MS 433 07 04
MS 433 07 04
Papers relating to ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger
Sub-series
1985-1986
12 boxes
These files contain the draft manuscripts and typescripts for Thesiger’s autobiography. The numerous surviving manuscripts and typescripts that exist for this work best display the painstaking attention to detail he gave to the creative process of writing about his life and travels. It took him six years to write and edit the work, which was finally published by Collins on 5 May 1987.
A number of the drafts of the manuscripts and typescripts have become jumbled and as a result it is difficult to ascertain the correct order. When first or final drafts can be established, this has been noted on the file.
A number of the drafts of the manuscripts and typescripts have become jumbled and as a result it is difficult to ascertain the correct order. When first or final drafts can be established, this has been noted on the file.
In the absence of being able to establish the original order, the order of the manuscripts has been maintained from when they were acquired by Eton College Library.
- Autograph corrected manuscripts [introduction plus chapters 1-17] for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 01, (1981-1984)
- Autograph corrected manuscripts [chapters 14-31 plus epilogue] for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 02, (1984)
- Autograph corrected manuscripts [miscellaneous chapters] for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 03, (1984-1986)
- First corrected typescript for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 04, (1984-1985)
- Second corrected typescript for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 05, (1985-1986)
- Third corrected typescript for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 06, (1985-1986)
- Miscellaneous typescripts for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 07, (1985-1986)
- Miscellaneous bundle of typescripts for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 08, (1985-1986)
- Final typescript for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 09, (1986)
- Corrections and editors queries and comments for ‘The Life of My Choice’ by Wilfred P. Thesiger, MS 433 07 04 10, (1981-1986)