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Add MS 89203/2/3/20
- Record Id:
- 040-003377062
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003345873
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044540555.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89203/2/3/20
- Title:
- Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Sacks - Szasz)
- Scope & Content:
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(1). Oliver Sacks. Two autograph letters. New York, 18 Sep and 30 Dec 2012 (both 1 sheet). 'I barely read fiction, tho' I stand in awe at the novelist's powers of creation; and eye-problems make all reading more difficult now. But I shall try to immerse myself in Umbrella (I read My Idea of Fun several years ago).
(2). Miranda Seymour. Undated autograph postcard [June 2010]. Invitation to supper.
(3). David Shrigley. Three undated autograph (Shrigley) postcards, and an undated autograph note on folding card (promoting Shrigley exhibition) thanking Self for 'the introduction you wrote'.
(4). Iain Sinclair:
- Autograph postcards, dated: 17 Dec 2005; 25 Mar 2006; 9 Apr 2006; 19 Sep 2007; 31 Jul 2012; 28 Nov 2014 (message spanning two postcards).
- 29 Feb 2004. Typed letter (1 sheet).
- 4 Mar 2004. Typed and signed copy letter (1 sheet), Self to Sinclair.
- 6 Apr 2004. Typed letter (2 sheets), inviting Self to contribute to Sinclair's commissioned anthology City of Disappearances [2006]. The first sheet of the letter has been annotated by Self: 'Darent Valley / South Downs / St Leonard's / Trespassing'.
- 4 Aug 2004. Typed letter (1 sheet).
- 5 Dec 2004. Typed letter (1 sheet).
- 4 Jan 2005. Typed letter (1 sheet).
- 14 Feb 2005. Typed letter (1 sheet).
- 10 Nov 2005. Typed letter ( 1 sheet).
- 27 Oct 2006. Typed letter (2 sheets).
(5). Noel 'Razor' Smith. 28 Mar 2004. Autograph postcard (signed 'Razor'). 'Thanks for the books. Just had confirmation that the gov is agreeable to press stuff via the mail and subject to censorship'. Together with three photocopied articles by Smith published in New Law Journal (17 Sep 1999 and 15 Sep 2000) and The Big Issue (3-9 Jul 2000).
(6). Jonathan Spooner. Undated autograph postcard.
(7). Dean Stalham. Hendon, undated brief typed letter (1 sheet), advising of e-mail address.
(8). Ilona Staller. September 1999. Four autograph fax sheets (in Italian), following being interviewed by Self.
(9). Stephen Stockwell. Two autograph letters from Australia: 12 Sep 1984 (2 sheets); 11 Feb 1995 (1 sheet).
(10). Edward St. Aubyn. 21 Jun 1985. Autograph signed note (in English and French): 'This is to authorize Mr. William Self to drive my Sirocco, registration PYO 343Y'.
(11). Galen Strawson:
- 15 Jun 1993. Typed letter (1 sheet). 'I'm sorry I can't be at your party'.
- Undated autograph letter, referring to Self's letter published in the TLS and to [Daniel] Dennett on qualia.
- 6 Dec (year not indicated). Autograph letter from Self to Strawson, referring to the writing of My Idea of Fun ('It's a miserable work about the failure of paternity').
- Strawson, 'David Hume: Objects and Power'. Proof of academic paper with annotated corrections within the copy and further annotation to the copy in red ink (by Strawson). Proof dated 26 May 2000.
- Strawson, 'The Impossibility of Moral Responsibility', Philosophical Studies, 75 (1994). Off-print, with an undated annotation on first page: 'Will - Just in case you need another subtitle (doesn't really say anything new though) / Galen'.
(12). Christopher Swann. 6 Jun 2000. Printed e-mail (1 sheet). 'The idea of putting a writer on display has fascinated me all day [...] Sat there with wraparound shades'.
(13). Thomas Szasz. 29 Sep 1995. Brief typed letter (1 sheet, State University of New York letterhead) thanking Self for Junk Mail: 'A very nice piece of work'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003359388
040-003377062 - 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 89203/2/3/20 : Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Sacks - Szasz) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0005]/036-003359388[0020]/040-003377062
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1984
- End Date:
- 2014
- Date Range:
- 1984-2014
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Sacks, Oliver Wolf, neurologist, author, 1933-2015
Seymour, Miranda Jane, author, b 1948
Shrigley, David, visual artist, b 1968
Sinclair, Iain, writer and film maker, b 1943
Smith, Noel, author, b 1960
St Aubyn, Edward, author, b 1960
Stalham, Dean, artist, playwright, b 1963
Staller, Ilona, porn star, politician, b 1951
Strawson, Galen John, philosopher, 1952
Szasz, Thomas Stephen, psychiatrist, author, 1920-2012