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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 89510 Name Priestley, John Boynton, novelist, playwright and essayist, 1894-1984 Level [40] File

1. Add MS 89510/1/10

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Title:
Letters from J B Priestley and David Storey
Scope & Content:
Letters to Sir Ralph Richardson and Meriel Forbes from John Boynton Priestley and his wife, Jane, and from David Storey. These letters mostly convey personal news and discuss new plays and amendments to them.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1933-1997
Extent:
1 folder

2. Add MS 89510/8/2

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Title:
Professional contracts
Scope & Content:
Contracts between Ralph Richardson and various theatre managers or production companies (Lilian Bayliss, Cyril Phillips, BBC, to engage Ralph to rehearse and perform parts. These contracts cover work at Sadler's Wells and productions and broadcasts including Wild Decembers, Friday the Thirteenth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930-1944
Extent:
1 folder

3. Add MS 89510/10/11

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Title:
Speeches written by Ralph Richardson
Scope & Content:
Speeches written by Ralph Richardson for events and presentations during the 1970s. This folder contains: a speech written for a centenary celebration of the birth of Hilaire Belloc, including a reading of Belloc's Twelfth Nighttyped agenda of the Annual General Meeting of the Artists' General...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1978
Extent:
1 folder

4. Add MS 89510/13/5

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Title:
'Rain Upon Godshill' by J B Priestley
Scope & Content:
A copy of the book Rain Upon Godshill (1939) by J B Priestley with a handwritten dedication to Ralph, dated 1939.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1939
Extent:
1 folder

5. Add MS 89510/13/6

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Title:
'Literature & Western Man' by J B Priestley
Scope & Content:
A copy of the book Literature & Western Man (1960) by J B Priestley with a handwritten dedication at the front Ralph, with affection from Jack, Jan 1960. This volume also includes a letter to Ralph from Priestley, stuck in the front of the book, dated 26 Jan 1960, regarding seats to see Ralph...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 89510/13/7

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Title:
'The English Comic Characters' by J B Priestley, 'They Lived Here in Cheltenham' by Aylwin Sampson and 'Air Navigation for the Private Owner' by Frank A Swoffer
Scope & Content:
This folder contains:a copy of the book The English Comic Characters (1928) by J B Priestley with a letter stuck in front from Priestley to Ralph concerning Ralph's performance as Bottom and inviting him to visit in Brightona copy of the booklet They Lived Here in Cheltenham (1981) by Aylwin Samp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1981
Extent:
1 folder

7. Add MS 89510/14/80

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Title:
Photographs of Ralph Richardson's friends
Scope & Content:
Photographs sent to or collected by Ralph Richardson depicting friends and their families or images captured on their holidays. This folder includes: two photographs of Frank Benson one signed photograph postcard of Harcourt Williams two photographs of J B Priestley one photograph of Angus McBe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 folder (30 photographs)

8. Add MS 89510/19/1

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Title:
Birth and baptism certificates for Charles Richardson
Scope & Content:
This folder contains a certified copy of Charles David Richardson's birth certificate, issued from All Souls, St Marylebone, by Janet B Howe on 10 Jan 1945, and a baptism certificate from Hampstead Parish Church on 25 Mar 1945 with J B Priestley as a sponsor.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945
Extent:
1 folder

9. Add MS 89510/20/1

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Title:
Ralph Richardson's Telephone Index
Scope & Content:
An example of The Bates Manufacturing Company patented Telephone Index constructed out of a brown metal and containing a spool of paper annotated with an alphabetical list of the telephone numbers of Ralph Richardson's colleagues and friends. Many of the contacts have been typed but some have als...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 box