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Add MS 88931/6/4
- Record Id:
- 040-001019165
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000897929
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001202.0x00030c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88931/6/4
- Title:
- Notes and Draft Manuscript
- Scope & Content:
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Comprises four parts:
- A: 'Chinese Puzzle'. Loose leaves with notes and draft of chapter 1 of Peake's memoir about his childhood in China. Inscribed 'Smarden 1951 July'.
- B: Autograph notebook with notes on Tientsin Grammar School, Eltham College, Kuling, the Compound, Shanghai and various childhood events. Also includes beginning of early draft of manuscript.
- C: Autograph notebook entitled 'Chinese Notes'. Notes on childhood events, most involving Laura [family friend Elsie Laura Beckingsale]. With rough sketches. Loose leaf with draft of recollections about life in the Compound. Also includes loose leaf with fragments of verse: 'You before me' (nonsense poem), 'Beard of my chin' and 'Although I love him I could never find'.
- D: Loose leaves of manuscript (Gormenghast typescript on reverse of some) with multiple versions of the opening chapter.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000897929
036-001019159
040-001019165 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88931 : Mervyn Peake Archive
Add MS 88931/6 : Notes and Research Material for Autobiography
Add MS 88931/6/4 : Notes and Draft Manuscript - Contains:
- Add MS 88931/6/4/1 : Loose Leaf: 'Bias Bay'
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- 032-000897929[0006]/036-001019159[0004]/040-001019165
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88931
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1951
- End Date:
- 1965
- Date Range:
- 1951-c 1960
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)