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Type written memories of Ron Stevens a Royal Army Service Corps Apprentice Tradesman of the ArmyTechnical School, St Peter's Barracks Jersey.

Reference: L/C/70/A/1

Date: 1939 - 1940

Gerald Durrell Archive

Reference: L/C/317

Gerald Durrell Archive - Manuscripts

Reference: L/C/317/A

Manuscripts of Books by Gerald Durrell

Reference: L/C/317/A1

Original typescript of 'Encounters with Animals' by Gerald Durrell, published 1958

Reference: L/C/317/A1/1

Date: 1958

Original typescript with handwritten corrections of 'The Whispering Land' by Gerald Durrell, published by Rupert Hart-Davis in 1961. File also includes pages from Swiss newspaper Die Weltwoche dated 2 October 1964 – 13 November 1964 entitled ‘Tiere Im Flüsternden Land - Reisebericht Eines Zoologen’ (Animals in the Whispering Country – Travelogue of a Zoologist).

Reference: L/C/317/A1/2

Date: 1961 - 1964

Original typescripts of 'Look at Zoos' by Gerald Durrell, published 1961. Includes one clean copy and one copy with handwritten corrections.

Reference: L/C/317/A1/3

Date: 1961

Original typescripts of 'Island Zoo' by Gerald Durrell, published 1962. Includes one clean copy, one early draft typescript with handwritten inserts and corrections entitled 'Revamped Island Zoo', and one typescript entitled 'Animal Island' which appears to be another early draft of the same.

Reference: L/C/317/A1/4

Date: 1962

File of typescripts marked '' Australia tape transcripts (date?) + script 'With Children in Mind' (Malaya) (1964) = raw materials for 'Two in the Bush' ''. ['Two in the Bush' was a BBC TV series filmed in 1962, a book of the same name followed in 1966]

Reference: L/C/317/A1/5

Date: 1962 - 1964

Original typescript (with handwritten corrections) of 'Two in the Bush', published 1966

Reference: L/C/317/A1/6

Date: 1966

Collins advance uncorrected proof of 'Two in the Bush' by Gerald Durrell, illustrated by B L Driscoll, published 1966

Reference: L/C/317/A1/7

Date: 1966

Collins advance uncorrected proof of 'The Donkey Rustlers' by Gerald Durrell, illustrated by Anne Mieke van Ogtrop, published 1968

Reference: L/C/317/A1/8

Date: 1968

Notebook containing a partial manuscript and sketches for 'Rosy is my Relative' by Gerald Durrell, published 1968

Reference: L/C/317/A1/9

Date: 1968

File of material for 'Rosy is my Relative' by Gerald Durrell, published 1968. Includes handwritten and typed notes, chapter summaries, synopsis, a draft of the first chapter, a book jacket and a transcript of a BBC radio programme 'On Being an Elephant-Keeper' by Tom Bartlett, broadcast on the Third Programme c1940s?

Reference: L/C/317/A1/10

Date: 1968

Draft typescripts of ‘Rosy is my Relative’ by Gerald Durrell, published in 1968. Includes handwritten corrections and doodles of some of the characters.

Reference: L/C/317/A1/11

Date: 1968

Excercise book containing handwritten notes for 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' by Gerald Durrrell, published 1969.

Reference: L/C/317/A1/12

Date: 1969

File of typed and handwritten notes for 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' by Gerald Durrrell, published 1969. Includes a letter from Durrell's mentor Theodore Stephanides on wine and olive cultivation in Corfu and typed notes on the flora and fauna of Corfu, and notes on Spiro, a friend of the Durrell family and prominent character in Durrell's 'Corfu' novels.

Reference: L/C/317/A1/13

Date: 1969

Original typescripts with handwritten corrections of 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' by Gerald Durrrell, published 1969. Includes an English translation of the poem 'The Almond Tree' by Georgios Drossinis by 'T.S.' (Theodore Stephanides?) and a folder bearing doodles of animals and characters possbily by Durrell.

Reference: L/C/317/A1/14

Date: 1969

Collins advance uncorrected proof of 'Birds, Beasts and Relatives' by Gerald Durrell, published 1969.

Reference: L/C/317/A1/15

Date: 1969

Notebook with notes from a trip to Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, and also containing rough story ideas. Not dated but presumed c1969

Reference: L/C/317/A1/16

Date: 1969

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