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Personal papers of Jan Morris, including letters and postcards to her from publishers, editors, agents, reviewers, translators and other figures in the literary world, as well as academics, officials, friends, family and admirers, and also including some letters to associates of Jan Morris, concerning many aspects of her books and articles and the issues raised by them (sometimes many years after the work was first published), including invitations and requests, as well as her writing career in general and her intellectual, political, social, personal and domestic life, together with reviews of her work, official records, and press cuttings.

Notes, drafts of published and unpublished works, letters, talks, reviews, booklets, leaflets, periodicals, press cuttings and other material relating to Jan Morris's writing career and the places she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.

Drafts of published works by Jan Morris.

The file comprises one volume of the first draft of Farewell the Trumpets (London, 1978), 1975, two volumes of the second draft, 1976, and two bundles of the third draft, 1978.

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

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.

Press cuttings, publicity leaflets, periodicals and typescript documents containing reviews of works by Jan Morris, information collected by her in the course of her research, letters written to the press by her and about her work, publicity material concerning her books, media articles and talks by her, interviews with her, press statements made by her concerning the Welsh language, student magazines edited by her, and material relating to her literary interests.

Undated letters, mostly concerning Jan Morris's work.

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

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

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.

Travel literature: Spain (1929-1989), Sweden (1951-1986) and Switzerland (1974-2002).

Travel literature: Taiwan (1958), Thailand (1960), Turkey (1993), West Indies (1969-1989), USA (1958-1999) and Yugoslavia (1966-1977).

Travel literature: Portugal (1969-1993), Romania (1991-1994), Russia (1957-1993), Seychelles (1974), Slovakia (1994-1996), Slovenia (1992) and South America (1955-1987).

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

Travel literature: Middle East (1924-1980).

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

Travel literature: Italy (1939-2002).

Travel literature: India (1932-1992).