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Record Id:
040-003377185
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003345873
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100044768109.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89203/2/3/24
Title:
Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Peter Self, 1993-98)
Scope & Content:

Communications from Will Self's father (almost all from Australia, all autograph). Including a few letters from Will Self.

(1). 1993:

  • 31 Jan 1993. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 7 Feb 1993. Letter (3 sheets).
  • 22 Feb 1993. Letter (3 sheets).
  • 10 Mar 1993. Letter (3 sheets).
  • 25 Mar 1993. Letter (1 sheet).
  • [1993?]. Two undated notes on Reform Club letterhead. One note ('here is some supporting evidence for your 3 year old in the Oyster Bar!') is together with a newspaper cutting ('Junior joker turns into terror tot').
  • 24 Jul 1993. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 26 Nov [1993]. Letter (1 sheet).
  • 7 Dec 1993. Letter (1 sheet).

(2). 1994:

  • 2 Feb 1994. Letter (4 sheets) enclosing a typed poem ('The Quiet Centre') by Peter Self.
  • 17 Jun 1994. Letter (3 sheets).
  • 12 Jul 1994 (postmark). Postcard.
  • 5 Aug [1994?]. Letter (carbon, 1 sheet) from Will Self (from Knodishall). Refers to flying to Brazil 'on the 16th'.
  • 25 Aug 1994. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 12 Sep [1994?]. Letter (carbon, 1 sheet) from Will Self (from Knodishall). Refers to having been to Brazil.
  • 28 Sep 1994. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 4 Oct 1994. Letter (1 sheet).
  • 30 Nov 1994. Aerogramme.
  • 5 Dec 1994. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 19 Dec [1994?]. Letter (carbon, 2 sheets) from Will Self (from Knodishall).

(3). 1995:

  • 2 Jan 1995. Letter (3 sheets).
  • 4 Mar 1995. Letter (2 sheets) with envelope addressed to Abdale Road, London.
  • 31 Mar 1995. Letter (5 sheets).
  • 23 April contd. 30 Apr 1995. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 9 May [1995]. Typed letter (carbon, 2 sheets) from Will Self (from Knodishall, Suffolk). Refers to his trip to America ('I read with Martin Amis in Boston the Wednesday'). Letter refers to previous letter, thus 1995 ('I did in fact take your long letter of March 31st to the USA with me').
  • 27 May 1995. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 27 Jun 1995 (London postmark). Postcard.
  • 14 Jul 1995 (Aberystwyth postmark). Postcard.
  • 10 Aug [1995]. Letter (3 sheets), written from Hazeldene House, Devon.
  • 17 Aug 1995 (Surrey postmark). Postcard.
  • 25 Sep 1995 (Devon postmark). Postcard.
  • [1995]. Letter fragment (1 sheet, pp. 3/4). Year suggested by (at the head of p. 3): 'so now I'm 76'.

(4). 1996:

  • 23 Feb 1996. Printed 'Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Sandra Guerita Self' (19 Oct 1921 - 17 Feb 1996).
  • 18 Mar 1996. Letter (typed, 1 sheet, incomplete) from Will Self.
  • 13 May 1996. Letter (typed, 3 sheets including autograph P.S.). From Latimer Road ('I'm now so happy to be back and re-integrated into London').
  • 5 Jun 1996. Letter (3 sheets).
  • 18 Jun 1996. Letter (2 sheets), enclosing cheque for £25.
  • 18 Sep 1996. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 11 Dec [1996?]. Autograph note from Will Self, evidently accompanying a book by 'good friend' Redmond O'Hanlon 'for you to while away the Christmas sun'.
  • 19 Dec 1996. Letter (1 sheet).
  • 30 Dec 1996. Letter (3 sheets).

(5). 1997:

  • 19 Jan [1997]. Letter (1 sheet, incomplete).
  • 19 Mar 1997. Letter (1 sheet, incomplete).
  • 29 May 1997. Letter (1 sheet).
  • 6 Aug 1997. Letter (3 sheets).
  • 22 Aug 1997. Letter (1 sheet) with envelope enclosing 5 colour photographs and an undated postcard to Will Self, at Latimer Road, from Maggie Estays(?).
  • 17 Nov 1997. Letter (1 sheet).
  • 2 Dec 1997. Letter (2 sheets) with Christmas card.
  • 2 Dec 1997. Letter (1 sheet) with envelope, to (stepson) Nicholas Adams in New York.

(6). 1998:

  • 27 Feb 1998. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 25 Apr 1998. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 18 Oct 1998. Letter (2 sheets).
  • 11 Dec 1998. Letter (3 sheets).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003359388
040-003377185
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 89203/2/3/24 : Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Peter Self, 1993-98)
Hierarchy:
032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0005]/036-003359388[0024]/040-003377185
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1993
End Date:
1998
Date Range:
1993-1998
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
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Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Self, Peter John Otter, political economist, author, 1919-1999