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Spy's Bedside Book, 1955 - 1971

 Sub-subseries

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The Literary Works series consists of clippings, correspondence, ephemera, literary manuscripts, legal documents, published materials, and reviews concerning Greene’s writing.

In addition to children’s books, editorial work, essays and articles, films scripts, introductions, letters to the editor and editorials, nonfiction, novels, plays, poetry, reviews, short stories, radio scripts, and television scripts, lists of complimentary copies of works sent out to Greene’s acquaintances are included.

The “Remembering Series” was individual articles published in separate publications, but later republished serially in the Daily Telegraph (1974-1975).

Greene edited An Impossible Woman, the memoir of his friend, Dr. Elisabeth Moor; his correspondence with her during is filed in this series, as are introductions he wrote for works by other authors.

Dates

  • Creation: 1955 - 1971

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials in this collection are primarily in English, with small amounts of Czech, French, German, Polish, Spanish, and possibly Chinese, Kikuyu, Swahili, and Vietnamese.

Access Note

Collection is open for research; some folders are closed for privacy or condition concerns. Audiovisual materials may not be immediately available due to formatting issues. End dates for restrictions are indicated at the folder-level.

Full Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (1 container)

Repository Details

Part of the John J. Burns Library Repository

Contact:
John J. Burns Library
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill MA 02467 USA
617-552-4861