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Record Id:
040-003377602
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003345873
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100045292638.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89203/2/3/42
Title:
Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Letters received in Australia from family members)
Scope & Content:

(1). Diana Self [first wife of Peter Self]:

  • 15 Oct 1983. Aerogramme.
  • 12 Nov 1983. Aerogramme.

(2). Elaine Self [mother]:

  • 15 Sep 1983. Autograph postcard.
  • 21 Sep 1983. Typed letter (1 sheet, Duckworth letterhead).
  • 22 Sep 1983. Typed letter forwarded to Will Self (1 sheet, Silver Lining Ltd) referring to an exhibition including Self's cartoons. Together with a photocopy (1 sheet) of cheque for £200 and New Statesman Contributor's Statement (four cartoons). Also, catalogue (1 bifolium) for the 'Exhibition of Contemporary Political Cartoons' listing Self (items 47-50).
  • 26 Sep 1983. Typed letter (1 sheet).
  • 4 Oct 1983. Typed letter (1 sheet).
  • Sep-Oct 1983 [New Statesman] statement for five cartoons (£250).
  • 8 Oct 1983. Typed letter ( sheet).
  • 24 Oct 1983. Autograph postcard.
  • 11 Nov 1983. Typed letter (1 sheet).
  • 21 Nov 1983. Autograph note ('This seems worth applying for') attached to an autograph letter (Greater London Council letterhead) to Self referring to pay rise claim.
  • 22 Nov 1983. Autograph postcard.
  • 27 Nov 1983. Autograph letter (1 bifolium).
  • 9 Dec 1983. Autograph letter (1 sheet).
  • 13 Dec 1983. Autograph letter (1 sheet - water-damaged/smudged).
  • 30 Dec 1983 (postmark). Autograph postcard (stamp cut out).
  • 6 Jan 1984. Typed letter (2 sheets).

(3). Jonathan Self [brother]:

  • 1 Oct 1983. Autograph letter (2 sheets) with envelope.
  • 10 Oct 1983. Autograph letter (1 sheet) with envelope.
  • 15 Nov 1983. Typed aerogramme.
  • 27 Nov 1983. Typed letter (1 sheet) with envelope.
  • 'Xmas Night' [1983]. Autograph letter (2 sheets) with envelope enclosing child's drawing verso autograph note from Jo Self and 'Magic Plump Up Insty Animal'.
  • 6 Jan 1984. Autograph letter (1 sheet, Reform Club letterhead) with envelope.

(4). Peter Self [father]:

  • 9 Nov [1983]. Autograph letter (1 sheet, Australian National University letterhead).
  • 10 Nov 1983. Autograph letterhead (1 sheet, ANU letterhead) with envelope.
  • 15 Nov 1983. Autograph letter (1 sheet) with envelope enclosing autograph postcard from Penny Phillips (Paris, 4 Nov 1983).
  • 22 Nov 1983. Autograph letter (1 sheet, ANU letterhead) with envelope.
  • 29 Nov 1983. Autograph letter (1 sheet, ANU letterhead) with envelope.
  • 3 Jan 1984. Autograph letter (2 sheets).
  • 12 Jan [1984]. Autograph letter ( 1 sheet, ANU letterhead).

(5). Lady Rosalind Audrey Self [grandmother]:

  • [September 1983]. Birthday card.
  • 13 Oct 1983 (postmark). Autograph postcard.
  • 22 Nov 1983. Aerogramme.
  • 9 Jan 1984 (postmark). Aerogramme.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003359388
040-003377602
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 89203/2/3/42 : Will Self: Personal Correspondence (Letters received in Australia from family members)
Hierarchy:
032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0005]/036-003359388[0042]/040-003377602
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 file
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1983
End Date:
1984
Date Range:
1983-1984
Era:
CE
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Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Self, Elaine, mother of Will Self, 1921-1988
Self, Jonathan, author, journalist, b 1959
Self, Peter John Otter, political economist, author, 1919-1999