urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00215 Penelope Lively: A Preliminary Inventory of Her Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Text converted by SPI Content Sciences Inc., July 2003. Finding aid written in English. Penelope Lively Papers 1969-1995 23 Boxes, 1 Oversize Box (11.3 Linear Feet) Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin Lively, Penelope, 1933- The collection contains Lively's writings for children and adults in the form of holograph notebooks, typescript drafts, proofs, and galleys, as well as correspondence with agents, publishers, and her readers. Acquisition:

Reg. No. 13555

 Access:

Open for research

 Processed by:

Liz Murray, 1996

 Scope and Contents

This collection of Penelope Lively manuscripts represents nearly all of her works, as well as correspondence with agents, publishers, and her readers. The first series, Works, contains her award-winning writings for children and adults in the form of holograph notebooks, typescript drafts, proofs, and galleys. Titles include The Driftway, The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, A Stitch in Time, The Road to Lichfield, According to Mark, Nothing Missing but the Samovar and Other Stories, Treasures of Time, and Moon Tiger. Subseries A includes individual titles arranged in alphabetical order and described using Ms. Lively's handwritten notes on the folders and envelopes accompanying the collection. Some correspondence exists with these writings, usually associated with the mechanics of publication. Additional holograph notebooks, each containing multiple titles, are found in Subseries B.

In Series II, Ms. Lively's correspondence is grouped into categories according to her original descriptions and then arranged by date. The correspondence includes letters regarding engagements, fan mail ("letters from strangers"), business dealings with her agent Murray Pollinger, and miscellaneous letters. A small amount of Ms. Lively's outgoing correspondence, in the form of unsigned carbon copies, are scattered throughout, especially in the Pollinger files.

The entire collection is in good physical condition with the sole exception of some minor tape damage among the typescript drafts.

 Penelope Lively Papers--Folder List I. Works A. Individual Titles According to Mark 1 1-2 Corrected ribbon typescript 1 3 Corrected carbon typescript 4 4-5 Corrected typescript, with notes to printer 1 6 Corrected page proofs 1 7 Miscellaneous associated material, including brochures, articles, and holograph notes related to gardening 1 8 Astercote, corrected typescript 1 *

[*Author's galleys removed to oversize Box 24]

 1 9 Boy Without a Name, corrected typescripts, various versions City of the Mind 2 1 Holograph notebooks and miscellaneous typescript pages 2 2-3 Corrected ribbon typescript 2 4 Corrected typescript, later version 2 5 Setting copy 2 6 Page proofs 2 7 Correspondence and research material Cleopatra's Sister 3 1 Holograph notebooks 3 2 Corrected typescript and research material 3 3-4 Corrected page proofs 3 5 Editorial notes, comments, and correspondence The Driftway 3 6 Corrected ribbon typescript 3 7 Corrected carbon typescript 3 8 Setting copy 3 *

[*Oversize page layouts removed to Box 24]

 4 1 Miscellaneous typescript pages with editorial notes 4 2 Egypt, holograph manuscript 4 3 Fanny and the Monsters and Fanny and the Battle of Potter's Piece, corrected typescripts The Ghost of Thomas Kempe 4 4 Corrected typescript 4 5 Setting copy Going Back 4 6 Corrected ribbon typescript 4 7 Corrected carbon typescript 4 8 Setting copy 4 9 Author's corrected proofs The House in Norham Gardens 4 10 Corrected typescripts 5 1 Setting copy 5 2 Corrected page proofs A House Inside Out 5 3 Uncorrected ribbon copy, corrected photocopy 5 4 Corrected ribbon copy and photocopy 5 5 Corrected typescript with editorial comments 5 6 Setting copy 5 7 Galleys Judgement Day 6 1 Corrected ribbon typescript 6 2 Corrected photocopy typescript A Man of Otmoor 6 3 Corrected first draft 6 4 Incomplete corrected typescript 6 5 Typescript fragments, revised version 6 6 Corrected revised version Moon Tiger 7 1 Holograph notebook and corrected typescripts 7 2-5 Corrected typescripts 7 *

[*Oversize galleys removed to Box 24]

 Next to Nature, Art 8 1 Corrected typescripts, first drafts 8 2-3 Corrected photocopy typescripts 8 4 Final edited version 8 5 Setting copy Nothing Missing but the Samovar 9 1-3 Corrected typescripts 9 4 Proofs Oleander, Jacaranda 10 1 Holograph notebook and early draft 10 2-3 Corrected typescripts 10 4 Corrected typescript with editorial notes and correspondence 10 5 Page proofs Passing On 11 1-2 Holograph notebooks, corrected typescript, editorial and research materials 11 3-4 Corrected typescripts 11 5 Corrected typescript with editorial correspondence 12 1-2 Typescript, Deutsch edition 12 3-4 Corrected typescript, Deutsch edition master copy 12 5 Page proofs Perfect Happiness 12 6-7 Corrected typescripts and miscellaneous draft pages 13 1 Corrected typescript The Presence of the Past: An Introduction to Landscape History 13 2 Index, glossary, Chapter 1, corrected typescripts 13 3 Chapter 6 and 9, corrected typescripts 13 4 Corrected ribbon typescript 13 Research notes in 3-ring binder, unfoldered The Revenge of Samuel Stokes 13 5 Corrected ribbon typescript 13 6 Corrected carbon typescript 14 1 Corrected photocopy typescript 14 2 Setting copy The Road to Lichfield 14 3 Corrected carbon typescript 14 4 Miscellaneous typescript pages 14 5 Setting copy 14 6 Proofs 14 7-8 Short Stories A Stitch in Time 15 1 Corrected ribbon typescript 15 2 Corrected carbon typescript 15 3 Setting copy Treasures of Time 15 4 Corrected ribbon typescript 15 5 Corrected photocopy typescript 15 6 Setting copy The Voyage of QV66 16 1 Holograph notebook 16 2 Corrected ribbon typescript 16 3 Corrected carbon typescript 16 4 Corrected typescript, abandoned The Whispering Knights 16 5 First draft 16 6 Corrected ribbon typescript 16 7 Corrected carbon typescript 16 8 Setting copy The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy 16 9-11 First drafts 17 1 Corrected typescript, revised version B. Holograph Notebooks 17 2 Stitch in Time, Lichfield, Wiltshire book, short stories, Nothing Missing but the Samovar 1975-1978 17 3 QV66, Judgement Day, short stories, 1979 17 4 Next to Nature, Art; Perfect Happiness, short stories, 1980-82 17 5 According to Mark, short stories, history of the world novel, 1983-84 17 6 Moon Tiger, short stories, children's book, Fiction and Experience--talk, 1984-86 17 7 Wiltshire book; QV66, short stories, Fanny II and Fanny III, Judgement Day 17 8 Going Home 17 9 Miss C. and the Hippies, revision of Wild Hunt, an untitled play, Moonseekers, and Driftway II. Correspondence Engagements accepted, 1984-91 Engagements refused 19 1-3 1974-89 19 4-5 1990-95 Letters from strangers 20 1-2 1979-87 20 3-5 1988-92 Murray Pollinger and staff 21 1-3 1969-85 21 4-5 1985-91 22 1 1985-91 Miscellaneous 22 2-3 1980-86 22 4 1986-90 23 1-2 1986-90 23 3-5 1990-92 24 Oversize materials