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Add MS 89014
- Record Id:
- 032-002403369
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002403369
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002039.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89014
- Title:
- Lawrence Durrell / Ray Mills Papers
- Scope & Content:
-
Archive of Dr Raymond Mills (b 1916, d 2011) detailing his friendship with writer and poet Lawrence Durrell (b 1912, d 1990) including correspondence from Durrell and several members of his family, photographs of Durrell’s early life in Rhodes and the latter part of his life in France, press cuttings and inscribed books.
The Durrell and Mills friendship began in Rhodes in 1945 when Yvette (Eve) Durrell (b 1918) was examined by Mills, then the Chief Medical Officer of the Thermi Hospital. Under his own name Mills would later appear as a main character in Reflections on a Marine Venus (1953).
The collection also includes correspondence between Durrell and film producer Michael Luke (b 1915, d 2005), and Mills’ correspondence with poet Octavio Paz (b 1914, d 1998) and playwright Eugene Ionesco (b 1909, d 1994).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002403369", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 89014: Lawrence Durrell / Ray Mills Papers" },{ "id" : "036-002403370", "parent" : "032-002403369", "text" : "Add MS 89014/1: Correspondence from Lawrence Durrell and family" },{ "id" : "040-002403371", "parent" : "036-002403370", "text" : "Add MS 89014/1/1: Correspondence from Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403372", "parent" : "036-002403370", "text" : "Add MS 89014/1/2: Correspondence from Durrell family" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403373", "parent" : "036-002403370", "text" : "Add MS 89014/1/3: Ray Mills papers about Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403374", "parent" : "036-002403370", "text" : "Add MS 89014/1/4: Correspondence from Lawrence Durrell to Michael Luke" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403375", "parent" : "036-002403370", "text" : "Add MS 89014/1/5: Correspondence to Ray Mills from others" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002403376", "parent" : "032-002403369", "text" : "Add MS 89014/2: Photographs of Lawrence Durrell" },{ "id" : "040-002403377", "parent" : "036-002403376", "text" : "Add MS 89014/2/1: Durrell/Mills photograph album 1" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403378", "parent" : "036-002403376", "text" : "Add MS 89014/2/2: Durrell/Mills photograph album 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403379", "parent" : "036-002403376", "text" : "Add MS 89014/2/3: Framed photograph of Lawrence Durrell and Henry Miller" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002559145", "parent" : "036-002403376", "text" : "Add MS 89014/2/4: Framed photograph of Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002403380", "parent" : "032-002403369", "text" : "Add 89014/3: Press cuttings, reviews and obituaries about or relating to Lawrence Durrell" },{ "id" : "040-002403381", "parent" : "036-002403380", "text" : "Add MS 89014/3/1: Obituaries about Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403382", "parent" : "036-002403380", "text" : "Add MS 89014/3/2: Press cuttings about Lawrence Durrell 1" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002559088", "parent" : "036-002403380", "text" : "Add MS 89014/3/4: Press cuttings about Lawrence Durrell 3" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002559091", "parent" : "036-002403380", "text" : "Add MS 89014/3/5: Press cuttings about Lawrence Durrell 4" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002559094", "parent" : "036-002403380", "text" : "Add MS 89014/3/6: Press cuttings by Lawrence Durrell 5" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002559150", "parent" : "036-002403380", "text" : "Add MS 89014/3/3: Press cuttings about Lawrence Durrell 2" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403383", "parent" : "032-002403369", "text" : "Add MS 89014/4: Miscellaneous papers" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002403384", "parent" : "032-002403369", "text" : "Add MS 89014/5: Books by Lawrence Durrell" },{ "id" : "040-002403385", "parent" : "036-002403384", "text" : "Add MS 89014/5/1: Sappho: A Play in Verse by Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403386", "parent" : "036-002403384", "text" : "Add MS 89014/5/2: Reflections on a Marine Venus by Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403387", "parent" : "036-002403384", "text" : "Add MS 89014/5/3: Nunquam by Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002403388", "parent" : "036-002403384", "text" : "Add MS 89014/5/4: Quinx by Lawrence Durrell" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002403369
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 89014/1 : Correspondence from Lawrence Durrell and family
Add MS 89014/2 : Photographs of Lawrence Durrell
Add 89014/3 : Press cuttings, reviews and obituaries about or relating to Lawrence Durrell
Add MS 89014/4 : Miscellaneous papers
Add MS 89014/5 : Books by Lawrence Durrell
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- 032-002403369
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89014
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
20 folders, volumes and oversize items
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 2006
- Date Range:
- 1947-2006
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Available for research unless otherwise stated
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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16 folders, 2 volumes and 2 oversize items
- Former Internal References:
- Dep. 10739
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Phillip Pullan, January 2013
- Arrangement:
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Papers are arranged as follows:
- Add 89014/1: Correspondence from Lawrence Durrell and family
- Add 89014/2: Photographs of Lawrence Durrell
- Add 89014/3: Press cuttings, reviews and obituaries relating to Lawrence Durrell
- Add 89014/4: Miscellaneous papers
- Add 89014/5: Books by Lawrence Durrell
British Library arrangement
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Durrell, Claude-Marie, née Vincendon, writer and wife of Lawence Durrell, 1925-1967
Durrell, Lawrence George, novelist and poet, 1912-1990
Durrell, Yvette, née Cohen, alias Eve/Eva, wife of Lawrence Durrell, 1918-2004
Ionesco, Eugène, writer
Paz, Octavio, poet and artist, 1914-1998 - Related Archive Descriptions:
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