Drafts of autobiography (incomplete chapters)
MS. 12110/23
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Drafts of autobiography (incomplete chapters)
Shelfmark
MS. 12110/23
Summary
Draft pages from autobiography arranged by chapter. Folders 1-2 contain draft pages on white paper, originally in red files labelled 'White Original'. Folder 3 contains draft pages on blue paper, showing page count for each chapter, originally in brown files.
Folder 1:
[Part] I, chapters: 1. Preface, 2. House of Commons 1945, 3. Clement Attlee, 4. Haileybury, Cambridge, and Yale, 5. India, Burma and Japan, 6. United Nations. Contains pages from chapters 2, 3 and 5 only.
[Part] II, chapters: 7. Air Ministry, 8. Home Office, 9. North Atlantic Assembly, 10. Nottingham, Lincoln & Kettering, 11. American Connection. Contains pages from chapters 8, 9, 10 and 11 only.
Folder 2:
[Part] III, chapter: 12. Ghana.
[Part] IV, chapter: 13. East Africa.
[Part] V, chapters: 14. Ethiopia, 15. Africa in General, 16. Mongolia, 17. China, 18. Languages, 19. The Palace and the Privy Council.
[Part] VI, chapters: 20. From the Norfolk Broads to the Mountains of the Moon, 21. Food & Drink, 22. A Mixed Bag, 23. Flags and anthems, 24. Council of Europe Assembly, 25. European Parliament, 26. Is Westminister the Mother of Parliaments. Original file does not list chapter 26.
Folder 3:
[Part] I, chapters: 1. Preface, 2. House of Commons 1945, 3. Clement Attlee, 4. Haileybury, Cambridge, and Yale, 5. India, Burma and Japan, 6. United Nations. Contains pages from chapters 2, 3 and 5 only.
[Part] II, chapter: 7. Air Ministry, 8. Home Office, 9. North Atlantic Assembly, 10. Nottingham, Lincoln & Kettering, 11. American Connection. Contains pages from chapters 8, 9, 10 and 11 only.
[Part] III, chapter: 12. Ghana.
[Part] IV, chapter: 13. East Africa.
[Part] V, chapters: 14. Ethiopia, 15. Africa in General, 16. Mongolia, 17. China, 18. Languages, 19. The Palace and the Privy Council.
[Part] VI, chapters: 20. From the Norfolk Broads to the Mountains of the Moon, 21. Food & Drink, 22. A Mixed Bag, 23. Flags and anthems, 24. Council of Europe Assembly, 25. European Parliament, 26. [Is Westminister the Mother of Parliaments].
Date
1958-[1983]
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (3 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Sir Geoffrey de Freitas
Drafts of autobiography The Slighter Side of a Long Public Life (published 1985), with background material
Drafts of autobiography (incomplete chapters)
