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191. Add MS 88931/13/3/1/2

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Title:
Letters From Mervyn Peake (part 2)
Scope & Content:
Comprises autograph letters sent by Peake to his wife Maeve Gilmore whilst travelling through Europe on assignment for the Leader magazine, where he attended the war crimes trial of Nazi officer Peter Back and visited Belsen concentration camp: A. ‘Darling little lover’: undated (2 leaves). B. ‘...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1945
Extent:
1 file

192. Add MS 88931/13/3/1/3

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Title:
Letters From Mervyn Peake (part 3)
Scope & Content:
Autograph letters to his wife Maeve Gilmore. To 70 Glebe Place, Chelsea: 'My own sweet wife': inscribed ‘Clos de Bas, 2nd' [Sark] (5 leaves plus envelope postmarked 3 June 1946). 'My Maeve, my artist-girl': undated [1946? Letter addressed to 'companion of ten years' so probably sent to Maeve wh...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946-1956
Extent:
1 file

193. Add MS 88931/13/3/1/4

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Title:
Letters From Mervyn Peake (part 4)
Scope & Content:
Autograph letters sent to his wife Maeve Gilmore at Woodcote Road, Wallington, Surrey. From Guernsey and Sark: ‘My own dear darling’: airmail letter from Guernsey; postmarked 26 June 1957 (1 leaf). ‘1) To canalize my chaos’: list of resolutions; postmarked 26 June 1957 (1 leaf plus envelope, wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-1958
Extent:
1 file

194. Add MS 88931/13/3/1/5

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Title:
Letters From Mervyn Peake (part 5)
Scope & Content:
Autograph letters to his wife Maeve Gilmore. From Reed Thatch, Sussex to Berlin : 'For Maeve: Now, with the rain about her, I can see': poem; July 1960 (1 leaf plus envelope). ‘Dearest darling’: with illustration of dog; postmarked 11 May 1961 10.30am (1 leaf plus envelope). ‘My darling’: postm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960s
Extent:
1 file

195. Add MS 88931/13/3/2

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Title:
Letters of Appreciation to Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Letters re Peake's work from friends, acquaintances and strangers. Some letters are from academics; others are more general fan mail. Letters answered by Maeve Gilmore as Peake was too ill to respond personally.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1970s
Extent:
2 files

196. Add MS 88931/13/3/2/1

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Title:
Letters of Appreciation to Mervyn Peake (part 1)
Scope & Content:
Mostly autograph. Multiple letters from some correspondents. Letters from: Edwin Morgan, University of Glasgow; Judith Brown; George E[-]; John Kilburn; Billy and Joyce; Jeanette P H? Fisher; J L Backhouse; Susan Bowman, Westfield College; John Hardy; Mary I Paton; Peter McKenzie; Severn Darden...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1965
Extent:
1 file

197. Add MS 88931/13/3/2/2

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Title:
Letters of Appreciation to Mervyn Peake (part 2)
Scope & Content:
Mostly autograph. Multiple letters from some correspondents. Letters from: Jennifer Rowles; Nicolas Jowett; Hamish Halls; John Furnival; David Miller; John Hewitt; Dainis Bisenieks; Joyce Hines; Paul Chown; Derek Carver; Robert Booth; Maurice Barlow; J C Gallogher; Leslie J Sklaroff; Sylvia Pas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1966-1970s
Extent:
1 file

198. Add MS 88931/13/3/3

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Title:
Letters Re Mervyn Peake's Medical Care
Scope & Content:
Three letters from Mervyn's doctor, J M Northcliffe Roberts. Also includes letters regarding care homes and vacancies from: The Cheshire Foundation Homes for the Sick; George Rettie MD; John Harvard-Watts; St John of God's Hospital, Yorkshire; Bon Secours Nursing Home, Berkshire. Further letter...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jan 1961-7 May 1975
Extent:
1 file

199. Add MS 88931/13/3/4

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Title:
Letters From Family Members
Scope & Content:
Letters from Maeve Gilmore and Mervyn Peake's family. Correspondents are: Lonnie [Ernest Leslie] and Ruth Peake; Ruth Gilmore; János and Vicki [-]; Christopher [Kit] Peake; and Maeve and Mervyn's children Fabian [Peake] and Clare [Peñate née Peake].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 May 1961-21 Dec 1981
Extent:
1 file

200. Add MS 88931/13/3/5

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Title:
Letters From Maurice Michael
Scope & Content:
Letters from Mervyn's agent, mostly regarding publication and film rights. Also includes some remittances for royalties.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4 Jun 1965-24 Sep 1982
Extent:
3 files