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Christmas Island, Kiribati

Description
The collection is comprised primarily of the manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera of Paul Theroux. His works are often semi-autobiographical and are based on his experiences living and traveling around the world. He is noted for his rich, sometimes ironic, description of people and places. The material comprises almost his entire career as a writer and includes multiple drafts of various works from working notebooks to printed galleys. The collection includes novels (1967-2016), short story collections (1972-2014), non-fiction and travel books (1972-2016), and shorter works including reviews, articles, short stories, plays, and lectures (1960-2015); the collection also includes Theroux's working and travel notebooks (1968-2014). The collection also contains professional papers and business correspondence (1963-2015), with publishers, agents, other authors and reader's letters; included in this material are letters from, among others, Eve Auchincloss, Peter De Vries, Margaret Drabble, Nadine Gordimer, Graham Greene, Blanche C. Gregory, Hamish Hamilton Ltd., Houghton Mifflin Company, V.S. Naipaul, Jonathan Raban, Oliver Sacks, Muriel Spark, Stephen Spender, William Styron, and Auberon Waugh. There is also a smaller amount of family material and personal correspondence (1939-2015), with family and friends; this correspondence includes Eugene Theroux, Alexander Theroux, Peter Theroux, Marcel Theroux, Louis Theroux, Anne Theroux, and various other family members. The ephemera consists of photographs, printed material and magazines (1941-1915).
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1998 September-October
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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