| Description | The notes were written in c1930s-c1960s. The notes contain ideas for stories [not William stories]. Included is one note containing ideas for a Jimmy story.
Some of the notes have been written on scrap paper. Items used for scrap paper include:
- Pages from annotated, typed draft copies of stories [not William stories]; draft copies created c1930s-c1960s.
- Pages from annotated, typed draft copies of William stories; draft copies created c1930s-c1960s.
- Parts of letters [Richmal Crompton] from friends; letters written c1930s-c1960s.
- Part of [an agenda?] for a meeting [the name of the group that were meeting is not stated]; document created c1930s-c1960s.
- Pages from typed scripts for William [radio] plays; scripts created c1940s-c1950s.
- A letter to [Richmal] Crompton from a student at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, [London], asking permission to perform one of the "Just William" [radio?] plays written for the BBC [British Broadcasting Corporation]; letter written in c1940s-c1950s.
- Part of a page from an annotated, typed draft copy of a Jimmy story; draft copy created c1940s-c1960s.
- A receipt for money given by Miss Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton] to the Bromley, Kent, Division of the Girl Guides; receipt dated 1949.
- Part of a letter to Miss Lambourne [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton] [sender's name not stated], asking for two copies of [the book] "Jimmy" to be autographed for Children's Book Week in Durban, South Africa; letter created c1949.
- Correspondence to RC Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton] from AP Watt and Son, London, [literary agents], discussing the publishing of William books and Jimmy stories; correspondence dated 1949-1960.
- A typed copy of a letter to the Central Council for the Care of Cripples, [London], from someone with muscular dystrophy asking for help with employment; letter written and copy made in c1950.
- A letter to Miss Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton] from the Historic Churches Preservation Trust, London, asking for donations; letter written c1950s-c1960s.
- Part of an invitation to a [textile exhibition?] in London, 1951.
- A letter to [Richmal] Crompton from John Waddington Ltd., Leeds, playing card manufacturers and makers of games and jigsaw puzzles, asking for an autograph for three children who had helped John Waddington Ltd. develop a game; letter dated 1955.
- A letter from the University of London asking for donations to help fund the education of refugee Hungarian students; letter written in c1956.
- A letter to Miss Lamburn [Richmal Crompton Lamburn, also known as Richmal Crompton] sent with a subscription to the USCL [United Society for Christian Literature]; letter dated 1960.
- A programme for a "Jubilee Birthday Party" at Sevenoaks, Kent, for the Girl Guides Association; programme dated 1960. |
| Related Material | 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 notes containing ideas for stories can be found in RC 10, RC 20, RC 26, RC 35, RC 37, RC 49, RC 52, RC 83, RC 98, RC 106, RC 107, RC 116, RC 230 and RC 275. They may also be unidentified within notes that are found throughout the collection.
Further draft copies of non-William stories can be found in RC 27, RC32, RC 79, RC 80, RC 99, RC 101, RC 102, RC 103, RC 106, RC 107, RC 108 and RC 231.
Further typed scripts for William radio plays can be found in RC 21, RC 51, RC 53, RC 57, RC 58, RC 59, RC 60, RC 62, RC 63, RC 64, RC 65, RC 66, RC 67, RC 68, RC 69, RC 70, RC 71, RC 72, RC 73, RC 74, RC 75, RC 76, RC 77, RC 78, RC 99, RC 106, RC 107, RC 108, RC 171, RC 172, RC 174, RC 175, RC 176, RC 177, RC 178, RC 231, RC 258 and RC 323.
Further correspondence sent to Richmal Crompton from friends and family can be found in RC 4, RC 5, RC 6, RC 22, RC 37, RC 40, RC 106, RC 107, RC 231, RC 252, RC 256, RC test 5, RC test 6, RC test 13, RC test 14, RC 275, RC 318, RC 326, RC 336 and RC 349.
Further correspondence from literary agents can be found in RC 7, RC 20, RC 21, RC 35, RC 46, RC 48, RC 81, RC 106, RC 107, RC 108, RC 110, RC test 1, RC test 2, RC test 4, RC 120, RC 121, RC 122, RC 123, RC 124, RC 125, RC 126, RC 127, RC 128, RC 129, RC 131, RC 133, RC 139, RC 200, RC 208, RC 212, RC 217, RC 227, RC 231, RC 275, RC 337 and RC 350.
Further documents relating to the United Society for Christian Literature can be found in RC 5, RC 20, RC 37, RC 107, RC 108 and RC 266. |