G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XLIX A, B. Correspondence with the British Broadcasting Corporation and notebook regarding broadcast talks and articles for The Listener and Radio Times by Chesterton; 1928-1936. For the scripts of some of the talks see Add. 73283. Two parts. Not fully indexed.
B. G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOLS. LVII-XCV B. Papers for books written by Chesterton, together with papers for unpublished and posthumously published work and collections; circa 1894-1975. Partly autograph, partly typewritten, partly printed. Printer's copy, particularly for compilations of articles edited by Dorothy Collins, often includes typescripts or extracts or cuttings of published articles, poems or essays, which are thus not retained in their original sequence. For correspondence co...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CII-CXVII. Articles, essays, short stories, plays and poems written for publication in periodicals, partly autograph, partly typewritten, partly printed; [1894]-1936. For correspondence concerning the publication of articles, essays, etc., in periodicals see Add. 73232 A, B and the correspondence with Messrs A. P. Watt and Son at Add. 73200-73227. Sixteen volumes in twenty-seven parts.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXVIII A, B. Notes and papers concerning the Junior Debating Club of St Paul's School, Hammersmith, of which Chesterton was the founding president; [1890-1925], n.d. Mostly autograph. Chesterton's imperfect set of the printed issues of The Debater, with added drawings and notes by him, together with a photocopy of no. 6 and no. 18, and a further incomplete set, formerly owned by Maurice Solomon, are held in the Library's collections of printed books. See also Ad...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXIX A-C. Poems, articles, essays and drawings made as collections for or by others and not published in his lifetime; circa 1900-1936, n.d. Three parts.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXX A, B. Single poems and small groups of poems not published during Chesterton's lifetime; circa 1891-1936,1952. Mostly autograph. Other poems, in notebooks, and on leaves extracted from the early notebooks up to 1901 are to be found in Add. 73314-73348. Two parts.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIII A, B. Articles, essays and reviews, many fragmentary, for which no published text has been found, miscellaneous fragments, contents lists, rough notes and aphorisms; circa 1891-[1935]. Mostly autograph, partly typewritten copies. Other essays and articles, in notebooks, and on leaves extracted from the early notebooks up to 1901 are to be found in Add. 73314-73346, 73350. Arranged chronologically as far as possible. Most articles do not bear a title, some...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV A-D. Miscellaneous notes, games, programmes, school election material, political fantasies, etc., often prepared for gatherings of Chesterton's family and friends; circa 1890 - circa 1933. Autograph.
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIX A-CLXII F. A collection of early notebooks; circa 1880-[1906]. Autograph. These notebooks were compiled mostly during Chesterton's later years at St Paul's School, at Calderon's art school in St John's Wood, at the Slade School of Art and during his employment at Messrs Fisher Unwin. Some originated as school exercise books or sketch books from art school and have been used, like the others, for drafts and fair copies of poems, essays, plays and stories. A...
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CLXVII-CLXXV E. Notebooks containing drafts of poems, lectures and articles; circa 1902 - circa 1936. Nine volumes composed of forty-seven notebooks.