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Add MS 88972/4
- Record Id:
- 040-001608021
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001607922
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001442.0x000011
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88972/4
- Title:
- Material from 1975
- Scope & Content:
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1. Assorted material, comprising:
- dream interpretation (typescript and autograph, February 1975) by Durrell entitled 'Faucon - Ours', with a brief note in pencil on the verso by Ghyslaine identifying the text as Durrell's interpretation of her dream (dated 4 February 1976, i.e. not in agreement with the date on the recto);
- three postcards (autograph) from Durrell to Ghyslaine;
- large postcard (Palermo, autograph) from Durrell to Ghyslaine;
- autograph note on card (October 1975) from Durrell to Ghyslaine;
- postcard (Paris, 14 February 1975, not franked) from Durrell to Ghyslaine;
- invitation card, 'exposition de gravures' by Catherine Cook-Baillet, Sommières, 12 September 1975 (with note in pencil on the verso);
- letter (December 1975, typescript, signed) from Durrell to Ghyslaine (beginning: 'I tried to ring this morning but no reply') discussing property matters.
2. Two photographs (A and B), as follows:
(A): Lawrence Durrell, seated (colour, 250 x 170mm), annotated on the verso 'Self 1975' (NB: the hand, and the blue felt pen used, match the hand that has dated many of the other items in the Ghyslaine Durrell collection, indicating that such dating was done by Durrell and not by Ghyslaine Durrell);
(B): Durrell in conversation with three people, taken in Sabatier, France, December 1975 (black and white, 160 x 240mm, stamped 'Carlos Freire').
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001607922
040-001608021 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88972 : Papers of Ghyslaine Durrell: Letters Received from Lawrence Durrell
Add MS 88972/4 : Material from 1975 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001607922[0004]/040-001608021
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88972
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1975
- End Date:
- 1975
- Date Range:
- 1975
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)