Amy E. Armstrong, 2009-2010
Open for research.
The Jim Crace Papers include a small amount of material that was exposed to moisture
and suffered minor mold damage. The Conservation Department has vacuum treated this
material, but mold may still be present. These items are identified in the
collection; for health reasons, patrons may consider wearing gloves and a dust/mist
respirator while handling this material.
The English writer Jim Crace was born on March 1, 1946, at Brocket Hall in
Herfordshire to Charles and Edith "Jane" Crace.
Crace was raised on the boundary between city and country in Enfield, North London
in a nurturing and well-anchored home. His working-class father, a curious,
self-educated, politically-minded atheist, had an immense influence on Crace, as did
attending the prestigious Enfield Grammar School. As Crace did not attend his local
school, he was on a boundary once again between two distinct classes, and this
maneuvering shaped Crace’s world view and informed his later writing. Throughout his
teenage years and early adulthood, Crace sympathized with liberal causes and became
politically active in the Enfield Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, for which he
edited leaflets. After a period of travel and introspection, Crace attended
Birmingham College of Commerce (now the University of Central England in Birmingham)
and was awarded an external Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the
University of London in 1968. While at university, Crace edited and contributed to
the Birmingham Sun, the newspaper of the Guild of
Students, University of Aston.
Immediately after graduating from university, Crace joined the Voluntary Services
Overseas (VSO) and was sent to Khartoum, Sudan, where he assisted writing and
producing educational programs for Sudanese Educational Television. Crace traveled
through Africa and briefly taught at a village school called Kgosi Kgari Sechele
Secondary School in Molepolole, Botswana. Crace’s exposure to other cultures while
living abroad in Africa and later while traveling through North and Central America
also inspired his later writings.
Upon returning to Britain in 1970, Crace taught briefly and then worked as a
freelance writer, initially for the British Broadcasting Corporation. There he wrote
radio scripts for the BBC Schools’ educational broadcasts, many of which
incorporated themes related to African culture and history. Crace soon broadened the
scope of his writing and turned to short fiction. In 1974, the literary journal
The New Review published "Annie, California Plates," his first of three short
stories to appear in the journal. Crace soon had stories published in Cosmopolitan, Socialist
Challenge, the London Review of Books, and
Quarto, leading to book offers from agents and
publishers. During this time, Crace met a teacher named Pamela Turton whom he
married on January 3, 1975. The couple settled in Birmingham, England, and later had
two children, Thomas and Lauren. Crace continued writing dramatic and comedic
scripts for the radio and even co-wrote teleplays for a possible television series.
Although the television scripts were unproduced, two of his radio plays, The Bird Has Flown (1976) and A
Coat of Many Colours (1979), aired on BBC 4.
The transition from fact-reporting journalism to full-time fiction writing was
difficult for Crace, and he initially had trouble focusing his ideas. While
providing a rather unfavorable review of Gabriel García Márquez’s
novel In Evil Hour, Crace became aware of the power
and effectiveness of magic realism. Writing about imagined worlds in
realistic--though often fictitious--terms came easily for Crace, and he found his
voice and developed his distinct style. When Crace was 40, his first book, Continent (1986), a collection of seven loosely-related
stories about an imagined continent, was published and received immediate critical
praise, winning the Whitbread First Novel Prize, the David Higham Prize for Fiction,
the Guardian Fiction Prize, and a year later, the
Premio Antico Fattore.
Crace is regarded as one of Britain’s most original voices through his use of
invented language, depiction of city and landscape, and exploration of individual
behavior in ever-changing complex societies. Crace is interested in invention, as
evidenced by his novel’s convincing but fictitious epigraphs. Though his novels are
each very unique, they retain the hallmarks of Crace’s distinct style. As a result,
the books have garnered critical success, and Crace has received numerous awards and
honors, including the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ E. M. Forster Prize. His
fifth novel, Quarantine (1997), was shortlisted for
the Booker Prize and won the Whitbread Fiction Prize; his next novel, Being Dead (1999), won the National Book Critics’ Circle
Award for Fiction and Book Review Best Books
selection, and was short-listed for the Whitbread Novel of the Year Award. In 2000,
Crace’s alma mater, the University of Central England in Birmingham, presented him
with an Honorary Degree of Doctor of the University, and in 2002, the University of
Birmingham awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Letters. Many of Crace’s works have
been adapted to film and theatrical productions and even inspired musical pieces.
Between 1981 and 1983, Crace was Midlands Arts Centre Writer-in-Residence, where he
concluded his tenure by founding and directing the Birmingham Festival of Readers
and Writers. Crace has often mentored aspiring writers through writer-in-residence
and university programs and was the inaugural recipient of the James A. Michener
Center for Writers Distinguished Writer-in-Residence award at The University of
Texas at Austin. Crace frequently contributes essays and articles for newspapers and
magazines and was invited by Médecins Sans Frontières to
contribute an investigative report for their series "Authors in the Front Line," in which writers travel and bring much-needed
attention to the world’s most troubled regions.
The natural world, which features prominently in Crace’s writing, is not only an
influence, but an avocation. He is a serious gardener, amateur ornithologist, and
landscape painter. Indeed, his family’s annual trips to the Isles of Scilly off
England’s southwestern coast have inspired his watercolors and three of his novels.
Crace has stated that after finishing his books All That
Follows (2010) and a "Cracean"
autobiography provisionally titled Archipelago, he intends to devote
more time to painting.
In addition to material found within the Jim Crace Papers, the following sources were
used:
Tew, Philip. Jim Crace. Contemporary British Novelists
Series. Manchester, England: Manchester University Press, 2006.
The Jim Crace Papers, 1954-2009, consist of manuscript drafts, scripts, advance
proofs, notes, notebooks, research material, correspondence, clippings, scrapbooks,
photographs, serial publications, books, sound recordings, moving images,
watercolors, juvenilia, posters, and ephemera from the English novelist Jim Crace.
The personal and professional papers span Crace’s writing career and document his
diverse range of creative output which includes novels, essays, investigative
journalism articles, short stories, dramatic and educational radio scripts,
television scripts, watercolor paintings, and some poetry. The papers are organized
into six series: I. Literary Activities, II. Journalism, III. Correspondence, IV.
Career and Personal Papers, V. Works by Others, and VI. Magazines and Newspapers.
Series I. Literary Activities includes products associated with Crace’s writing and
is arranged into three subseries: A. Novels, B. Short Works, and C. Radio Scripts.
The Novels subseries is arranged in alphabetical order by title, and within each
title the material generally follows the chronological order of literary production,
from research notes to publication drafts. When applicable, related material such as
dust jackets, reviews, publicity material, correspondence, or adaptations follow the
drafts. The Short Works subseries contain two subgroupings with titles arranged
alphabetically: Short Stories/Poems and Essays /Introductions/Articles. The Radio
Scripts subseries contains both dramatic radio plays and school broadcasts and is
arranged alphabetically by title. The School broadcasts are further arranged within
each title by episode number.
Series II. Journalism pertains to articles and reviews written by Crace between 1970
and 1988, prior to his career as a full-time novelist. He wrote for the Telegraph Sunday Magazine, The
Radio Times, Sunday Times Magazine, and
reviewed books for the Times Literary Supplement,
The Sunday Times, New
Statesman, and Quarto. This series
includes article typescripts, original clippings and photocopies of published
articles and book reviews, notes and notebooks, research material, royalty
statements, and scrapbooks containing original and photocopies of articles and
reviews.
