the inventory of the penelope mortimer collection...

The Inventory

of the

Penelope Mortimer

Collection

#1079

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

MORTIMER, PENELOPE PURCHASE: FEB/MARCH 1994

Mortimer, Penelope p. 1 F eh/Mar 1994

[DIARIES RESTRICTED]

I. MANUSCRIPTS

Box 1: A. ABOUT TIME - AN ASPECT OF AUTOBIOGRAPHY . Typed draft, 125 p. with corrections; incomplete typed draft ca. 50p.

B. Material Relating to About Time 1. re: Strattons and Maggs; letters to AFGF from Grandad 2. copies of letters from Vienna, 1938 3. letters from PM to Dimonts 4. misc. About Time 5. Uncle Bertie 6. letters from relatives re: About Time 7. PM letters from school and misc. juvenalia 8. folder with clips on About Time and corresp. from misc. readers

C. ABOUT TIME TOO 1. original typed manuscript 154p. 2. another draft, heavily edited 144p. 3. chronology 1940-1973 for About Time Too 4. chronology 1973-1989 for About Time Too 5. AT2 corrected mss: "Rejects Feb '93" 6. Letters from David Mercer, Rachel Mackenzie, Jay Carter, Lawrence

Bridges: a) misc. 'Agatha' etc. b) misc. + draft letters c) paper games d) Y addo 1973 e) Encounter group 1973-1977

7. Folder with AT2 notebooks (4) a). photocopy of 1965 interview with PM +JM, various

handwritten notes 8. Folder with About Time Too correspondence

a). McGuiness, Sonia 6 October 1993 b ). Bogarde, Dirk 9 October 1993 c). Grove, Valerie 12 October 1993 d). Donner, Clive 14 October 1993 e). Jorkin, Sarah Dimont 21 October 1993 f). Pinter, Harold 2 November 1993

9. 1 cassette tape "Sur Martin Sillat ITB" (sic)

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D. BIOGRAPHY

Mortimer, Penelope p. 2 Feb/Mar 1994

1. QUEEN ELIZABETH : A LIFE OF THE QUEEN MOTHER (1986) a). completed typed draft with corrections 261 p. b). 2 notepads with book-related notes [in box 1]

2. Folders (3) chronology of events a). 1900-1938 year by year notes, photocopies b ). 1939-1952 year by year notes, photocopies c). 1933-1984 year by year notes, photocopies

3. Folder on monarchy 4. Folder on individual royalty 5. Sources folders A-F, G-M 6. Sources folders N-W, W-Z 7. Folder on Royals 8. Folder with letters concerning QM 9. FOLDER- letters to/from office of Queen Mother

" " Princess Margaret " " Duchess of Gloucester " "Lady Rachel Bowes- Lyon " " Sir Harold MacMillan " " Duke of Grafton " " Lady Frances Donaldson " " Lady Elizabeth Longford

10. Research on Queen Mother misc. Letters 11. Letters to & from

a). VICKERS, HUGO 1) 28 April 1984 lp. 2) 1 May 1984 1 p. 3) 5 August 1984 1 p. 4) 18 September 1984 1 p. 5) 25 September 1984 1 p. 6) 29 September 1984 1 p. 7) 25 September 1984 1 p. 8) 28 November 1984 1 p. 9) 28 December 1984 1 p. 10) 3 January 1985 2 p. 11) 8 January 1985 1 p. 12) 27 January 1985 1 p. 13) 3 February 1985 1 p. 14) 12 March 1985 1 p. 15) 25 April 1985 1 p. 16) 6 June 1985 2 p.

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17) 15 July 1985 1 p. 18) 23 March 1986 1 p.

b ). THORNTON, MICHAEL 1) 30 July 1984, 3 p. typed, 1 p. MS 2) 30 August 1984, 2 p. 3) 24 February 1985, 1 p. 4) 15 June 1985, 4 p.

c ). GRIGG, JOHN 1) 4 January 1984-postcard 2) 17 January 1984-postcard

d). GORDIMER, NADINE 1) 5 May 1986 2 p.

