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1. Loan MS 129/1/104-150

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Loan MS 129/1/104-150
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse Manuscript Material: Notes
Scope & Content:
Notes for or relating to literary works and other projects, many of which were never realised. The notes include the idea of the story and P.G. Wodehouse's own comments about it. Ideas are often crossed out and marked 'used' or with comments such as 'very good', 'work on this', 'not used'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900-1975
Extent:
47 files

2. Loan MS 129/1/126

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Loan MS 129/1/126
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse: Copies of notes
Scope & Content:
Photocopies of notes for various projects.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1974
Extent:
1 file

3. Loan MS 129/1/108

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Loan MS 129/1/108
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse: Typed notes
Scope & Content:
Typed and holograph notes for various stories (5 pages). All pages are dated, from 21 May 1936 to 14 Jul 1937. Page with holograph notes dated 1 Apr 1937 is headed 'Soapy Story' and page dated 14 Jul 1937 is headed 'Ch 1' and includes ideas for a Jeeves Story with 'Stiffy', 14 Jul 1937.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936-1937
Extent:
1 file

4. Loan MS 129/1/111

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Loan MS 129/1/111
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse: Ideas and Drafts
Scope & Content:
Photocopies of typed and holograph notes with ideas and draft text for novels and short stories (67 pages). Many pages contain lists of ideas (numbered), some of which have been crossed off and marked 'used', and many have headings including 'Jeeves Story/Novel', 'Gold Story', 'Ideas Not Used ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937-1964
Extent:
1 file

5. Loan MS 129/1/148

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Loan MS 129/1/148
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse: Notes for Articles
Scope & Content:
Holograph manuscript (10 pages) and typescript drafts (2 pages) and notes for articles. The pages headed 'The Sunday Telegraph' are probably for the article 'That Ninety Feeling', written for P.G. Wodehouse's 90th birthday, which appeared in The Sunday Telegraph on 10 Oct 1971.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970s
Extent:
1 file

6. Loan MS 129/1/120

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Loan MS 129/1/120
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse: Notes for Novels
Scope & Content:
Typed and holograph notes for various projects (69 pages), plus photocopies of 3 pages of notes. Headings include 'Stark Novelist', 'Lost Keys', 'Oh, Kay', 'Uncle Fred Novel', 'Blandings Novel', 'Jeeves Novel', 'Black Comedy Scene for Novel', 'Girl's Father Novel'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1940s-1950s]
Extent:
1 file

7. Loan MS 129/1/123

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Loan MS 129/1/123
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse: Outline for Novels
Scope & Content:
Holograph and typed notes for outline of two novels, (2 pages, one dated 10 Jan 1942, one undated).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 file

8. Loan MS 129/1/132

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Loan MS 129/1/132
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse: Notes for Glossop-Bertie Novel
Scope & Content:
Holograph notes headed 'Glossop-Bertie Novel', undated (1 page). The idea at the bottom of the page is used in Jeeves in the Offing (1960).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950s
Extent:
1 file

9. Loan MS 129/1/133

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Loan MS 129/1/133
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse: Notes for Plays
Scope & Content:
Holograph and typed notes, mostly for plays (7 pages). On the back of one page, there is a rejected draft of The Old Reliable, starting with the words 'I wish you would', c. 1950. On the back of another page there is an handwritten note 'Material for packing PGW Royal Typescript'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950s
Extent:
1 file

10. Loan MS 129/1/134

Reference (shelfmark):
Loan MS 129/1/134
Title:
P.G. Wodehouse: Notes for Projects
Scope & Content:
Holograph and typed notes for various projects (59 pages). Some pages are dated, with dates ranging from 1951 to 1964. Headings include 'Ideas for Musical Comedy', 'An Uncle Fred Story', 'Blandings Novel', 'Absent Treatment', 'Freddie Widgeon Story', 'Psmith Novel', 'Antiques Story', 'Golf Sto...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1964
Extent:
1 file

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