "Wendy's ability to penetrate to the heart of a question is of great value", while the author is also praised for her "power of expressing herself concisely and forcibly".
from The Guardian: Wendy Cope's archive sold to British Library
then The Chronicle of Higher Education: Archive Watch: British Library Purchases Poet's 40,000 E-Mails
then BBC News: Extensive Wendy Cope archive acquired by the British Library
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