TABLE OF CONTENTS
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Series I. Works, 1898-2001
Series II. Correspondence, 1970-2000
Series III. Career-Related Material, 1968-1991
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Penelope Fitzgerald:
A Preliminary Inventory of an Addition to Her Papers in the Manuscript
Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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Creator: |
Fitzgerald, Penelope |
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Title: |
Penelope Fitzgerald, Addition to Her
Papers |
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1898-2001 (bulk 1990-2001) |
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Abstract: |
This addition to the cataloged papers
of Penelope Fitzgerald combines accretions received at the Ransom Center from
1996-2002. The bulk of the material dates from the 1990s, with the exception of
photographs, early correspondence, and memorabilia for the Edward Burne-Jones, L. P.
Hartley, and Knox brothers biographies. |
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Extent: |
11 boxes, 1 oversize folder (4.62 linear feet) |
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Language: |
English |
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Repository: |
The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center |
This addition to the cataloged papers of Penelope Fitzgerald combines accretions
received at the Ransom Center from 1996-2002. The bulk of the material dates from
the 1990s, with the exception of photographs, early correspondence, and memorabilia
for the Edward Burne-Jones, L. P. Hartley, and Knox brothers biographies. Of
particular interest in the L. P. Hartley biographical material, even though the
biography remains unpublished, is correspondence with Lord David Cecil, Keith
Clements, Ursula Codrington, Basil Gray, Francis Henry King, Frank Magro, Anthony
Powell, Ralph Ricketts, Reresby Sitwell, and Kathleen Tillotson.
The primary challenge in arranging and listing Fitzgerald's literary papers is due to
her method of writing in notebooks on multiple subjects. Because a single notebook
can be physically present in only one location, a system of "see" references has
been employed to cross-reference the various subject entries to the physical
location of the notebook. For example, writings on William Blake, George Moore,
Margaret Oliphant, Edward Thomas, David Leavitt, Andrea Levy, and Vladimir Nabokov
appear in the same handwritten notebook, but are indexed separately under the book
titles where Fitzgerald's material ultimately surfaced in print. Loose sheets of
notes are interspersed throughout the notebooks and readers should exert caution in
retaining the original order of this material.
The material is organized in three Series: I. Works, 1898-2001; II. Correspondence,
1970-2000; and III. Career-Related Material, 1968-1991.
The Works series contains research, notes, handwritten and typescript drafts,
correspondence, production material, publicity and reviews, in some measure, for
The Afterlife: Essays and Criticism (2003),
The Blue Flower (1996), Charlotte Mew and Her Friends (1984), Edward
Burne-Jones (1975), The Gate of Angels
(1990), The Golden Child (1977), A House of Air: Selected Writings (2003), Human Voices (1980), The Knox
Brothers (1977), and The Means of Escape:
Stories (2000). Also present are articles by Fitzgerald, a contract with
Collins Publishers for At Freddie's, a playscript of
The Beginning of Spring adapted by Michael
Pennington, essays and reviews, introductions and afterwords, ideas for novels, and
short stories. Two very similar works, The Afterlife
and A House of Air, were published almost
simultaneously in 2003, and in paperback in 2005. They differ by a couple of
articles, for example "Vous Etes Belle," the
Meaulnes essay, is only in A House of Air. The
paperback edition of A House of Air contains
additional editorial material including a biographical essay by Terence Dooley and a
critical essay by Dean Flower and Linda Henchey.
Arranged in date order, the correspondence in Series II. contains primarily incoming
letters in the categories of business, family, literary, personal, and publishers.
In addition, there is considerable incoming correspondence from Raymond Watkinson
and J. Howard Woolmer. Personal correspondents include A. L. Barker, Mavis Batey,
Nina Bawden, Edward Blishen, Tom Burns, Simon Callow, Christopher Carduff, Sally
Cline, Michael Gough, Michael Holroyd, Hans Koning, Mary Lago, Penelope Lively,
Candida McWilliam, Sylvia Peck, Harvey Pitcher, Michael Ratcliffe, and A. N. Wilson,
among others.
Series III. Career-Related Material includes articles about Fitzgerald, notes for
conferences and judging literary prizes, interviews, lectures, and notebooks on a
variety of subjects, from 1968-1969 teaching notes to Fitzgerald's 1991 trip to
Tasmania for a literary festival.
