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032-003080287 Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 89150

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Add MS 89150
Title:
Derek Granger Papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to the official biography of Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier of Brighton, commissioned by the Olivier family to Derek Granger. Granger assembled from the Olivier papers, before they were acquired by the British Library (Add MS 79766-80750), a number of photocop...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-2011
Extent:
7 series (37 files)

2. Add MS 89150/6

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Add MS 89150/6
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Scope & Content:
Press-cuttings, photocopies and photographs assembled towards the writing of Granger's biography of Olivier.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-2011
Extent:
4 files

3. Add MS 89150/4

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Add MS 89150/4
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Scope & Content:
Further research material collected by Granger for the writing of the proposed biography of Olivier.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1996-1999
Extent:
4 files

4. Add MS 89150/5

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Add MS 89150/5
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Scope & Content:
Further research material and correspondence relating to each chapter of Granger's proposed biography, with some draft texts. This collection reached only to chapter 5, which was to deal with Olivier’s films from 1930 to 1939.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1996-2000
Extent:
7 files

5. Add MS 89150/7

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Add MS 89150/7
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Scope & Content:
Items relating to the Old Vic Company, in particular its tour to Australia and New Zealand in 1948. Contents: Silk scarf, inscribed ‘To commemorate the visit of the Old Vic Company with Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh 1948’. Brochure for the tour, published by the British Council, 1948. Si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-1949
Extent:
1 file (4 items)

6. Add MS 89150/3

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Add MS 89150/3
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Scope & Content:
Numbered files. Photocopies, mostly letters, many with manuscript notes by Granger attached indicating the content of the letters and some manuscript letters being re-typed by Granger. The originals of these letters, many of them there inserted between slips of papers written by Granger and bear...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956-2000
Extent:
18 files

7. Add MS 89150/2

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Add MS 89150/2
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Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to the transfer of responsibility for writing the authorised biography to Terry Coleman, and the possibilities of repayment of the advance made to Granger. Correspondents include: Michael Sissons, of Peters, Fraser and Dunlop, Terry Coleman, Ion Trewin, Granger. Also incl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2002-2006
Extent:
1 file

8. Add MS 89150/1

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Add MS 89150/1
Title:
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers relating to the proposal and announcement of the commission to Derek Granger to write the authorised biography of Laurence Olivier. Indexed selectively. Includes: Granger’s typewritten draft of part of the prospectus for the biography. [1994] ‘Laurence Olivier: the life...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994-2000
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 89150/5/3

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Add MS 89150/5/3
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Scope & Content:
Draft word-processed text of chapter 1.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1997?
Extent:
1 file (45 leaves)

10. Add MS 89150/3/1-11

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Add MS 89150/3/1-11
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Scope & Content:
Copied letters and other documents arranged by Granger by subject.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962-2000
Extent:
11 files