P.G. Wodehouse: Holograph and Typed Notes for Stories
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Holograph and typed notes on many different stories, most never followed up (71 pages). Headings include 'Jeeves story' (many instances of this), 'Erotic Poet Story', 'Jeeves and The Deadly Peril', 'Fireworks Story', 'Gone Native', 'Short Story', 'Short Short Story', 'Golf Stories'. The files...
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.
Photocopies of typed and holograph notes (64 pages). Much of this material consists of lists of plot ideas (numbered) and sentences P.G. Wodehouse wrote in the 1930s and referred to for decades thereafter for use in his writings. Many ideas are crossed off and marked 'used' followed by the t...
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 ...
P.G. Wodehouse: Notes for Short Stories and Novels
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Holograph and typed notes for various projects (23 pages). Headings include 'Ideas for an Article or Short Sketch', 'Jeeves Novel', 'Short Story', 'Ukridge'. One page is stamped 'Oflag VIII D' which suggests that it was written during P.G. Wodehouse's internment in Upper Silesia, Sept 1940-J...
Holograph and typed notes on ideas for novels (77 pages). Headings include 'Jeeves Novel', 'Psmith Novel', 'Blandings Novel'. Some notes refer to a story combining Jeeves and Blandings Castle (other notes for this project are preserved at Dulwich College), Feb 1948. The file also includes ...