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Add MS 89203/2/3/7
- Record Id:
- 040-003376384
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003345873
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044163388.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89203/2/3/7
- Title:
- Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Davis - Freud)
- Scope & Content:
-
- (1). ff. 1-2. Pauline Davis. 7 Dec 2007. Bespoke card with enclosure, a 'souvenir' of Cunard R.M.S. Franconia ('as you were too young to remember'): enclosing a lettercard with colour image of the ship on which the Self family travelled to Canada and America in 1963 (see Self, 'Atlantic Crossing', The Independent, 20 Jan 2007). For Elaine Self's diary, see Add MS 89203/1/5/12.
- (2). ff. 3-5. Matthew De Abaitua. Printed e-mail messages (3 sheets): 16 Sep 1997 and 2 Dec 1997 (2 messages of this date, incorporating a message from Self).
- (3). f. 6. Louis de B--. 18 Nov 1994. Typed letter (1 sheet).
- (4). f. 7. The Revd Robert de Berry. 13 Jan 2004. Typed letter (1 sheet). 'What I'd love to do is to tell you what Christianity is actually about'.
- (5). ff. 8-14. Agnès Desarthe. 16 Apr and 20 Jun 1996. Two autograph letters (2 sheets + 2 sheets) commenting on Self's work, following meeting in Paris. In reply, a typed copy letter (2 sheets) from Self (14 May [1996]). Together with typed fax to Danielle at Editions de L'Olivier (requesting Agnes's last name and address).
- (6). f. 15. Tacita Dean. 12 June 2013. Autograph postcard concerning Self, 'Key Stroke', published in Dean, JG (2013).
- (7). ff. 16-17. David Dimbleby. Autograph letter (4 Dec 2000) and autograph bespoke card (12 Mar 2012) expressing thanks for Self's appearance on Question Time, the BBC television political discussion programme.
- (8). ff. 18-19. Mike Doherty. 26 Dec 2003. Printed e-mail message, incorporating 'a recent article from the Globe & Mail [...] on Toronto psychogeographers'.
- (9). f. 20. Mary Douglas. 5 Dec 1999. Autograph note. 'It was so good to see you at the LSE meeting for Peter [Self]'.
- (10). ff. 21-22. Kevin Durcan. Denmark, 19 May 1997. Autograph letter (2 sheets). 'We worked together for a time at IBM in 1986'.
- (11). f. 23. Fleur Emery. Typed message mounted on postcard. No date. 'I am enjoying the dave book so much'.
- (12). ff. 24-25. Tracey Emin. 10 Apr 1999. Autograph letter (2 sheets). 'I really really liked the piece you wrote (about me)'. Letter reserved until 1 Jan 2043 when reservation will be reviewed.
- (13). ff. 26-28. Morgan Entrekin. Three bespoke autograph cards (undated, 17 May and 12 Nov [2006]). One card refers to 'the Black Cat edition of Junk Mail. 'I am pleased and proud to have it in the imprint'.
- (14). ff. 29-30. Anne Evans. Two bespoke autograph cards (3 Dec 1991 and 11 May 1995). 'Especially was I impressed with how deftly you brought to life the Elaine I loved and still miss greatly.'
- (15). ff. 31-33. Colin Falck. 26 June 2006. Typed letter enclosing typed poem by Falck ('Model Village'). Together with typed reply from Self (31 Aug 2006): 'yesterday I had lunch with a theatrical producer who is intending to stage a play I have written based on my 1993 experimental story "Scale", which is set in the model village'.
- (16). ff. 34-35. Mark Fiddes. 17 Oct 1984. Typed letter, refers to 'SLUMP', enclosing copy of letter (5 Oct) sent by Fiddes to Hugh Stephenson at the New Statesman praising Self's cartoon strip.
- (17). ff. 36-37. Isabel Fonseca. Autograph letter (1 Jul 1999) and printed e-mail message (13 Sep 2006).
- (18). ff. 38-40. James Fox. Printed e-mail message (16 May 2003); bespoke autograph card (25 Apr [2006]); and autograph postcard (2 Apr 2007).
- (19). f. 41. [Matthew Freud]. Printed invitation (annotated 'Will & family') announcing the birth of Jonah Henry Freud [1 Apr 1997].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003359388
040-003376384 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89203 : The Papers of Will Self
Add MS 89203/2 : Will Self: Personal and Literary Papers
Add MS 89203/2/3 : Will Self: Personal Correspondence
Add MS 89203/2/3/7 : Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Davis - Freud) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0005]/036-003359388[0007]/040-003376384
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file (ff. 1-41)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1984
- End Date:
- 2013
- Date Range:
- 1984-2013
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Available for research unless otherwise stated
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Abaitua, Matthew, author, b 1971
Dean, Tacita Charlotte, artist, film maker, b 1965
Desarthe, Agnès, author, b 1966
Dimbleby, David, broadcaster and journalist, b 1938
Douglas, Mary, anthropologist, 1921-2007
Emin, Tracey, artist, b 1963
Entrekin, Morgan, publisher, b 1955
Falck, Colin, poet and literary critic, 1934-2020
Fonseca, Isabel, author, b 1961
Fox, James, journalist, author, b 1945
Freud, Matthew, Head of Freud Comunications, b 1963