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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
      - 2 - [Richmal Crompton] Draft and published copies of Richmal Crompton's William stories
        
        3 - [Richmal Crompton] Proof copies of Richmal Crompton's William stories

Repository	University of Roehampton: Archives and Special Collections
Level	File
Reference Number	RC/1/1/1/2/3/18
Alternate Reference Number	RC/1/2/1/1/2/16; 112
Creator Name	Richmal Crompton; Richmal Ashbee (niece of Richmal Crompton); and Richmal Ashbee's heirs
Title	[Richmal Crompton] Annotated proof copies [belonging to Richmal Ashbee, niece of Richmal Crompton] of the books: "Meet Just William: William the Great Actor and Other Stories" by Richmal Crompton and adapted by Martin Jarvis, and "Meet Just William: William and the Bomb and Other Stories" by Richmal Crompton and adapted by Martin Jarvis
Date	2000
Extent	1 file
Description	The books were illustrated by Tony Ross and published by Macmillan Children's Books. The proof copies was created in 2000 and annotated in c2000. The file also contains the following: - Notes [written by Richmal Ashbee, niece of Richmal Crompton] discussing edits to be made to the proof copies; notes created in c2000. - A covering letter sent with illustrations to be added to the proof copies [these illustrations appear to be present in the file, interspersed throughout the proof copy] (the letter includes written descriptions of the illustrations); letter and illustrations sent to Richmal Ashbee [niece of Richmal Crompton] from Macmillan Children's Books, London, publishers; letter dated 2000.
Access Status	Open
Copyright	Copyright to be determined.
Related Material	Further draft copies of William stories can be found in RC 20, RC 29, RC 31, RC 32, RC 33, RC 34, RC 35, RC 36, RC 37, RC 38, RC 39, RC 40, RC 41, RC 42, RC 43, RC 44, RC 45, RC 46, RC 47, RC 48, RC 105, RC 106, RC 107, RC 151, RC 152, RC 153, RC 154, RC 155, RC 156, RC 157, RC 158, RC 159, RC 160, RC 161, RC 162, RC 163, RC 164, RC 165, RC 254, RC 268 and RC 355. Further correspondence from publishers can be found in RC 7, RC 40, RC 81, RC 112, RC 119, RC test 1, RC test 2, RC test 3, RC test 4, RC 120, RC 124, RC 128, RC 133, RC 137, RC 138, RC 139, RC 140, RC 142, RC 146, RC 141, RC 147, RC 155, RC 156, RC 159, RC 163, RC 167, RC 208, RC 212, RC 213, RC 214, RC 216, RC 217, RC 239, RC 346, RC 350, RC 351, RC 356 and RC 360.

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