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Evelyn Waugh Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c84x59xs No online items Evelyn Waugh Papers Finding aid prepared by Gayle Richardson. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2014 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Evelyn Waugh Papers mssEW 1-322 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Evelyn Waugh Papers Dates: 1916-2008 Bulk dates: 1916-1986 Collection Call Number: mssEW 1-322 Creator: Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966 Extent: 9 boxes and one oversize folder Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: This collection contains literary manuscripts, business and personal correspondence and ephemera by and about the British writer Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966). Language of Material: The records are in English. Access Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item]. Evelyn Waugh Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Gift of Loren and Frances Rothschild, December 27, 2013 Biographical Note Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966), was a British satirical writer whose published works included Decline and Fall, A Handful of Dust, Sword of Honour and The Loved One, as well as several travel books. Waugh's conversion to Catholicism in 1930 introduced Catholic themes and subjects to his writing including, perhaps his most well-known work, Brideshead Revisited. Waugh was married twice and had seven children, including the journalist Auberon Waugh; on Easter Sunday, April 10, 1966, Waugh died of heart failure at his home Combe Florey in Somerset. • Evelyn Waugh Periodical Collection (Call number: 609462) • Patrick Balfour, Baron Kinross papers (Call number: mssKIN 1-6443) Scope and Content The papers consist of the following series: 1. Manuscripts (Boxes 1-2) are arranged alphabetically by author and title. This series includes a radio script for the BBC, two complete autograph manuscripts for Decline and Fall and Ninety-Two Days, a printed copy of "The Cynic," and manuscripts related to Basil Seal Rides Again, A Little Learning, The Loved One and an essay about Pope John XXIII. 2. Correspondence (Boxes 3-8) is arranged alphabetically by author. The majority of the letters in this series are business-related and cover the years 1961-1968; the letters concern the publication of Waugh's last books, permission requests to quote from Waugh's works and the re-issue of his earlier works after his death. The correspondents include Waugh's literary agents, A. D. Peters, and his publishers Associated Book Publishers Ltd., Chapman and Hall, Methuen and Co., and Penguin. The correspondence between Waugh and Chapman and Hall goes into great detail about the publishing of Waugh's books and his opinion of the quality of the publication. Other correspondents in this series include: Robert Murray Davis, Anne Adelaide Ford, Hugh Heckstall-Smith, James G. Hepburn, Marie-Jaqueline Lancaster, Sir Victor Mallet, Alfred Robert McIntyre, Howard Irwin Ross, Christopher Sykes, Arthur Waugh, Auberon Waugh, Laura Waugh and Joel Wells. Evelyn Waugh Papers mssEW 1-322 2 3. Ephemera (Box 9 and Oversize Folder) is arranged by subject and format. This series includes the Inter-Office correspondence of Associated Book Publishers Ltd., compact disks, clippings, photographs, including an original Carl Van Vechten photograph, printed material and original storage boxes. The Oversize Folder contains one Long-Play phonographic record. Personal Names Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966 Subjects Howard, Brian, 1905-1958. Waugh, Arthur, 1866-1943. Chapman & Hall. Authors, English -- 20th century. Genre Business letters Great Britain 20th century. Ephemera Great Britain 20th century. Letters (correspondence) Great Britain 20th century. Manuscripts Great Britain 20th century. Photographs Great Britain 20th century. Alternate Author Davis, Robert Murray. Ford, Anne Adelaide, -1993, recipient. Heckstall-Smith, Hugh William, 1896- Hepburn, James G. Lancaster, Marie-Jaqueline, 1922-2010. Mallet, Victor, Sir, 1893- recipient. McIntyre, Alfred Robert, 1886-1948, recipient. Ross, Howard Irwin, 1907- Sykes, Christopher, 1907-1986, recipient. Waugh, Auberon. Waugh, Laura, 1916-1973. Wells, Joel, 1930-2001, recipient. Corporate Author A.D. Peters (Firm) Methuen & Co. Manuscripts Box 1 Manuscripts -- British - Waugh, E. (Cynic-Decline). EW 1 - 3(6) EW 1. British Broadcasting Corporation. "The Novel Today: Evelyn Waugh's Army Trilogy The Sword of Honour," [radio script]. (1964, Feb. 6). Mimeograph (MS., typewritten: 12 p.) EW 2. [Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966 and Derek Hooper (eds.)]. "The Cynic Vol. 1. No. 2: Cynical Without Being Cheaply So Piquant in Moderation Racy in Excess." (1916, Feb. 8). Mimeograph (MS., typewritten:8 p.), [Hampstead (Eng.)]. With paper covers, pasted down label, and original stitching; also, printed drawing pasted onto verso of first page. Evelyn Waugh Papers mssEW 1-322 3 Manuscripts EW 3(1). Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. [Decline and Fall: early draft:] Part I: Prologue - Chapter Six. ([1928]). MS.S. (typewritten: 43 p.), Autograph lines pasted down onto p. 33; autograph corrections in pencil and pen. Title page with printed title: "Facing Facts. A Study in Discouragement," and alternative titles in pencil. Removed from original paper folder titled "Discouragement" and storage box; folder and box removed to Ephemera box. Also enclosed: A.L. form [Mr.] ----- Byron, to the collector Anthony Hobson, Sep. 10, 1976 (1 p., with envelope), containing provenance information. EW 3(2). Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. [Decline and Fall: early draft:] Part II: Chapters Seven - Fourteen, carbon copy. ([1928]). MS.S.; typewritten: 70 p. Autograph corrections in pencil and pen. Title page with typewritten title: "Facing Facts. A Study in Discouragement." EW 3(3). Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. [Decline and Fall: early draft:] Part III: Chapters One to Five. ([1928]). MS.S. (typewritten: 30 p.), Autograph corrections in pencil. Title page with typewritten title: "Facing Facts. A Study in Discouragement." EW 3(4). Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. [Decline and Fall: early draft:] Part III: Chapters Six and Seven, ([1928]). MS.S. (typewritten: 18 p.), Autograph corrections in pencil. Title page with typewritten title: "Facing Facts. A Study in Discouragement." EW 3(5). Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. [Decline and Fall: early draft:] Part IV: Chapters One, Two and Three, [1928]). MS.S. (typewritten: 33 p.), Autograph corrections in pencil. Title page with typewritten title: "Facing Facts.A Study in Discouragement." EW 3(6). Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. [Decline and Fall: early draft:] Part IV: Chapters Four to Seven. ([1928]). MS.S. (typewritten: 34 p.), Autograph corrections in pencil. Title page with typewritten title: "Facing Facts. A Study in Discouragement." Box 2 Manuscripts -- Waugh, E. (Extract-Warning). EW 4 - 9 EW 4. [Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966]. "Extract from A Little Learning by Evelyn Waugh," carbon copy. (1964). (MS., typewritten: 2 p.). With a few autograph corrections. EW 5. Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. "The Hopeful Pontiff Pope John XXIII," [essay]. ([1963]). A.MS. and MS.S. (typewritten: 17 p.). With autograph corrections and annotations. EW 6(1). [Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966]. [Ninety-Two Days: autograph draft:] Chapters One - Four. (1933, Oct. 12). A.MS. (47 p.), [Aldwick (Eng.)]. Heavily corrected; removed from original flapcase, marked "D.C." with Duff Cooper bookplate on inside front cover. Flapcase now removed to Ephemera box. EW 6(2). [Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966]. [Ninety-Two Days: autograph draft:] Chapters Five - Nine. (1933, Oct. 12). A.MS. (56 p.), [Aldwick (Eng.)]. Heavily corrected; removed from original flapcase, marked "D.C." with Duff Cooper bookplate on inside front cover. Flapcase now removed to Ephemera box. Evelyn Waugh Papers mssEW 1-322 4 Manuscripts EW 7. Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. "Preface:" [Prefatory Note to Basil Seal Rides Again]. (1962, Dec.). MS.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), Combe Florey (Somerset, Eng.). Note: originally enclosed in a letter from Waugh to Chapman and Hall, [Jan. 1963]; now cataloged separately in Correspondence. EW 8. [Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966]. Sword of Honour: [text for book jacket]. (1965). Mimeograph and A.MS. (typewritten: 2 p.), Also enclosed: book jacket. EW 9. Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. "A Warning:" [suggested Forward for The Loved One]. ([1948, Feb]). A.MS.S. (2 p.), Note: originally enclosed in a letter from Waugh to Alfred McIntyre, Feb. 9, 1948; now cataloged separately in Correspondence. Correspondence Box 3 Correspondence -- A.D. Peters-Blackwell; Chapman and Hall (Aborigines'-W. & G. Foyle). EW 10 - 56 EW 10. A. D. Peters (Firm). 1 letter to Chapman and Hall. (1963, Mar. 15). L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.). London (Eng.). Signed by: John Montgomery. Addressed to: F. R. Walker. Also enclosed: Book Centre Limited Invoice (1 p.). EW 11. A. D. Peters (Firm). 1 letter to Chapman and Hall. (1963, Mar. 22). L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), London (Eng.). Signed by: John Montgomery. Addressed to: F. R. Walker. Also enclosed: Chapman and Hall Invoice (1 p.). EW 12. A. D. Peters (Firm). 1 letter to Chapman and Hall. (1966, June 8). L.S. (typewritten:1 p.), London (Eng.).Signed by: Margaret Stephens, 1902-1993. Addressed to: John Bright-Holmes. Also enclosed: A.N.S. from A. Stephen W. Winkworth to John Cullen, June 10, 1966 (1 p.). Cataloger's Note: the reply to this letter was made by Methuen and Co., and sent by John Cullen. EW 13. A. D. Peters (Firm). 1 letter to Methuen and Co. (1966, June 21). L.S. (typewritten: 1 p.), , London (Eng.).
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