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Add MS 88931/1
- Record Id:
- 036-000897930
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000015.0x000389
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/1
- Title:
- Prose
- Scope & Content:
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Manuscripts and typescripts of novels, novellas, short stories and non-fiction fragments. Some of the typescripts may have been made posthumously. See Add MS 88931/6 for Peake's notes towards an autobiography.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-000897930 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/1 : Prose - Contains:
- Add MS 88931/1/1 : The White Chief of the Umzimbooboo Kaffirs
Add MS 88931/1/2 : 'Mr Slaughterboard' (and 'The House of Darkstones')
Add MS 88931/1/3 : Titus/Gormenghast Series
Add MS 88931/1/4 : Letters From Lost Uncle
Add MS 88931/1/5 : I Bought a Palm Tree
Add MS 88931/1/6 : Mr Pye
Add MS 88931/1/7 : J Butterfield' and 'The Story of the Gray Horse
Add MS 88931/1/8 : Boy In Darkness
Add MS 88931/1/9 : Footfruit
Add MS 88931/1/10 : The Bitch
Add MS 88931/1/11 : Short Story ['Manifold Basket']
Add MS 88931/1/12 : Autograph Fragments
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Add MS 88931/1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000897929[0001]/036-000897930
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- Series
- Extent:
-
59 files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1983
- Date Range:
- c 1921-c 1978
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Available for research unless otherwise stated
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
- British Library arrangement. The archivist has arranged this series chronologically, according to the date works were begun. Undated material and non-fiction have been placed at the end.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)