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1. Add MS 88931/13/1

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Title:
A World Away
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts, typescripts and letters pertaining to Maeve Gilmore's memoir of Mervyn Peake. For letters of appreciation sent to Maeve following publication of the book see Add MS 88931/13/3/7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-[1970]
Extent:
3 files

2. Add MS 88931/13/2

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Title:
Titus Awakes
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts and typescripts of Maeve Gilmore's continuation of Peake's Titus books, including a brief list of ideas by Peake. For Peake's draft beginning of the novel see Add MS 88931/1/3/43.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963-c 1995
Extent:
5 files

3. Add MS 88931/13/3

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Title:
Letters to Maeve Gilmore
Scope & Content:
Predominantly concerning Mervyn's work but also including personal letters from friends and family. Sometimes Maeve kept copies of her own letters, mostly with regard to exhibitions, publications and other official business.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Spanish
Date Range:
1937-1983
Extent:
87 files

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Title:
Curatorial and Editorial Notes by Maeve Gilmore
Scope & Content:
Includes preparatory material for Peake's Progress, the selected works of Mervyn Peake.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950s-1980]
Extent:
5 files

5. Add MS 88931/13/5

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Title:
Proofs
Scope & Content:
Proofs for publications by and about Mervyn Peake (including illustrations and dust-jackets designed by Peake).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1962-2000
Extent:

9 files

6. Add MS 88931/13/6

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Title:
Printing Plates
Scope & Content:
Plates for letterpress printing etched with illustrations and drawings by Mervyn Peake. Some, if not perhaps all of these plates, were used to produce Christmas cards and other greetings cards sent by Maeve Gilmore on behalf of the Peake family.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1940-1981?]
Extent:
26 items

7. Add MS 88931/13/7

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Title:
Reproductions of Drawings and Paintings
Scope & Content:
Photostats, photocopies and photographs of various works by Mervyn Peake
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s-1980s]
Extent:
3 files

8. Add MS 88931/13/8

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Title:
Copies of Article and Talk by Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Comprises: photocopy of article by Mervyn Peake, 'What Is Drawing?', Athene, Vol 8 No 3 (April, 1957); photocopy of printed transcript of radio talk by Mervyn Peake, 'Alice and Tenniel and Me', broadcast on the BBC Home Service (12 December 1954), marked '© Maeve Gilmore 1978'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1970s]
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 88931/13/9

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Title:
Cuttings From Newspapers and Journals
Scope & Content:
Articles and reviews relating to Mervyn Peake and his work: Tom Pocock, ‘Hitler’s Problem Children’, with drawings by Mervyn Peake, Leader, 30 June 1945. Tom Driberg, ‘European Notebook’, with drawings by Mervyn Peake, Leader, 4 August 1945. Reviews of Titus Groan: New York Times, 11 October 194...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1984
Extent:
1 oversize file

10. Add MS 88931/13/10

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Title:
Publications
Scope & Content:
Comprises: A. Michael Moorcock, Ergo Ego (London: MJM Publications, 1962) - includes recommendation for the work of Mervyn Peake on back cover. B. Stephen R Sanderson, The Collector’s Bulletin, 10 (Newport News, Virginia: Purple Mouth Press, April 1969) - includes Mervyn Peake bibliography by Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962-1979
Extent:
1 oversize file