Typescript draft of part of 'Morocco: The Bitter and the Sweet' beginning 'In the Spring I got a call to ask if I'd travel to Morocco and write about that country.' Contains a small number of handwritten amendments.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'The soil in Leitrim is poor, in places no more than an inch deep.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp1-39. First page bears title 'First Draft of Memoir'.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'Bettymore had two classrooms but no porch and was on the very side of the road. Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 40-70.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'Even without my father's strange personality, the barracks itself was a strange institution, like much of the country at the time.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 71-101.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning '...suggested, was as much prayer as the mouthing of words by rote and empty observances without meaning.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 102-136.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'Maggie had to go outside, and Pat climbed the short stairs to look at the bedrooms.' Contains handwritten amendments, inscription on first page reads 'Long Cut,p 148-170', paginated pp 137-190. RESTRICTED.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning ' "It's better than...' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 171-206. RESTRICTED
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'For most of the next two years on that thirty acre farm of furze and whitethorn hedges and hill and meadow, we were mostly in paradise.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 207-232.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning '...come and stay with Bridgie while she was away.' Inscription on first page reads 'Ends Book Seven', contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 233-251.
Typescript draft of part of 'Memoir' beginning 'Sometimes I helped her with the roses and the flowerbeds, but more often it was the girls who were with her there.' Contains handwritten amendments, paginated pp 252-285. Title on first page reads 'Book Eight - page 173 (252 1st revision mss).