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Washington University in St. Louis
Finding-Aid for the Muriel Spark Papers (WTU00107)Finding aid prepared by:
Special Collections Staff
Summary Information
Muriel Spark Papers
Spark, Muriel
ca. 200 items
WTU00107
Language: English
Washington University in St.
Louis
St. Louis, MO 63130
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Copyright to large portions of the collection held by Muriel Spark
Processed by Washington University Department Special Collections Staff ca. 1990.
EAD encoded finding-aid complete December, 2001
Preferred CitationMuriel Spark Papers, Washington University in St. Louis
Biography
Muriel Spark is a native of Edinburgh, Scotland who has been a professional
writer since the 1940's. She has written 15 novels, three volumes of poetry,
several nonfiction studies, and numerous short stories, essays, and reviews.
Her earliest work was for the British political intelligence office at the
end of the Second World War and by the early 1950's, Spark was recognized
as a poet and critic, although she had not yet produced any serious fiction.
The winning of a fiction-writing contest in 1951 and the encouragement of
her publisher led to her career as a novelist. Her first novel, The Comforters,
was published in 1957. Since then she has written 17 novels, many of which
are influenced by her religious views (she converted to Roman Catholicism
in the early 1950's) and most of which have been well-received by public and
critics. Several of her novels have been adapted for the stage, film, and
television, the best-known being The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961) which
appeared on Broadway and in a film version.
Collection Scope and Content Note
Scope and Contents Note
The bulk of the Spark Papers consist of correspondence between Spark and
British poet Derek Stanford, and correspondence between Spark and her literary
agent. Correspondence with other literary figures is also included, as well
as drafts of several poems and essays by Spark. Also present are two small
notebooks bearing Spark's autograph notes which include drafts of poems.
Subject Terms
Contents List
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I. General Correspondence. [series]:
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I.1 Correspondence with Derek Stanford
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 1p; TD) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( TLS, 1p; TD) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS; TD) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( TLS, 1p) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 2pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 4pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 4pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 6pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 2pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 17pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( TLS, 1p) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( TLS, 2pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( TLS, 1p) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ACS) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 2pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 4pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 2pp) |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/1 |
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( ALS, 8pp)
Scope: Enc: Autograph poem by Derek Stanford
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Spark, Muriel to Stanford, Derek
( TLS) |
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I.2 Correspondence with John Smith
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| box-folder 1/7 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2 pp)
Scope: Encloses the Patrick Bronte ms. by the Rev. W.T. D
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| box-folder 1/7 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1 p) |
| box-folder 1/7 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2 pp) |
| box-folder 1/7 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2 pp) |
| box-folder 1/7 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1 p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1 p)
Scope: n.d. c.Summer 1960?
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| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 4 pp)
Scope: n.d., c.late Oct. 1960
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| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2 pp) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2 pp) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2 pp) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1 p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1 p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1 p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1 p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1 p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2 pp) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 3 pp) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2 pp) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1 p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TL, 1 p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/8 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 3pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 4pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 7pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 4pp) |
| box-folder 1/9 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 3pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 11pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/10 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/11 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/11 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 4pp) |
| box-folder 1/11 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/11 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/11 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( AL, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/11 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/11 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/11 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/11 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/12 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 7pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 3pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2p) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 4pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 4pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/13 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 3pp) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS) |
| box-folder 1/14 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp) |
| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 7pp)
Scope: Discusses contract arrangements with Macmillan and strategy with Macmillan and Lippincott.
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p)
Scope: Asks Smith to return enclosure and keep contents secret.
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp)
Scope: Thanks him for cheque.
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p)
Scope: Note accompanying a tape.
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 2pp)
Scope: Encloses letter from Maurice [Macmillan?).
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p)
Scope: Note accompanying a letter from Paul [Scott?]
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 1p)
Scope: Discusses contract arrangements with BBC.
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p)
Scope: Encloses signed contract.
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p)
Scope: Encloses revisions (to a contract?)
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( TLS, 2pp)
Scope: Encloses copy of letter to Books and Bookment concerning unauthorized publication.
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ALS, 1p)
Scope: Note accompanying a copy of letter to Macmillan.
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| box-folder 1/15 |
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Spark, Muriel to Smith, John
( ACS)
Scope: Encloses copies of a letter.
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| box-folder 1/2 |
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II. Business Correspondence [series]:
(65 items)
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| box-folder 1/2 |
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II.1 Correspondence with Publishers
(65 items)
Scope: Correspondence between Derek Stanford and Muriel Spark and various publishers
concerning proposals for reprints of Elizabeth Gaskell, Dorothy Wordsworth,
Jane Austin, and Mary Shelley. Includes proposals
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III. Manuscripts by Muriel Spark [series]:
(13 items)
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| box-folder 1/3 |
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III.1 Typescript Essays and Reviews
(11 items) |
| box-folder 1/5 |
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III.2 Notebooks
(2 items)
Scope: Two journals from 1949-50.
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| box-folder 1/4 |
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IV. Manuscripts, Typescripts, and correspondence related to Derek
Stanford [series]:
(11 items) |
| box-folder 1/6 |
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V. Miscellany [series]:
(10 items)
Scope: Clippings, tearsheets, photos, galleys, etc.
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