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Access:
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Gift and purchases, 1996-2002 (Gift no. 11546; Reg. nos. 13742, 14806, 15073, 14922)
Liz Murray and Terence Dooley, 2005
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Series I. Works, 1898-2001 |
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The Afterlife: Essays and
Criticism (2003) |
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Alain-Fournier, Henri, "Le Grand
Meaulnes" (see 11.1, 11.2) |
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Austen, Jane, "Emma"
introduction (see 6.6, 6.7) |
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Bellow, Saul, "Ravelstein"
(see 8.6) |
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Blake, William (see 1.4) |
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Burne-Jones, Edward, "The
Grange" (see 1.1, 2.2) |
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Carr, James Lloyd, "A Month in the
Country" (see 6.7) |
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (see 6.7) |
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"Curriculum Vitae," and
Contemporary Authors
autobiographical article, 1989 |
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Eliot, George, notes for "Middlemarch" introduction (see 6.6, 8.3) |
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Hill, Octavia (see 8.3) |
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2 |
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Holy Land diary, April 1990 |
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Housman, A. E. (see 6.6) |
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Jewett, Sarah Orne, introduction to "The Country of Pointed Firs" (see
6.6, 6.7) |
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Klemperer, Victor, "I Shall Bear
Witness" (see 6.6, 6.7, 8.6) |
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Larkin, Philip (see 1.2) |
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Lee, Hermione, "Virginia
Woolf" (see 1.4) |
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Lehmann, John (see 8.3) |
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Macaulay, Rose |
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MacNeice, Louis (see 3.10) |
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Milton Abbot; Tavistock (see 1.4) |
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Moore, George (see 1.4) |
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"The Moors," re Milton
Abbot and Edwin Landseer Lutyens (*architectural drawings removed to
oversize folder) |
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Notes (see 6.6, 6.7, 10.5, 10.8) |
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Oliphant, Margaret (see 1.4) |
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Shields, Carol, "The Stone
Diaries" (see 1.1) |
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Smith, Stevie (see 1.3) |
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Spark, Muriel, "Reality and
Dreams" (see 1.4, 8.3) |
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Thomas, Edward (see 1.4) |
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Thwaite, Ann, "Emily
Tennyson" (see 1.4) |
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Well Walk, Hampstead (see 1.1, 2.2) |
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The Yeats sisters (see 3.6) |
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Articles |
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Asturias, notes (see 3.8) |
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"Best Idea" (see
8.3) |
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Grandmothers (see 6.6) |
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Milton Abbot, Devon, travel article (see 1.1) |
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At Freddie's (1982), contract with
Collins Publishers, 1981; paperback book cover, Flamingo Press, 2003
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"The Beginning of Spring,"
playscript adapted by Michael Pennington based on PF's work |
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The Blue Flower (1996) |
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Article/lecture re the inspiration for The Blue Flower |
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Drafts |
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8-10 |
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Various scenes (see also 1.1) |
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Handwritten and typescript draft, with corrections
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Typescript with minor corrections |
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Explanation of method and ending |
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3-7 |
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Notes, research, and translations |
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National Book Critics Circle Award, 1997, with review, (see
also 1.1) |
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Charlotte Mew and Her Friends
(1984, 1988) |
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Biographical essay (see 1.4) |
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Correspondence and reviews |
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Notes, "Death of Charlotte
Mew" |
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Notes from The Poetry Bookshop
material, for Charlotte Mew (see
6.13) |
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Edward Burne-Jones (1975, 1998),
illustrations, photographs, and associated material (see also 1.1, 6.6,
10.1) |
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Essays and reviews |
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Ashbery, John (see 3.8) |
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Atkinson, Kate, "Human
Croquet" (see 1.4) |
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Batey, Mavis, "Jane Austen and the
English Landscape" (see 1.4) |
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Bellow, Saul, "Ravelstein"
(see 6.6) |
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Benson, Edward White (6.7) |
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Böll, Heinrich (see 3.10, 6.7) |
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Brookner, Anita, "A Start in
Life" |
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Carroll, Lewis (see 3.5) |
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Cookson, Catherine (see 1.1) |
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Dahl, Roald (see 2.2) |
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David, Elizabeth (see 6.6) |
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Eliot, George (see 3.5) |
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Enright, Anne, "What Are You
Like?" (see 8.3) |
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Fantasy (see 1.4) |
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Forster, Margaret (see 2.2, 3.5) |
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Fox, James, "The Langhorne
Sisters" (see 6.6) |
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Freud, Esther (see 6.7, 8.3) |
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Gee, Maggie, "Lost
Children" (see 1.1) |
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Greacen, Lavinia, "J. G.
