Loose-leaf draft ts. copy of Maeve Brennan's memoir, 'The Philip Larkin I Knew'. Comprises a typescript entitled 'Philip Larkin: Portrait of a Young Writah: The letters of Philip Larkin to James Ballard Sutton, 1938-1952' plus further autobiographical material. 155pp. A draft with annotations.

There is also a cover letter to James Booth, Jean Hartley and John Osborne from Maeve Brennan. 16 Mar 1998. Sent accompanying the ms. memoir below. In it she explains the text's development from an analysis of the Sutton letters into an autobiography. She also explains changes to be made, and that she no longer expected the manuscript to be published.