Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1948-2010. (Creation)
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Series
Extent and medium
1 box; 6 bundles; 1 envelope.
Context area
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Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The files of letters are arranged chronologically, and the other papers are arranged by format.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, German, Italian, French, Welsh and Swedish.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
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Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Some of the letters are incomplete.
Note
Preferred citation: 4
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Morris, Jan, 1926-2020 -- Correspondence (Subject)