Five notebooks with outlines of the structure and content of 'As I walked out one midsummer morning', based on the diaries Lee kept at the time of his journey which were stolen when he visited Spain again in 1969.
Autograph and typewritten texts of the essays and articles in the collection, with printed cuttings of some of the articles from the periodicals in which they first appeared. The first title shown is that which appears in 'I can't stay long', although most articles bore other titles when first p...
Autograph drafts. There are usually one or more substantially complete drafts of each chapter, interspersed with further revised and interpolated leaves interrupting and adding to the leaves numbered in pencil by Lee.
Typewritten or word-processed drafts. Many leaves are drafted several times, with autograph amendments and then photocopied, with further autograph amendments, or re-typed incorporating the amendments, which are then subject to further amendment, copying and re-typing. Each of the volumes Add MS...
Letters from Annie Emily Lee, née Light, Lee's mother, to Lee. These are often on unmatched scraps of paper, sometimes inserted several letters at a time in their envelopes. The arrangement of the leaves taken from each envelope has generally been preserved, as many do not indicate their order...
Appointment diaries. Appointment diaries, including notes of the age of his daughter each week from 1964 to 1968 and other notes. With some inserted sheets containing addresses, etc. An imperfect set.
Other notebooks and jottings. A collection of notebooks and cards, including notes on various subjects, analyses of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club players' scores and results, weather observations, records of car journeys, records of coin and gramophone record collections, childhood recolle...