Series III. Correspondence contains personal, professional, and fan letters,
including printed electronic mail (email). The arrangement closely follows Crace’s
own categories. Personal correspondence consists primarily of letters with family
and close friends, the bulk of which are letters Crace wrote to his parents while
living in Africa and traveling abroad during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It also
includes letters from and to friends he associated with during that period. The
general correspondence forms the largest segment and it is in alphabetical order by
correspondent’s name or entity. It includes letters from authors, publishers,
agents, friends, readers, and other associates. Publishers’ correspondence consists
primarily of email exchanged between 2005 and 2008 and is arranged by date. Letters
and email regarding film rights for Crace’s novels Being
Dead and The Pesthouse are also contained in
this series, as is readers' correspondence received largely from unknown fans. These
two groupings are also arranged by date.
Series IV. Career and Personal Papers contains Crace’s address books, daily
appointment calendars, childhood and school papers, family papers, ephemera
collected while in Africa and as a journalist, honors, clippings and transcripts of
interviews and articles about Crace, invitations, juvenilia and early works,
photographs, brochures for public appearances and book festivals, lecture notes and
drafts, publisher catalogs, material in support of Salman Rushdie, material related
to his Voluntary Services Overseas work in Sudan, and his watercolors. The materials
are in alphabetical order by name or topic.
Series V. Works by Others contains literary criticism of Crace’s work, in the form of
journal articles and academic papers, works in which Crace is mentioned, and a piece
of music inspired by The Gift of Stones.
Series VI. Magazines and Newspapers is in alphabetical order by title with the bulk
consisting of periodicals containing Crace’s published works, interviews or articles
about Crace, and in rare instances, issues he collected or retained for research
related to particular writings.
Items identified as Scrapbooks in the collection were Nyrex albums containing plastic
sleeves with Crace’s published articles, clippings, letters, awards, and some
photographs. Because some albums were damaged and the general chemical composition
of these albums creates an unfavorable archival environment for the material, the
contents were removed from the albums and placed in the same sequence within
folders.
The Jim Crace Papers include a small amount of material that was exposed to moisture
and suffered minor mold damage. The Conservation Department has vacuum treated this
material, but mold may still be present. These items are identified in the
collection; for health reasons, patrons may consider wearing gloves and a dust/mist
respirator while handling this material.
The Tom Stoppard Papers at the Ransom Center contain additional material related to
Jim Crace.
Jim Crace’s library includes approximately 143 volumes of Crace’s novels in different
editions and languages, as well as books containing contributions by Crace. These
have been separated from the collection and are housed in the Ransom Center’s Book
Collection. Two political buttons, one award plaque, and one certificate tube have
been separated from the collection and are housed in the Ransom Center’s Personal
Effects Collection. A collection of audio cassette tapes and CDs containing radio
interviews, readings, and audio books have been separated from the collection and
are housed in the Ransom Center’s Sound Recordings Collection. Three VHS tapes, one
micro VHS tape, and one DVD have been separated from the collection and are housed
in the Ransom Center’s Moving Image Collection. One 3.5-inch floppy disk containing
drafts of The Pesthouse has been separated from the
collection and is housed in the Ransom Center’s Electronic Records Collection.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series I. Literary Activities,
1971-2009, undated
|
|
|
Subseries A. Novels |
|
|
|
All That Follows
(2010)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 1.1 |
|
|
|
Research notes and early drafts (working titles
Heroes and The Finalist),
2005-2008
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.2-3 |
|
|
|
Edited page proofs, final U.K. edition, October 2009
|
|
|
|
Arcadia (1992)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 1.4-5 |
|
|
|
Notebooks, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 1.6-7 |
|
|
|
Notes and early typescript draft fragments (working
titles Victor’s City,
Centre-Piece, and The Paradise of
Termites), 1989
|
|
|
|
|
| 1.8 |
|
|
|
Computer schedule, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 2.1-2 |
|
|
|
‘First full draft,’ edited typescript, 1989 |
|
|
|
|
| 2.3-4 |
|
|
|
‘Semi-final version,’ edited typescript, 1991 |
|
|
|
|
| 2.5-3.1 |
|
|
|
‘Final edited version,’ edited typescript, 1991
|
|
|
|
|
| 46 |
|
|
|
Page proofs, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
| 3.2 |
|
|
|
Dust jacket, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
| 3.3* |
|
|
|
Promotional Material, 1992 (*poster removed to flat file)
|
|
|
|
|
Reviews, Publicity, Book Tours, Bestseller
Lists
|
| Container |
|
|
| 3.4* |
|
|
|
|
U.K., 1991-1993 (*oversize removed to box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 3.5 |
|
|
|
|
Australia, U.S., and Netherlands, 1992 |
|
|
|
Being Dead (1999)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 3.6 |
|
|
|
Notebook, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 3.7 |
|
|
|
Work plan, schedule, and notes, circa 1998-1999, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
| 3.8 |
|
|
|
Preliminary chapter synopses and drafts, 1998
|
|
|
|
|
Revised chapter typescript fragments |
| Container |
|
|
| 4.1 |
|
|
|
|
Chapters 1-9, November 1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
Chapters 6-9, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 4.2 |
|
|
|
|
Chapters 1-21, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 4.3 |
|
|
|
|
Chapter 22-26, undated |
|
|
|
|
|
Chapters 11-21, undated |
|
|
|
|
|
Chapter 19, undated |
|
|
|
|
Typescript with corrections |
| Container |
|
|
| 4.4 |
|
|
|
|
First draft, March 1999 |
|
|
|
|
| 4.5-6 |
|
|
|
|
Third draft, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 5.1-2 |
|
|
|
|
Fourth draft, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 5.3 |
|
|
|
Page proofs, June 1999 |
|
|
|
|
| 5.4 |
|
|
|
Uncorrected advance proofs (Viking and Farrar, Straus
& Giroux), 1999
|
|
|
|
|
| 5.5* |
|
|
|
Promotional material, 1999 (*posters removed to flat
file)
|
|
|
|
|
| 5.6 |
|
|
|
Dust jackets and designs, 1999 |
|
|
|
|
| 5.7 |
|
|
|
Letters and notes, 1999 |
|
|
|
|
| 5.8-6.1* |
|
|
|
Clippings and reviews, 1997-2002 (*oversize removed to
box 45-46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 6.2 |