12. Folder

C. NOVELS

a). Series of correspondence detailing how PM was commissioned to write Queen Mother: contract with Rainbird publications; letters to & from PM and Elizabeth Blair, editor; Maxim Takabowski, publishing director; rejections letters from publishers; galley proofs of photographs; a libel report

b ). 4 letters from Julian Ashby included c ). Corrections & suggested corrections d). Letters in reponse to OM e ). Folder w/ American press clippings and reviews

1. JOHANNA (1947) a). photostats of printed book ca. ll0p.

2. HOLIDAY (written 1946, unpublished) a). autograph MS in 5 notebooks ca. 500 p. b). typed manuscript, 185 p.

3. PUMPKIN EATER (1963) a). loose notes, three small notebooks b ). revised typescript, 220 p.

4 .. LONG DISTANCE (1974) a). autograph notes in spiral notebook b ). xeroxed typescript opening of early version, 21 p. c). complete xeroxed typescript with corrections, 174 p.

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d). typescript setting draft (near final), 220 p.s 5. THEHANDYMAN(1983)

D. SCRIPTS

a). notebook with autograph notes, loose manuscript notes b ). revised typescript pages with corrections, 95 p. c). complete xeroxed typescript, light revisions, 147 p. with

xerox of legal opinion. d). complete typescript with changes, 154 p.; also pages of above

version with pencilled revision

1. COME SPY WITH ME (1960s) a). annotated typescript, 20 p. [unfinished]

2. THE NURSERY (1960) a). autograph drafts in notebook b). typed drafts, 108 p.

3. BUNNY LAKE IS MISSING (1964) a). Film treatment by John & Penelope Mortimer.

Typed draft, 163 p. 4. THE DEATH OF A PRINCESS (1980) TV film

a). notebook 87 p. handwritten b ). folder - mixed typescript worksheets

1) Pre - first draft, 118 p. 2) THE SEARCH by Anthony Thomas, 116 p.

c). folder - sequences 1-64, 77 p. 1) Script No. 3 revised, 62 p.

d). folder - xerox of PM's handwritten "Jeddah Log" 1) 25 p. of handwritten notes on same era 2)Typescript of conversation between PM &

Anthony Thomas e). correspondence on project, 1978 - 1980 f). clippings on aftermath

5. THE APPLE TREE (1987) a). complete typed script with light corrections, 211 p. b ). correspondence

6. THREE'S ONE (1983) and WHITE RABBIT a). Radioscript - final draft, 32 p. b ). Typed draft with corrections, 35 p.

7. PORTRAIT OF A MARRIAGE (1989) a). script with revisions, 117 p. b ). correspondence

E. SHORT PIECES


1. "Idea for a Novel Called the Soldiers" (1943) a) Autograph MS notes & opening pages, 7 p.

2. "Lamb ... ?" (Early draft of DIGBY) (1956) a) Typed MS with corrections, unfinished, unorganized, 20 p.

3. DIGBY (1974) a) 1950s? Typed MS, 48 p. b) 1974 dated manuscript ca. 24 p. typed

4. AGATHA (1950s - 1960s) a) Various notes, 2 handwritten small notebooks b) Typed plot scenarios (1966)

F. SHORT STORY FOLDER ONE: 1. "Rough" (personal synopsis of film for Martin) 20 p. 2. "On August 2nd 1975, in a temperature of 93 degrees" untitled

story, 6 p. typed 3. "Synopsis of 3-act television Play (No Title as yet)", 6 p. xeroxed 4. THE NURSERY - synopsis of 3-act play, 3 p. 5. "Overheard in the West Mean Hut", 6 p. 6. "Sidney" typescript with holo. revisions, 14 p. 7. "Sylvia's Boy" typescript 8. Idea for David Niven and Julie Christie, 15 p.

