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Unpublished novel 'Undercurrents': draft (typescript) and preparatory material

MS. 23701/36

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Title

Unpublished novel 'Undercurrents': draft (typescript) and preparatory material

Shelfmark

MS. 23701/36

Summary

Unfinished novel by Celia which she was probably working on in the 1950s-1960s. Includes notes taken from Celia's teenage diaries and letters.

This box contains:

Draft (typescript) of chapter I, 'The house where I was born', 1950s-1960s

Preparatory material including original pages extracted from diaries and letters. Includes letters from Celia Furse, Margaret Bridges and Olive Rendel (with specific references to her Aunt, Rose Paul), 1899-1960s

Preparatory material mainly relating to Northumbria, including original letters from Margaret Bridges, 1905-1960s

Date

1899-1960s

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box

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Collection contents

Newbolt and Furse family archive

Papers of Celia Furse (née Newbolt)

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Unpublished novel 'Undercurrents': draft (typescript) and preparatory material

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