| Description | Contains the following:
Press cuttings from "The Star" newspaper containing the following published stories:
- "Jimmy's Surprise Packet", published 3 September 1947.
- "Jimmy Becomes an Actor", published 10 September 1947.
- "Jimmy and the Jellyfish", published 4 February 1948.
- "Jimmy and the Commando", published 31 March 1948.
- "Jimmy's Fossil Hunter", published 2 December 1950.
- "Jimmy and the Explosion", published 21 October 1950.
- "Jimmy's Ultimatum" [presumably published in "The Star"; date of publication not stated].
Annotated, typed draft copies of the following stories; draft copies created and annotated in c1940s-c1960s:
- "Jimmy and the Jellyfish"
- "Jimmy Changes Rôles"
- "Jimmy and the Lettuces"
- "Jimmy's Refugee"
- "Jimmy and the Cricket Ball"
- "Jimmy and the Displaced Person"
- "Jimmy and the Christmas Presents"
- "Jimmy the Fossil-Hunter" ["Jimmy's Fossil Hunter"?]
- "Jimmy Sets Things Going" (also called "Jimmy Upsets the House")
- "Jimmy and the Vampire"
- "Jimmy Gets His Photograph Taken"
- "Jimmy Provides the Unexpected"
- "Jimmy and the Bull"
- "Jimmy's Surprise Packet"
- "Jimmy and the Exhibition"
- "Jimmy the Face-Saver" (also called "Jimmy and the Commando")
- "Jimmy the Explorer"
- "Jimmy and the Smuggler"
- "Jimmy and the Blackmailer"
- "Jimmy Joins the Stage" [also called "Jimmy Becomes an Actor"?]
- "Jimmy and the Lost Property" (also called "Red Indians")
- "J's Ultimatum" ["Jimmy's Ultimatum"]
- "Podgy's Christmas Eve"
- Part of an unnamed Jimmy story
Handwritten draft copies of the following stories; draft copies created in c1940s-c1960s:
- "Jimmy and the Lettuces"
- "Jimmy, Knight Errant"
- Part of "Jimmy and the Exhibition"
- "Jimmy and the Smuggler"
Some of the handwritten draft copies have been written on scrap paper. Items used for scrap paper include:
- Pages from annotated, typed draft copies of Jimmy stories; draft copies created and annotated in c9140s-c1960s.
- Pages from a typed script for a William [radio] play; created c1940s-c1950s.
Also included are:
- Handwritten lists of Jimmy stories; lists created c1940s-c1960s.
- A handwritten list of the characters in the Jimmy stories; list created c1940s-c1960s. |
| Related Material | Further draft copies of non-William stories can be found in RC 27, RC32, RC 79, RC 80, RC 101, RC 102, RC 103, RC 105, 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 105, 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 published non-William stories can be found in PUBLISHED BOOKS, RC 100, RC 137, RC 148, RC 209 and RC 239. |