Farrell" (see 6.7) |
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Harris, Robert, "Fatherland" (see 1.7, 3.6, 6.6) |
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Howard, Elizabeth Jane (see 3.5) |
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King, Francis Henry (see 1.1, 4.8, 4.9) |
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Klemperer, Victor, "I Shall Bear
Witness" (see 6.6, 6.7, 8.6) |
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Larkin, Philip (see 1.2) |
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Leavitt, David (see 1.4) |
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Lehmann, John (see 6.7) |
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Lessing, Doris (see 3.7) |
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Leverson, Ada (see 2.2) |
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Levy, Andrea (see 1.4) |
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MacNeice, Louis (see 3.10) |
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Marks, Grace (see 1.4) |
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Messud, Claire, "When the World
Was Steady" (see 3.8) |
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Morris, Jan, "Fisher's
Face" (see 3.10) |
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Murdoch, Iris, "Jackson's
Dilemma" (see 1.7) |
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Nabokov, Vladimir (see 1.4, 6.7) |
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Nicholson, Nigel (6.7) |
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Peck, Winifred, née Knox (see 6.7, 11.2) |
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Shields, Carol, "The Stone
Diaries" (see 1.1) |
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Tolkien, J. R. R. (see 8.5) |
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Tremain, Rose (see 3.7) |
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Trevor, William, memoirs (see 1.1) |
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Wilson, A. N., "Vicar of
Sorrows" (2.2, 6.7) |
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6-8 |
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Various notes and typescripts for essays and
reviews |
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The Gate of Angels (1990,
1992) |
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Notes, ghost story |
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10-11 |
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Scenes and research |
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Handwritten draft |
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Setting copy |
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Publicity photographs and reviews |
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The Golden Child (1977), notes
(see 3.8) |
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Hartley, L. P. (Leslie Poles), correspondence, notes, and
research for biography project |
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Notebooks, notes, and research |
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Correspondence |
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8-9 |
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Fitzgerald, Penelope, incoming from Lord David Cecil,
Norah Hartley, Francis Henry King, and others, 1978-1995
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Hartley, L. P., outgoing (photocopies of
letters) |
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Berkeley, Molly |
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1936-1953 |
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1954-1956 |
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1957-1960 |
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1961-1967 |
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Knox, E. V., 1955 |
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Littleboy, Rex |
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1920-1932 |
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1944-1948 |
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1951-1953 |
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1954-1960 |
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1962-1969 |
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Powell, Anthony and Lady Violet, 1956- 1967
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A House of Air: Selected Writings
(2003) |
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Alain-Fournier, Henri, "Le Grand
Meaulnes" (see 11.1, 11.2) |
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Austen, Jane, "Emma"
introduction (see 6.6, 6.7) |
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Bellow, Saul, "Ravelstein"
(see 8.6) |
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Blake, William (see 1.4) |
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Burne-Jones, Edward, "The
Grange" (see 1.1, 2.2) |
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Carr, James Lloyd, "A Month in the
Country" (see 6.7) |
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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (see 6.7) |
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"Curriculum Vitae," and
Contemporary Authors
autobiographical article, 1989 (see 1.1) |
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Eliot, George, notes for "Middlemarch" introduction (see 6.6, 8.3) |
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Hartley, L. P. (see 3.6 and boxes 5-6) |
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Hill, Octavia (see 8.3) |
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"The Holy Land" (see
1.2) |
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Housman, A. E. (see 6.6) |
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Jewett, Sarah Orne, introduction to "The Country of Pointed Firs" (see
6.6, 6.7) |
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Klemperer, Victor, "I Shall Bear
Witness" (see 6.6, 6.7, 8.6) |
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Larkin, Philip (see 1.2) |
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Lee, Hermione, "Virginia
Woolf" (see 1.4) |
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Lehmann, John (see 8.3) |
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Macaulay, Rose (see 1.3) |
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MacNeice, Louis (see 3.10) |
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Milton Abbot; Tavistock (see 1.4) |
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Moore, George (see 1.4) |
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"The Moors," re Milton
Abbot and Edwin Landseer Lutyens (*architectural drawings removed to
oversize folder) |
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Notes (see also 1.4, 10.5, 10.8) |
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Oliphant, Margaret (see 1.4) |
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Shields, Carol, "The Stone
Diaries" (see 1.1) |
