Manuscripts

"If, as I think, your taste is formed by the first things you see…:" article for an antiques magazine

Description: Note from Hilary Mantel: found in September 2017.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: undated
Call number: MN 3443
Creator: Mantel, Hilary (1952-2022)(Opens in new tab)
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).
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.
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The collection is comprised primarily of the manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera of Hilary Mantel. Manuscripts include short stories, interviews, lectures, scripts, articles and reviews, as well as various drafts and notes for Mantel's novels. The collection contains business letters and emails from publishers, agents, other authors, newspapers and magazines, as well as personal letters and emails from family, friends and personal fan letters. Ephemera includes photographs, audio materials and printed material, including some research material for her novels.
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(1 piece). A.E. The Detroit News. Note from Hilary Mantel: Sent by Canadian Reader.
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"If, as I think, your taste is formed by the first things you see…:" article for an antiques magazine

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