|
|
|
"Constant Reader" and
"Streets Online" Web
discussion transcript, 2000-2002
|
|
|
|
|
Screenplay adaptation by John Meyers |
| Container |
|
|
| 6.3-4 |
|
|
|
|
Typescripts, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
| 6.5 |
|
|
|
|
With annotations by Crace, 2003 |
|
|
|
Continent (1986)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 6.6 |
|
|
|
Notebook, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 6.7 |
|
|
|
Notes |
|
|
|
|
Story drafts |
| Container |
|
|
| 6.8 |
|
|
|
|
"The Prospect from the
Silver Hill" [variously titled The End of
the World], corrected typescript, undated
|
|
|
|
|
| 6.9 |
|
|
|
|
"The World with One Eye
Shut" [variously titled At the Wire
Gate], corrected typescript drafts and notes, 1986,
undated
|
|
|
|
|
| 6.10 |
|
|
|
|
"On Heat"
[variously titled The Lek], typescript draft
fragments, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Cross-Country,"
published story, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Electricity",
typescript copy and published story, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fragments, undated |
|
|
|
|
'Stories from
Atlantis,' corrected drafts
|
| Container |
|
|
| 7.1 |
|
|
|
|
"On Heat,"
undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Electricity,"
undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Talking Skull,"
undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"The World with One Eye
Shut," undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Sins and Virtues,"
undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Cross-Country,"
undated
|
|
|
|
|
| 7.2 |
|
|
|
‘Original manuscript,’ copy with edits and corrections,
1986
|
|
|
|
|
| 7.3 |
|
|
|
Page proof and dust jacket (Picador), 2008 |
|
|
|
|
| 7.4 |
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1983-1986 |
|
|
|
|
| 7.5* |
|
|
|
Clippings and reviews, 1986-1995 (*oversize removed to
box 45)
|
|
|
|
|
| 7.6 |
|
|
|
Bound Italian clippings, 1986-1987 |
|
|
|
|
| 7.7-8.1* |
|
|
|
Scrapbooks I-III; contain reviews, dust jackets for
various editions, letters, awards, 1986-1987 (*poster removed to
box 46)
|
|
|
|
The Devil’s Larder
(2001)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 8.2 |
|
|
|
Notes, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 8.3 |
|
|
|
Draft fragments, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 8.4-5 |
|
|
|
Early typescript drafts, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 8.6 |
|
|
|
‘Penultimate Edit,’ typescript, December 2000
|
|
|
|
|
| 8.7 |
|
|
|
Typescript with corrections, copy (Viking), March 2001
|
|
|
|
|
| 8.8 |
|
|
|
Typescript with corrections (Farrar, Straus &
Giroux), 2001
|
|
|
|
|
| 9.1 |
|
|
|
Page proof (Viking), April 2001 |
|
|
|
|
Page proof (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) |
| Container |
|
|
| 9.2 |
|
|
|
|
May 2001 |
|
|
|
|
| 9.3 |
|
|
|
|
June 2001 |
|
|
|
|
| 9.4 |
|
|
|
Uncorrected advance proof, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
| 9.5* |
|
|
|
Promotional material, 2001-2004 (*poster removed to flat
file)
|
|
|
|
|
| 9.6 |
|
|
|
The Slow Digestions of
Night, five-excerpt novella, 1995
|
|
|
|
|
| 9.7 |
|
|
|
Dust jackets, copy, American Institute of Graphic Arts
cover award, 2001-2008
|
|
|
|
|
| 9.8 |
|
|
|
Correspondence, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
| 9.9-11 |
|
|
|
Clippings and reviews, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
| 10.1 |
|
|
|
Theatrical adaptation by Grid Iron Theatre Company;
contains letters, program proof, reviews, 2005
|
|
|
|
The Gift of Stones
(1988)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 10.2 |
|
|
|
Notes and research, 1987 |
|
|
|
|
| 10.3 |
|
|
|
Notebooks, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 10.4 |
|
|
|
Bound typescript with corrections, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 10.5 |
|
|
|
Typescript with corrections, copy (Secker &
Warburg), 1988
|
|
|
|
|
| 10.6* |
|
|
|
Promotional material and dust jackets, 1988, 2008
(*posters removed to box 46 and flat file)
|
|
|
|
|
| 10.7-11.1 |
|
|
|
Scrapbooks I-II; contain reviews, dust jackets for
various editions, letters, catalogs, 1988-1989
|
|
|
|
|
‘Spare Reviews’ |
| Container |
|
|
| 11.2* |
|
|
|
|
U.K. & Australia, 1987-1988 (*oversize
removed to box 45)
|
|
|
|
|
| 11.3* |
|
|
|
|
U.S., 1989 (*oversize removed to box 45) |
|
|
|
|
Theatrical adaptation by Kim T. Sharp |
| Container |
|
|
| 11.4 |
|
|
|
|
Typescript draft, 1996 |
|
|
|
|
| 11.5 |
|
|
|
|
Typescript draft, 1997 |
|
|
|
The Pesthouse
(2005)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 11.6 |
|
|
|
Notebook, 2003-2004 |
|
|
|
|
| 11.7 |
|
|
|
Notes and research, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
| 11.8 |
|
|
|
Research and photographs, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
Working drafts |
| Container |
|
|
| 12.1 |
|
|
|
|
Chapters 1-10, 20 March 2005 |
|
|
|
|
| 12.2 |
|
|
|
|
Chapters 1-10, 18 April 2005 |
|
|
|
|
| 12.3 |
|
|
|
|
Chapters 1- 10, 5 May 2005 |
|
|
|
|
| 12.4 |
|
|
|
|
Chapters 1-13, 27 June 2005 |
|
|
|
|
| 12.5-7 |
|
|
|
|
Chapter fragments, June 2004-December 2005, undated
|
|
|
|
|
| 13.1-2 |
|
|
|
Typescript, January 2006 |
|
|
|
|
| 13.3-4 |
|
|
|
Typescript, ‘submitted to DGA,’ February 2006
|
|
|
|
|
| 14.1-3 |
|
|
|
Typescript and final notes for inclusion, January - March
2006
|
|
|
|
|
| 14.4 |
|
|
|
Typescript, ‘line edit,’ 29 April 2006 |
|
|
|
|
| 14.5-6 |
|
|
|
Typescript, copy with edits, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 15.1 |
|
|
|
Typescript with additional edits, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 15.2 |
|
|
|
Notes and edits, March 2006 |
|
|
|
|
| 15.3-4 |
|
|
|
Revised typescript (U.K.), 28 March 2006 |
|
|
|
|
| 15.5-6 |
|
|
|
Page proof, first pass (U.S.), October 2006 |
|
|
|
|
| 15.7 |
|
|
|
Bound galley proof, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
| 15.8 |
|
|
|
Uncorrected advance proof, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
| 16.1 |
|
|
|
Page proof, excerpt published in Conjunctions, August 2006
|
|
|
|
|
| 16.2 |
|
|
|
Dust jackets and copy, 2007-2008 |
|
|
|
|
| 16.3 |
|
|
|
Letters, 2005-2007 |
|
|
|
|
| 16.4 |
|
|
|
Promotional material, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
Reviews and clippings |
| Container |
|
|
| 16.5 |
|
|
|
|
U.K. and other countries, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
| 16.6-7* |
|
|
|
|
U.S., 2007 (*oversize removed to box 46) |
|
|
|
|
Useless America
|
| Container |
|
|
| 16.8 |
|
|
|
|
Orders, publicity, correspondence, "A New Kind of Ghost Writer"
(published in The Guardian,
28 October 2006), 2006-2007
|
|
|
|
|
| 16.9 |
|
|
|
|
Blank manuscript, 2007 |
|
|
|
Quarantine (1997)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 16.10-11 |
|
|
|
Notebooks, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 17.1 |
|
|
|
Tasmania/Israel notebook, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 17.2 |
