Manuscripts

Essays and reviews: various drafts

Description: Includes the following pieces published in the United States and United Kingdom: To Defend, To Destroy by J Reston Jr., Like Men Betrayed by F Raphael, The Dick Gibson Show by S Elkin, Dealing by M Douglas, The Dragon Wakes by C Hibbert, Yankee Doodle by P Farb, The Ordeal of Running Standing by T Fall, The Case Against Org by M Dintenfass, Brill Among the Ruins by V Bourjaily, A Guest of Honour by N Gordimer, A God Novel by W Butler, The Rim of the Tub by E Scott, A Cry of Bees by M Hardy, The Snail Watcher by P Highsmith, Armed Camps by K Reed, Poor Teddy Black by J Nash, The Castaways by J.L. Cooper, The Voyage of the Franz Josef by J Yaffe, Down All the Days by C Brown, Vital Parts by T Berger, Very Lovely People by L Kennedy, Love, Roger by C Webb, A Sight of China by C Nolan / Half Crown Colony by J Pope-Hennessy, Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship by G Vidal, Maundy by J Gloag, Why Are We In Vietnam? by N Mailer, The Spook Who Sat by the Door by S Greenlee, High by T Hinde, The Sardinian Smile by P Dumitriu.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1970
Call number: mssTheroux
Creator: Theroux, Paul(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Joint purchase and gift from Paul Theroux, 2016.; Purchased in part by the Library Collector's Council from Paul Theroux, January 16, 2016.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED: Box 140a: fragile, cannot be paged until conserved. Box 141: housed in cold storage; extended retrieval and delivery time required.; SEALED: Boxes 142-149: sealed per donor's request until January 1, 2040.; NOT AVAILABLE: Born-digital items: 2 CDs in box 38 (1); CD in box 99 (11); 2 CDs in box 105 (9); DVD in box 122 (47); CD in box 131 (8); 2 CDs in box 139 (18). Not available for paging until reformatted. Please contact Reader Services for more information.
Associated people: Auchincloss, Eve. (1910-1993.); De Vries, Peter, (1904-1991.); Drabble, Margaret, 1939- (1932-2018.); Gordimer, Nadine. (1933-2015.); Greene, Graham, (1909-1995.); Gregory, Blanche C. (1925-2006.); Naipaul, V. S.; Raban, Jonathan.; Sacks, Oliver,; Spark, Muriel.; Spender, Stephen,; Styron, William,; Waugh, Auberon.
Associated organizations: Hamish Hamilton Ltd.; Houghton, Mifflin and Company.; Peace Corps (U.S.).
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