G. SHORT STORY FOLDER TWO: 1. I BIT HER ON EIGHTH STREET. Typescript with corrections, 26 p. 2. "Curriculum Vitae"

a) Typescript, 9 p. b) Draft meant for the New Yorker, typescript, 8 p.

3. "My Mother" Xerox copy of typescript, 11 p. 4. Folder marked "animals" with photocopies 5. Folder marked "First loves" with autograph poems, photocopies 6. Folder marked "Waldo material" - various typescript drafts

of unnamed stories. 7. Two drafts of "They sat in their armchairs ... " typescript 8. "Priests" Xeroxed copy of Observer story 10 p.

H. SHORT STORY FOLDER #3 1. "For Sylvia's Boy" 4 p. ALS 2. "Dream:" 1 p. ALS 3. "Pregnancy" 4 p. ALS 4. 7 pages of handwritten notes - "Holiday House" 5. "Women/ Writing", 3 p. 6. "Jazz" notes, 2 p. 7. "Grandparents", 6 p. 8. "The Afternoon, the Afternoon," 4 p.

9. "Kenneth", 10 p. TLS


10. Synopsis of 3-act Teleplay (Untitled), 6 p. TLS 11. "Doctor", Sp. TLS 12. Various handwritten story fragments: one page dated May 1926,

another titled "Pub Talk." 13. Nonfiction MS on women, 20 p. 14. "Grangers Life So Far - The Underdog" 15 p. TLS with corrections 15. Another Granger story untitled 4 p. TLS with corrections 16. "Miss Love? The boy asked." 7 p., TLS 17. Untitled 9 p. TLS 18. "9th September 1976" sketch for a novel, 5 p., TLS 19. "Diana James ... " 5 p., TLS with corrections 20. "Christopher Wilson ... " 7 p. TLS with corrections 21. "Dr. Sylvia Harriman ... " 4 p. TLS with corrections 22. Just When I've Started, Just When I've Started." 4 p. TLS 23. "Parents I Family" 2 p., TLS. 24. Various typewritten story fragments

I. JOURNALISM MANUSCRIPTS 1. "Geo" June 1977. Typescript, 24 p. 2. "Portugal." Typescript, 12 p. 3. "One Person's Week," 7 p. 4. "Married to Tolstoy" (1960), 2 p. 5. "Mrs. Harris" (1982), 1 p. 6. "Twelve Years." Review, 1 p. 7. "Guen John." Review, 2 p. 8. "Medieval English Gardens." Typescript, 2 p. 9. "The Duke of Deception." Review, 2 p. 10. "It's Time You Knew," 3 p. 11. Various untitled drafts, carbons 12. "Talk for Drew University" 30 April 1975, 19 p. 13. 3 other untitled, undated lectures, typescripts with corrections.

J. ESSAY MANUSCRIPTS 1. "MEMORY'' Xeroxed typescript, 9 p. 2. "THE DEADLY SIN OF SLOTH," Typescript, 3 p. 3. "DELETE FATHER." Typescript, 3 p. 4. Untitled on women's liberation, 2 p. 5. "LIVING ALONE." Carbon TS, 5 p. 6. "CONFESSIONS OF A RETARDED GRANDMOTHER." Xerox, Sp. 7. "THERE'S NOTHING AS BORING AS A CONVERT" Xerox, 3 p.

K. BOOK REVIEWS 1. Folder with typed manuscript, various book reviews; clips of PM

Pkg.#1

2. Reviews, 1960s-1970s L. FILM NOTICES


1. Manuscripts of film reviews (typescripts) late 1960s, alphabetized from.

2. "The Adding Machine" to "Zabrishie Point." 3. Clips of reviews.

