Miscellaneous book/film reviews and promotional material for "A Night to Remember" and ephemera regarding TITANIC
Folder one: Letter from Walter Lord to his mother and and newspaper cuttings.
Folder two: Includes letter from Walter Lord to his mother, a newspaper advert for the book and correspondence regarding quotations used in the latter.
Folder three: Includes newspaper notices concerning the book and a greeting card titled"My love for you is so TITANIC". Also includes scripts of radio reviews of the book and a newspaper advert for a TV adapatation of the book.
Folder four: Includes articles concerning the TV adapatation and promotional material for the book.
Folder five: includes script for a radio interview with Lord, 1955 Annual Report for Henry Holt and Company (Lord's publishers) and various magazine articles referrring to Lord/his book.
Administrative / biographical background
"A Night to Remember" was an account of the TITANIC disaster of 1912, first published in 1955. A film was made of the book in 1958.
Folder two: Includes letter from Walter Lord to his mother, a newspaper advert for the book and correspondence regarding quotations used in the latter.
Folder three: Includes newspaper notices concerning the book and a greeting card titled"My love for you is so TITANIC". Also includes scripts of radio reviews of the book and a newspaper advert for a TV adapatation of the book.
Folder four: Includes articles concerning the TV adapatation and promotional material for the book.
Folder five: includes script for a radio interview with Lord, 1955 Annual Report for Henry Holt and Company (Lord's publishers) and various magazine articles referrring to Lord/his book.
Administrative / biographical background
"A Night to Remember" was an account of the TITANIC disaster of 1912, first published in 1955. A film was made of the book in 1958.
Record Details
| Item reference: | LMQ/2/18 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Artificial collections previously assembled |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 box (5 folders) |
| Date made: | 1955-1957 |
| Creator: | Lord-Macquitty Collection |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Handwritten chapter notes and related material for the book A Night to Remember by Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/2/1)
- Original typed manuscript of" A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/2/3)
- Script of a radio adaptation of 'A Night to Remember', Walter Lord's account of the Sinking of the Titanic (Manuscript) (LMQ/2/6)
- Script of Kraft Television Theatre's adaptation of" A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/2/7)
- Manuscript proof of the revised edition of 'A Night to Remember' by Walter Lord and accompanying letters/notes/photographs (Manuscript) (LMQ/2/8)
- Manuscript for the illustrated 1976 edition of 'A Night to Remember' by Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/2/9)
- Original artwork for the endpapersof "A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/2/10)
- Rejected photographs and photocopies of material for the book "A Night to Remember " by Walter Lord (Manuscript) (LMQ/2/11)
- Promotional board for the endpaper of "A Night to Remember" by Walter Lord and series of slides of 15 Hill Street (Manuscript) (LMQ/2/12)
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