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 2
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Photocopies of Form Work from Midsummer Term 1895 to Midsummer Term 1900, Dulwich College. The pages list exhibitions, scholarships and prizes and include mentions of P.G. Wodehouse and his brother Armine Wodehouse.
P.G. Wodehouse Biographical Material: Dulwich College - Part 3
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Photocopies of programmes and reviews relating to P.G. Wodehouse’s stage performances during his time at Dulwich College, including: review from The Alleynian of a production of Aristophanes’ The Frogs in Greek, Jul 1899. P.G. Wodehouse appeared in the Chorus of Frogs and the Chorus of Worshippe...
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...
Material relating to sport, including: photocopies of two pages mentioning cricket games in which P.G. Wodehouse played, 1900 and 1907; photocopy of bills from the Soundview Gold Club on Long Island, both signed by P.G. Wodehouse, one dated 14 Oct 1929; copy of Surrey County Cricket Club, a smal...
P.G. Wodehouse Biographical Material: William Townend
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Photocopies of three flyleaf inscriptions from P.G. Wodehouse to his friend William Townend in copies of The White Feather, The Pothunters, and The Head of Kay's, dating from the period of the first publication of the books, 1902-07.
P.G. Wodehouse Biographical Material: After Graduation
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Photocopies from The Alleynian recording P.G. Wodehouse’s sports activities relating to Dulwich College after his graduation. These include some early cricket games played by P.G. Wodehouse’s own team, 'P.G. Wodehouse’s XI', against Dulwich and P.G. Wodehouse’s own reviews of Dulwich games, Jun ...
P.G. Wodehouse Biographical Material: Marriage Certificate
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Photocopy of P.G. and Ethel Wodehouse’s marriage certificate, 30 Sept 1914, with an explanatory cover letter from Robert McCrum to Sir Edward Cazalet, 23 Apr 2001.