Identity area
Reference code
AdamsDN/6/1
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- 1981-1983 (Circa.) (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
128 pages; paper
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Place names and definitions. Also includes: a draft script for a conversation between Arthur Dent and Marvin to mark the BBC's 60th anniversary; a receipt for a bicycle from Beta Bikes, 6 December 1982; printed file directories for discs holding the texts; and two word-processed, signed letters and related papers from Mavis Kenney, the book's typist: one to Adams, October 1982, noting hours spent typing Life, the Universe and Everything, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; and one to John (Lloyd?), 15 November 1982, enclosing example of layout. Manuscript and typescript with manuscript corrections.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
The binder and a quantity of unused looseleaf paper were discarded.