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- 1967-1975 (Circa,)
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
Brown Walker's address book.
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
Brown Walker's address book.
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
'Rehearsal Script' of 'Shada' episode 1.
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
Typescript.
Draft material for The Meaning of Liff.
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
Place names and definitions. Also includes: a draft script for a conversation between Arthur Dent and Marvin to mark the BBC's 60th anniversary; a receipt for a bicycle from Beta Bikes, 6 December 1982; printed file directories for discs holding the texts; and two word-processed, signed letters and related papers from Mavis Kenney, the book's typist: one to Adams, October 1982, noting hours spent typing Life, the Universe and Everything, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; and one to John (Lloyd?), 15 November 1982, enclosing example of layout. Manuscript and typescript with manuscript corrections.
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
Author photographs and tour schedules.
Medical documentation from Adams's childhood.
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
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.
Letter to Dr [G.] Brooks from A.T. Fripp. Discusses a fracture in Adams's foot. 14 June 1954. Copied typescript.
Letter to Dr G. Brooks from D.G. Leys. Discusses Adams's 'poor vocabulary'. 4 August 1954. Copied typescript.
Letter to Dr A.R. Reid from Denis Browne. Discusses Adams's 'bad walking', and suggests remedies. 29 May 1956. Copied typescript.
Life at Cambridge and St John's
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
Includes College documentation, dinner menus, May Ball information and tutorial correspondence.
Various cuttings about golf, from unknown newspapers.
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
'"Doctor Who and the Krikkitmen" -- film treatment'.
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
Copied typescript with manuscript corrections. [i]+ 32 [paginated 1-20, 20a, 21-31]; on reverse (inverted) of p. 11 is an incomplete sentence with side marked '11a'.
The main document is followed by incomplete typescript draft versions of four pages of the text, each of which has two carbon copies.
Observer magazine, 9 June 1985.
Part of Papers of Douglas Noël Adams
Contains (pages 24-31) Douglas Adams's article ('Follow the Lemur') about his pre-Last Chance to See trip to Madagascar, with particular focus on the aye-aye. The article is previewed as 'In Lemur Land' on the cover.