|
|
|
‘Fasting’ notes, 1996 |
|
|
|
|
| 17.3* |
|
|
|
Research, notes, photographs, 1996 (*oversize removed to
box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 17.4 |
|
|
|
Research photographs of Israel, circa 1995 |
|
|
|
|
Working drafts |
| Container |
|
|
| 17.5-7 |
|
|
|
|
Fragments and notes, 27 September 1995-24 October
1996
|
|
|
|
|
| 18.1 |
|
|
|
|
‘Annotated full copy,’ 1 September 1996 |
|
|
|
|
| 18.2 |
|
|
|
|
‘Penultimate version,’ October 1996 |
|
|
|
|
| 18.3 |
|
|
|
|
‘Annotated working copy,’ 25 October 1996
|
|
|
|
|
| 18.4 |
|
|
|
|
‘Agent’s copy,’ 6 November 1996 |
|
|
|
|
| 18.5-6 |
|
|
|
|
‘Submitted version,’ 10 November 1996 |
|
|
|
|
| 18.7 |
|
|
|
‘Line-edited version,’ undated |
|
|
|
|
| 19.1 |
|
|
|
Page proofs, 30 January 1997 |
|
|
|
|
| 19.2 |
|
|
|
Uncorrected advance proof (Viking), 1997 |
|
|
|
|
| 19.3 |
|
|
|
Bound galley proof (Farrar, Straus & Giroux),
1997
|
|
|
|
|
| 19.4 |
|
|
|
Advance reader’s copy (Farrar, Straus & Giroux),
1997
|
|
|
|
|
| 19.5 |
|
|
|
Dust jackets, 1996-1997 |
|
|
|
|
| 19.6* |
|
|
|
Promotional material and copy, 1996-1998 (*poster removed
to flat file)
|
|
|
|
|
| 19.7 |
|
|
|
Correspondence, 1996-1999, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 19.8-20.2 |
|
|
|
Reviews and clippings, 1997-2007 |
|
|
|
|
| 20.3 |
|
|
|
Guardian Book Club
articles, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
| 20.4 |
|
|
|
Awards and prizes, 1997-1999 |
|
|
|
|
| 20.5 |
|
|
|
Theatrical adaptation by Birmingham Repertory Theatre,
2000
|
|
|
|
Signals of Distress
(1994)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 20.6-8 |
|
|
|
Notebooks, 1991, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 20.9 |
|
|
|
Note, wood fragment, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 20.10 |
|
|
|
Research material, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 20.11 |
|
|
|
Work and computer schedule, circa 1993-1994 |
|
|
|
|
| 21.1-2 |
|
|
|
Early chapter fragments, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 21.3-4 |
|
|
|
‘Early chapters, early versions,’ Spring-Summer 1993
|
|
|
|
|
| 21.5-6 |
|
|
|
‘First full version,’ 1 February 1994 |
|
|
|
|
| 21.7-8 |
|
|
|
‘Penultimate version,’ 22 February 1994 |
|
|
|
|
| 22.1-2 |
|
|
|
‘Final,’ typescript with corrections, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 22.3-4 |
|
|
|
Page proofs (Viking), 1994 |
|
|
|
|
| 22.5 |
|
|
|
Page proofs (Viking), 1994 |
|
|
|
|
Uncorrected advance proofs |
| Container |
|
|
| 22.6 |
|
|
|
|
Viking, 1994 |
|
|
|
|
| 22.7 |
|
|
|
|
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1995 |
|
|
|
|
| 22.8* |
|
|
|
Dust jackets and copy, 1994-2008 (*designs removed to box
46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 23.1-2* |
|
|
|
Promotional material, 1994 (*posters removed to flat
file)
|
|
|
|
|
| 23.3 |
|
|
|
Letters, 1993-1994 |
|
|
|
|
| 23.4-6* |
|
|
|
Reviews and clippings, 1993-1996 (*oversize removed to
box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 23.7 |
|
|
|
Australia and New Zealand book tour, 1994 |
|
|
|
|
| 23.8 |
|
|
|
Theatrical adaptation by The Flying Machine, 2001-2002
|
|
|
|
Six (2003) [published as
Genesis (2003) in the U.S.]
|
| Container |
|
|
| 23.9 |
|
|
|
Notebook, circa 2000-2002 |
|
|
|
|
| 24.1 |
|
|
|
Notes and draft fragments, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
| 24.2-3 |
|
|
|
Working draft fragments, 2002, undated |
|
|
|
|
Typescript with corrections |
| Container |
|
|
| 24.4 |
|
|
|
|
11 February 2003 |
|
|
|
|
| 24.5 |
|
|
|
|
17-18 February 2003 |
|
|
|
|
| 24.6 |
|
|
|
|
28 February 2003 |
|
|
|
|
| 25.1-3 |
|
|
|
|
Undated |
|
|
|
|
| 25.4 |
|
|
|
|
November 2006 |
|
|
|
|
| 25.5 |
|
|
|
Page proofs (Viking), 2003 |
|
|
|
|
| 25.6 |
|
|
|
Edits (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), 2 June
2003
|
|
|
|
|
Uncorrected advance proofs |
| Container |
|
|
| 25.7 |
|
|
|
|
Six (Viking),
2003
|
|
|
|
|
| 25.8 |
|
|
|
|
Genesis (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux), 2003
|
|
|
|
|
| 26.1 |
|
|
|
Dust jackets, 2003-2008 |
|
|
|
|
| 26.2 |
|
|
|
Letters, 2003 |
|
|
|
|
| 26.3 |
|
|
|
Promotional and related material, 2003 |
|
|
|
|
| 26.4-5 |
|
|
|
Reviews and clippings, 2003 |
|
|
|
|
| 26.6 |
|
|
‘Proposal for Two Novels’ in progress; The
Finalist (working title; published as All That Follows) and Archipelago
(working title), 16 June
|
|
|
|
|
| 26.7 |
|
|
Unfinished ‘popular fiction’ novel, chapter synopses, undated
|
|
|
|
|
| 26.8-9* |
|
|
Scrapbook I-II; contains book covers from various novels,
clippings, letter, photographs, awards, 1988-1996 (*contents of
oversize scrapbook removed to box 46)
|
|
|
Subseries B. Short Works |
|
|
|
Short Stories, Poems
|
|
|
|
|
A-O |
| Container |
|
|
| 27.1 |
|
|
|
|
[Alice Howells] ("Three
Writers in Search of an Author," BBC Radio 4),
typescripts, email, 2001
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.1* |
|
|
|
|
"Blood Strangers"
("I Want to Be Alone,"
BBC Radio 4), typescript, clipping, 2005 (*audio recording
removed to sound recording collection)
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.1 |
|
|
|
|
"Cross-Country,"
(published by The New Review,
April 1976 and in revised form as a chapter in Continent), corrected
typescript, publication copy, 1975-1976
|
|
|
|
|
|
"For Jack’s
Birthday," typescript, 1972
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Gentle Giant,"
typescript, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granite in the bone, poem, typescript,
undated
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.1* |
|
|
|
|
"Moving Finger" (an
eight-part collaborative story started with Crace and
published in The Guardian,
2002), typescript, published installments, 2002 (*oversize
clipping removed to box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.1 |
|
|
|
|
My Dad, Black Rock and Me [variously
titled The Tale of the Lighthouse Keeper’s
Dad], corrected poem, undated
|
|
|
|
|
A & N Ltd: Photocopying [variously
titled Intact]
|
|
|
|
|
|
Intact
|
| Container |
|
|
| 27.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Early typescript, undated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revised typescript, undated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Typescript, September 1975 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Typescript, undated |
|
|
|
|
|
A & N Ltd: Photocopying
|
| Container |
|
|
| * |
|
|
|
|
|
Revised typescript, undated (*oversize sheets
removed to flat file)
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revised typescript, undated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revised typescript, July 1976 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Typescript, undated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revised typescript, August 1976 |
|
|
|
|
| 27.3 |
|
|
|
"Annie, California
Plates" [variously titled Annie]
(published in The New Review,
