The Inventory of the Mary Hayley Bell Collection #559
The Inventory
of the
Mary Hayley Bell
Collection
#559
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
BELL, Mary Hayley
Gift of August, 1972
I. Manuscript
A. Novels
Box 1 1. AVOLENA. T.V. Boardman. 1957.
Typescript with holo. corrections, 243 pp. (#1)
2. FAR MORNING. Heinemann. 1962.
Type. mimeo., 69 pp. (#2)
3. WHISTLE DOlvN THE WIND. T.V. Boardman. 1958.
a. Carbon:typescript, 172 pp. (#3)
b. Carbon typescript with holo. corrections, 157 pp. (#4)
B. Autobiography
1. WHAT SHALL WE DO TOMORROW? Cassell. 1968.
Box 2 a. Typescript with holo. corrections, 572 pp.
Box 3 b. Typescript photocopy with holo, corrections, 312 pp. (the
final page is missing.) (#1)
c. Carbon typescript, 567 pp. (#2)
Box 4 d. Unbound signature proofs.
c. Plays
1. "The Cloudy God."
a. Typescript, 144 pp. (II 1)
b. Carbon typescript, 143 pp. Ut2)
2. "Dear Enemy."
a. Typescript with holo. corrections, 91 pp. (#3)
b. Carbon typescript with holo. corrections, 91 pp. (#4)
c. Carbon typescript, 104 pp. (#5) Bell, Mary Hayley page 2
3. "Feather On The Water."
Carbon typescript with halo. corrections, 104 pp. (#6)
Box 5 4. "The Hungry Month."
a. Carbon typescript, 166 pp. (#1)
b. Letter: MHB to "Noel:" (presumably Noel Coward), ALS, no date (Ill)
5. "Journey North. 11
Carbon typescript, 99 pp. (#2)
6 • "Men In Shadow. "
Carbon typescript with halo. corrections, 114 pp; typescript with
halo. corrections, 4 pp.; holograph, 2 pp. on 1 leaf. (#3)
7. "Scorpion Grass."
Typescript with halo. corrections, 49 pp. (#4)
8. 11 Treble Key. 11
Carbon typescript with halo. corrections, 135 pp. (#5)
9. "Two Harlequins."
Typescript with halo. correction, 86 pp. (#6)
10. "The Uninvited Guest. 11
Carbon typescript, 104 pp. (#7)
11. "Violence Is The Enemy."
Typescript with halo. corrections, 130 pp. (#8)
D. Screenplays
Box 6 1. "Bats With Baby Faces." Dated March, 1965.
a. Type. mimeo. with halo. corrections, 135 pp. (#1)
b. News-clipping: story on gypsies, The Times (of London),
March 16, 1965. (#1)
2. "Hermit Crabs."
a. Type. mimeo., 78 pp. (#2)
b. Type. mimeo., 103 pp. (#3) Bell, Mary Hayley page 3
3. "Nanny And The Professor. 11 Synopsis of story with suggested
dialogue. Typescript mimeo., 30 pp. (2 copies) (114-ll 5)
4. "Sharp Flats."
Type. mimeo., 31 pp. (116)
5. "Something To Love."
Type. mimeo. , 72 pp. (117)
6. "Whistle Down The Wind."
a. Type, mimeo with holo. corrections, 110 pp. (#8)
Box 7 b. Type. mimeo., 135 pp. (#1)
E. Other Writings
1. "Only Luke Was With Me. 11
Typescript with holo. corrections, 90 pp. (#2)
2. "Goodbye Mrs. Browne."
Typescript, 86 pp. (#3)
II. Printed
A. Mounted news-clips re MHB, 1932-1935. Ca. 20 pieces. (#4)
B. Scrapbook of news-clips in Australian tour, 1937-1938.
C. Book reviews and playbills, 1947-1972. Ca. 25 pieces. (#5)
D. News-clips re Hayley and Juliet Mills. 2 pieces. (#6)
Box 8 E. WHAT SHALL WE DO TOMORROW?
Serialized in Woman And Home, Oct., 1968-Feb., 1969. issues.
