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"Songs My Mother Didn't Teach Me"

 File
Identifier: 1976.011.1.5.1

Scope and Contents

Short story in several versions:

Version 1: “All my life I have been haunted by popular songs....” Typed fragment dated July 1978, with handwritten revisions by Jean Rhys in pencil and red ink, 1p.

Version 2: Typed fragment with handwritten revisions and additions by Jean Rhys and an unknown editor in pencil, red and blue ink, 2p.

Version 3: “For most of my life....” Typed with handwritten revisions and additions by Jean Rhys in pencil and black ink, 3p.

Version 4: “I have been haunted....” Typescript with handwritten revisions and inserts to text by Jean Rhys, 5p.

Version 5: Typescript with handwritten revisions by Jean Rhys and an unknown editor in pencil and blue ink, 7p.

Dates

  • Creation: 1920 - 1991
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1949 - 1979

Access

This material is open for research use by any registered reader. Physical access to the exercise notebooks is restricted, however photocopies have been provided.

Extent

From the Collection: 15 Linear Feet (30 boxes, 1 oversized folder)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives Repository

Contact:
McFarlin Library
University of Tulsa
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Tulsa 74104-3123 USA
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