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1. Add MS 89014

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Title:
Lawrence Durrell / Ray Mills Papers
Scope & Content:
Archive of Dr Raymond Mills (b 1916, d 2011) detailing his friendship with writer and poet Lawrence Durrell (b 1912, d 1990) including correspondence from Durrell and several members of his family, photographs of Durrell’s early life in Rhodes and the latter part of his life in France, press cut...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1947-2006
Extent:

20 folders, volumes and oversize items

2. Add MS 89014/1

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Title:
Correspondence from Lawrence Durrell and family
Scope & Content:
Autograph and typescript correspondence from Lawrence Durrell, members of the Durrell family to Ray Mills. Also included is a folder of correspondence from others to Ray Mills, several of the letters are concerning Durrell.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1947-1998
Extent:
5 folders

3. Add MS 89014/1/1

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Title:
Correspondence from Lawrence Durrell
Scope & Content:
Autograph and typescript letters and postcards written by Lawrence Durrell to Ray Mills. The letters cover Durrell’s time spent in various European countries and his final years in France; in the letters he discusses his work, travel plans and family. The Christmas card images are credited to Osc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1980s
Extent:
1 folder

4. Add MS 89014/1/2

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Title:
Correspondence from Durrell family
Scope & Content:
Autograph and typescript letters and postcards written by members of Durrell’s family to Ray and Georgina Mills. There are two letters from Eve Durrell (second wife, b 1918 d 2004), one during her marriage to Durrell dated Jul 8 1949 and one regarding daughter Sappho dated 18 Oct 1983. The corres...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1949-1995
Extent:
1 folder

5. Add MS 89014/1/3

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Title:
Ray Mills papers about Lawrence Durrell
Scope & Content:
Autograph notes to Lawrence Durrell from Ray Mills. Two copies of ‘With Lawrence Durrell on Rhodes 1945-47’ by Ray Mills. Four sets of autograph notes by Mills including his first meeting with Durrell.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1990s
Extent:
1 folder

6. Add MS 89014/1/4

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Title:
Correspondence from Lawrence Durrell to Michael Luke
Scope & Content:
Photocopies of Durrell’s typescript letters to film producer Michael Luke (b 1925, d 2005) regarding Durrell editing the screenplay for ‘The Oedipus King’. There is also an undated letter from Durrell to Dick Odgers (b 1920, d 2008) of Curtis Brown literary agents. Page 37 of the screenplay is mi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
9 Apr 1966-3 Mar 1967
Extent:
1 folder

7. Add MS 89014/1/5

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Title:
Correspondence to Ray Mills from others
Scope & Content:
Autograph and typescript letters to Ray Mills from friends and acquaintances. Several of the letters are concerning Durrell, his career and health. There is an undated note on the back of a poem by Durrell entitled ‘Omega Grey’, the note mentions that it was an unpublished poem. Also included are...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
9 Oct 1947-1 Aug 1998
Extent:
1 folder

8. Add MS 89014/2

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Title:
Photographs of Lawrence Durrell
Scope & Content:
Photographs of Lawrence Durrell and friends and family in various locations.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946-2001
Extent:
4 volumes and framed photographs

9. Add MS 89014/2/1

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Title:
Durrell/Mills photograph album 1
Scope & Content:
Photographs of Lawrence Durrell and friends and family in various locations.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1990
Extent:
1 volume

10. Add MS 89014/2/2

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Title:
Durrell/Mills photograph album 2
Scope & Content:
Photographs of Lawrence Durrell and friends and family in various locations. Included is a sequence of pictures taken in Greece dated December 1946.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946-2001
Extent:
1 volume