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1. Add MS 89363

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Title:
D. M. Thomas Archive
Scope & Content:
Papers, correspondence, drafts, typescripts and manuscripts of the writer Donald Michael Thomas (1935–2023). The archive spans his whole career, preserving writings published and unpublished, business and personal correspondence, and proofs or first-edition copies of his published works.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Chinese, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1900-2005
Extent:
244 folders; 34 boxes

2. Add MS 89363/1

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: Novels
Scope & Content:
Draft material, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and first-edition copies of D. M. Thomas's novels.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1975?-1996
Extent:
45 folders

3. Add MS 89363/1/1

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'The Flute-Player', typescript
Scope & Content:
Typescript of D. M. Thomas's novel 'The Flute-Player' (1979) with autograph corrections. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'Flute-Player typescript'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978?-1979?
Extent:
145 folios

4. Add MS 89363/1/2

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Ararat', corrected typescript
Scope & Content:
Typescript of D. M. Thomas's novel 'Ararat' (1983) with autograph corrections. Originally contained in an envelope with the branding of Victor Gollancz Ltd. The original numbering of the leaves, beginning at 4 and running to 120, suggests that three folios at the beginning of this document have...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1982?
Extent:
117 folios

5. Add MS 89363/1/3

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Birthstone', corrected typescript
Scope & Content:
Typescript of D. M. Thomas's novel 'Birthstone' (1980) with autograph corrections.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980?
Extent:
91 folios in a black case

6. Add MS 89363/1/3-4

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Birthstone', typescripts and first edition
Scope & Content:
Typescripts and a first-edition copy of D. M. Thomas's novel 'Birthstone' (London: Gollancz, 1980).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1979-1981?
Extent:
2 folders

7. Add MS 89363/1/4

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Birthstone', first edition copy with autograph corrections
Scope & Content:
First-edition copy of D. M. Thomas's novel 'Birthstone' (London: Gollancz, 1980), with corrections pasted in and autograph revisions made in February 1982. Held in its original dust-jacket and housed in a custom-built box.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1982
Extent:
1 volume

8. Add MS 89363/1/5

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Swallow', draft material
Scope & Content:
Bound notebook containing autograph draft material for D. M. Thomas's novel 'Swallow' (1984). With one newspaper cutting from the Guardian (5 June 1986). The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'First thoughts + working for novel 'Swallow' — ms.', and also bearing a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1984-1986
Extent:
1 bound volume; 2 loose folios

9. Add MS 89363/1/5-8

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Add MS 89363/1/5-8
Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Swallow', draft material
Scope & Content:
Draft material for D. M. Thomas's novel 'Swallow' (1984).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1984-1986
Extent:
4 folders

10. Add MS 89363/1/6

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Title:
D. M. Thomas: 'Swallow', corrected typescript
Scope & Content:
Bound typescript of D. M. Thomas's novel 'Swallow' (1984), with autograph corrections. The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled 'Swallow — (early draft)'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1984
Extent:
1 volume