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Box	Folder	Description

Series I. Works, 1894-1982, n.d.

Subseries A. Books, 1894, 1920-1982, n.d.

1	1	ABOUT KINGSMILL (with Malcolm Muggeridge,
				1951), page proofs, n.d.; illustrations, n.d.; clippings, 1951
		BEERBOHM TREE (1956)
	2		Typescript fragments, n.d.
	3		Correspondence, 1953-1956, n.d.
	4		Research	materials, n.d.
	5		Illustrations, n.d.
	6		Business records, 1955; clippings, 1956, 1962
		BERNARD SHAW (1961)
	7		Correspondence, n.d.
	8		Page proofs, n.d.
	9		Page proofs, n.d.; clippings, 1975, n.d.
		CHARLES II (1960)
	10		Correspondence, 1960
	11		Research materials, n.d.
	12		Illustrations, n.d.
	13		Clippings, 1964
		CONAN DOYLE (1943)
	14		Correspondence, 1941-1959, n.d.
	15		Research materials, 1943, n.d.

2	1		Illustrations, n.d.; clippings, 1943, 1946
	2		Doyle family reaction to CONAN DOYLE, 1941-1982
	3	DIZZY (1951), illustrations, n.d.
	4	DOCTOR DARWIN (1930), partial typescript, n.d.; page proofs, n.d.;
					clippings, 1931
		EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE (1965)
	5		Bound incomplete handwritten manuscript
					(chapters 1, 10, and 11), 1963
	6		Correspondence, 1920, 1951, 1963
	7		Research materials, 1934, n.d.
	8		Illustrations, n.d.; clippings, 1963
	9	THE FOOL OF LOVE (1934), page proofs, n.d.; clippings, n.d.
		GILBERT (1957)
	10		Correspondence, 1954-1956
	11		Research materials, n.d.

3	1		Page proofs, n.d.
	2		Illustrations, n.d.
		GILBERT AND SULLIVAN (1935)
	3		Page proofs, n.d.
	4		Clippings, 1935, 1947, 1975, n.d.
	5	THE HERO OF DELHI (1939), page proofs, n.d.
		HESKETH PEARSON BY HIMSELF (1965;
				originally titled A Mingled Yarn: An Autography)
	6-8		Handwritten manuscript in three bound vols., 1959

4	1		Illustrations, n.d.
	2		Clippings, 1965, n.d.
	3	JOHNSON AND BOSWELL (1958), promotional materials, n.d.
	4	LABBY (1936), page proofs, n.d.
	5	THE LAST ACTOR-MANAGERS (1950), page proofs, n.d.
		THE LIFE OF OSCAR WILDE (1946, 1954)
	6		Correspondence, 1953; research materials,
					1894, 1938, 1945, n.d.
	7		Page proofs, n.d.
	8		Illustrations, n.d.
	9		Clippings, 1962, 1978, n.d.
		A LIFE OF SHAKESPEARE (1942, 1949)
	10		1942 ed., page proofs, n.d.
	11		1949 ed., page proofs, n.d.
	12		Clippings, 1942
	13	LIVES OF THE WITS (1962), illustrations, n.d.

		THE MAN WHISTLER (1952)
5	1		Research materials, n.d.; page proofs, n.d.
	2		Illustrations, n.d.
	3	SKYE HIGH (with Hugh Kingsmill, 1937), clippings, 1937
	4	THE SMITH OF SMITHS (1934), clippings (1953)
		THE SWAN OF LICHFIELD (1936)
	5		Tear sheets with corrections, n.d.
	6		Illustrations, n.d.
		TALKING OF DICK WHITTINGTON (with Hugh Kingsmill, 1947)
	7		Page proofs (2 sets), n.d.
	8		Promotional materials, n.d.
	9		Clippings, 1948
		THINKING IT OVER (1938)
	10		Page proofs, n.d.
	11		Clippings, 1938
		THIS BLESSED PLOT (with Hugh Kingsmill, 1942)
	12		Reviews, n.d.
	13		Clippings, 1942
		WALTER SCOTT (1954)
	14		Correspondence, 1947-1960
	15		Research materials, 1953, n.d.
	16		Illustrations, n.d.
	17		Clippings, 1955
	18		Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club, 1960, 1971

Subseries B. Other Works, 1903-1959, n.d.

		Articles, 1938-1963, n.d.
6	1		The Anti-Avonians, typescript, n.d.
	2		The Bicentenary of a Biologist, page proofs, n.d
	3		The Cause of Oscar Wilde's Death, typescript, n.d.
	4		Charles Dickens, typescript, n.d.
	5		COLLIER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA articles, typescripts, n.d.
	6		Crime Wave in the 18th Century: The Man
					Who Stamped It Out, typescript, n.d.
	7		Disraeli, typescript, n.d.
	8		Humour, galley proofs, 1938
	9		Introduction (on Wilde), typescript, n.d.
	10		A Note on "Yorick" (H. Sheridan-Bickers),
					typescript, n.d.
	11		Schooldays, typescript, n.d.
	12		An Uncertain Centenary (with manuscript note by
					Hugh Kingsmill), typescript, 1955
	13		Various clippings, 1946-1963, n.d.
	14		War of the Wafer, typescript, n.d.
	15		Untitled typescripts, n.d.
	16	Book reviews, clippings, 1929-1961, n.d.
		Diaries, 1923-1924, 1940-1959
	17		June 1923-Jan. 1924
	18		Jan. 1940
	19		Jan.-March 1940
	20		March-July 1940
	21		July 1940-Jan. 1941
	22		Jan. 1941-Feb. 1942

