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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Container Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 88931/1 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 88931/1/1

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Title:
The White Chief of the Umzimbooboo Kaffirs
Scope & Content:
Juvenile short story
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1921-c 1978
Extent:

2 files

2. Add MS 88931/1/2

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Title:
'Mr Slaughterboard' (and 'The House of Darkstones')
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph manuscript of novella in ink and pencil. Complete draft in three chapters of the story that was later reworked as Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor. Inscribed 'Trinity College Hotel, Chestnut Walk, Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire'. Dated 1935 (f.53). Starting from the end of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s
Extent:
1 volume

3. Add MS 88931/1/3

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Title:
Titus/Gormenghast Series
Scope & Content:
Drafts of first three novels and beginning of fourth book. Lacking the first eleven chapters of Titus Groan. Comprises thirty four notebooks plus typescripts and loose autograph leaves. In addition to text, drawings and poems, the notebooks include details of appointments, lists of current proje...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1939-c 1962
Extent:

44 files

4. Add MS 88931/1/4

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Title:
Letters From Lost Uncle
Scope & Content:
Fair copy typescript of early draft of the story published as Letters From a Lost Uncle. Comprises fourteen letters from Lost Uncle, without illustrations. Includes original file cover. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948?
Extent:
1 volume

5. Add MS 88931/1/5

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Title:
I Bought a Palm Tree
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft of short story set on Sark [based on truth]. Unidentified typescript on reverse of two leaves.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1948
Extent:
1 file

6. Add MS 88931/1/6

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Title:
Mr Pye
Scope & Content:
Fragments of drafts for novel. Chapters given in title field relate to the published version, not to original numbering of the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1951
Extent:
2 volumes

7. Add MS 88931/1/7

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Title:
J Butterfield' and 'The Story of the Gray Horse
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript with semi-autobiographical story about an artist named Johnny Butterfield. Consists of draft of chapter 1 and beginning of chapter 2, followed by notes for development of the story. The notes refer to real people, places and events in Peake's life. There are two illustration...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1952-c 1953
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 88931/1/8

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Title:
Boy In Darkness
Scope & Content:
Complete typescript draft with autograph corrections of novella about Titus Groan's journey out of Gormenghast. See also Add MS 88931/1/2 and Add MS 88931/1/3 for the rest of the Titus manuscripts. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956?
Extent:
1 volume

9. Add MS 88931/1/9

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Title:
Footfruit
Scope & Content:
Short story. See Add MS 88931/3/7 for early notes towards 'Footfruit'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1961
Extent:
3 files

10. Add MS 88931/1/10

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Title:
The Bitch
Scope & Content:
Leaf with revised autograph draft of chapter 1 of a story, comprising a scene between Johnny Prawn and Marta[?]. Paper watermarked 'Hylton Bank'. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 20th century
Extent:
1 file

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