June 1974 and The New Review
Anthology, 1985), typescript drafts, proofs,
publication copy, 1973-1974, undated
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.4 |
|
|
|
"Helter Skelter, Hang
Sorrow, Care’ll Kill a Cat" (published in The New Review, December 1975,
Cosmopolitan, October
1978 and Introduction 6: Stories by
New Writers, 1977), typescript, publication
copy, 1975, undated
|
|
|
|
|
P-Z, untitled |
| Container |
|
|
| 27.5 |
|
|
|
|
"Pycletius"
(invented entry printed in Oxford
Companion to English Literature),
typescript, copy of entry, correspondence,
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Seven Ages"
(published in Quarto,
June 1980 and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 as "Middling,"
1981)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 27.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
"Seven
Ages," publication copy, 1980
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Middling,"
typescript, copy, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Sins and
Virtues" (published in London Review of Books, 20 August-2
September 1981 and as a chapter in Continent), publication
copy, 1981
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Supper
Serbian" (unfinished poem), typescript,
undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Talking Skull"
(published in Quarto,
August 1981 and as a chapter in Continent), typescript copy, publication
copy, 1981, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Three Sailors, Three
Seas" (poem), typescript, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Too Young for
Funerals" (published in Harvard Review, No. 28,
2005), typescript, page proofs, 2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Windows"
(published in Moz-Art,
October-January 1981-1982), circa 1981
|
|
|
|
|
|
Untitled unfinished theatre script, notes,
undated
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.6* |
|
|
|
"Refugees"
[variously titled Refugee] (published in
Socialist Challenge,
15-31 December 1977), typescript story drafts, typescript
script draft, publication clipping, 1971-1977 (*oversize
clipping and newspaper removed to oversize boxes
45-46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.7 |
|
|
|
Rough Sleepers [variously titled
It Could Be Worse and My Nights
with God] (unfinished story written for Penguin
60th anniversary project), drafts, notes, 1995
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.8 |
|
|
|
"Sportsman,"
typescript drafts, 1971
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.9 |
|
|
|
"Wrath" (Opera
North production), drafts, correspondence, 2003
|
|
|
|
Essays, Introductions, Articles
|
|
|
|
|
A-Z, untitled |
| Container |
|
|
| 27.10 |
|
|
|
|
"1979: Hearts of
Oak" (published in 21: 21
Picador Authors Celebrate, 1993),
publication photocopy, 1993
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Bridport Prize Judges Short Story Report]
(published in Bridport
Anthology, 2004 and on Bridport Prize Web site,
2004), 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Chesterton the Radical] (published in the Sunday Telegraph, 13
February 2000), publication, 2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crossing Borders: New Writing from Africa, "Genesis of 'The Prospect from
the Silver Hill," (published by British
Council, circa 2005), circa 2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
Electricity by Ray
Robinson (dust jacket quote), dust jacket, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.10* |
|
|
|
|
"Have You Seen Our
Chicken?" (published in The New Review, The Independent on Sunday,
2007), typescript, publication, 2007 (*publication
removed to box 45)
|
|
|
|
|
| 27.10 |
|
|
|
|
Introduction to Modern
Baptists by James Wilcox (Penguin Modern
Classics, 2005), email, notebook, typescript, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Jim Crace on Robinson
Crusoe" (published in Financial Times Magazine, 2007), email,
typescript, Web publication, publication,
2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Liar’s Trilogy, typescript,
undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"New Buildings Have No
Beauty or Courage" (published in The Birmingham Post, 29 June
2000), publication, 2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sea Fever (published as "Tide and Prejudice" in
Condé Nast
Traveller, October 1999), typescript,
undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Simple Thing:
Scissors" (published in House & Garden,
2002), correspondence, research and notes, drafts,
publication, 2001-2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
[Six Grim Words], manuscript,
correspondence, 2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
[six word story] (published in
The Guardian Weekend,
24 March 2007), letter, publication, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
Titles (published as "Two Looks, One Book" in
The Author, Autumn
2003), typescript draft
|
|
|
|
|
|
Write Your First Book--in 12 Easy
Steps, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Untitled [book suggestions], Waterstone’s Magazine, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
Untitled [Roget’s Thesaurus], Sunday Telegraph, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Untitled [Christmas Books], Sunday Telegraph, 2003
|
|
|
|
|
|
Untitled [His Life is a Dull Autobiography],
undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Untitled [British Council Library], undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Favorite books and items, assorted clippings,
circa 2000s
|
|
|
|
|
The Daily Telegraph
travel articles
|
| Container |
|
|
| 27.11 |
|
|
|
|
[Gomers], drafts and notes, circa
1995
|
|
|
|
|
|
Israel (published as "Tempted to Follow in the Steps of Christ,"
13 May 1995), drafts, letters, clipping,
1995
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mauritius (published as "Mauritius for Your
Money," 22 October 1995), drafts, letters,
clipping, 1995
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tasmania (published as "It’s Heaven to be Left Off the
Map," 14 January 1995), drafts, letters,
clipping, 1994-1995
|
|
|
|
|
| 28.1 |
|
|
|
Enfield (published as "The Green, Green Grass of
Home" in The Sunday Times
Magazine, 15 October 2006), correspondence,
research and notes, drafts, publication, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
| 28.2 |
|
|
|
"Love, Hate &
Kicking Ass" (published in The Guardian and Amazon Shorts, 2007), email,
drafts, notes, Web publication regarding The Pesthouse,
2006-2007
|
|
|
|
|
| 28.3 |
|
|
|
"The Secrets of My
Success" (excerpt published in the Eastern Daily Press, 2004 and
in-full in The Guardian, 2005
and Amazon Shorts, 2007), clipping and Web publications,
2004-2007
|
|
|
|
|
"Waiting for a
Miracle" (published in The
Sunday Times Magazine, 22 January
2006)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 28.4 |
|
|
|
|
Email and ephemera, 2004-2005 |
|
|
|
|
| 28.5 |
|
|
|
|
