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Arthur C. Clarke Collection of Sri Lanka

National Air and Space Museum

Object Details

Creator
Clarke, Arthur C., Sir (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008
Topic
Underwater archaeology -- 1960's
nonfiction novels
Interplanetary voyages
Artificial satellites
Manned space flight
Apollo 11 Flight
Astronautics
Science fiction
Provenance
Arthur C. Clarke Trust, gift, 2014
Creator
Clarke, Arthur C., Sir (Arthur Charles), 1917-2008
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Arthur C. Clarke Collection of Sri Lanka
Summary
Sir Arthur C. Clarke is one of the preeminent science-fiction writers of the 20th century.
Biographical / Historical
Born on December 16, 1917, in Minehead, England, Arthur Charles Clarke became obsessed with science fiction and astronomy at a young age. He was the eldest of four children born into a farming family, however he would become, with his brother Fred Clarke acting as a business associate, one of the leading names in science fiction. During World War II Clarke served as a radar instructor and in his free time became one of the early members of the British Interplanetary Society. In 1945, Clarke made one of his earliest predictions (he called them "extrapolations") when he came up with the idea of communication satellites. He became known for this uncanny prescience which is seen in so much of his work. In 1948 Clarke graduated from King's College, London with honors in math and physics. By 1951, Clarke had gained respect as both a fiction and non-fiction writer with Interplanetary Flight and Prelude to Space, respectively. In 1956, Clarke emigrated to Sri Lanka, then known as Ceylon, where he could indulge a new obsession - skin diving. He remained in Sri Lanka for the rest of his life, creating a diving company and funding many science education programs in the country. Perhaps Clarke's most recognizable feat came when he was able to work with Stanley Kubrick over a course of 4 years in order to create the book and film 2001: A Space Odyssey which was loosely based on the earlier Clarke story "The Sentinel." Clarke accomplished an amazing amount of writing, speaking tours, TV appearances and humanitarian work despite suffering from post-polio syndrome for decades. He won numerous awards, mostly for his science fiction but also for popularizing science. He was knighted in 1998. He died, age 90, March 19, 2008.
Extent
95.02 Cubic feet (188 legal size boxes; 5 15 x 12 x 3 flat boxes; 1 16 x 20 x 3 flat box; 4 12 x 8 x 5 shoeboxes)
88.55 Linear feet
Date
1932-2012
bulk 1950-2008
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Identifier
NASM.2015.0010
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Citation
Arthur C. Clarke Collection of Sri Lanka, Acc. 2015-0010, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement
Series were based on the creator's original arrangement of material. Arranged into 7 Series: Series 1: Correspondence Series 2: Original Writing 2.1: "Clarkives" 2.2: Non-"Clarkives" 2.3: Articles, Short Stories 2.4: Lectures, Speeches Series 3: Media & Publicity Series 4: Awards & Tributes Series 5: Manuscripts written by others relating to Clarke's Literary Works Series 6: Miscellaneous Series 7: Images 7.1: Photos 7.2: Slide Albums
Processing Information
When appropriate, the processing archivist added a description beneath the file unit title. This collection was received at the National Air and Space Museum from Sri Lanka on 16 Dec 2015 at NASM, Arthur Clarke's 98th birthday.
Rights
Permissions Requests
Scope and Contents
Contains personal and business correspondence, manuscripts of most of Clarke's fiction works in various draft states, short stories, articles, addresses, speeches, movie outlines, Apollo 11 broadcast material, datebooks & notebooks, reference materials, business cards of visitors & contacts, photos & slides. There is some material by people other than the creator such as manuscripts and film/TV scripts. This collection also includes audio-visual material. Please contact the Media Archivist for access.
Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1503512495893-1503512495906-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg28f307eb5-31c6-40f4-82fb-15b3ebe03270

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  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • ACC Press

  • Business Card Collection

  • "Clarkives" MSS 017: The Coast of Coral - Typescript with Hand Corrections

  • The Snows of Olympus - 1st UK Proofs

  • ACC Press

  • Beddagama - A Screen Adaption of Leonard Woolf's "The Village in the Jungle" by A.J. Gunawardana

  • ACC Misc.

