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Reviews and Press Cuttings
GB 1534 RM/4 · Series · 1962-1988
Part of Papers of Rosemary Manning

Series contains reviews and press cuttings for Manning’s written works throughout her life and obituaries for her death. This includes blurbs written by publishers and newspaper and magazine such as The Guardian, Pink Paper, Gay News and The Evening Standard. Reviewed material includes The Chinese Garden, A corridor of Mirrors and A Time and a Time.

Manning, Rosemary, 1911-1988, British writer
Photographic Material
GB 1534 RM/6 · Series · 1911-1987
Part of Papers of Rosemary Manning

Series contains photographs from Manning’s personal and professional life, including portraits and photographs of the author, family photographs, a series from Poltimore College and some stills from Manning’s interview with Mavis Nicolson.

Manning, Rosemary, 1911-1988, British writer
Personal Papers
GB 1534 RM/5 · Series · 1911-1971
Part of Papers of Rosemary Manning

Series contains material, both textual and photographic, pertaining to the author's personal life including a handbound leather baby book to diary entries to information on Manning’s boarding school as a child.

Manning, Rosemary, 1911-1988, British writer
Papers of Rosemary Manning
GB 1534 RM · Fonds · 1887 - 1990

The collection consists of documents relating to Rosemary Manning including manuscripts, personal and professional correspondence, invoices, magazine and newspaper articles, newspaper clippings and photocopies, flyers and posters, diaries, photographs and brochures. The documents relate to the fictional writing of Rosemary Manning, both in the project research and in the writing process. LGBTQ+ material is also present in the collection, and writing referring to the writer’s coming out is present in autobiographical and interview form.

Manning, Rosemary, 1911-1988, British writer
Novels
GB 1534 RM/1 · Series · 1965-1985
Part of Papers of Rosemary Manning

Series contains several of Manning’s better known and unknown novels in draft manuscript form, including Open the Door, Man on a Tower, A Time and a Time, A Corridor of Mirrors, The Patriot, the Commissar and Brill.

Manning, Rosemary, 1911-1988, British writer
GB 1534 RM/7 · Series · 1927-1990
Part of Papers of Rosemary Manning

Series contains clippings, typed documents booklets and leaflets regarding feminism, lesbian history, activism and icons mostly collected by Lis Whitelaw. This includes a Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp poster, Lesbian History Workshop papers and feminist history conference papers.

Manning, Rosemary, 1911-1988, British writer
Correspondence
GB 1534 RM/3 · Series · 1960s-1990s
Part of Papers of Rosemary Manning

Series contains correspondence from Manning’s personal and professional life. Correspondence includes letters from publishers, critics such as John Davenport, financial documents, personal affairs, events, talks and speeches.

Manning, Rosemary, 1911-1988, British writer
Articles and Other Writing
GB 1534 RM/2 · Series · 1948-1983
Part of Papers of Rosemary Manning

Series contains published and unpublished writing including works, typed speeches, articles and written projects Manning wrote throughout her life that sometimes reflected her sexuality, feminism, coming out and lgbt rights.
This includes The Fox, The Garlands of Friendship, At the House of a Friend, The Habits of Secrecy, Alone in the House, The End of the Game, The Evening Class, Work in Progress, The Souvenir, The Keys of Heaven and over the plain. Several of the works appear in magazines.

Manning, Rosemary, 1911-1988, British writer