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1. Add MS 89001/1/1

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Title:
Travelling People
Scope & Content:
Drafts, source material, notes and material relating to the publishing of 'Travelling People', the first novel B.S. Johnson published, based on his experience of working at the Glyn Club in Abersoch in the summers of 1959 and 1960. Each chapter of the novel is written in a different style.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1963
Extent:

16 files

2. Add MS 89001/1/1/14

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Title:
Correspondence and papers relating to a film treatment of Travelling People
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1965
Extent:
1 file

3. Add MS 89001/1/1/10

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Title:
Final top copy, typewritten manuscript of 'Travelling People'.
Scope & Content:
363 pp. Clean copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1961
Extent:

1 file

4. Add MS 89001/1/1/15

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Title:
Correspondence and papers relating to radio discussions of and a radio play of Travelling People
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1963
Extent:
1 file

5. Add MS 89001/1/1/9

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Title:
Incomplete typewrittendraft manuscript of 'Travelling People'.
Scope & Content:
Missing first two chapters. Edits and cuts in black and red ink. Stamped 'from John Farquharson Ltd', Johnson's literary agent. 331pp.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1961
Extent:

1 file

6. Add MS 89001/1/1/4

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Title:
First draft, autograph manuscript of 'Travelling People' in pencil, notebook four of five.
Scope & Content:
Containing continuation of chapter six. Text crossed out. Includes some interleaved and pasted-in typewritten and autograph pages. Started 30 Jan 1960.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
30 Jan 1961
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 89001/1/1/5

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Title:
First draft, autograph manuscript of 'Travelling People' in pencil, notebook five of five.
Scope & Content:
Containing chapter continuation of chapter seven. Text crossed out. Started 8 Feb 1961.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Feb 1961
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 89001/1/1/16

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Title:
Fragments, notes and source material relating to 'Travelling People'
Scope & Content:
Some fragmentary autograph notes about the novel, a printed circular about gypsies and some source material from Johnson's time at the Glyn Club.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1963
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 89001/1/1/1

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Add MS 89001/1/1/1
Title:
First draft, autograph manuscript of 'Travelling People', notebook one of five.
Scope & Content:
Text in pencil and crossed out. With loose inserted title page signed 'BSJ'. Includes notes documenting word counts for chapters, pages and date it was typed. Pasted in the back page is a work chart showing Johnson's writing progress. Jan-Sep 1960.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1960- Sep 1960
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 89001/1/1/7

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Add MS 89001/1/1/7
Title:
Final draft, typewritten manuscript of 'Travelling People' with autograph edits and deletions.
Scope & Content:
Final draft before typing up final copy [presumably to send to the agent]. Includes a list of alternative titles on the front page and notes on pages layout. Annotations are in pencil, purple and red ink. NB. This version has the (later) deleted chapter still.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1961
Extent:
1 file

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