  • "Clarkives" MSS 031: The Fountains of Paradise - Typescript

  • ACC Press

  • Articles and Short Stories - Final? Drafts

  • Miscellaneous

  • "Clarkives" Boxes No. MSS 01-09: Articles & Stories Manuscripts A-Z

  • "Clarkives" MSS illegible: At the Interface - 2 (Unused?) Playboy Interview Sets

  • "Clarkives" MSS 059.5: Rama II - Draft as at 24/12/88

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • Datebooks

  • ACC Press

  • ACC Press

  • "Clarkives" MSS 007.1: 2061: Odyssey Three - Print Out

  • "Clarkives" MSS 039: Ghost from the Grand Banks - Print-Out with Corrections

  • Gordon Reade's MSS The Baikonur Chronicles

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • ACC Lectures & Conferences

  • "Clarkives" MSS 018: Cradle - Photocopy of WP Print-Out

  • Treasure of the Great Reef Photos

  • Materials re: Somerset UK Civil Defence

  • Rocket Publishing Company Ltd. - Directors' Report & Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 29 Feb. 2012

  • "Clarkives" MSS 018.4: Cradle - Printout, Notes & ACC Letters

  • Slide Albums

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • New York

  • 1987 Lindbergh Award

  • Baltimore July 1988

  • ACC MSS File No.3 Opus 700-764 Year 1988-1990 (Nov)

  • "Clarkives" MSS 040.2: Ghost from the Grand Banks - Printout Semi-Final Version

  • "Clarkives" MSS 059.6: Rama II - Revised Version 1/5/89 Vol. 1

  • A Fall of Moondust Movie Treatment & Press Releases

  • "Clarkives" MSS 007.3: 2061: Odyssey Three - Audio Script (Random House)

  • "Clarkives"

  • Speeches, Lectures & Conferences

  • Last Breath on a Long Fall adapted from the short story Breaking Strain by Arthur C. Clarke. Teleplay written by John Vincent Curtis - Revised First Draft

  • "Clarkives" MSS 010.5: Astounding Days - First Print-Out with Corrections

  • "Clarkives" MSS 054: The Lost Worlds of 2001 - Typescript Pt I

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • "Clarkives" Boxes No. MSS 01-09: Articles & Stories Manuscripts A-Z

  • "Clarkives" MSS 059.9: Rama II - First Draft

  • Neil McAleer (Biographer) Related Paperwork

  • Over/Odd Size Misc.

  • ACC Press

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • Portraits & Photos by Charles Adams

  • University of Moratuwa, Colombo

  • ACC Press

  • ACC Press

  • Sri Lanka Photos

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • "Clarkives" MSS 034: The Fountains of Paradise - Addition to Afterword 9/5/89 (opus 719)

  • "Clarkives" MSS 010.5: Astounding Days - First Print-Out with Corrections

  • Telecom Year May 1983 U.N.

  • Mission Moon '69

  • "Clarkives" MSS 041: Glide Path - Typescript

  • "Clarkives" MSS 038.6: The Garden of Rama - Final Version 15/12/90 Vol. 2

  • "Clarkives" MSS: Rendezvous with Rama - Printer's Proofs

  • "Clarkives" MSS 057.5: Project Solar Sail - Typescript

  • Datebooks

  • "Clarkives" MSS 045: Imperial Earth - Page Proofs

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • "Clarkives" MSS 001.1: 1984, Spring - Page Proofs

  • The Sage of Science Fiction - A Tribute to Arthur C. Clarke Vol. I-IV, 2000

  • Stills. Beddagama - "The Village in the Jungle"

  • Submarine Wanderers? Film Transcription

  • "Clarkives" MSS 018: Cradle - Photocopy of WP Print-Out

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • Arthur Clarke & Buzz Aldrin

  • Misc. - Drafts

  • "Clarkives" MSS 071: The Songs of Distant Earth - Photocopy of WP

  • Papers re: Finances

  • "Clarkives" MSS 030: The Fountains of Paradise - Proofs

  • Speeches, Lectures & Conferences

  • Photocopies of Photos

  • Dera Sept. 1999

  • 1977 Preface to Prelude to Space

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • Articles and Short Stories - Final? Drafts

  • Slide Albums

  • "Clarkives" MSS 001?: 2001: A Space Odyssey - Printer's Copies

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • Datebooks

  • ACC Photographs - Personal Photos

  • Address Lists

  • "Clarkives" MSS 035 & 036: The Fountains of Paradise - Outlines

  • Awards & Tributes

  • "Clarkives" MSS 040: Ghost from the Grand Banks - Uncorrected Page Proofs

  • ACC Press

  • "Clarkives" MSS 068: Report on Planet Three - Typescript with Corrections Part II

  • ACC Press

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