M. GENERAL PIECES (clips from 1950s to late 1970s).

II. PRINTED MATTER

A. POPULAR JOURNALISM 1. 1954 Housewife, October, "Help! For Mother;" 2. Woman and Beauty. Oct- Nov, two-part story "Pursuit: begun by JM

and finished by PM. 3. 1956 Evening Standard "Five Girls and a Boy" memoir; TV reviews,

children's books. 4. 1957 Evening Standard:article on hairdressers; 5. Women's Own "A Kiss In the Sun" story. 6. 1958 Evening Standard: children's books reviews, "Children at Home" 7. 1960 Daily Mail 2 Ann Temple (pseud.) columns 8. 1961 Sunday Dispatch-juvenile courts 9. 1961 Evening Standard-birth control 10. 1963 Daily Express "Pardon Me For Living" story 11. 1964 Sunday Mirror-"Seven Deadly Sins" 12. 1965 Observer-"Living with Sex" 13. Daily Express "The Perfect Answer" story 14. Misc. clips, inc. 1966 essay on Fellini, 1967 theater review, 1972

Nova essay 15. Small scrapbook with Observer Film columns 1967-1980

B. PRESS AND INTER VIEWS 1. Folder with PUMPKIN EATER press clips 2. Folder with LONG DISTANCE press clips 3. Folder with HANDYMAN press clips 4. Folder with clips on PM television broadcasts 5. Interview folder, contains clips of 1960s-1980s

C. PRESS CLIPS (2 scrapbooks) 1. A VILLA IN SUMMER (1954); BRIGHT PRISON (1956); WITH

LOVE AND LIZARDS (1957); DADDY'S GONE A -HUNTING (1958); SATURDAY LUNCH WITH THE BROWNINGS (1960) - plus various PM columns in the Evening

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Standards 1957 - 1958 (book reviews) 2. PUMPKIN EATER (1962); MY FRIEND SAYS ITS BULLETPROOF

(1967); THE HOME (1971)

ID. NOTEBOOKS

A Binder with two notebooks, loose notes on BU Classes (Creative Writing) PM taught 1975-1977

B. 10 small notebooks, detailed chronologies and notes - preparation for OueenMother

C. 8 misc. notebooks, various lists, rough letters, writings, 2 are marked "New York/ Boston"

D. 6 Journalism notebooks: 2 on a series called "Gardens" in Sun Express Magazine (1981); notebook with interview notes for W.S. Graham and P.J. Kavenagh; notebook with complete trascribed interviews with Tom Stoppard, Pam Ayres, and Wilfred Wood; 2 general notebooks

E. Juvenile manuscripts, 193 0's-1940's 1. "To the Dearest Mummy and Daddy in the world from their Pegs"

Suede-Bound excercise book with six poems and four prose pieces inc. "A Tramp."

2. Poems, dated 1933-1940, including: "Tohu-va-vohu;" "Sonnet written in Quite Genuine Agony (MS);" "Rhapsody in Blue," "Train of Thought," "Humor," "Mouths," "Talk," "Train," Report," Holida " Dirge " "Oxford Street " "L ons " "Blue Mask " Y, , , y , , "Nostalgia," "December Night," "Happier Hunting," "Nursery Rhyme for 1939" "Air Raid" "Jerse ""Temptation" "Last ' , Y, , Night: a poem for John" (1967); Clipping of 1955 published poem by Penelope Fletcher from Silver Vase; 16 undated poems, (Typescripts & MS)

3. 10 misc. notebooks, including 1944 notes for Johanna; MS for story "Little Miss Perkins;" review notes; "First idea for White Rabbit," "Idea for The Old Manstory;" notes on a play called "The War;" synopsis of "Home."

