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Record Id:
040-003376931
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003345873
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100044433043.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89203/2/3/16
Title:
Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Penny Phillips)
Scope & Content:

(1). 1979:

  • (ff.1-3) 22 May 1979. India (2 sheets, with envelope).
  • (f.4) 11 Jun [1979]. Kathmandu (aerogramme).
  • (f.5) 30 Jun 1979. Madras (aerogramme).
  • (ff.6-7) 10 Dec [1979]. London (1 sheet with envelope).
  • (f.8) 14 Dec 1979 (postmark). 'Nothing-to-it' pre-printed letter.

(2). 1980:

  • (f.9) 3 Apr 1980 (postmark). Telegram.
  • (f.10) 8 May 1980 (postmark). Postcard.
  • (ff.11-12) 23 June 1980 (postmark). 'Nothing-to-it' pre-printed letter, enclosing small breakfast collage.
  • (f.13) 19 Aug 1980. Greetings card.

(3). 1981:

  • (ff.14-18) 27 Mar 1981. Leningrad (5 sheets).
  • (ff.19-21) 2 Apr 1981. Leningrad (3 sheets).
  • (ff.22-5) 30 Aug 1981. Girga Station [Egypt] (4 sheets).
  • (f.26) 7 Sep 1981. Qena [Egypt] (postcard).
  • (f.27) Tuesday 20th [Oct 1981]. London (1 sheet).
  • (ff.28-30) 4 Dec 1981. London (3 sheets).
  • (ff.31-3) Friday [19 Dec 1981] (3 sheets).

(4) 1982:

  • (ff.34-7) 18 Jan 1982 (postmark). London (3 sheets, third sheet a small P.S., with envelope).
  • (ff.38-9) 29 Jan 1982. London (2 sheets).
  • (ff.40-2) 11 Feb 1982. London (3 sheets).
  • (f.43) 17 Feb 1982. London (1 sheet).
  • (ff.44-5) 6 Mar 1982. London (2 sheets).
  • (ff.46-9) 24 Mar 1982. London (4 sheets).
  • (ff.50-1) 20 Apr 1982. London (2 sheets - letter incomplete).
  • (ff.52-5) 4 May 1982. London (2 sheets, with 2 sheets humorous verse: 'This is the story, strange but true / Of someone doubtless known to you').
  • (ff.56-7) 11 May 1982. London (2 sheets).
  • (ff.58-61) 19 May 1982. London (4 sheets).
  • (ff.62-4) 27 May 1982. London (3 small sheets).
  • (ff.65-6) 4 Sep 1982. Firenze (2 sheets). Refers to seeing Self's cartoons in the New Statesman: 'couldn't stop looking at them (just to reassure myself I hadn't imagined it)'.
  • (f.67) 8 Sep 1982. Venice (postcard).
  • (ff.68-9) 17 Sep 1982. Perugia (2 sheets).
  • (ff.70-2) 12 Oct 1982. Balliol (3 sheets).
  • (f.73) 14 Oct 1982. [Balliol] (postcard).
  • (ff.74-5) 29 Oct 1982. Balliol (2 sheets).
  • (f.76) 9 Nov 1982. Balliol (postcard).
  • (ff.77-9) 12 Nov 1982. Balliol (3 sheets, typed).
  • (ff.80-2) 3 Dec 1982. Balliol (3 sheets).

(5). 1983:

  • (f.83) 11 Jan 1983. Balliol (postcard).
  • (ff.84-6) 14 Jan 1983. Balliol (3 sheets).
  • (ff.87-8) 8 Feb 1983. Balliol (2 x A4 sheets).
  • (f.89) 23 Feb 1983. Balliol (postcard).

(6). [1980-1983]. Letters and postcards without (full) date (ff.90-125). Includes a colour Polaroid photograph (f.101) of Self smoking a cigar; a number of brief notes on small scraps of paper from Phillips to Self; and two greetings cards. Also includes (ff.98-100) a letter to Self (3 April) from Hazel Phillips (mother) - letter closed until 1 Jan 2043.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003359388
040-003376931
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 89203/2/3/16 : Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Penny Phillips)
Hierarchy:
032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0005]/036-003359388[0016]/040-003376931
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file (ff. 1-125)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1979
End Date:
1983
Date Range:
1979-1983
Era:
CE
Access:
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Phillips, Penny, publisher's editor, b 1960