P.G. Wodehouse Posthumous Material: Bibliographic Information
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Bibliographic information on P.G. Wodehouse's work including: booklet by J. F. Whitt The Strand Magazine 1891-1950: A Selective Checklist (privately printed, 1979), listing all P.G. Wodehouse stories appeared in the Strand Magazine; a list of match reports written by P.G. Wodehouse for The Alley...
Photocopy of a page with text of a plaque dedicated by the Wodehouse Society to P.G. Wodehouse and Sir Philip Sidney, in Zutphen, Holland, with handwritten note from Diana to unknown person.
P.G. Wodehouse Published Material: Something Clever
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Photocopy of a two-page story entitled 'Something Clever' handwritten by P.G. Wodehouse as dedication for the Old Alleynian Dinner Book on the occasion of the annual alumni dinner held in New York City, 7 Apr 1955. The story recounts the anecdote of P.G. Wodehouse losing his job at the Hong Ko...
Photocopy of a list entitled ‘Books in P.G. Wodehouse Library, Remsenburg, NY’, made at the time of P.G. Wodehouse’s death in 1975. A few books were subsequently given away by Lady Wodehouse.
P.G. Wodehouse Biographical Material: Dulwich College - Part 1
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Photocopies of material from The Alleynian relating to P.G. Wodehouse’s participation in cricket and other sports during his school years at Dulwich College, Oct 1894 to Oct 1900.
P.G. Wodehouse Biographical Material: Dulwich College - Part 4
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Photocopied extracts from The Alleynian consisting of notices of P.G. Wodehouse’s various activities at the time of his graduation and thereafter including: a notice of his nomination for the Alleyn Club, Oct 1900; his graduation Oct 1900; reviews of his early books The Pothunters, Oct 1902, A P...
P.G. Wodehouse Posthumous Material: Publicity Material
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Programmes, leaflets, press releases and notices relating to various posthumous theatrical productions and readings of P.G. Wodehouse’s work. The file includes Playbill, May 1973, featuring aritcles on The Play's the Thing.