Commercial recordings of music and spoken word owned by Burgess; his second wife, Liana (née Macellari); their son, Andrew Burgess-Wilson (also known as Paolo Andrea); and, possibly, Burgess's first wife Llewela (née Jones and known as Lynne).

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The recordings are primarily on audio cassette and vinyl and include music and spoken word in a variety of genres. The vinyl collection has been catalogued in full and a basic finding list exists to the audio cassette collection.

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Personal archive and library of Anthony BurgessAB

Personal, literary, music and business papers of Anthony BurgessAB/ARCH

Literary papers and music written or adapted by Burgess, or by Burgess in collaboration with another author.AB/ARCH/A

Papers relating to adaptations and/or translations of Burgess's works by another author or composerAB/ARCH/B

JournalismAB/ARCH/C

Audio collectionAB/ARCH/D

Commercial recordings of music and spoken word owned by Burgess; his second wife, Liana (née Macellari); their son, Andrew Burgess-Wilson (also known as Paolo Andrea); and, possibly, Burgess's first wife Llewela (née Jones and known as Lynne).AB/ARCH/D/1

Recordings of Burgess and/or his family and friends in informal settings: playing music; in conversation with each other; rehearsing lectures; discussing professional projects on which they were collaborating; or reciting poetry and other literature by writers including Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Shakespeare, John Keats, Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer, and Giuseppe Gioachino Belli.AB/ARCH/D/2

Recordings of public lectures and seminars given by Burgess and formal (broadcast) interviews with him, including a series of 17 lectures about William Shakespeare, delivered while Burgess was a teacher at City College in New York in the 1970s.AB/ARCH/D/3

Audio-visual collectionAB/ARCH/E

Photographic collectionAB/ARCH/F

Correspondence and statements with publishers and literary agentsAB/ARCH/G

Papers regarding Burgess's personal financial, medical and legal affairsAB/ARCH/H

Printed ephemeraAB/ARCH/I

Original works by other authors and/or composers sent to Burgess for review or commentAB/ARCH/J

Notebooks and diaries, belonging to Burgess, his first wife (Lynne Wilson), and his second wife (Liana Burgess)AB/ARCH/K

Personal library of Anthony BurgessAB/LIBR

Artwork, furniture, musical instruments, and other objects that belonged to Anthony Burgess, Liana Burgess and Andrew Burgess WilsonAB/MUS