Manuscripts

Ulysses: a portion of Penelope

Description: Typewritten, purple carbon copy, with corrections and additions on all pages in ink by Joyce and notes by the printer in pencil. The 20 pages are numbered 1-12, 14, 17-18, 21, 23-26, these pages fill the gaps of the typescript at the University of Buffalo (mssV.B.16.a.ii).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1921
Call number: HM 41122
Creator: Thompson, John Hinsdale(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Mrs. Jill Thompson Perkins, March 1974.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Notes on "Ulysses"

Manuscripts

The collection contains original James Joyce material with additional material concerning James Joyce scholarship and John Hinsdale Thompson's collecting of the James Joyce material. The first series of the collection contains 73 original items (1901-1938, mssHM 41118-41190), either written by or about James Joyce and include: Joyce's translation of Gerhart Hauptmann's Before sunrise; a corrected typescript of a portion of Penelope; and various poems. Also included are autograph letters by Joyce to various recipients, and the correspondence of Donald S. Friede concerning his publication and the copyright of Joyce's Work in progress. The second series includes 169 items of supporting material (1939-1973) which consists chiefly of correspondence between John Hinsdale Thompson, booksellers, and other Joyce scholars; the majority of these letters are addressed to Thompson. Also contains manuscripts, printer's material, printed material, and ephemera concerning Joyce scholarship.

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