- Date
- 2011, May-July
- Call number
- MN 1938
- Provenance
- Part I purchased from Hilary Mantel, February 2001 (Accession 2083).
- Addenda purchased from Hilary Mantel, 2005 (Accession 2460).
- Part II purchased from Hilary Mantel, 2009 (Accession 2606) and 2016 (CSmH_2016_273).
- Part III purchased from Hilary Mantel, May 2022 (CSmH_2022_176).
- Part III gifts of Gerald McEwen, May 2023 (CSmH_2023_154) and August 2025 (CSmH_2025_129).
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- SEALED: Boxes 47-52, 174-195: diaries sealed for the lifetime of Mantel's widower, Gerald McEwen.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
- Associated people
- Ali, Monica, (1967-)
- Atherton, Richard. (1932-2010.)
- Athill, Diana. (1934-)
- Atkinson, Kate. (1925-2014.)
- Bainbridge, Beryl, (1934-)
- Barker, Pat. (1939-)
- Barr, Pat, (1952-2017.)
- Beaven, Derek. (1928-2006.)
- Benn, Tony, (1948-)
- Boylan, Clare. (1956-)
- Callil, Carmen. (1942-)
- Carey, John, (1913-1998.)
- Cooper, Jilly. (1945-2022)
- Drabble, Margaret, (1931-)
- Dunant, Sarah. (1960-)
- Dunmore, Helen, (1948-)
- Epstein, Barbara, (1950-)
- Ewart, Gavin. (1921-1999.)
- Flanders, Judith. (1956-)
- Gaskill, Malcolm. (1952-)
- Gee, Maggie, (1939-)
- Glaister, Lesley, (1932-2018.)
- Goff, Martyn. (1947-)
- Hackett, Joyce. (1954-)
- Hampson, Norman. (1941-)
- Hastings, Selina. (1952-)
- Haynes, Jane. (1922-2001.)
- Hill, Susan, (1959-)
- Holroyd, Michael. (1957-)
- Howard, Elizabeth Jane. (1933-2004.)
- Huddleston, Trevor, (1933-2020.)
- Jack, Ian, (1965-)
- James, P. D. (1960-)
- Kavanagh, P. J. (1956-)
- Kneale, Matthew, (1928-2016.)
- Langley, Lee. (1930-2012.)
- Leader, Zachary. (1928-)
- LeFanu, Sarah.
- MacCulloch, Diarmaid.
- McWilliam, Candia.
- Meehan, Michael,
- Miller, Miranda,
- Moore, Brian,
- Moore, Charles,
- Morrison, Blake.
- Motion, Andrew,
- Mount, Ferdinand,
- Naipaul, V. S.
- Palliser, Charles,
- Parker, Peter,
- Parks, Tim.
- Poulton, Mike.
- Read, Piers Paul,
- Rogers, Jane,
- Ross, Alan,
- Rota, Anthony.
- Runcie, James,
- Scannell, Vernon.
- Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg.
- Simpson, Helen,
- Sontag, Susan,
- Stevenson, Anne,
- Straughan, Peter.
- Summerscale, Kate,
- Taylor, D. J.
- Thorpe, Adam,
- Trapido, Barbara.
- Treglown, Jeremy.
- Trevor, William,
- Trollope, Joanna.
- Unsworth, Barry,
- Vansittart, Peter.
- Vaughn Williams, Ursula.
- Waugh, Auberon.
- Westaway, Jane.
- Willis, James H.