Notebooks, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
| 28.6 |
|
|
|
|
Research, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
| 28.7 |
|
|
|
|
Research photographs of Cambodia, 2005
|
|
|
|
|
| 28.8 |
|
|
|
|
Notes, various drafts, email edits, publication,
2005-2006
|
|
|
Subseries C. Radio Scripts |
|
|
|
The Bird Has Flown [variously
titled Bent Eggs] (BBC Radio 4, Birmingham, Afternoon
Theatre, aired 28 October 1976)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 29.1 |
|
|
|
Bent Eggs, typescript, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 29.2 |
|
|
|
Early draft with corrections, January 1976 |
|
|
|
|
| 29.3 |
|
|
|
Revised draft, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 29.4 |
|
|
|
Revised draft with corrections, undated |
|
|
|
A Coat of Many Colours
[variously titled Salateen] (BBC Radio 4, Birmingham,
Saturday Night Theatre, aired 24 March 1979)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 29.5 |
|
|
|
Salateen, typescript copy,
undated
|
|
|
|
|
| 29.6 |
|
|
|
Typescript, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 29.7 |
|
|
|
Typescript with corrections and production schedules,
1979
|
|
|
|
|
| 29.8 |
|
|
The Friends of Botany, typescript, copy,
letter, 1982, undated
|
|
|
|
Middling (previously published
as "Seven Ages" and published in
Quarto, June 1980), two copies, 2
February 1981
|
|
|
|
School Broadcasts, BBC Radio 4 |
|
|
|
|
An African Casebook
|
| Container |
|
|
| 29.9 |
|
|
|
|
#1, "Africa Before the
White Man," 21 July 1973
|
|
|
|
|
|
#3, "Traders," 17
August 1973
|
|
|
|
|
|
Letter, printed lesson |
|
|
|
|
By the People for the People
|
| Container |
|
|
| 29.10 |
|
|
|
|
#3, "On the
Knocker," 7 November 1977
|
|
|
|
|
|
#6, "The Minister,"
11 January 1978
|
|
|
|
|
Health and Hygiene, "Water and Waste" (2 drafts), 20
July 1976
|
|
|
|
|
Inquiry |
|
|
|
|
|
"The Family Today"
|
| Container |
|
|
| 29.11 |
|
|
|
|
|
#4, "Old Way of Life
in Africa" (2 drafts), 5 November
1971
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
#5, "Change in the
African Family," 22 November 1971
|
|
|
|
|
|
"A Place Fit to Live In:
Whose Decision?" (parts 1 & 2), 10
September 1972
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Violence: Man-the
Aggressive Animal?," 30 November 1971
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Private Man: Us and
Them," 11 February 1974
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Fleet Street" (2
drafts), 17 July 1978
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Dead Loss" (2
drafts), 4 January 1980
|
|
|
|
|
Material for Assembly |
| Container |
|
|
| 30.1 |
|
|
|
|
"The Kingdom Within:
African Traditions," 7 August 1973
|
|
|
|
|
|
"A Chance to
Listen," 3 June 1974
|
|
|
|
|
|
"The World of Faith:
African Creation Stories" [variously titled
African Religious Myths] (2 drafts), 21
April 1976
|
|
|
|
|
People of the World,
"North Africa: Peter’s First
Ramadan," 20 January 1972
|
|
|
|
|
Quest
|
| Container |
|
|
| 30.1 |
|
|
|
|
"Exploring the
Shore" [variously titled Along the
Shore], 1 September 1976
|
|
|
|
|
|
"The Open Seas," 1
September 1976
|
|
|
|
|
The World of Work
|
| Container |
|
|
| 30.2 |
|
|
|
|
#1, "Ronnie Gets a
Job" (2 drafts), 3 October 1978
|
|
|
|
|
|
#2, "Ronnie Learns the
Hard Way," 10 October 1978
|
|
|
|
|
|
#3, "Ronnie Settles
In," 13 October 1978
|
|
|
|
|
Untitled Series |
| Container |
|
|
| 30.2 |
|
|
|
|
#1, The Typing Pool Versus the
Microprocessor, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
#2, The Newly Redundant Versus the Newly
Employed. New Jobs for Old, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
#3, The Manual Worker Versus the Silicon
Chip, undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fragment, undated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series IV. Career and Personal,
1954-2008, undated
|
| Container |
|
|
| 35.1 |
|
Address Books |
|
|
Calendars |
| Container |
|
|
| 35.2 |
|
|
1972-1973, 1977-1987 |
|
|
|
|
| 35.3 |
|
|
1988-1996 |
|
|
|
|
| 35.4 |
|
|
1997-2002 |
|
|
|
|
| 35.5 |
|
|
2003-2007 |
|
|
Childhood, School, and University Papers |
| Container |
|
|
| 35.6* |
|
|
Birmingham Sun clippings,
cartoons, photographs, 1967-1972 (*clippings and cartoon removed to
box 46)
|
|
|
|
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and other political
activities
|
| Container |
|
|
| 35.7 |
|
|
|
"Against the Bomb"
[Crace is pictured on the cover and is editor], circa
1961
|
|
|
|
|
| 35.7* |
|
|
|
Publications and clippings, 1961-1967 (*oversize
newspaper removed to box 46)
|
|
|
|
Enfield Grammar School |
| Container |
|
|
| 35.8 |
|
|
|
Magazine page, undated |
|
|
|
|
Sixth Sense (unofficial
magazine), undated
|
|
|
|
|
Romeo and Juliet program
drawn by Crace, 1963
|
|
|
|
|
| 35.9 |
|
|
‘English Literature Essays,’ circa 1960s |
|
|
|
|
| 35.10 |
|
|
Letter and posters, 1967, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 35.11 |
|
|
Maps, three hand-drawn of invented territories, circa
1955-1956
|
|
|
|
|
| 36.1 |
|
|
School reports, 1954-1963 |
|
|
|
|
| 36.2 |
|
Crace, Lauren; acting material, handmade card, circa
2000s
|
|
|
|
|
| 36.3 |
|
David Godwin Associates author directory, circa 2000 |
|
|
|
|
| 36.4 |
|
Drawings of Crace, photocopies, circa 1990s-2008 |
|
|
Ephemera |
| Container |
|
|
| 36.5 |
|
|
University documents, visas and travel documents,
identification cards, press credentials [removed from green file],
1966-1988
|
|
|
|
|
| 36.6-7 |
|
|
Travel tickets, check book, identification card, 1969-2006
|
|
|
Eulogies |
| Container |
|
|
| 36.8 |
|
|
[Dennis Patrick Lynch], typescript and program, 2006
|
|
|
|
[Edith "Jane" Holland Crace],
typescript, 2004
|
|
|
Honors |
| Container |
|
|
| 36.9* |
|
|
American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1996 E. M. Forster
Award, 1996-1997 (*photograph removed to box 46)
|
|
|
|
Atlantic Center for the Arts, 2004 Master Artists in
Residence
|
| Container |
|
|
| 36.10 |
|
|
|
Contract, brochures, maps, email, card, photographs,
2003-2004
|
|
|
|
|
| 36.11 |
|
|
|
Watercolor by Crace, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
| 36.12 |
|
|
Fondazione Premio Napoli; also contains typescript
[Illegality and Felix Mondazy], 2004
|
|
|
|
|
| 36.13 |
|
|
Grinzane Cavour Award (Premio Grinzane Cavour); bound
articles, 2004
|
|
|
|
|
| 37.1 |
|
|
International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, 1998-1999
|
|
|
|
|
| 37.2 |
|
|
Le Prince Maurice Prize, 2008 |
|
|
|
University of Birmingham, Honorary Doctor of Letters
|
| Container |
|
|
| 37.3 |
|
|
|
Correspondence, speeches, program, photographs,
2002-2003
|
|
|
|
|
| 37.4 |
|
|
|
Award, 13 December 2002 |
|
|
|
|
| 37.5* |
|
|
University of Central England in Birmingham, Honorary Degree
of Doctor of the University, 1999-2000 (*diploma tube removed to
personal effects)
|
|
|
|
|
| 37.6* |
|
|
University of Texas at Austin, James A. Michener Center for
Writers, Michener Residency Award, 2007-2008 (*poster and oversize
