| Repository | University of Roehampton: Archives and Special Collections |
| Level | Series |
| Ref No | RC/1/1/1/1 |
| Creator Name | Richmal Crompton; Richmal Ashbee (niece of Richmal Crompton); and Richmal Ashbee's heirs |
| Title | [Richmal Crompton] Plot ideas and notes [written by Richmal Crompton] for William stories and William [radio and stage] plays |
| Date | c1930s-c1960s |
| Extent | 5 files and 3 items |
| Description | Contains notes [written by Richmal Crompton] about William stories and William [radio and stage] plays. These notes include:
- Plot ideas
- Plot summaries
- Other notes about the William stories, their setting and their characters
Some of the files include a few other notes and memoranda that don't relate to William stories.
Many of the notes in the files have been written on scrap paper, with a variety of correspondence and other documents used for scrap paper. |
| Related Material | Richmal Crompton often used small slips of paper to jot down notes, memoranda, and ideas for stories and plays. Some of these slips of paper were found loose and so have been grouped together in the catalogue (primarily grouped together in this series and in RC/1/1/2/1 and RC/2/6). However, many of the slips of paper were found in files throughout the collection, and have been kept in the files in which they were found.
In particular, further notes containing ideas for William stories can be found in RC/1/1/2/1/1, RC/1/1/2/1/4, RC/1/7/2/5 and RC/2/10. |