Born-digital drafts of Sampson's biography of Mandela
MS. Sampson digital 49
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Born-digital drafts of Sampson's biography of Mandela
Shelfmark
MS. Sampson digital 49
Summary
Word-processed drafts comprising:
(1) partial draft contents page, listing chapters 0-14, [?Nov. 1998]
(2) 'Mandela Biography: Contents, Part 1', partial draft contents page, listing chpaters 0-20 as delivered, [Nov. 1998]
(3) 'Mandela Biography: Contents, Part 1', partial draft contents page, listing chapters 0-21 as delivered and chapters 22-27 as yet to be delivered, [Dec. 1998]
(4) 'Introduction', draft of the main text, excluding acknowledgments, [Sept. 1998]
(5) partial draft of the introduction, [Oct. 1998]
(6) 'Prologue: The Last Hero', complete draft, [Oct. 1998]
(7) 'Chapter 1: Country Boy: 1918-1934', complete draft, [Oct. 1998]
(8) 'Chapter 2: Mission Boy: 1934-1940', complete draft, [Oct. 1998]
(9) 'Chapter 3: Big City', complete draft, [Oct. 1998]
(10) 'Chapter 4: Afrikaners V Africans: 1946-1949', complete draft, [Oct. 1998]
(11) 'Chapter 5: Nationalists V Communists: 1950-1951', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(12) 'Chapter 6: Defiance: 1952', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(13) 'Chapter 7: Lawyer And Revolutionary', partial draft of the start of chapter 7 and the end of chapter 2, [Sept. 1998]
(14) 'Chapter 6: Lawyer And Revolutionary: 1952-1954', partial draft of chapter 7, and part of chapter 9 relating to Winnie, [Nov. 1998]
(15) 'Chapter 7: Lawyer And Revolutionary: 1952-1954', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(16) 'Chapter 8: The Revolutionary Document', partial draft, [July 1990]
(17) draft of beginning of chapter 8, [?1998]
(18) draft of second half of chapter 8, [?1998]
(19) draft of second half of chapter 8, [?1998]
(20) 'Chapter 9: Collaboration And Resistance: 1955-1956', partial draft of chapter 8, [Oct. 1998]
(21) 'Chapter 8: Collaboration And Resistance: 1955-1956', draft of parts of chapters 8-9, [Nov. 1998]
(22) 'Chapter 8: The Meaning Of Freedom: 1953-1955', draft of parts of chapters 7-9, [Nov. 1998]
(23) 'Chapter 8: The Meaning Of Freedom: 1953-1955', draft of parts of chapters 8-10, [Nov. 1998]
(24) 'Chapter 8: The Meaning Of Freedom: 1953-1955', almost complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(25) 'Chap 10: Winnie And Treason', draft of parts of chapters 8-9, [Oct. 1998]
(26) 'Chapter 10: Winnie And Treason', draft of beginning of chapter 9, [Oct. 1998]
(27) 'Chapter 9: Winnie And Treason', complete draft, [Oct. 1998]
(28) 'Chapter 9: Treason and Winnie', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(29) 'Chapter 9: Treason And Winnie: 1955-1957', beginning of chapter 9, plus partial draft of the Introduction, [Nov. 1998]
(30) passage relating to Bram Fischer, became part of chapter 10, [Sept. 1998]
(31) 'Chapter 10: Dazzling Contender: 1957-1959', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(32) 'Chapter 11: The Revolution That Wasn't: 1960', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(33) 'Chapter 12: Violence: 1961', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(34) 'Chapter 13: Last Fling: 1962', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(35) 'Chapter 14: Crime And Punishment: 1963-1964', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(36) 'Chapter 15 Robben Island 1: Master of My Fate', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(37) Partial draft of chapter 15, fuller version than MS. AS Digital 8/10, [?Nov. 1998]
(38) 'Chapter 16 Robben Island 2: Steeled And Hardened', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(39) 'Chapter 17: Lady Into Amazon (1962-1976)', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(40) 'Chapter 18: The Shadowy Presence', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(41) 'Chapter 19: Black Consciousness', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(42) 'Chapter 20: Prison Charisma', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(43) 'Chapter 21: A Family Apart', complete draft, [Nov. 1998]
(44) 'Chapter 22: Prison Within A Prison', complete draft, [Dec. 1998]
(45) 'Chapter 23 Pollsmoor 1: Insurrection: 1982-1985', complete draft, [Dec. 1998]
(46) 'Chapter 24. Pollsmoor 2: The Problem Of Violence 1986-1988', complete draft, [Dec. 1998]
(47) 'Chapter 25: The Lost Leader 1986-1988', complete draft, [Dec. 1998]
(48) 'Chapter 26: 'Something Horribly Wrong' ', complete draft, [Dec. 1998]
(49) 'Chapter 27: Victor Verster: Prisoner V President: 1989', complete draft, [Dec. 1998]
(50) 'Chapter 29: From Revolutionary To Conciliator', complete draft, [Jan. 1999]
(51) 'Chapter 30: Third Force', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(52) 'Chapter 31: Exit Winnie', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(53) 'Chapter 32: Negotiating', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(54) 'Chapter 33: Election', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(55) 'Chapter 34: The Glorified Perch', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(56) 'Chapter 35: Governing', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(57) 'Chapter 36: Forgiving', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(58) 'Chapter 37: Withdrawing', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(59) 'Chapter 38: Graca', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(60) 'Chapter 39: Mandela's World', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(61) 'Chapter 40: Mandela-Land', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(62) 'Chapter 41: Image And Reality', complete draft, [Feb. 1999]
(63) 'Bibliography', partial draft bibliography of published and unpublished works, [Sept. 1998]
Date
Sep. 1998-Feb. 1999
Language
English
Physical facet
Format: digital
Physical extent
63 items
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Collection contents
Material relating to publications
Books
Material relating to Mandela: The Authorised Biography (London: HarperCollins, 1999)
Born-digital drafts of Sampson's biography of Mandela