IV. CORRESPONDENCE

A JOHN MORTIMER TO PENELOPE MORTIMER 1. a few early MS - private verses and messages - undated. 2. 16 autograph letters, 1955-1956 3. 7 letters (2 typescripts) from Hollywood, 1961 4. 5 letters & 1 postcard 1962-64 dissolution of marriage 5. 23 post - divorce letters & telegrams, 1960s-1992


B. PENELOPE MORTIMER TO JOHN MORTIMER 1. 26 letters, 1954-1975 TLS (8) and ALS

C. EARLY CORRESPONDENCE 3. one photocopied ALS from 1928 4. 14 TLS from various publishers 1940-1947 concerning "Time For Tenderness" "And It Isn't Finished Yet," "Whom the Heavens Compell"

D. CORRESPONDENCE FROM READERS, 1970s-1980s 1. various letters on The Home, About Time, Handyman

E. CORRESPONDENCE WITH DISTINGUISHED OR SIGNIFICANT FRIENDS TLS Alvarez, Al ALS Ayer, Varena ALS Ban, Trudy TLS Barmen, Virginia

Bishop, Elizabeth

ALS ALS TLS TLS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS ALS TLS ALS ALS ALS ALS TLS ALS AN ANS TLS ALS

Boyle, Kay Bratby, John

Brinnin, John

Brooks, Carol Calisher, Hortense "Curt"

"Curt" Davis, Bette

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10 September 1973 13 March 1985 18 November 1973 28 April 197 4 15 August 1976 8 November 1976 30 September 1974 6 June 1979 15 August 1979 12 November 1973 30 October?? 30 January 1977 28 April 1977 29 June 1977 10 July 1977 27 July 1977 17 November 1977 1 May 1978 7 May 1978 20 May 1978 17 October 1978 17December 1978 23 September 1980 25 September 1984 27 February 1988 26 May 1993 n.d. n.d. Friday; Wednesday n.d. 3 n.d.

lp. lp. Ip. lp. 2p. [card] lp. lp. lp. lp. 2p. 2p. lp. lp. lp. 3p. Ip. lp. lp. lp. Ip. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. lp.

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ALS 7 Sept. 1972 TL 19 May, 23 Nov.1972 [telegrams]

Interview notes by PM; TS of interview; Tape of interview

ANS Diamond, David Leo n. d. [card] TLS 4 September 1973 lp. ALS Fairlie, Henry 11 November 1987 2p. ALS Godwin, Tony 6 January 1979 lp. ALS Hall, Peter 30 September 1983 lp. ANS Harwood, Ronald 3 March 1974 [card] TLS 8 February 1976 2p. TLS Hawson, Polly Friday 1974 lp. TLS 1974 TLS Heilbern, John 17November 4p. TLS Heseltine, Nigel 29May 1982 3p. ALS Holroud, Michael 20 September 1976 lp. ALS 5 October 1976 lp. ALS n.d. [ 5 postcards] ALS Hough, Richard 25 October 1986 lp. ALS Ilfeld, Ellen 21 April 1977 lp. ALS Kavenaugh, Patrick 14 March 1978 lp. TLS 16 March 1978 2p. TLS 18 March 1978 lp. ALS 23 March 1978 2p. ALS 6 April 1978 lp. ALS 15 April 1978 lp. TLS 29 April 1978 lp. TLS 17May 1978 lp. TLS 12 June 1978 2p. TLS 11 July 1978 lp. ALS 25 July 1978 lp. TLS 19 September 1978 lp. ALS 30 December 1978 (?) lp. ALS 31 December 1978 lp. ALS 9 January 1979 lp. ALS 24 January 1979 lp. ALS 30 January 1979 lp. ALS 26 December 1979 lp. ALS 27 December 1980 2p. TLS 19 January 1988 lp. ALS 7 February 1988 2p.


