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036-003399544 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. Add MS 89289/1

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Add MS 89289/1
Title:
Works
Scope & Content:
Contents largely comprise drafts of Fitzgerald's fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and reviews. Draft material and planning notes for The Bookshop can also be found at Add MS 89289/2/17. It should be noted that, occasionally, Fitzgerald recorded ideas and notes for separate works on the same single p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-2000
Extent:
21 files

2. Add MS 89289/1/10-21

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Title:
Non-fiction
Scope & Content:
Contains proofs, drafts, and research notes for Penelope Fitzgerald's non-fiction writing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-2000
Extent:
12 files

3. Add MS 89289/1/1-9

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Title:
Fiction and Poetry
Scope & Content:
Contains notes, typescripts, proofs, reviews, correspondence, and research materials relating to Fitzgerald's fiction and poetry.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-2000
Extent:
9 files

4. Add MS 89289/1/6

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Title:
Published Fiction: Fragments
Scope & Content:
Fragments of drafts/proofs for published novels by Penelope Fitzgerald, including: • The Blue Flower – one page of notes and one page of draft (both autograph). • The Gate of Angels – collated proof with colour-coded corrections (typescript). With a photograph of the Aerated Bread Company prem...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2nd half of the 20th century
Extent:

1 folder

5. Add MS 89289/1/19

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Title:
Autobiographical and Other Non-Fiction Writings
Scope & Content:
Autobiographical writings by Penelope Fitzgerald: • Draft material fragments for ‘A Country Childhood’ (manuscript and annotated typescript). One of the pages of notes also has notes relating to ‘In Praise of the Family’. Also includes a photocopy of the published version. • Incomplete copy o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1995-[1999?]
Extent:
1 folder

6. Add MS 89289/1/10

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Title:
Edward Burne-Jones: Incomplete Proof
Scope & Content:
Incomplete proof of a 1997 Sutton Publishing version of Penelope Fitzgerald's book Edward Burne-Jones and a photographic print of Burne-Jones with a grandchild. The proof (ISBN 0-7509-1562-5) includes the following pages: 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12-14 as well as copies of colour plates (but printed in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1997
Extent:
1 folder

7. Add MS 89289/1/1

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Add MS 89289/1/1
Title:
Poetry by Penelope Fitzgerald
Scope & Content:
33 pages, typescript with illustrations in blue and red colour outline, and occasional annotations by Fitzgerald. Includes: The arrival of the stray cat; The kitchen drawer poem; The Father and the Mother; Song of the 2 Bread Fairies; Feeling and Reason; Jug poem; The 2 Lovers Poem; The White ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s]
Extent:
1 folder

8. Add MS 89289/1/7

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Title:
Published Fiction: Various Printed
Scope & Content:
Copies of short stories by Penelope Fitzgerald, contributed to various publications, including: • 'Worlds Apart' (featured in Woman magazine, 1983). • 'Jassy of Juniper Farm' (from the children's magazine Swift, Aug 31 1957).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
31 Aug 1957-14 May 1983
Extent:
1 folder

9. Add MS 89289/1/9

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Title:
Research: British Library Slips
Scope & Content:
British Library book request slips from Penelope Fitzgerald's research, largely for The Blue Flower (1995). Some relate to China. The slips are a mixture of original and carbon copies, with occasional annotations on versos in Fitzgerald's hand. Not all slips have the year recorded on them. Res...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1990-1993]
Extent:
1 folder

10. Add MS 89289/1/3

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Title:
The Golden Child Drafts
Scope & Content:
Four notebooks of drafts for Fitzgerald's 'The Golden Opinion', later called The Golden Child, her first published novel.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1975-1976]
Extent:
1 folder (4 notebooks)