| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 397/1/4/1 |
| Alt Ref No | EUL MS 397/281 |
| Date | 1978 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Title | 'The Living Dead or Red Virus: A Novel by RD, Book One' |
| Description | Red workbook containing notes, character synopses and chapters 1-7 of a draft of 'The Living Dead' [later known as 'The Scarlet Virus']. Includes a press cutting of a report on the Jonestown mass suicide [18th November 1978] and a press cutting on chemical castration. Also includes and untitled poem at the front of the workbook and 'Barnstaple Infirmary' in the reverse. |
| Language | English |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access Status | Open |
| Copyright | Literary Executor, various others |
| Creator_Name | Duncan, Ronald Frederick Henry (1914-1982); author, poet and librettist |