ALS 16 February 1988 lp. TLS Kermode, Frank) 25June'74,lp.

to Claire Walsh

NEWFOLDER ALS Lang, Daniel August27 [postcard]

26 July 1973 2p. ALS Undated lp. ALS Lane-Fox(?), Robin Undated 2p. ALS Lelchuk, Alan 13 Aug; 31 Aug;

24 Sept. '74. [3 postcards] ALS 10, 24 June, 22

Aug. 1975 [3 postcards] TLS Lewis, Faye 22 April 197 4 lp. ALS Lodge, David n.d. [postcard] TLS Moss, Howard 17 November 1984 lp. TLS 5 September 1985 lp. TLS 8 October 1985 [postcard] ALS Undated [Christmas card] ALS Mulligan, Gerry 12 March 1977 [postcard] TLS Oates, Joyce Carol 17 January 1975 lp. TLS Marion "Palraub?" illegible signature n.d. (3) ALS Pinter, Harold 4 August (1962?) lp. TLS 19 February 1973 lp. TLS 10 July 1974 lp. ALS "Dec 20, Monday" lp. ALS "Tuesday" lp. ALS "November 2 11 lp. TLS "Richard" 27 February 1978 2p. TLS Resnais, Alan 8 July 1972 2p. ALS 6 August 1972 lp. ALS 13 February 197 5 [postcard] ALS 13 July [postcard] ALS 22 July [postcard] TLS Rothberg, Naomi 24 April 197 4 lp. TLS Saint, Eva Marie 11 March 1972 lp. TLS "Sandy" "Sunday March 30" lp. ALS Mackenzie, Rachel 26May 3p. TLS 26 December 197 4 lp. TLS 17 March 1976 lp. TLS Mac Liammor, Michael 12 February 1961 lp. ALS July (1961 ?) 3p.


TLS Menuhin, Yehudi 30 November 1973 lp. TLS Mercer, David 1 July 1975 3p. TLS 12 April 1977 2p. TLS 15 May 1977 lp. ALS Methf essel, Alice "Wed 11AM' 2p. ALS Miller, Jonathan 7 November 1978 [postcard] TLS Milton, Edith 25 September 1991 lp. TLS Moss, Howard 21 August 1973 lp. TLS 6 September 1973 lp. TLS 28 September 1973 lp. TLS 23 October 1973 lp. TLS 28 January 197 4 lp. TLS 4 June 1974 lp. TLS 24 July 1974 [postcard] ALS 25 November 1974 [postcard] ALS 1 March 1977 (?) [postcard] TLS 21 May 1978 lp. TLS 15 January 1980 lp. TLS 20 March 1984 lp. TLS Schorer, Mark 27 January 1974 lp. ALS 27 July 1974 [postcard] TLS 23 August 197 4 lp. TLS 22 November 1974 lp. TLS Schorer, Ruth 9 August 197 4 2p. ALS Segal, Lore June 1978 lp. ALS June 1978 2p. ALS 13 December 1978 lp. TLS Sherman, Susan 26 February 1994 lp. ALS Stoppard, Tom 13 June 1974 [postcard] TLS Sutherland, Donald 14 June 1972 lp. TLS [undated; same era] lp. TLS Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. 19 November 197 4 lp. ALS Worth, Irene Dec 1975 [postcard] TLS Yates, Richard 2March 1977 lp.

F. Letters To/From Literary Agents 1. Folder with A.P. Watt Ltd. Agents, others; Xerox of PM letters

concerning Handyman, AQQle Tree, Pumnkin Eater, 1979-1987 2. Leah Schmidt letters, 1987 - 1991: series of professional corres

with Schmitt re Handyman, Love, Portrait of a Marriage; 70 TLS 3. Felicity Bryan Letters, 1984-1988: 54 TLS on Queen Mother. 4. Mike Shaw Letters: 1988-1991. Concerning Josenhine, Thalia,

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Portait. Divided into 3 folders, 86 TLS

V. DIARIES [RESTRICTED]

A. 1990 calendar with notations B. Large Calendar "Dodo Pads" (8) from 1977 to 1986 C. 15 small daily planners from 1947 to 1982 D. Journals 1938-1968; 37 notebooks, various sizes E. Journals 1969-1974; 61 notebooks, various sizes F. Journals 1975-1980; 42 notebooks, various sizes G. Journals 1982-1988; 50 notebooks, various sizes H. Journals 1989-1990; 44 notebooks, various sizes

MORTIMER, PENELOPE Addenda: October J8, 199,

Mortimer, Penelope p.1 Addenda Oct.18, 1996.

