Murdoch, Dame Jean Iris, (1919-1999), novelist and philosopher

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Alternative name(s):	Bayley (Later known as)
Surname:	Murdoch
Pretitle:	Dame
Forenames:	Jean Iris
Gender:	Female
Date:	1919-1999
Biography:	ODNB link for Murdoch, Dame Jean Iris (1919-1999) afterwards Bayley, novelist and philosopher
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P146902 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P20687 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Dame Jean Iris Murdoch

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	c1941-1999: personal journals, poetry and philosophy notebooks, corresp, and other documents	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS202	See Annual Return 2016
2	1975-76: MS draft of Romanes lecture	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS top Oxon c 658	See Annual Report 1978-79, p23
3	1954-70: corresp and literary MSS	University of Iowa Libraries: Special Collections	MsC 212	See NUC MS 72-935
4	1960: corresp and statement rel to trial of Lady Chatterley's Lover	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 1679	NRA 39438
5	1945-46: papers concerning service with the UN	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng c 4718, 4733	NRA 39527
6	1957-1995: letters from Murdoch to Brigid Brophy and to Michael Levey	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS142	See Annual Return 2014
7	1990-1993: letters from Murdoch to Cheryl Bove, American academic	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS8
8	c1941-1999: letters to Audi Bayley with objects rel to Iris Murdoch	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS191
9	c1978-1982: letters to Ray Byram	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS184	See Annual Return 2016
10	c1980-2002: cards and letters from Murdoch to publisher Carmen Callil	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS110
11	1985-1999: letters from Murdoch to Roly Cochrane, American translator and academic	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS7
12	c1960-1990: letters from Murdoch to Barbara Dorf	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS50
13	c1960-1999: letters from Murdoch to Scott Dunbar, with papers rel to Dunbar's work	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS49
14	1964-1993: letters from Murdoch to sculptor Rachel Fenner	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS118	See Annual Return 2013
15	1942-1993: letters from Murdoch to Philippa Foot	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS100
16	c1973-1990: letters from Murdoch to architect Stephen Gardiner	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS130	See Annual Return 2013
17	1991-2002: letters from Murdoch to John Gheerhaert, with corresp from John Bayley	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS61
18	letters from Murdoch to Gueneau	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections		See Annual Return 2008
19	1938-91: letters from Murdoch to David Hicks	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections		See Friends of the National Libraries Annual Report 2000
20	c1945-1989: letters from Murdoch to Hal Lidderdale	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS78
21	c1950-66: letters from Murdoch to MJ Oakeshott	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	BLPES/OAKESHOTT/10/1/18	NRA 43323 Oakeshott
22	1943-1978: letters from Murdoch to Leo Pliatzky	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS134	See Annual Return 2013
23	1946-1975: letters from Murdoch to French author and poet Raymond Queneau	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS70
24	1985-1995: letters from Murdoch to Indian academic Suguna Ramanathan	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS9
25	c1940-1959: letters and poems from Murdoch to scholar and literary critic William Wallace Robson	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS121	See Annual Return 2013
26	c1990-2010: corresp, newsletters, essays and other Iris Murdoch-related items collected by Anne Rowe	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS195	See Annual Return 2016
27	1972-82: letters from Murdoch to Norah Smallwood	Leeds University Library, Special Collections		See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
28	1977-2000: letters from Murdoch to artist Harry Weinberger, with papers rel to Weinberger and his art	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS80
29	c1940-1980: photographs of Murdoch and friends	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS83
30	1984: original typescript for the play adaptation of Iris Murdoch's 'The Sea, The Sea', with a covering letter to the National Theatre	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS171
31	c 1932-1990: copy of Charles Lamb's 'The Essays of Elia' (Everyman, 1932), annotated by Iris Murdoch, with a letter (n.d.) to Dr William Baker confirming her ownership of the book.	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS175
32	1987-2000: photographs and correspondence of Iris Murdoch Georgia and David Crowne	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS178
33	1990-1991: letters from Murdoch to publisher Rolando Pieraccini	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS210
34	1944-1995: documents incl notebooks for novels, on philosophy and other subjects	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS225
35	1962-1990: items rel to the play 'Joanna, Joanna', and its later publication, incl scripts, book designs, publicity and corresp	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS228
36	1950s-1990s: photographs, incl of friends and associates	Kingston University Archives and Special Collections	KUAS0291	See Annual Return 2020

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	Bayley, John, (1923-2015), author and literary critic, husband of Iris Murdoch	husband/wife		Family