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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 89015 Digitised Content No Level [37] SubSeries

1. Add MS 89015/1/1

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Title:
Small Daily Diaries
Scope & Content:
Small pocket diaries kept by Alec Guinness between 1960-2000. There are short prose autograph entries for every day of the year. Each entry begins with Guinness's geographical location. They often contain comments on weather, activities of the day (commonly eg visits to mass) and evening, comme...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-2000
Extent:
41 files

2. Add MS 89015/1/2

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Title:
Journals
Scope & Content:
Journals kept by Alec Guinness at certain periods of his life. Entries are longer prose entries often every few days, however there are often lengthy gaps between entries. Included are the journal transcripts typed out by Piers Paul Read when he used the archive while writing Guinness' authorise...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-2003
Extent:
11 files

3. Add MS 89015/1/4

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Title:
Merula Guinness' Old Vic Tour Journals
Scope & Content:
Merula Guinness' journal of the Old Vic Compnay tour to European and Egyptian cities, including Alexandria, Cairo and cities in Italy and Spain. The productions toured included The Rivals, Hamlet and Trewlaney of the Wells. Other people who went on the tour with the Guinnesses include Lewis Casso...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
2 files

4. Add MS 89015/1/5

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Title:
Desk Diaries
Scope & Content:
Day by day diaries with notes relating to Guinness’s location, appointments and his spending.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-2001
Extent:
14 files

5. Add MS 89015/1/6

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Title:
Chart and appointment diaries
Scope & Content:
These chart and appointment diaries records Guinness's appointments and plans for the year, they are thin and have very basic information, sometimes the details spill out on to the edges of the pages.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965-1999
Extent:
4 files

6. Add MS 89015/2/1

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Title:
Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness
Scope & Content:
Alec and Merula Guinness kept up a regular correspondence between 1938-1945 while Alec was away from home serving in the navy. They corresponded whenever Alec was away from home and there are also letters from his absences between 1945-1999. These files contain Alec's letters to his wife.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1999
Extent:
17 files

7. Add MS 89015/2/2

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Title:
Letters from Alec Guinness to Anne Kaufman Schnieder
Scope & Content:
Anne Kaufman Schneider was the step-daughter of Alec Guinness's close friend Leueen McGrath and became a close friend in turn. She lived in New York with her husband Irving Schneider. Anne and Alec maintained a regular correspondence until Alec's death. These are the letters Alec wrote to Anne.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971-2000
Extent:

11 files

8. Add MS 89015/2/5

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Title:
Letters from Alec Guinness to various correspondents
Scope & Content:
This series largely exists due to Piers Paul Read's research and gathering of information for the writing of Guinness's authorised biography. It contains copies, mostly photocopies, of letters written by Alec Guinness to others, including actor Edward Hermann and other actors. There are two origi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-2000
Extent:
7 files

9. Add MS 89015/2/6

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Title:
Letters from Alec and Merula Guinness to Dame Felicitas Corrigan, photocopies
Scope & Content:
Photocopies of letters from Alec and Merula Guinness to Dame Felicitas Corrigan, who bound the originals in a volume. This collection is likely to exist due to the research of Piers Paul Read, who collected together correspondence by Alec Guinness while he wrote his authorised biography.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1961-2000
Extent:
7 files

10. Add MS 89015/2/7

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Title:
Letters from various correspondents to Alec Guinness
Scope & Content:
This series consists of the correspondence recieved by Alec Guinness from various correspondents, including friends, family, business contacts and other general correspondence. There are a mixture of extended correspondences and single correspondences.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1935-2000
Extent:
17 files