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81. Add MS 88931/13/18

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Add MS 88931/13/18
Title:
Recollections of Mervyn Peake by Others
Scope & Content:
Typewritten recollections of: Dr Ernest Peake (extract from 'Memoirs of a Doctor in China' - see Add MS 88931/6/2 for full version); Edwin Mullins; Quentin Crisp; Cecil Collins; Hans Tisdall; John Grome; Tom Pocock. Also includes typescript of Gordon Smith's book, Mervyn Peake: A Personal Memoir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1974-15 Nov 1982
Extent:
1 file

82. Add MS 88931/3/1/5

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Add MS 88931/3/1/5
Title:
‘Sally Devius' Act II
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft in various coloured inks. Some typescript leaves pasted in and revised in Peake’s hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
May 1950
Extent:
1 volume

83. Add MS 88931/3/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/3/1/10
Title:
Autograph Notebook: Act III
Scope & Content:
Disbound volume with partial early draft of Act III, with revisions. Additional leaves pasted in. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
early 1950s
Extent:
1 volume

84. Add MS 88931/3/6/2

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Add MS 88931/3/6/2
Title:
Typescript: ‘Anima Mundi or The Cave’
Scope & Content:
With handwritten revisions and additions. Includes original loose cover. Front sheet inscribed 'I, Drayton Gardens' [in Maeve Peake's hand]. Undated.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1961]
Extent:
1 file

85. Add MS 88931/3/6/3

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Add MS 88931/3/6/3
Title:
Typescript: ‘Anima Mundi or The Cave’
Scope & Content:
Clean copy inscribed ‘I, Drayton Gardens’ consisting of one complete version and an alternative typesetting of Act II and part of Act III. With four leaves of handwritten and typewritten instructions by Mervyn Peake, headed ‘The action takes place in a cave’. Includes original file cover.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1961]
Extent:
1 file

86. Add MS 88931/3/6/5

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Add MS 88931/3/6/5
Title:
Typescript: ‘Anima Mundi or The Cave’
Scope & Content:
Inscribed ‘1 Drayton Gardens’. Undated [but appears to have been produced on an electronic typewriter].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1970s]
Extent:
1 file

87. Add MS 88931/13/9

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Add MS 88931/13/9
Title:
Cuttings From Newspapers and Journals
Scope & Content:
Articles and reviews relating to Mervyn Peake and his work: Tom Pocock, ‘Hitler’s Problem Children’, with drawings by Mervyn Peake, Leader, 30 June 1945. Tom Driberg, ‘European Notebook’, with drawings by Mervyn Peake, Leader, 4 August 1945. Reviews of Titus Groan: New York Times, 11 October 194...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1984
Extent:
1 oversize file

88. Add MS 88931/5/2

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Add MS 88931/5/2
Title:
Ideas For Television: "Just a Line"
Scope & Content:
Comprises working notes for 'Just a Line', an unrealised animated television programme with drawings and commentary by Mervyn Peake: Autograph notebook entitled 'Re Diffusion'. Comprises draft fragments of 'Just a Line' and a few line drawings. Undated. Loose leaves with ideas for 'Just a Line'....
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1955
Extent:
1 oversize file

89. Add MS 88931/13/3/15

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Add MS 88931/13/3/15
Title:
Special Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Letters and cards, predominantly from close friends. Mostly relating in some way to Mervyn Peake or his work.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1958-1983
Extent:
6 files

90. Add MS 88931/7/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 88931/7/2/2
Title:
Drawings (part 2)
Scope & Content:
Ten pen and ink drawings, with inscriptions in Mervyn Peake's hand: White kitten: drawing on paper pasted onto bigger leaf; inscribed ‘Ch 1 “heading”’ (f.1); White Queen: drawing on water-colour board; inscribed ‘White Queen sitting on the edge of the shovel’ [in Maeve Gilmore's hand] (ff.2-3); ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1945-1954]
Extent:
1 file