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Final Draft Copy
GB 1534 BB/1/5/2 · Item · 1980 - ?
Part of Papers of Barbara Burford

This copy seems to have taken on the notes and revisions of the Third Draft. The central character is still male.

Final Draft
GB 1534 BB/1/5/3 · Item · 1980 - ?
Part of Papers of Barbara Burford

This copy contains no notes other than Barbara's replacement of "Jenner" with "Jagir" and the correction of the third person pronouns to signal the gender of the character is now female.

Elysian Fields
GB 1534 BB/1/5 · Subseries · 1976 - 1988
Part of Papers of Barbara Burford

This file contains three draft copies of Barbara's "Elysian Fields", a piece of prose fiction about a woman called Jagir Kaur who lives in space and is captain of her own spacecraft.

Trooping of the Colour
GB 1534 BB/1/4 · Subseries · 1976 - 1988
Part of Papers of Barbara Burford

This file contains two draft copies of "Trooping of the Colour", a piece of prose fiction set in space and about Sergeant Brun's new troop's preparations for their Emperor's Birthday Celebrations.

Second Draft
GB 1534 BB/1/4/1 · Item · 1980 - ?
Part of Papers of Barbara Burford

This copy contains minimal notes and revisions, largely just grammar and spelling corrections.

Final Draft
GB 1534 BB/1/4/2 · Item · 1980 - ?
Part of Papers of Barbara Burford

This copy seems to have taken on the notes and corrections of the Second Draft.

Finders Keepers
GB 1534 BB/1/7 · Subseries · 1978 - ?
Part of Papers of Barbara Burford

This subseries contains one copy of Barbara's "Finders Keepers", a piece of prose fiction about Nikki and Tet, two individuals who find themselves on the uninhabbited island Sarsa. The copy gives no indication of whether it is a draft or a final. It includes a chapter summary for all ten chapters at the beginning.

Martha
GB 1534 BB/1/8 · Subseries · 1983 - ?
Part of Papers of Barbara Burford

This subseries contains six copies of "Martha", a short story just one page in length. The copies appear to be exactly the same and are possibly photocopies.

Poetry
GB 1534 BB/1/9 · Subseries · 1976 - 1988
Part of Papers of Barbara Burford

This file contains a collection of some of Barbara's Poetry. The poems included within this file are as follows: "A Young Wives Tale", "A Song", "Manumission", "Black Introspection Blues", "State of the Art", "Sisterwrite", "Empire", "Fallow Time", "In Solitary", "The Nth Day of Christmas", "The Other", "In My Gift", "Women Talking", "Christine", "September Blue", "Sour Grapes" and "Untitled".