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Box Dewhurst Papers Box 51

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Contains 27 Results:

Draft for second half of story outline, 1977

 Item — Box: Dewhurst Papers Box 51
Reference code: 431/4/7/9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Research material relating to Keith Dewhurst's novel 'Captain of the Sands', published in 1981 by Viking Press.

Dates: 1977

British Empire, 1979

 Item — Box: Dewhurst Papers Box 51
Reference code: 431/4/7/10
Scope and Contents

‘British Empire’ magazine concerning Britain’s role in the slave trade.

Dates: 1979

Notes by Alan Dewhurst, 1979

 Item — Box: Dewhurst Papers Box 51
Reference code: 431/4/7/11
Scope and Contents

Handwritten notes by Alan Dewhurst, 1979. The notes are on Chapter 20 of Cambridge Modern History 7, written by Eric Robson, which concerns the Seven Years War.

Dates: 1979

Photocopy of ‘The Journal of a Slave Trader’, c1975 - c1979

 Item — Box: Dewhurst Papers Box 51
Reference code: 431/4/7/12
Scope and Contents

Photocopied version of ‘The Journal of a Slave Trader’, written by John Newton, also including Newton’s ‘Thoughts Upon the African Slave Trade’ and an introduction written by Bernard Martin and Mark Spurrell.

Dates: c1975 - c1979

Research notes, c1975 - c1979

 Item — Box: Dewhurst Papers Box 51
Reference code: 431/4/7/13
Scope and Contents

A range of handwritten notes on a variety of topics, including the tobacco industry, ideas for the narrative, Pidgin English and work routines on plantations.

Dates: c1975 - c1979

Captain of the Sands, c1975 - c1979

 File — Box: Dewhurst Papers Box 51
Reference code: 431/4/8
Scope and Contents

Material relating to Keith Dewhurst's novel 'Captain of the Sands', published in 1981 by Viking Press. Notebook, containing a draft of part of the plot outline, and Typewritten draft, titled ‘Unfinished Novel’ and containing part two of ‘Captain of the Sands’.

Dates: c1975 - c1979

Captain of the Sands, 1981

 Item — Box: Dewhurst Papers Box 51
Reference code: 431/4/9
Scope and Contents

Material relating to Keith Dewhurst's novel 'Captain of the Sands', published in 1981 by Viking Press. Typewritten draft of the novel.

Dates: 1981