MS Mus. 1841/3/1

Assorted material (262 folios) pertaining to the early stage planning of the composer's autobiography. Categorised as follows:

1. 70 folios of typescript material: treatment, chapter outline, and draft first chapter:

- [ff** total 12]: Typed treatment and outline of 12 chapters, titled ‘The Goldfish Bowl’. 2 copies of the treatment (each 2 leaves) one of which lightly annotated in pencil; chapter outline more heavily annotated in ink.

- [ff** total 58] 2 copies of a typed first draft of Chapter 1, titled ‘…Salad days’. Both copies loose leaves, paginated 1-29, and lightly annotated.

2. 147 folios of formative material, mostly handwritten:

- [ff** total 4]: Draft title page, chapter outline, acknowledgements, and list of illustrations. Provisionally titled “The Goldfish Bowl’ or ‘Why have you got such big ears, Gran’ma?’, Opus X’. The 15 chapters listed correspond with first typed draft of manuscript. Loose leaves from spiral-bound notebook; handwritten in black and blue ink, some pencil.

- [ff* total 4]: Draft for ‘Introduction (or 1st chapter) to explain title of book’. Loose leaves from a notebook top-bound with glue; handwritten in pencil.

- [ff** total 23]: Detailed outline of 52 chapters (all titled for different ‘worlds’: ‘the nursery world’; ‘the world of school’; ‘war world’, etc.).

- [ff* total 30]: Assorted detailed notes. Begins with list of family members, also includes a detailed early outline of 52 chapters (19 folios) – this is likely an earlier draft of the item listed above. Additional folios in the middle of the pad contain unrelated personal and professional notes. Coverless notepad, top-bound with glue; handwritten, mainly in pencil, occasional ink.

- [ff* total 14]: Detailed outline of 40 chapters, paginated by the author and signed ‘first draft, June 1969’. Handwritten in pencil, with occasional annotations, suggesting amendments, in blue ink.

- [ff** total 4]: ‘Suggested illustrations’, organised by chapter (seemingly according to 52-chapter plan). Plain paper, loose leaves; handwritten in pencil.

- [ff** total 18]: Rough ‘Notes of people’ and loose timeline of events listed under years. Handwritten in pencil.

- [ff** total 18]: ‘Notes for Book / things to remember’. 13 folios contain assorted draft passages; the remainder contain rough timelines, names, and other notes. Loose leaves from spiral-bound notebook; handwritten mainly in ink, some pencil.

- [ff* total 5]: Assorted early-stage notes on chapter names, rough timelines, and photos to be included. Loose leaves from Leicester ‘Grand Hotel’ pad; handwritten in pencil.

- [ff** total 11]: ‘The Teachings of Theosophy’, short ‘book’ in 7 sections by Elisabeth Lutyens. Complete typescript copy paginated 1-10; additional single leaf handwritten with title and brief introduction.

- [ff* total 16]: ‘The Lutyens Family’, short chapter by Antoinette Malet, dedicated to Barbie Agar (sister of EL). Describes scenarios from childhood; EL is referred to as ‘Peggy’. Loose leaves; typescript with occasional ink annotations in EL’s hand.

3. 45 folios of miscellaneous material, including various handwritten draft sequences; a translation of a letter from Dallapiccola; extract from a handwritten script for a talk; various quotes and notes about Edward Clark; biography of William Wallace Thompson; copies of letters and illustrations from Edwin Lutyens, and of a sketch by William Nicholson; list of EL’s expenditures in Northumberland; various other assorted single leaves.