7	1		Feb. 1942-Oct. 1943
	2		Oct. 1943-Nov. 1959
		Dramatic works, n.d.
	3		Cortes the Conqueror, typescript story with
					handwritten play outline, n.d.
	4		A Dr. Johnson Film (with Hugh Kingsmill),
					typescript outline, n.d.
	5		Harvest Thanksgiving (with Malcolm
					Muggeridge), playscript, n.d.
	6		Henry of Navarre: A Dramatic Chronicle in Five
					Scenes, typescript, n.d.
	7		Johnson and Boswell, Written for Television,
					original typescript and carbon copy, n.d.
	8		Story for a Film on Richard Brinsley Sheridan,
					typescript, n.d.
	9		A Writ for Libel (with Colin Hurry), playscript,
					n.d.; theater program, n.d.
		Juvenilia, 1903-1904
	10		The Lightning, vol. 1, 1903
	11		The Lightning, vol. 3, 1904

8	1	Notebook (includes early drafts of several talks and
				notes for LIVES OF THE WITS), 1959-1961, n.d.
		Short stories, 1932, n.d.
	2		Blackmail, typescript, n.d.
	3		A Chorus Girl, typescript, n.d.
	4		In the Cause of Art, typescript, n.d.
	5		Modern Love, typescript, n.d.
	6		The Observations of Mrs. Ogden, page proofs,1932
	7		Peter's Love Affairs, typescript, n.d.
	8		Scotland Yard Meets Mr Rodd, typescript, n.d.
	9		Stephen's Story, typescript, n.d.
	10		This Sex Business, typescript, n.d.
	11		Through the Window, typescript, n.d.
		Talks, 1955-1964, n.d.
	12		About Biography, typescript, 1955
	13		G. K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, typescript, n.d.
	14		H. G. Wells and Frank Harris, typescript, n.d.
	15		Joy-Walking, typescript, 1963
	16		The Life of Bernard Shaw, typescript, n.d.
	17		Sir Arthur Pinero and Sir James Barrie, typescript, n.d.
	18		Sir Walter Scott, typescript, n.d.
	19		Talk at Manchester Arts Library Theatre, original
					typescript and carbon copy, 1964
	20		Talk by Hesketh Pearson, typescript, n.d.
	21		Talk by Hesketh Pearson on the Decline of Good
					Manners, typescript, n.d.
	22		Talk on Beerbohm Tree, typescript, n.d.
	23		A Very Great Man, typescript, 1960
	24		Untitled typescripts, 1957, 1962, n.d.
	25	Unidentified, miscellaneous, n.d.


Series II. Correspondence, 1910-1963, n.d.

9	1	A-C
	2	D-G
	3	H-K
		Kingsmill, Hugh, 1921-1949
	4		1921-1924
	5		1925-1926
	6		1927
	7		1928
	8		1929
	9		1930
	10		1931
	11		1932
	12		1933
	13		1934
	14		1935

10	1		1936
	2		1937
	3		1938
	4		1939
	5		1940
	6		1941-1942
	7		1943-1945
	8		1947-1949
	9	L-M
	10	N-P
	11	Q-Z
	12	Wodehouse, P. G., 1944-1961, n.d.
	13	Unidentified


Series III. Personal, 1789-1959, n.d.

11	1	Acting career, 1911, n.d.
	2	Certificates of births and marriages, driver's licenses, 1882-1922
	3-4	Family correspondence, 1789-1912, n.d.
		Military service
	5		Papers and medals, 1916-1920, n.d.
	bv1		Photograph album, 1913-1921
	6	Obituaries, memorial service, 1964
	7	Photographs, 1888-1959, n.d.

Series IV. Joyce Pearson, 1964-1975

	8	Letters of condolence, 1964
	9	Correspondence, 1964-1975

Series V. Michael Holroyd, 1926-2001, n.d.

		Works, 1926-2001, n.d.
	10		DICTIONARY OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY articles, correspondence,
					papers, 1991, 1998-1999, n.d.
			HUGH KINGSMILL (1964)
	11-12			Typescript, n.d.

12	1			Correspondence, 1958-1969
	2			Research materials, 1948, 1991
	3		Hugh Kingsmill, article, 1973
	4		Introduction to DIZZY, typescript, page proofs,
					and correspondence, 2001, n.d.
	5		Introduction to FRANK HARRIS, typescript, n.d.
	6		Introduction to THE WHISPERING GALLERY,
					typescript, research materials, 1926-1927, n.d.
	7		Pearsonifying Beerbohm Tree, typescript and
					radio script, 1981, n.d.
	8		Remembering Hesketh Pearson, handwritten
					manuscript, typescript, printed copy, 2001, n.d.
	9		Review of GOD'S APOLOGY,  typescript, clipping, n.d.
	10		Miscellaneous, 1963, n.d.
	11		Untitled article on Hesketh Pearson's books, n.d.

	12	Business papers, 1960-1971
		Correspondence, 1960-2001, n.d.
	13		A-C
	14		D-I
	15		J-M
	16		N-Z, unidentified
	17	Third-party works and correspondence, 1985-2001, n.d.
	18	Unidentified manuscripts and clippings, 1964, 1967, n.d.




Hesketh Pearson Papers Finding Aid
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(Last modified: 6 November 2003 )

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