Ee:,, I I. MANUSCRIPTS

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A. MY SISTER JOSEPIDNE. Original typescript MS 1. Second draft. 2. Third draft. 3. Fourth Draft 4. Notes and handwritten comments & annotations.

B. LEAR. Orignial MS, notes, handwritten comments & annotations. C. HUMPHREY. Original typescript MS, discards, handwritten comments &

annotations. D. TIME AFTER TIME. Proposed third volume of autobiography, mainly based

on journals 1978-1991. Typed on the back of ABOUT TIME TOO, MS. Some handwritten notes.

E. Items cut out of ABOUT TIME TOO, notes, index to journals 1983-1985, index to Chronology 1973-1991.

F. Annotated Chronology for ABOUT TIME TOO. G. MS of QUEEN MOTHER (1995) and 'Queen Mother Diary'. H. Letters re: QUEEN MOTHER I. Heavily annotated 1985 hardback of QUEEN MOTHER J. Screenplay: LITTLE MISS MUSPRATT. I. Handwritten notes on Ian Paisley, miscellaneous magazine & newspaper

articles, letters re: journalism, letters to The Times and The Guardian, talk to National Book League on writing QUEEN MOTHER

Il. CORRESPONDENCE

A. Personal, 1972-1995 (To and from:) 1. John Mortimer & lawyers (mainly about money. JM handwritten). 2. A.S. Byatt (re Madelon. One of ASB's handwritten). 3. Doris Lessing (DL handwritten) 4. Doris Grumbach (DG's handwritten) 5. May Sarton 6. Kitty Kelly 7. To Harold Pinter 8. To Denis Potter 9. To Lynda Lee Potter, Sonia & Sarah Dimont, Sunday Times, reacting

to ABOUT TIME TOO publicity. 10. Miscellaneous: Royal Society of Literature (re Penelope Gilliatt),

Larry Kramer, Valerie Grove, Bernice Rubens, Hugo Vickers ( +

Mortimer, Penelope p.2 Addenda Oct. l8, 1996.

notes on LOVING GARBO), Dee Wells. B. Professional

1. Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Ion Trewin) re: ABOUT TIME TOO. 2. Publishers:

a. Hamish Hamilton (Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson) re MY SISTER JOSEPHINE.

b. Viking (Tony Lacey) re QUEEN MOTHER. c. Bloomsbury (Liz Calder) re ABOUT TIME TOO and

HUMPHREY. d. Secker & Warburg (Dan Franklin) re ABOUT TIME TOO. e. Chatto & Windus (Alison Samuel, Carmen Calli!) re ABOUT

TIME TOO. f. Andre Deutsch (Tom Rosenthal) re QUEEN MOTHER 2.

3. To & from agents (misc.). 4. TV: Letters and projects (including notes on a proposed series on

Anias Nin). 5. Letters re: miscellaneous work. 6. Book reviews Daily Telegraph 1994-1995:

a. Typed MS, most with printed version and handwritten notes attached.

b. Notes and rejects (typed). c. Handwritten letters to and from John Coldstream.

7. Garden Diary 1979-1991 (typed). Magazine & newspaper articles about and by PM re gardening.

8. Letters, documents etc., re: Chastleton. 9. 9 address books: London, America & Chastleton. 10. Exercise book containing handwritten transcript of tape made at

Shenley Hospital (*see piece on The Villa listed previously) and handwritten transcript of interview with Harold Pinter, early 1970's.

11. 10 shorthand pads & notebooks (shopping lists, notes to the char., various scribbles on work, etc.).