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Smith, Stevie (see 1.3) |
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Spark, Muriel, "Reality and
Dreams" (see 1.4, 8.3) |
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Thomas, Edward (see 1.4) |
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Thwaite, Ann, "Emily
Tennyson" (see 1.4) |
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Well Walk, Hampstead (see 1.1, 2.2) |
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The Yeats sisters (see 3.6) |
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Human Voices, working title "Ten Seconds from Now" (1980, 1999);
notes, research, and complete scenes |
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Introductions and afterwords |
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Morris, William, "The Novel on
Blue Paper" in Dickens Studies
Annual, vol. 10, 1982, correspondence and print material
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The Poetry Bookshop: 1912-1935
by J. Howard Woolmer, introduction by Fitzgerald; research; includes
material later used in Charlotte Mew and Her
Friends (see 6.13, 10.2, 10.3) |
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Various works (see 1.3, 6.6, 6.7, 8.5) |
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The Knox Brothers
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"Bolliday Bango," various
handwritten issues, 1898 |
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Children's story about a mastiff "Sir Beltane" and a terrier
"Mr. York," handwritten with illustrations |
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Clippings and miscellaneous material |
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Fitzgerald, Penelope, incoming |
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Knox brothers, 1907-1953 |
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Knox, E. V., "A Hundred Years of
Punch,"
lecture |
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Pamphlets on E.V. and W. L. Knox, and Bletchley Park
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Photographs and family memorabilia |
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Research (see also 11.2) |
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Typescript, chapter one, sample of "American" edition |
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The Means of Escape: Stories
(2000) |
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"At Hiruhama," origin of,
and notes (see 1.2) |
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"Beehernz" (see also
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"The Means of Escape,"
genesis of story (see 11.3) |
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"Not Shown" (see 1.1,
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"Our Lives Are Only Lent to
Us," handwritten and typescript drafts (published only in the
U.S. and U.K. 2001 paperback editions) |
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"The Red-Haired Girl" (see
8.3) |
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Short story drafts in notebook |
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Printed versions, photocopies |
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Wittgenstein, Ludwig (see 10.1) |
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Novels, ideas for (see 2.2, 8.5, 10.5, 10.8) |
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Fitzgerald, Maria, draft of letter from PF about family money
(see 1.4) |
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Fitzgerald, Penelope, to her father and step-mother Mary,
undated |
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Literary, general, 1983-2000 |
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BBC, 1998-1999 |
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The Folio Society, 1998-1999 |
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P.E.N., 1983-1999 |
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Royal Society of Literature, 1998-2000 |
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Counterpoint, 1999-2000 |
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HarperCollins and Flamingo, 1985-2000 |
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Penguin UK, 1998-2000 |
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Watkinson, Raymond, 1992-2000 |
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Conferences, notes (see 1.2) |
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Interviews (see also 4.2, 8.4) |
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Judging literary prizes |
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Commonwealth Prize judging notes |
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Encore Awards, John Llewllyn Rhys Prize, Silver Pen,
Whitbread, ca. 1990 |
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Forward Prize (see 6.7) |
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Lectures |
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King's Lynn Festival, lecture on the novel (see
10.6) |
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Folder |
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8 |
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Knox Brothers, PEN, 1990s |
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Morris, William, rough lecture notes (see 1.7) |
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On Fitzgerald's writing (see 10.8) |
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Somerville, Oxford (see 1.2) |
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"Unconsoled," on Kazuo
Ishiguro at Cheltenham Festival (see 1.7, 10.8) |
| Box |
Folder |
| 10 |
9 |
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William Morris Society, Burne-Jones lecture |
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Move to 25 Almeric Road, 1975 (see 11.2) |
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Folder |
| 10 |
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Notebooks, various subjects |
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10-11 |
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1968-1969, teaching notes |
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Folder |
| 11 |
1 |
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1970s, notes on Virginia Woolf, J. M. Barrie's life, Peter
Pan, Drinkwater, and Alain-Fournier, "Le
Grand Meaulnes" (see also 11.2) |
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2 |
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1975, Auntie Winnie (Winifred Peck, née Knox); notes from
novels; the General Strike (research for the Knox Brothers); and
Alain- Fournier, review of "Le Grand
Meaulnes" |
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3-4 |
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1991, literary festival in Tasmania, with associated material
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Print material, miscellaneous |
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