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RC - Richmal Crompton Collection
- 1 - [Richmal Crompton] Documents relating to Richmal Crompton's literary work, her public life, and the management of her literary estate
  - 1 - [Richmal Crompton] Draft and published copies of Richmal Crompton's literary work, including William stories
    - 1 - [Richmal Crompton] Draft and published copies of Richmal Crompton's William stories, William [radio and stage] plays, and articles "written" by William
      - 1 - [Richmal Crompton] Plot ideas and notes [written by Richmal Crompton] for William stories and William [radio and stage] plays

Repository	University of Roehampton: Archives and Special Collections
Level	File
Ref No	RC/1/1/1/1/4
Alt Ref No	RC/1/1/1/1/3/1; RC/1/1/1/1/3/3; 42
Creator Name	Richmal Crompton; Richmal Ashbee (niece of Richmal Crompton); and Richmal Ashbee's heirs
Title	[Richmal Crompton] Handwritten ideas for and draft copies of sections of William stories [by Richmal Crompton], including a section of a draft copy of a script for [the stage play?] "William Goes to the Circus"
Date	c1940s-c1960s
Extent	1 file
Description	Contains the following: - A section of a handwritten draft copy of a script for [the stage play?] "William Goes to the Circus"; draft copy made c1940s-c1950s. - Notebooks containing ideas for and draft copies of sections of William stories, including "Good Old Days" ["William and the Good Old Days"] and other unnamed stories, c1960s. - Handwritten poems titled "re Finnegans Wake - by James Joyce" and "V.3 to Richmal", c1960s. - Handwritten notes describing a dream, c1960s. - Handwritten notes on scraps of paper, containing ideas for William stories, as well as some other notes and memoranda, c1950s-c1960s. Some of the items used for scrap paper include: - Letters to RC Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton] from AP Watt and Son, London, [literary agents], including discussion of the publishing of "William and the Space Animal" and "William's Television Show" in Portugal; letters dated 1966 and 1968. - A section of minutes for a meeting of the CCCC [Central Committee for the Care of Cripples], c1950s. - Accounts for royalties to be paid by George Newnes Limited, London, publishers, c1966. - A page of an annotated, typed draft of a William story [name of the story not stated], c1960s. - A letter to [Richmal] Crompton from a fan (aged around nine years old); letter written c1960s.
Access Status	Closed
Closed Until	01/01/2070
Access Conditions	Contains personal data relating to living individuals. Access to closed material may be reviewed on request by the archivist.
Copyright	Copyright to be determined.
Related Material	Further collected poems can be found in RC/1/1/1/1/2, RC/2/6/3, RC/2/6/4, RC/2/16 and RC/4/3. Further draft copies of Richmal Crompton's William stories can be found in RC/1/1/1/2/1, RC/1/1/1/2/2 and RC/1/1/1/2/3. Further documents relating to fans of Richmal Crompton's works can be found in RC/1/7 and RC/5. Further accounts for royalties to be paid can be found in RC/1/1/1/1/5, RC/1/1/1/1/6, RC/1/1/1/2/1/1, RC/1/1/1/2/1/3, RC/1/1/1/2/1/4, RC/1/1/1/2/1/5, RC/1/1/1/2/1/6, RC/1/1/1/2/1/7, RC/1/1/1/2/1/8, RC/1/1/1/2/1/10, RC/1/1/1/2/1/11, RC/1/1/1/2/2/5, RC/1/1/2/1/1, RC/1/1/2/1/2, RC/2/1/2/4, RC/2/3/1 and RC/2/11. Further correspondence from literary agents can be found in RC/1/1/1/2/1/8, RC/1/1/1/2/1/10, RC/1/1/2/1/1, RC/1/1/2/1/2, RC/1/1/2/1/3, RC/1/3/1/1, RC/1/3/2/3, RC/1/3/2/4, RC/1/3/2/8, RC/1/3/2/9, RC/1/3/2/10, RC/1/3/2/12, RC/1/3/2/13, RC/1/3/2/14, RC/1/3/2/16, RC/1/3/2/17, RC/1/3/2/19, RC/1/3/2/21, RC/1/3/2/23, RC/1/3/2/31, RC/1/3/2/33/ RC/1/3/2/34, RC/1/3/2/36, RC/1/3/2/41, RC/1/3/2/44, RC/1/4/3, RC/1/7/1/3, RC/1/7/2/8, RC/1/9/18, RC/1/9/19, RC/1/11, RC/2/1/2/4, RC/2/6/4, RC/2/6/5, RC/4/2, RC/6. Further documents relating to the [stage play?] "William Goes to the Circus" can be found in RC/1/1/1/4/1/3, RC/1/1/1/4/4, RC/1/1/1/4/5 and RC/1/3/2/1. Further draft copies of William stage plays can be found in RC/1/1/1/4/1/2, RC/1/1/1/4/1/3, RC/1/1/1/4/1/6 and RC/1/1/1/4/3.

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