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- Record Id:
- 040-001965984
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001965982
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000970.0x00014b
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- Add MS 71697
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GEORGE BARKER PAPERS. Vol. II. Drafts, mostly of prose, by George Barker, together with some material by Albert Gordon Barker; circa 1932-1934, n.d.
ff. 282. 329 x 212mm.
1. ff. 1-51. Incomplete prose draft by George Barker, titled 'Extracts from Journals 1928-32', with his ink and pencil annotations; part of the sequence was published in Alanna Autumnal (1933); circa 1932. Typewritten.
2. ff. 52-142. Draft by George Barker, with his ink annotations, of the whole of 'The Documents of a Death', together with later drafts from part I, and of part II; 1934. Typewritten.
3. ff. 143-147v. Draft by George Barker, with his ink annotations, of a short story titled 'The Articulate Corpse'. Reversing the volume, there are drafts of poems by George Barker, with his ink annotations, and an incomplete draft of a letter from him to T. S. Eliot; circa 1934. Typewritten.
4. ff. 148-157. Prose draft by George Barker, with his pencil and ink annotations, titled 'How to Leave Japan'; circa 1940. Typewritten.
5. ff. 158-164v. Draft, apparently incomplete, of an essay on hoaxes and hoaxers, beg.'On the road to Berlin', with George Barker's pencil annotations; n.d. Typewritten.
6. ff. 165-169. Draft of a short essay by George Barker, with his pencil annotations, titled 'Some Notes on Contemporary Poetry'; n.d. Typewritten.
7. ff. 170-273. Incomplete draft of a novel titled The Smile on the Face of the Tiger, the title-page of which is signed in pencil by both George and Albert Gordon Barker; n.d. Typewritten.
8. ff. 274-282. Miscellaneous prose drafts, including the beginning of a projected novel titled The Humming-Bird of Paradise by Albert Gordon Barker, with annotations in pencil and ink by the author and by George Barker; n.d. Typewritten.
includes:
- ff. 170-282, passim Albert Gordon Barker, poet and artist: 'The Smile on the Face of the Tiger' and 'The Humming Bird of Paradise' by Albert Gordon Barker: circa 1932-1934: Incomplete typewritten drafts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001965982
040-001965984 - Is part of:
- Add MS 71696-71699 : GEORGE BARKER PAPERS: poems, prose, drama, correspondence and related papers of George Granville Barker (b.1913, d.1991),…
Add MS 71697 : GEORGE BARKER PAPERS. Vol. II. Drafts, mostly of prose, by George Barker, together with some material by Albert Gordon Barker;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001965982[0002]/040-001965984
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 71696-71699
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1927
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- 1927-1945
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Barker, Albert Gordon, called Kit, poet and artist, 1916-1988