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Loan MS 129/4/81
- Record Id:
- 040-003372107
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003367166
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042382704.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Loan MS 129/4/81
- Title:
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P.G. Wodehouse to other authors
- Scope & Content:
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Photocopies of letters from P.G. Wodehouse to other authors, including:
- Henry Slesar - 15 letters, mainly regarding Edge of Night, a soap opera written by Slesar, and Wodehouse's latest projects, 1970-1975, with photocopies of articles about P.G. Wodehouse mentioning his appreciation for Edge of Night;
- John Douglas Forbes - 4 letters, mainly regarding Wodehouse's latest novels and their titles, and the Herald Tribute book section, 1961-1969)
- Will Cuppy - 11 letters, mainly regarding their work, Cuppy's reviews and other author's books, 1931-1948. Also includes are 2 letters are from Ethel Wodehouse to Cuppy, 1932;
- Barbara C. Bowen - 1 letter confirming that he probably read François Rabelais at school, with a copy of Bowen's letter to Wodehouse, 1972;
- Ogden Nash - 1 letter thanking him for his review of Big Money, 1931;
- Anthony Powell - 2 letters congratulating him on his work, 1967-1973;
- Edna Toney (aspiring writer) - 8 letters, mainly giving her his opinion on her books, 1963-1967;
- Hesketh Pearson - 6 letters, mainly about Wodehouse's latest books and theatrical work, Malcolm Muggeridge, and books about Gilbert and Sullivan, 1947-1961;
- Hugh Kingsmill - 1 letter, regarding his latest book and his plans to go to the US, 1946;
- Evelyn Waugh - 1 letter, regarding Waugh's BBC programme attacking Cassandra, 1961;
- Mr Gould - 1 letter, thanking him for his letter, 1934.
Many letters were sent to Frances Donaldson for her book P.G. Wodehouse The Authorised Biography and are accompanied by cover letters explaining their sources.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003367166
036-003368535
037-003367353
038-003372121
040-003372107 - Is part of:
- Loan MS 129 : P.G. Wodehouse Archive
Loan MS 129/4 : P.G. Wodehouse Archive: Correspondence
Loan MS 129/4/1-105 : Correspondence to and from P.G. Wodehouse
Loan MS 129/4/81-83 : P.G. Wodehouse Correspondence: Other authors
Loan MS 129/4/81 : P.G. Wodehouse to other authors - Hierarchy:
- 032-003367166[0004]/036-003368535[0003]/037-003367353[0037]/038-003372121[0001]/040-003372107
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Loan MS 129
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1931
- End Date:
- 1980
- Date Range:
- 1931-1980
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former External References:
- BL28
OF36 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bowen, Barbara C., American author and academic, b 1937
Cuppy, William Jacob, American humourist and literary critic, 1884-1949
Donaldson, Frances Annesley, née Lonsdale, writer and biographer, 1907-1994
Douglas, John Forbes, writer, b 1910
Kingsmill, Hugh, author, 1889-1949
Nash, Ogden, American poet, 1902-1971
Pearson, Edward Hesketh Gibbons, actor and biographer, 1887-1964
Powell, Anthony Dymoke, writer, 1905-2000
Slesar, Henry, American author, playwright and copywriter, 1927-2002
Waugh, Evelyn Arthur St John, novelist, 1903-1966,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121020973