Notebooks, 1965-1985

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Series 3

Content Summary:

During the course of his career, Carey has maintained notebooks of ideas for novels and short stories. Contained in this series are eight of these handwritten notebooks, all but two of which have been numbered by Carey. Five of the eight notebooks contain notes which relate mostly to Carey's novel 'Pets', which was later published as Illywhacker.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The initial instalment of papers was acquired from Carey in 1984, under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme. In August 2001, the Library purchased privately one volume of Carey's business correspondence and in October 2001 it purchased at auction eight notebooks containing working notes for ideas for novels and short stories.

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