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Reviews and essays: research notes, correspondence, various drafts, with corrections, galleys

Description

Includes the following pieces published in collections or periodicals: Imagining Hill House, Dead Reckoning, Fiordland, NZ, Laptop, Coronation Street, Salad Days, Sid Perelman, Christopher Okigbo, The Rationale of the Travel Book, New England is My Home, Forerunners, China: Land of Discovery, Indian Country.

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1980-2000
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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