12. Diaries a. 1991-1996 b. 1979-1980

I. Correspondence

MORTIMER, PENELOPE Special Addenda

May 1992, July 1993, March 1994

A. Letters from Dirk Bogarde to friend, writer Penelope Mortimer, December 1971 - October 1993. 1. 67 TLS 2. 38 ALS on cards and postcards 3. 2 TLS on cards

Arranged chronologically 1971 - 1991 (f. 5) 1992 - 1993 (f. 6)

THESE MATERIALS ARE LOCATED IN THE DIRK BOGARDE COLLECTION

IN THE 2orn CENTURY ARCHIVES AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY'S

DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.

I.

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Manuscripts. A. Drafts.

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1. AND IT ISN'T FINISHED YET, unpublished, TS with holograph notes, 95 p., 1946-1964; includes correspondence. [F. 1]

2. DOING TIME 1951-1961, TS with holograph notes, 163 p., 1968. [F. 2]

3. "For Crimes of Violence," TS with holograph notes, 9 p., March 1979. . [F. 3]

B. Notes. 1. Re: THE SIOUX, approx. 30 p., n.d. [F. 4] 2. Re: SOLO, incomplete, 6 p., n.d.

C. Proposal, THE SIOUX, TS with holograph notes, 11 p., 2/11/1990. D. Short stories.

1. "Best Friends," unpublished, TS, 3 p., n.d. [F. 5] 2. "The Canterbury Bells," published in London Daily News, TS, 5

p., 1987. 3. "The Homecoming of Kimbal Vanderpost," published in

Encounter, TS with holograph notes, 15 p., January 1978. 4. "Humphrey's Mother," published in Daily Telegraph, TS, 7 p.,

3/19/1994. 5. "The Lecture," published in Encounter, TS, 13 p., January 1978. 6. "A Love Story," published in The New Yorker, TS, 10 p.,

7/15/1974. 7. "Sleep Well," unpublished, TS, 8 p., n.d. 8. "Sunday's Child," published in The Observer, TS with holograph

notes, 9 p., 7/23/1978.

II. Professional Materials. A. Appointment books.

1. "Week to View," 2 books, 1998-1999. B. Address book.

1. "Chastleton," 1979.

III. Personal Memorabilia. A. Catalog.

1. List of PM's book collection, 34 p., 1998.

IV. Correspondence.

[F. 6]

[F. 7]

[F. 8]

A. Correspondence between PM and David Adnopoz, ALS, TLS, 1967-1997, a~ ~-~

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B. Professional. 1. Letter re: SOLO, incomplete work by PM, to Hilary Rubenstein

(agent), AL, n.d. [F. 10] C. Personal.

1. Letter from Peter referring to discussion between Harold Pinter and R.D. Laing as reported by Peter's father and re: Shenley Hospital, AL, ca. 1970s.

2. Letter from W.S. "Sydney" Graham inviting PM to a poetry reading, TLS, 7/12/1979.

V. Printed Materials. A. Clippings re: QUEEN ELIZABETH: A LIFE OF THE QUEEN

MOTHER, 1986-1995; includes correspondence. [F. 11-12]

VI. Diaries and Journals. B. Journals.

1. "Oct 1 '96 - Dec 13 '96." [F. 13] 2. "December 14 '96 - Feb 27 '97." 3. "28.2.97 - 6.5.97." 4. "May 7 - July 10th 1997." 5. "July 11 - Sept 14 1997." [F. 14] 6. "Sept 15 -December 1 1997." 7. "December 3rd 1997 - May 10th 1999."

B. Garden diaries. 1. 9/30/1981-11/29/1981; includes printed material. 2. 6/24/1979-9/30/1980; includes manuscripts. [Loose] 3. 10/1/1980-9/28/1981. 4. 1/8/1983-12/12/1983. 5. 7/30/1986-1/3/1988. 6. l/2/1989-12/31/1990.

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