Loan MS 129/4/90

Original and photocopies of correspondence from P.G. Wodehouse to fans and friends, including:

• autograph brief letter in response to a fan letter, to Mills Weis, Esq., 19 Mar 1930, with cover letter from Pauline Blanc, forwarding the letter to Sir Edward Cazalet, 17 Jun 1994;
• photocopy of a letter to Mr Heineman, thanking him for writing to Cosmopolitan magazine in support of P.G. Wodehouse in the post-war period, 27 Jun 1947, with cover letter from James Heineman, owner of the original letter, 3 Apr 1993;
• original typed, signed note to ‘Bert’ (Herbert Haskins, a wartime friend) mostly concerning pets, 16 Dec 1959, with note on provenance;
• original typed, signed note to Gordon K. MacLean, concerning mutual classmate Herbert W. Westbrook and P.G. Wodehouse’s age, 20 Jul 1964, with correspondence between Edward Cazalet and Mrs Elizabeth Cramb, and an obituary of Maclean;
• original typed, signed note to Mr Kelly, thanking him for ‘the Fry book’ [C.B. Fry’s Life Worth Living], 25 Dec 1966, with note on provenance;
• several photocopies of notes from P.G. Wodehouse to Pauline Blanc, 1972-1974, with cover notes from Blanc to Kristin Thompson, describing the correspondence;
• photocopy of a note to Mr Barnheern, on the idea of founding a P.G. Wodehouse Club, 30 May 1973;
• photocopy of a note to Mrs Woodger in response to fan letter, 27 Jan 1975, with cover letter of donor.