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Naipaul, V. S. (Vidiadhar Surajprasad), 1932-2018

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Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:

Photograph of V.S. Naipaul next to posters of Eva Peron, 1972

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 2023.020.1.7.006
Scope and Contents

Print originally came in an envelope marked "1972," apparently inferred by Murray family representatives.

Dates: 1972
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Photographs and negatives

Photograph of V.S. Naipaul on an urban sidewalk, 1972

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 2023.020.1.7.005
Scope and Contents

A sign over Naipaul's head reads "PRODE: Loteria Peloqueria Cortes a la Navaja Manicur"

Dates: 1972
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Photographs and negatives

Photograph of V.S. Naipaul on an urban street, 1972

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 2023.020.1.7.004
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of correspondence from V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, photographs, negatives, notes, clippings, ephemera, and correspondence between Naipaul and others.

Dates: 1972
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Photographs and negatives

Postcard of Picasso painting "Sketchbook #165", 1986-11-12

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 2023.020.1.8.005
Scope and Contents

Handwritten note reads "VSN 12 Nov 86".

Dates: 1986-11-12
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Miscellaneous

Postcard of Rembrandt drawing "Study of a man", Undated

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: 2023.020.1.8.004
Scope and Contents

Naipaul's handwritten note on the verso reads "A young man, sah".

Dates: Undated
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Miscellaneous

V.S. Naipaul to Manchi Sabat, 1972-07-17

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: 2023.020.1.6.001
Scope and Contents

"Could you telephone Margaret Murray (73-5012) and tell her discreetly about my arrival time? It would be nice if she could meet me at the airport. If she can't make it, then I hope that you may be free. I don't have Margaret's home number with me; the number I have given is the number of her mother's house, where she is on weekday mornings..."

Dates: 1972-07-17
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Correspondence between Naipaul and others

V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-06-03

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2023.020.1.1.001
Scope and Contents

"I have just arrived here, in this hateful northern Venezuelan hotel, which charges as much as the [Nozuro?] and is awful: how ugly everybody seems here. How everything seems ugly after that magical moment this morning - for which I had longed and for which I was badly prepared. Send me some great love..."

Dates: 1972-06-03
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Correspondence from Naipaul to Gooding

V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-06-16

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2023.020.1.1.002
Scope and Contents

"At times like this - I have had one of my blank mornings, and they occur about 3 or 4 times a week - I hate writing and feel I am in the wrong profession. You of course will agree..."

Dates: 1972-06-16
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Correspondence from Naipaul to Gooding

V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-06-23

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2023.020.1.1.003
Scope and Contents

"You have your children and perhaps you will not understand how excited and irritated and depressed, but more depressed than excited, I am at the loss of mine. I think there would have been something rather marvellous there: it was too perfect and beautiful. I doubt whether it will occur again..."

Dates: 1972-06-23
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Correspondence from Naipaul to Gooding

V.S. Naipaul to Margaret Murray Gooding, 1972-06-25

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2023.020.1.1.004
Scope and Contents

"Three days ago I wrote you a longish letter. I enclosed an American Express $50 traveller's cheque, made out in your name; this was to cover your little murder. I also enclosed a clipping from the New York review of my article on Jean Rhys, which I wanted you to read..."

Dates: 1972-06-25
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Margaret Murray Gooding collection of V.S. Naipaul papers / Correspondence from Naipaul to Gooding

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