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1. Add MS 88931/13

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Title:
Papers of Maeve Gilmore and the Mervyn Peake Estate
Scope & Content:
Predominantly relating to the work of Mervyn Peake, but also concerning Maeve's own painting and writing. The correspondence includes personal letters to Maeve from her friends and family, including letters from Mervyn. The majority of this material dates from the late 1950s to Maeve's death in 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Spanish
Date Range:
1937-2001
Extent:
177 units

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Title:
Titus Awakes
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts and typescripts of Maeve Gilmore's continuation of Peake's Titus books, including a brief list of ideas by Peake. For Peake's draft beginning of the novel see Add MS 88931/1/3/43.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963-c 1995
Extent:
5 files

3. Add MS 88931/13/10

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Title:
Publications
Scope & Content:
Comprises: A. Michael Moorcock, Ergo Ego (London: MJM Publications, 1962) - includes recommendation for the work of Mervyn Peake on back cover. B. Stephen R Sanderson, The Collector’s Bulletin, 10 (Newport News, Virginia: Purple Mouth Press, April 1969) - includes Mervyn Peake bibliography by Le...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962-1979
Extent:
1 oversize file

4. Add MS 88931/13/17

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Title:
Abridgements
Scope & Content:
Text for the Gormenghast trilogy, abridged by James Parks
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1980s]
Extent:
3 files

5. Add MS 88931/13/6

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Title:
Printing Plates
Scope & Content:
Plates for letterpress printing etched with illustrations and drawings by Mervyn Peake. Some, if not perhaps all of these plates, were used to produce Christmas cards and other greetings cards sent by Maeve Gilmore on behalf of the Peake family.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1940-1981?]
Extent:
26 items

6. Add MS 88931/13/5

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Title:
Proofs
Scope & Content:
Proofs for publications by and about Mervyn Peake (including illustrations and dust-jackets designed by Peake).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1962-2000
Extent:

9 files

7. Add MS 88931/13/16

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Title:
Scores
Scope & Content:
Scores to accompany Mervyn Peake's poems by two different composers
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1974-1976
Extent:
2 oversize files

8. Add MS 88931/13/1

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Title:
A World Away
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts, typescripts and letters pertaining to Maeve Gilmore's memoir of Mervyn Peake. For letters of appreciation sent to Maeve following publication of the book see Add MS 88931/13/3/7.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967-[1970]
Extent:
3 files

9. Add MS 88931/13/11

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Title:
Sale Catalogues
Scope & Content:
Comprises: Christie's catalogue, 28 May 1975, with a covering letter to Maeve - lots include Mervyn Peake's portraits of Graham Greene, Laurence Olivier, Sir Winston Churchill, Humbert Wolfe, David Jones, Dame Flora Robson, Kurt Toller and two portraits of Mark Gertler. Sotheby & Co catalogu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1972-1975
Extent:
1 file

10. Add MS 88931/13/14

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Title:
Passports and Identity Cards
Scope & Content:
Contains: British passport belonging to Mervyn Peake, 1951-1956; British passport belonging to Maeve Peake [née Gilmore], 1972-1982; Travel Identity Card belonging to Mervyn Peake; National Registration identity card belonging to Maeve Peake, 1943-1950; photocopy of British passport for Ernest C...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940s-1980s
Extent:
1 file