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11. Add MS 88931/8

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Title:
Sketchbook: 'Roehampton 1965'
Scope & Content:
Sketches by Mervyn Peake, made whilst he was hospitalised at Roehampton. Mostly consisting of drawings of heads in pencil and crayon. Some drawings dated October 1964 [in Maeve Gilmore's hand].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1964-1965
Extent:
1 file

12. Add MS 88931/6

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Title:
Notes and Research Material for Autobiography
Scope & Content:
Preparatory work for Peake's fictionalised account of his childhood [working title 'China to Eltham']. Although the earliest material dates from 1939, Peake probably started work on his autobiography in 1950; see Maeve Gilmore, Peake's Progress (Middlesex: Penguin, 1981), p.470.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1939-1960s]
Extent:
5 files

13. Add MS 88931/10

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Title:
Texts for Illustration by Mervyn Peake
Scope & Content:
Typescripts for books written by Peake's friend Gordon Smith and former teacher Burgess Drake
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929?-1945?
Extent:
2 files

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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

15. Add MS 88931/2/6

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Title:
Nonsence
Scope & Content:
Autograph and typescript drafts of nonsense poems by Mervyn Peake
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940s-1970s
Extent:
4 files

16. Add MS 88931/3/4

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Title:
‘Manifold Basket’
Scope & Content:
Unfinished play. Comprises two parts: A: Notebook made from typescript and manuscript leaves pasted into a copy of The British Countryside in Pictures. Consists of Act I and beginning of Act II. Includes drawings of characters Manifold Basket and Bellgrove. Undated. B: Five loose leaves with f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[mid 1950s]
Extent:
1 file

17. Add MS 88931/3/6

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Title:
The Cave
Scope & Content:
Complete play. Maeve Gilmore's introductory note for 'The Cave' in Peake's Progress states 'This play was written between 1957 and 1959' [see Add MS 88931/13/4/5].
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1957-1970s]
Extent:

5 files

18. Add MS 88931/3/7

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Title:
The Greenhorn
Scope & Content:
Unfinished play. Comprises two parts: A: Loose leaves with autograph notes for the first five scenes and the beginning of Act I Scene 1. Undated [although one leaf is inscribed 'A LINE' which suggests that this may be contemporaneous with Peake's idea for television 'Just a Line', circa 1955 -...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950s]
Extent:
1 file

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Title:
Mr Pye
Scope & Content:
Fragments of drafts for novel. Chapters given in title field relate to the published version, not to original numbering of the manuscript.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1951
Extent:
2 volumes

20. Add MS 88931/3/3

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Title:
Mr Loftus
Scope & Content:
Complete play. Maeve Gilmore's notes for Peake's Progress [see Add MS 88931/13/4/5] state that the play 'was written between circa 1954-55'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1970s
Extent:
6 files