clipping removed to box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 37.7 |
|
|
Whitbread First Novel Prize; program and seals, 1986
|
|
|
Interviews with, Articles and Clippings about Crace |
| Container |
|
|
| 37.8* |
|
|
1979, 1988-1999, undated (*oversize newspaper removed to box
46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 37.9* |
|
|
2000-2004, undated (*oversize newspaper and poster removed to
box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 37.10 |
|
|
2005-2008, undated |
|
|
|
|
| 37.11* |
|
|
"Belief" (BBC Radio 3),
2007-2008 (*audio recording removed to sound recording
collection)
|
|
|
|
|
| 37.12-13 |
|
|
Notebooks; contain transcripts and copies of interviews,
articles, publicity quotes, reader’s forums, manuscripts, clippings
of short writings, biographical material, letters, 2000-2002
|
|
|
|
|
| 38.1 |
|
|
‘U.S. Choice Reviews’ contains reviews for Continent, Arcadia, and Gift of
Stones, 1987-1992
|
|
|
Invitations |
| Container |
|
|
| 38.2 |
|
|
General, 2007-2008 |
|
|
|
The Immortality Auction, 2000 |
|
|
Juvenilia and Early Works |
|
|
|
‘Adolescent/Immature Fiction Pieces and Poems 1966-1974’
|
| Container |
|
|
| 38.3 |
|
|
|
African poems, 1968-1969 |
|
|
|
|
Mixed Doubles for the Kids and untitled
fragments, undated
|
|
|
|
|
Drama Drama Drama (script),
undated
|
|
|
|
|
Sherlock Holmes, undated |
|
|
|
|
Untitled fragments, undated |
|
|
|
|
The Theory and Practice of Non-violent
Resistance, undated
|
|
|
|
|
Notebook |
| Container |
|
|
| 38.4 |
|
|
|
|
[African Trilogy:] "Salateen" [variously titled "A Coat of
Many Colours"], "Presumptions,"
"Discoveries," synopsis,
undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
"Château
Libertas," 1965
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weeping with Joy [variously titled
"Middling"], undated
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes and fragments |
|
|
|
|
| 38.5 |
|
|
The Cat with Two Tails (unproduced television
script co-authored with Mic Yates), handwritten and typescript
drafts, 1973
|
|
|
|
Easy Terms (unproduced television series co-
authored with Mic Yates) [variously titled Hard
Terms], episode scripts, undated
|
| Container |
|
|
| 38.6 |
|
|
|
Synopsis |
|
|
|
|
Cheese and Port Wine, bound
typescripts
|
|
|
|
|
| 38.6-7 |
|
|
|
The Essay, composite script, typescript,
bound typescript
|
|
|
|
|
| 38.7 |
|
|
|
Fit for the Family, typescript |
|
|
|
|
Blind Date, typescript fragment for series
Hard Terms and composite manuscript
|
|
|
|
|
The Party, typescript |
|
|
|
|
Tickets for Two [for series Hard
Terms], typescript
|
|
|
|
|
| 38.8 |
|
|
|
Notebook with handwritten drafts |
|
|
|
|
| 39.1 |
|
|
A Shortened Pyramid (abandoned novel), outline
and composite manuscript
|
|
|
|
|
| 39.2 |
|
|
Notebook with handwritten and typescript notes and fragments,
undated
|
|
|
|
Assorted Works |
| Container |
|
|
| 39.3 |
|
|
|
Harrie and Glad (poem),
undated
|
|
|
|
|
Untitled plot synopsis, undated |
|
|
|
|
Untitled poem, undated |
|
|
|
|
Skopje (poem), undated |
|
|
|
|
The Geranium (poem), undated |
|
|
|
|
Untitled poems, undated |
|
|
|
|
Untitled fragment, undated |
|
|
|
|
Aberfan: Wise After the Event (editorial
published as "Aberfan:
After-thought" in Spectrum, Autumn 1966 [a publication of The Guild of
Students, Aston University]), typescript and publication,
1966
|
|
|
|
|
| 39.4-6* |
|
Photographs, circa 1980s-2008 (*oversize photograph removed to
box 46)
|
|
|
Public Appearances and Book Festivals |
| Container |
|
|
| 39.7* |
|
|
'Lecture Notes'; speech drafts, note fragments, letters,
circa 1990s (*oversize newspaper removed to box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 39.8 |
|
|
Speeches, 2004-2006 |
|
|
|
|
| 40.1* |
|
|
Birmingham Festival of Readers and Writers, 1983-1984
(*oversize newspapers and poster removed to boxes 45-46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 40.2* |
|
|
Courses, Readings and Cheltenham International Jazz Festival,
"Jazz in the Devil’s Larder,"
1993, 2004-2007 (*posters removed to box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 40.3 |
|
|
Book Festival programs, 1989-2007 |
|
|
|
|
| 40.4 |
|
|
Aedean Conference, University of Coruna, 2007-2008
|
|
|
|
|
| 40.5 |
|
|
Hay Festival and Nestlé boycott, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
| 40.6-7 |
|
Publisher’s and book catalogs and brochures, 1989-2007
|
|
|
|
|
| 41.1* |
|
Salman Rushdie; outgoing letter, clippings, 1989 (*clipping
removed to box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
| 41.2* |
|
Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO), Sudan; letters, scripts, pupil
handbook, 1968-1969 (*photograph, map and newspaper removed to box
46)
|
|
|
Watercolor paintings, Isles of Scilly |
| Container |
|
|
| 41.3 |
|
|
Notebook, 2008 |
|
|
|
|
| 41.4* |
|
|
Loose paintings, 2007-2008 (*oversize painting on a napkin
removed to box 46)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series VI. Magazines and Newspapers,
1933-2008 (bulk
1967-2008)
|
| Container |
|
|
| 41.12 |
|
Inserts removed from books, magazines, audio, circa 2000-2006
|
|
|
Arts Report
|
| Container |
|
|
| 45 |
|
|
No. 18, December 1982-January 1983 (contains article about
Crace)
|
|
|
|
No. 26, October 1983 |
|
|
|
No. 27, November 1983 |
|
|
|
No. 28, December 1983-January 1984 |
|
|
|
Supplement, New Writing, No.
1, November 1983
|
|
|
|
|
| 42.1 |
|
The Author, Vol. CXIV, No. 3,
Autumn 2003 (contains essay "Two Looks, One
Book")
|
|
|
The Believer, No. 9, December
2003-January 2004 (contains interview)
|
|
|
|
|
| 46 |
|
Birmingham, catalog accompanying
art exhibit, July-September 2001 (contains excerpt from Arcadia)
|
|
|
|
|
| 42.1 |
|
Birmingham Arts Lab, 1998
(contains essay "Birmingham Arts Lab:
Remembered")
|
|
|
Birmingham Sun
|
| Container |
|
|
| 45 |
|
|
24 January 1967 |
|
|
|
7 February 1967 |
|
|
|
21 February 1967 and supplement |
|
|
|
7 March 1967 |
|
|
|
14 March 1967 |
|
|
|
25 April 1967 |
|
|
|
9 May 1967 |
|
|
|
23 May 1967 |
|
|
|
3 October 1967 |
|
|
|
17 October 1967 |
|
|
|
24 October 1967 |
|
|
|
31 October 1967 |
|
|
|
7 November 1967 |
|
|
Bomb
|
| Container |
|
|
| 42.1 |
|
|
Spring 1998 (contains an excerpt from Quarantine)
|
|
|
|
|
| 42.2 |
|
|
Spring 2000 (contains interview) |
|
|
Bookforum
|
| Container |
|
|
| 45 |
|
|
Vol. 13, No. 2, June-September 2006 (contains contribution to
article "The First
Novel")
|
|
|
|
Vol. 14, No. 1, April-May 2007 (contains article about and
review of The Pesthouse)
|
|
|
Books Quarterly
|
| Container |
|
|
| 42.2 |
|
|
No. 13, 2004 (contains "Summer
Reading")
|
|
|
|
No. 23, 2007 (contains review of The
Pesthouse)
|
|
|
The Bookseller, 18 May
2001(contains marketing material for The Devil’s
Larder)
|
|
|
|
|
| 42.3 |
|
Condé Nast Traveller,
October 1999 (contains essay "Tide and
Prejudice")
|
|
|
Encounter, February 1985 (contains
short story "Electricity")
|
|
|
The Fiction Magazine, Vol. 5, No.