III. Photographs
MHB, family, and friends. 7 photos. (#1)
IV. Tape Recordings
A. "Monkey On His Back" by MHB
B. "The Uninvited Guest." Recorded December 10, no year. Blackfriars Theatre.
V. Correspondence
A. Re Plays. Bell, Mary Hayley page 4
1. "Angel. 11 1946-1947. (//2)
21 CTL
14 TLS
14 ALS
1 Telegram
Playbill and 2 scene sketches
Including:
Barnabe, Bruno ALS, Jan. 20, 1947.
Beaumont, Hugh, signed "Binkie" TLS, Jan. 31, 1947, TLS, Feb. 4,
1947, TLS, Aug. 29, 1947.
Howard, Trevor to John Mills, 2 ALS, Dec. 10, and 27, 1946.
Hunt, Martita to John Mills, ALS, Dec. 7, 1946.
Webb, Alan, ALS "Tues." ALS n.d.
2. "Dear Enemy." 1945-1949. (1/3)
2 TLS
3 ALS
1 Playbill
3. "Duet For Two Hands." British production. 1944-1948. (f/4)
2 Telegrams
11 TLS
3 CTL
10 ALS
1 Playbill
Including:
Beaumont, Hugh, TLS, Sept. 12, 1944.
Mills, John, Telegram, Aug. 10, 1944.
Shepherd, Firth (play producer), TLS, July 10, 1945. Bell, Mary Hayley page 5
Box 9 4. "Duet For Two Hands." American production. 1945-1948. (Ill)
50 TLS
21 Telegrams
2 TL
11 CTL
6 Telegram drafts
3 ALS
Including:
Evans, Maurice, TLS, to John Mills, Aug. 20, 1945.
Kanin, Garson, Telegrams, Oct. 12 and Oct. 19, 1945.
5. 11 Feather On The Water. 11 1948. (1/2)
1 TLS
1 CTL
1 Playbill
Including:
Beaumont, Hugh, TLS, Oct. 26, 1948.
6. "Foreign Field." 1951-1953. (1/3)
9 TLS
2 ALS
1 Telegram
7. "Men In Shadow." 1943-1946. (//4)
6 TLS
1 Telegram
1 AL
1 ALS
1 Playbill
Including:
McCall, Monica, TLS, March 1, 1943. Bell, Mary Hayley page 6
8. "The Uninvited Guest." 1952-1953. (//5)
8 ALS
6 TLS
6 CTL
B. General. 1969-1970. (#6)
2 ALS
4 TLS
1 CTL
Including:
Sherrill, Bishop Henry Knox, ALS, Oct. 13, 1969.
Package VI. Phonograph Records #1 A. "Foreign Field. 11 8 discs. (:,eparately package~
B. "Gypsy Girl: Sky West and Crooked."
C. "William Walton's Command Performance: Words spoken to the Queen by John
Mills: 1953."
D. "Sweet River,n By Hayley Mills.
E. Record jacket for "Jeepers-Creepers" and "Johnny Jingo" by Hayley Mills;
with recording of ''White House Twist" and "Xmas Twist" by the Twistin' Kings.
BELL, Mary Hayley
Addendum: November 1977 Box 9
I. MILLS, SIR JOHN
Untitled remarks for the Boston University Mugar Memorial Library
Gala Investiture Ball at which Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell
(Lady Mills) were made Fellows of the Boston Univer.sity Libraries,
Nov, 12, 1977,
Typescript with holo, corr,, 2 p, (Sir John tore the pages
before speaking and then spoke extemporaneously on the
same subjects), (F#7),
Addenda: January 1978
Box 9
I. PHOTOGRAPHS (F#8)
a, 2 production stills (black & white, 811 x 10") of John Mills
in RYAN'S DAUGHTER,
b, Production still (black & white, 8" x 10") of John Mills in
RUN WILD, RUN FREE,
c. Production still (black & white, 811 x 10") of John Mills as
the grown-up Pip in Dickens' GREAT EXPECTATIONS, 1947,
d, 1 small photo (black & white, 5" x 6") of MHB and John Mills
at the Friends of the Libraries reception at the Savoy
Hotel in London, May 1977.