'The specialists'

Containers:

Box 4

Component identifier:

File 12

Content Summary:

Typescript entitled 'The specialists', with very minor amendments, 53pp. Short story of friendship and writing 'partnership' between Mervyn Ormerod and John Downey, exploring issues of being a writer and the impact of success on character and integrity.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The papers of Martin Boyd that were retained by his sister, Lady Nolan (nee Mary Boyd), following his death in 1972 and after her death in 2016 by her immediate family from whom the collection was acquired.

Subjects:

Arts

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