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Essays, reviews and interviews: various drafts

Description

Includes the following pieces: Notes for Collected Essays, Travels by Edward Heath, T. S. Eliot, Interview with Paul Theroux, Chemist Shops, Preface to Stories from the Raj, Introduction to The Turn of the Years V. S. Pritchett, Creative Dissertating, The Going is Good, What is Teaching?, Crossing Nantucket Sound, Huddle Fever.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1965-1992
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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