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Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
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Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

  • AdamsDN
  • Fonds
  • 1952-2002

The collection contains literary papers, including notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of sketches, novels and scripts; personal papers, including school and university work, notebooks, and ephemera; audio-visual material; and personal effects and artefacts, spanning from Douglas Adams's childhood to his death in 2001. In addition there is a quantity of press cuttings postdating his death. Media other than paper include sound recordings (chiefly reel-to-reel studio tapes; some cassettes); photographs, 35 mm transparencies and plastic negatives (a large quantity of photographic material is from 'Last Chance to See'); and digital backup tapes.

Adams, Douglas Noël (1952-2001) writer

Personal, Family and Business Material

  • AdamsDN/1
  • Series
  • 1954-2001 (Circa. The publication dates of some items precede Adams's birth: publication dates, rather than the unknown dates of acquisition, have been given for those items.)
  • Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams

Contents of this series include manuscript and printed papers, photographs, correspondence (personal and business) and school/university work; juvenilia; diaries and address books; other printed materials such as posters and Aston Martin publications; artefacts (personal effects, awards, etc.).

Medical documentation from Adams's childhood.

  1. Details of a medical examination. Discusses an attack of diarrhoea, Adams's use of his 'own laguage' (sic), and the possibility of 'mental deficiency'. 17 March 1954. Copied typescript.

  2. Letter to Dr [G.] Brooks from A.T. Fripp. Discusses a fracture in Adams's foot. 14 June 1954. Copied typescript.

  3. Letter to Dr G. Brooks from D.G. Leys. Discusses Adams's 'poor vocabulary'. 4 August 1954. Copied typescript.

  4. Letter to Dr A.R. Reid from Denis Browne. Discusses Adams's 'bad walking', and suggests remedies. 29 May 1956. Copied typescript.

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