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11. Add MS 73466

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXXXI (ff. 65). Autograph prologue and notes, and typewritten script of 'The three kings: a play for Christmas' by Frances Chesterton; 1926. Including musical settings for 'The three kings' (printed) and 'Oh little king that is our own'. With two programmes for it...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926
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1 item

12. Add MS 73469

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXXXIV. Newspaper cuttings of obituaries and reports of the death, funeral and will of Frances Chesterton, with a cutting of her poem 'Things to think about' printed in The Observer, 27 Nov. 1938 (f. 1), a poem in the hand of Dorothy Collins dictated by Frances Ch...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
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1 item

13. Add MS 73456

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXXI (ff. 68). Special correspondence of Frances Chesterton; 1926-1932, n.d. Contents: 1. ff. 1-28v. Correspondence between Frances Chesterton and Dorothy Collins; 1926-1932. 2. ff. 29-35. Letters from Frances Chesterton to Nancy Mansfield, a neighbour in Beaco...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1932
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1 item

14. Add MS 73467

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXXXII (ff. 18). Scripts for 'A Christmas garland' by Frances Chesterton and others; [1928]. Mostly typewritten. Includes: 'Prologue' by M. Pearson, 'Decorating' by Frances Chesterton, 'Twelve by the mail' adapted from Hans Andersen, by Frances Chesterton (?), a p...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1928]
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1 item

15. Add MS 73457 A-B

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXXII A, B. Two notebooks of fair copies of poems by Frances Chesterton; 1893-1938. Autograph. Some poems are published in anthologies or periodicals, or as the Chestertons' Christmas cards, as indicated in notes to the relevant poems. The final poem 'Things to think about' (Add. 73457 B, ff. 75-77), was published in The Observer, 27 Nov. 1938. Two parts. ff. ii+73 (ff. 1 and 2 excised), i+77. 226 x 174mm., 215 x 139mm.
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Poetry ENGLISH: Frances Alice Chesterton, née Blogg; wife of G K Chesterton: Poems by Frances Alice Chesterton: 1893-1938: Partly copies, partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1893-1938
Extent:
2 items

16. Add MS 73470

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXXXV (ff. 39). Miscellaneous papers relating to Frances Chesterton; 1920 - circa 1938. Includes newspaper cuttings of some of her poems (ff. 1-6, 37); doctors' reports on her health from 1920 to 1928 (ff. 7-30); marked proof of her short play 'The Christmas gift'...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1943
Extent:
1 item

17. Add MS 73461

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXXVI (ff. 39). Musical settings of poems by Frances Chesterton; circa 1920-1970. Mostly for voice and piano. Mostly printed. Includes settings of 'How far is it to Bethlehem?' by Theresa Bensey, Richard Donovan, Bernard Fison, W. Trevor Lewis, E. E. Rhodes, Alec ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1920-1970
Extent:
1 item

18. Add MS 73454

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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXIX (ff. 113). Correspondence of Frances Alice Chesterton (b.1869, d.1938); 1876-1945. Includes two posthumously addressed letters, one of 1944 to Dorothy Collins, and one of 1945 concerning permission to reprint a poem. Almost all the letters are to Frances Ches...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1876-1945
Extent:
1 item

19. Add MS 73457 B

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VOL. CCLXXII B, ff. i+77.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1893-1938
Extent:
1 item

20. Add MS 73457 A

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VOL. CCLXXII A, ff. ii+73. includes: f. 223 Sir Edward William Spencer Ford, KCB: Letter to Sir T. M. Rattigan: 1952.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1893-1938
Extent:
1 item