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1. Add MS 88931/11/4

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Title:
Letters of Appreciation
Scope & Content:
Fan mail (re Titus Groan, Gormenghast and other works) from friends, acquaintances and members of the public: Ruth Lonergan and James Dugan; Elizabeth Hare; Ethel Fairchild (2 letters); Billy [Thorne?]; 'Hutch'; Olwen T? Brown, Leicester Galleries; R- J Daingerfield Jr; Frances Grigsby; Jean Coo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1946-17 Feb 1960
Extent:
1 file

2. Add MS 88931/11/1

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Title:
Letters From Family and Maeve Gilmore
Scope & Content:
Contains the following autograph letters: Postcard from Mervyn Peake to his brother E L Peake [Ernest Leslie Peake] interned as prisoner of war in Singapore, postmarked 28 April 1945, stamped: 'returned in undelivered [illeg] from territory formerly [occupied] by Japanese forces'. Airmail letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1943?-1962
Extent:
1 file

3. Add MS 88931/11/2

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Title:
Letters From Famous People and Publishers
Scope & Content:
Comprises letters from: John Berger: signed autograph letter re Peake's drawings, 2 November 1950 (1 leaf). Maurice [Temple Smith] at Eyre & Spottiswoode Publishers: signed typewritten letter re Titus Alone, 29 July 1958 with annotations [in Maeve Gilmore's hand] (4 leaves). Graham Greene: s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1938-1960s
Extent:
1 file

4. Add MS 88931/11/3

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Title:
Letters From Famous People, Publishers, Friends and Fans
Scope & Content:
Single letters or items received from: 'Goatie' [Peake's former school friend Gordon Smith] (in the form of a poem entitled 'Epistle to Mr Peake' re publication of Titus Groan); Bette L Wheeler; Lisl Drake Beer; Antony Borrow (with pencil sketch by Mervyn on reverse showing a man holding a sword...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 9 Mar 1946-c 19 Jul 1967
Extent:
1 file