7, September 1986 (contains excerpt from Continent, "The World with One
Eye Shut")
|
|
|
Financial Times Magazine, 6
January 2008 (contains "Small
Talk")
|
|
|
|
|
| 42.4 |
|
Gold Dust, Spring 2006 (contains
interview)
|
|
|
The Guardian
|
| Container |
|
|
| 42.3 |
|
|
G2, 10 April 2007 (contains
article about Crace)
|
|
|
|
|
| 45 |
|
|
Review, 5 February 2005
(contains article "The Secrets of My
Success")
|
|
|
|
|
| 42.4 |
|
|
Weekend, 25 August 2001
(contains article about Crace)
|
|
|
Harper’s, Fall 2001 (contains
excerpt from The Devil’s Larder, "No Need to Starve")
|
|
|
Health & Homeopathy,
Autumn 1995
|
|
|
|
|
| 45 |
|
Il Mattino, 18 September 2004
(contains short story "La felicità
del brivido di gioventù," Italian title for "Too Young for Funerals")
|
|
|
The Independent on Sunday
|
|
|
|
ABC
|
| Container |
|
|
| 45 |
|
|
|
2 May 2004 (contains short story "Wrath") |
|
|
|
|
18 March 2007 (contains interview) |
|
|
|
The New Review, 23 December
2007 (contains essay "Have You Seen Our
Chicken?")
|
|
|
|
The Sunday Review, 13 July
1997 (contains short story "Eating
Roots")
|
|
|
|
|
| 42.4 |
|
Ink, 2 January 2004 (contains
interview)
|
|
|
|
|
| 42.5 |
|
Island, No. 55, Winter 1993,
(contains excerpt from The Signals of
Distress)
|
|
|
John O’London’s Weekly, 24 June
1933
|
|
|
Knack, 7 January 2004 (contains
article about Crace)
|
|
|
|
|
| 43.1 |
|
La Licorne, special supplement,
1990 (contains article about Crace)
|
|
|
Literary Review
|
| Container |
|
|
| 43.1 |
|
|
September 2001 (contains review of The
Devil’s Larder)
|
|
|
|
September 2003 (contains review of Six)
|
|
|
Livros, June 2001 (contains
article about Crace and review of Being
Dead)
|
|
|
London Magazine, August-September
1986 (contains short story "On
Heat")
|
|
|
|
|
| 45 |
|
London Review of Books, Vol. 3,
No. 15, 20 August-2 September 1981 (contains short story "Sins and Virtues")
|
|
|
Midlands Arts Centre Canon Hill, The
Birmingham Post, 9 March 1983
|
|
|
|
|
| 43.2 |
|
Moz-Art, October-January 1981-1982
(contains short story "Windows")
|
|
|
National Geographic Special Edition:
Water, November 1993
|
|
|
The New Review
|
| Container |
|
|
| 43.2 |
|
|
Vol. 1, No. 3, June 1974 (contains short story "Annie, California
Plates")
|
|
|
|
Vol. 2, No. 21, December 1975 (contains short story "Helter Skelter, Hang Sorrow, Care’ll Kill a
Cat")
|
|
|
|
|
| 43.2-3 |
|
|
Vol. 3, No. 25, April 1976 (contains short story "Cross-Country") |
|
|
|
|
| 43.3 |
|
New Scientist, July 2001 (contains
excerpt from The Devil’s Larder)
|
|
|
The New Yorker, 7 May
2001(contains short story "Digestions")
|
|
|
Newsweek, 1 May 1989 (contains
review of The Gift of Stones)
|
|
|
Observer Magazine, 18 December
1988 (contains story about Crace)
|
|
|
|
|
| 43.4 |
|
The Paris Review, No. 167, Fall
2003 (contains interview "The Art of Fiction
CLXXIX")
|
|
|
|
|
| 44.1 |
|
Picture Post, Vol. 10, No. 1, 4
January 1941
|
|
|
|
|
| 45 |
|
Publishing News, 23 January 1987
(contains article about Crace)
|
|
|
Quarto
|
| Container |
|
|
| 45 |
|
|
No. 3, February 1980 (contains review of Old Soldiers by Paul Bailey)
|
|
|
|
No. 4, March 1980 (contains review of Metroland by Julian Barnes; Puffball by Fay Weldon; In Evil
Hour by Gabriel García
Márquez)
|
|
|
|
No. 5, April 1980 (contains review of The Little Disturbances of Man by Grace Paley; The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood;
Life Before Man by Margaret
Atwood; From the Fifteenth District
by Mavis Gallant)
|
|
|
|
No. 7, June 1980 (contains short story "Seven Ages") |
|
|
|
No. 8, July 1980 (contains review of Fantastic Invasion by Patrick Marnham)
|
|
|
|
No. 10, September 1980 (contains review of Season of Migration to the North and
The Wedding of Zein by Tayeb
Salih)
|
|
|
|
No. 16, April 1981 (contains review of Black Sunlight by Dambudzo Marechera and The Non-Believer’s Journey by S.
Nyamfukudza)
|
|
|
|
No. 20, August 1981 (contains short story "Talking Skull") |
|
|
|
|
| 44.2 |
|
The Radio Times, 18-24 December
1982 (contains article "Scene of
Discovery")
|
|
|
Raw Edge, Autumn-Fall 1995
(contains excerpt from The Devil’s
Larder, "The Slow Digestions of
Night")
|
|
|
|
|
| 44.3 |
|
Seventh Quark, 31 January 2005
(contains short story "Annie, California
Plates")
|
|
|
|
|
| 45 |
|
Socialist Challenge, 15-31
December 1977 (contains short story "Refugees")
|
|
|
|
|
| 44.3 |
|
The Spectator, 17 March 2007
(contains review of The Pesthouse)
|
|
|
The Tablet, 14 April 2007
(contains review of The Pesthouse)
|
|
|
Telegraph Sunday Magazine
|
| Container |
|
|
| 44.3 |
|
|
No. 130, 18 March 1979 (contains article "For Some, Home is Where the Boat
Is")
|
|
|
|
No. 437, 10 March 1985 (contains article "What Sort of Land Do We Live
In?")
|
|
|
|
|
| 45 |
|
The Times, Metro (London), 18-24 September 1999 (contains story about
Crace)
|
|
|
The Times Literary Supplement, 9
March 2007 (contains review of The
Pesthouse)
|
|
|
|
|
| 44.4 |
|
Tin House, Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall
2003 (contains an excerpt from Genesis
entitled "Never")
|
|
|
|
|
| 44.5 |
|
Vogue, October 1989
|
|
|
|
|
| 44.6 |
|
The Week, 12 January 2008,
(contains "Best Books…Jim
Crace")
|
|
|
What's On
|
| Container |
|
|
| 44.6 |
|
|
1-14 November 1986 (contains article about Crace)
|
|
|
|
25 September-8 October 2004 (contains interview) |
|
|
|
20 October-2 November 2007(contains interview) |
|
|
Word, No. 24, February 2005
(contains "Word of Mouth")
|
|
|
The World & I, August 1998
(contains excerpt from Quarantine)
|