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Jan Morris Papers

  • GB 0210 JANMOR
  • Fonds
  • 1908-2010

Notes, drafts of published and unpublished works, letters, talks, reviews, booklets, leaflets, periodicals, press cuttings and other material relating to Jan Morris's writing career and the places she visited in the course of her research, together with personal letters and records.

Morris, Jan, 1926-2020

Japan - Mauritius,

Travel literature: Japan (1960), Lithuania (1996-1997), Malta (1967) and Mauritius (1971-1975).

Last letters from Hav,

Typescript draft of 'Last letters from Hav' with manuscript revisions, together with a letter from the publisher to Jan Morris's literary agent.

Letters,

Letters, mostly concerning Jan Morris's work, especially that relating to Trieste, and also the British empire, Wales, Sydney, Europe, Venice, Everest, Abraham Lincoln, and her memoirs.

Letters,

Letters, mostly concerning Jan Morris's work, especially that relating to the British empire, Oxford, Venice, Everest and the Middle East.

Letters,

Letters, mostly concerning Jan Morris's work, especially that relating to the British empire, Oxford, Everest, Venice, and her memoirs, as well as the Welsh language and Welsh politics.

Letters,

Letters, mostly concerning Jan Morris's work, especially that relating to Wales, the British empire, Hong Kong, and her fiction and memoirs.

Letters,

Letters, mostly concerning Jan Morris's work, especially that relating to Wales, Venice, the British empire, Europe, Abraham Lincoln, and her fictional writing.

Manchester - Oxfordshire,

Travel literature: Manchester (1956), Norfolk (1966-1968), Northamptonshire (1958-1976), Northumberland (1963-1969) and Oxfordshire (1950-1997).

Netherlands - Poland,

Travel literature: Netherlands (1957-1992), New Zealand (1955-1981), Norway (1952-1994), Pakistan (1957-1979) and Poland (1958-1995).

Notebooks and other research materials,

Notebooks used by Jan Morris to record details subsequently used to compile her various published works, together with other materials collected by her for the same purpose.

Official records,

Legal contracts between Jan Morris and publishers; notifications of Jan Morris's BA and MA degrees from Oxford; a receipt from the Churchill Archives Centre to Jan Morris for letters of Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher; an invitation to a ball at the Natural History Museum; documents issued by the Venetian Carabinieri and the British Consulate in Trieste concerning items stolen from Jan Morris in Venice; and a note written by Jan Morris to accompany the 2010 Donation of her papers to the National Library of Wales.

Other works,

Typescript drafts of articles and chapters by Jan Morris about factual subjects including India, Delhi, Mafeking, Bombay, Gibraltar, Mauritius, A ditch in Egypt, The secret city of Edom, Victoria BC, the British empire and The Times newspaper, as well as a printed copy of an article about Fort Worth, together with fictional stories by Jan Morris including Waiting for Sebastian and Peter Littorio's return.

Oxford,

The file comprises Jan Morris's research notes, used for the compilation of her book about Oxford, published in 1978.

Oxford,

Typescript drafts of 'Oxford', with manuscript revisions, and a later note on the various editions and impressions of the work, together with editorial comments.

Pax Britannica,

The file comprises notebooks used by Jan Morris in her research towards compiling the first chapter of her trilogy relating to the British Empire.

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