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Jocelyn Brooke Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms017
Scope and Contents

The Jocelyn Brooke Papers consists of Brooke's manuscripts for an unpublished book, two essays, and a set of page proofs for Marcel Proust: A Biography, Volume 2, by George D. Painter, which Brooke annotated. The typescript carbon manuscript for the as-yet-unpublished book is entitled Furious and Deadly: Experiment in Exorcism.

Found in: Manuscripts

Anthony Burgess Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms021
Scope and Contents The Anthony Burgess Papers consists of typescripts, manuscripts, and other editorial matter toward Devil of a State, The Wanting Seed, Language Made Plain, and Nothing Like the Sun. The collection consists of other miscellaneous materials by Burgess, including a review of John Barth's Giles Goat-boy, a readers report of ...
Found in: Manuscripts

Ivy Compton-Burnett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms029
Scope and Contents The Ivy Compton-Burnett Papers consists primarily of letters and post cards from Compton-Burnett to Kay Dick (98 items) and Kathleen Farrell (29 items), some items addressed to both, all written between 1947 and 1969. Included is one letter from Margaret Jourdain to Kay Dick dated December 16, 1947. The content is largely personal in nature, offering or accepting invitations, conveying information about travel plans, etc. Frequent reference is made to Compton-Burnett's domestic situation and...
Found in: Manuscripts

Ford Madox Ford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms046
Scope and Contents The most significant portion of Washington University's Ford Madox Ford Papers is the carbon typescript of A Little Less Than Gods (1928), Ford's novel of romance and adventure set in the Napoleonic Wars. This manuscript contains numerous revisions and corrections by him. The collection also contains several letters from Ford, primarily to Alfred H. Mendes, whose book Ford was helping to get published, as well as an autograph draft of the poem ...
Found in: Manuscripts

Letitia Elizabeth Landon Collection

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 3
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf094
Scope and Contents

Bound volume of Fugitive Poems and clipping of review by Landon and clipping concerning Landon's death

Found in: Manuscripts

Laurie Lee Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 6
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf097
Scope and Contents

1944 June 29. Autograph letter signed from Lee to Wilma [Gregory] promising to send a copy of his book, and describing the London bombardment during World War II. 2 pages

Found in: Manuscripts

Olivia Manning Letter

 Collection — Box: VMF 10, Folder: 16
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf108
Scope and Contents

Autograph note signed from Manning to Louis Golding thanking him for his letter and his comments on her writing and other news. 2 pages

Found in: Manuscripts