MS 924 01 08
MS 924 01 08
Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ by Hugo Williams: Related papers
Sub-series
1987-1990
3 boxes (containing 19 files plus 1 published book)
This sub-series covers the development of the work from early manuscripts and typescripts through to proof copies of the work.
The manuscripts and typescripts show the development of the poems with the drafts differing from earlier versions to varying degrees. The changes vary from the alteration the word order to complete rewrites of particular stanzas.
The files contain drafts of 37 of the 41 poems which appeared in the final work. The following poems are not represented:
‘The Junior’
‘The Best in the World’
'Desire’
‘Lost Lines’
The manuscripts and typescripts show the development of the poems with the drafts differing from earlier versions to varying degrees. The changes vary from the alteration the word order to complete rewrites of particular stanzas.
The files contain drafts of 37 of the 41 poems which appeared in the final work. The following poems are not represented:
‘The Junior’
‘The Best in the World’
'Desire’
‘Lost Lines’
This sub-series has been arranged by individual poem and according to the creative order of the work. This reflects the original order of the files at the time of acquisition.
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘When I Grow Up’, MS 924 01 08 01, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Brave’, MS 924 01 08 02, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Self-Portrait With A Speedboat’, MS 924 01 08 03, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘The Missing Years’, MS 924 01 08 04, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘On the Road’, MS 924 01 08 05, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Dumb Show’, MS 924 01 08 06, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘The World of Work’, MS 924 01 08 07, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘The Spell’, MS 924 01 08 08, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Self-Portrait with A Map Of Ireland’, MS 924 01 08 09, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Wow and Flutter’, MS 924 01 08 10, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: 'Desk Duty’, MS 924 01 08 11, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Sonny Jim’s House’, MS 924 01 08 12, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Lightly Clenched Fists’, MS 924 01 08 13, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘World’s End’, MS 924 01 08 14, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘In the Seventies’, MS 924 01 08 15, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Them’, MS 924 01 08 16, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Sonny Jim Alone’, MS 924 01 08 17, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘One Pilot, One Crew’, MS 924 01 08 18, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Couples in Love’, MS 924 01 08 19, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Daffodils’, MS 924 01 08 20, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Jim’s Dance’, MS 924 01 08 21, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Voice Over’, MS 924 01 08 22, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: 'Toilet’, MS 924 01 08 23, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Day Return’, MS 924 01 08 24, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: 'Creative Writing’, MS 924 01 08 25, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Jim Flips his Wig’, MS 924 01 08 26, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Self-Portrait in the Dark’, MS 924 01 08 27, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Sonny Jim on Parade’, MS 924 01 08 28, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘The Trick’, MS 924 01 08 29, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Everyone Knows This’, MS 924 01 08 30, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: 'The Offence’, MS 924 01 08 31, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: 'Autobiography’, MS 924 01 08 32, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Old Scene’, MS 924 01 08 33, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Saint Jim’, MS 924 01 08 34, (1989-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’, MS 924 01 08 35, (1987-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Deserter’, MS 924 01 08 36, (1987-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: ‘Bath Night’, MS 924 01 08 37, (1987-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: Miscellaneous manuscripts and typescripts, MS 924 01 08 38, (1987-1990)
- Hugo Williams: ‘Self-Portrait with a Slide’ drafts: Corrected typescript, MS 924 01 08 39, (1987-1990)
- Hugo Williams: 'Self-Portrait with a Slide' by Hugo Williams, 1st edition, MS 924 01 08 40, (1990)
- Hugo Williams: Correspondence and publicity material relating to 'Self-Portrait with a Slide’ by Hugo Williams, MS 924 01 08 41, (1989-1990)