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Add MS 89203/2/9/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003375728
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003345873
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100043728695.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89203/2/9/1
- Title:
- Will Self: Notebooks (1980-89)
- Scope & Content:
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(1) Four notebooks (A-D):
- Notebook A (155 x 100 mm). Undated, but includes reference to study of philosophy (Kant), suggesting undergraduate years at Oxford University.
- Notebook B (195 x 155 mm). Some entries dated 1980, most of book not used (some pages torn out). Includes logic exercises, and fair copy of the sonnet 'Les Montreurs' (by Charles Marie Rene Leconte de Lisle).
- Notebook C (210 x 165 mm). Sporadic entries, spanning 1982-1989, most pages not used. First entry dated 9 Nov 1982. Includes entry 'Honeymoon '89' [by Kate Chancellor]. Inserted loosely at the back of the notebook, a typed letter signed (19 Mar 1990, 2 sheets) from Robert [Rosenbloom] (uncle) about gathering material for a 'Family Journal'.
- Notebook D (155 x 110 mm). Entries 1983-85.
(2). Journal notes (autograph, 4 sheets) for 5 Dec 1984, 2 Jan 1985 and 11 Jan [1985], together with notes/fragments 'Working Girls' and 'Bad Timing' (Roeg).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003375722
040-003375728 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89203 : The Papers of Will Self
Add MS 89203/2 : Will Self: Personal and Literary Papers
Add MS 89203/2/9 : Will Self: Notebooks
Add MS 89203/2/9/1 : Will Self: Notebooks (1980-89) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0012]/036-003375722[0001]/040-003375728
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (4 notebooks)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1980
- End Date:
- 1989
- Date Range:
- 1980-1989
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)