Contains correspondence with Punch and relating to Price's History of Punch, general correspondence, personal and family papers, and invitations to dinners and memorials.
Contains correspondence (including rejection letters), submissions, royalty statements, bound volumes of Price's published writings, and notebooks giving details of his submissions.
J G Ballard: Personal and Family Material (including Photographs)
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Various items, including: Certificates of Birth, Baptism and Marriage; papers concerning Ballard's schooling in Shanghai and Cambridge; two passports; some family letters and cards; correspondence with 10 Downing Street concerning the award (declined) of CBE; certificate from De Montfort Universi...
The Series is subdivided into three parts: letters received, letters sent, and correspondence with agents and publishers. Ballard did not retain his correspondence, and that which has occasionally survived (excepting a postcard from Martin Bax, 1971) is from 1986 onwards, much of which was cond...
Draft material for Ballard's novels, and autobiographical works, excepting The Wind from Nowhere (1961) and The Unlimited Dream Company (1979). For some publications, this includes supplementary material in the form of synopses and other working notes. In addition: a cutting of Ballard's first ...
The texts of twenty-nine short interviews, each conducted remotely by fax. Most interviews comprise approximately 6-12 questions, each of which is answered by a short paragraph. Arranged chronologically, including a file of undated material.