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Add MS 89203/1/3/4
- Record Id:
- 040-003354786
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003345873
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037551542.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89203/1/3/4
- Title:
- Will Self Family papers: Lady Self, letters received from various family members
- Scope & Content:
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(1). From Will Self:
- 13 November 1983. Aerogramme, sent from Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. 'I'm working as you may know by now in the Land Department here in Darwin, writing a report which shows how much demand for serviced (water, electricity, etc.) land there is in the Northern Territory. So I'm spending a lot of my working time plotting graphs and reading tables of statistics - something I thought I'd never do again after leaving university.'
- 7 Dec 1983. Postcard (views of Palmerston, N. Territory).
- No date. Printed (duplicated?) cartoon by Will Self: 'The Primate of All England'.
(2). From Jonathan Self:
- 26 (or 28) July 1987 (indistinct postmark). Typed card, with envelope. Includes two colour photographs of one of Jonathan and Perrie Self's children (toddler).
(3). From 'Unity' (niece to Lady Self).
- 23 November 1983. By air mail from Harare, Zimbabwe.
(4). Various items:
- [1949?]. Postcard (date indistinct) of Firenze addressed to Lady Self. Sent by 'D & P', perhaps Diana and Peter Self (Diana Pitt, Peter Self's first wife, married 1950).
- Unused postcard of Angering Church.
- Two stamped and franked envelopes (commemorative covers) addressed to Lady Self, marking a visit by the Archbishop of Canterbury to Lancing College Chapel in its 100th anniversary year (1 June 1968).
- Pressed flower on annotated card.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003345873
033-003353553
036-003354726
040-003354786 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89203 : The Papers of Will Self
Add MS 89203/1 : Will Self: Family Papers
Add MS 89203/1/3 : Will Self Family Papers: Lady Rosalind Audrey Self
Add MS 89203/1/3/4 : Will Self Family papers: Lady Self, letters received from various family members - Hierarchy:
- 032-003345873[0001]/033-003353553[0003]/036-003354726[0004]/040-003354786
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1949
- End Date:
- 1983
- Date Range:
- 1949-1983
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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