The Inventory of the Giles Playfair Collection #717
The Inventory
of the
Giles Playfair
Collection
#717
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center PLAYFAIR, GILES Ji 1 ti II ! Outline of Inventory
September 1977
I. Manuscripts
A. Non-Fiction
B. Fiction
C. Outlines and Articles
D. Scripts
E. Address
II. Notebooks and Loose Notes
III. Diaries RESTRICTED
IV. Galleys of articles
V. Printed Items
A. By GP
1. Articles (tearsheets)
2. Magazines with articles
a) by Gl?
b) by GP and Derrick Sington
3. Book Reviews
4. Letters to the editor
B. About GP
1. Book reviews
2. Letters to editor about his articles
3. Personal
C. Miscellaneous articles on subjects of interest to GP
VI Photographs VII. Memorabilia VIII. Juvenile Mementoes and letters
IX. Correspondence
A. To Sir William Playfair RESTRICTED
1. From Queen Victoria
2. From other prominent persons
B. From Sir Nigel Playfair RESTRICTED
c. To Giles Playfair
1. Personal
2. From Joseph Redenbaugh
3. Business PLAYFAIR, GILES
September 1977
PARTIALLY RESTRICTED
(Some correspondence and diaries)
I. Manuscripts
A. Non-Fiction
Box 1 1. CRIME, PUNISHMENT AND CURE by Giles Playfair and Derrick Sington.
(Book on penal reform) London, Secker & Warburg, 1965.
Carbon typescript, 457 p. (Ill)
2. THE INQUIRY (Re Joseph Redenbaugh)
a) Outlines (#2)
i) "Outline of Proposed Book". Typescript, 28 p.
ii) "Joseph Redenbaugh. An outline of a Proposed Book."
Typescript, 12 p. and xeroxes of photos, 7 p.
iii) "Prospectus for a book about Joseph Redenbaugh". Labelled
"Out of date". Typescript, 4 p.
b) Partial typescript with many deletions and holo. corr. 185 p.
c) Foreword and Part I. Carbon typescript, 120 p. (#3)
d) Incomplete typescript of Part I. Starts with p. 6. 104 p.
e) Miscellaneous pages. Typescript and carbon typescript some with
holo. notes on verso. Includes notes on an interview with
Redenbaugh. ca. 50 p.
f) Copies of documents relating to Redenbaugh
i) State of Minnesota District Court Second Judicial District
vs Joseph P. Redenbaugh. Carbon typescript, 2 p., Aug. 30, 1938. ·
ii) State of Minnesota vs Joseph P. Redenbaugh. Statement.
Carbon typescript, 2 p., Aug. 30, 1938. Playfair, Giles Page 2
Box 1 3. THE PRODIGY. A STUDY OF THE STRANGE LIFE OF MASTER BETTY.[William
Henry West Betty_,J• London, Secker & Warburg, 1967. (//4)
a) Typescript with many halo. corr. 406 p.
b) Letter: GP TLS about manuscript to Mrs. Bontoft. July 19, 1966.
4. THE PUNITIVE OBSESSION. AN UNPOPULAR HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PRISON
SYSTEM. London, Gallancz, 1971.
a) Typescript with halo. corr. of chapters I and II. 40 p. and prelim. pages, b) Miscellaneous pages. Typescript, 9 p.
B. Fiction
Box 2 1. THE HEART OF FAME London, Longmans, Green & Co., 1951.
(based on the life of the actor Henry Ainley) (#1)
a) Prol9gue, Chapters I-VII. Holograph on yellow legal-size sheets.
121 p.
b) Unnumbered chapter. Holograph, 24 p.
c) Misc. pages and inserts. Holograph, 26 p.
2. Untitled rejected novel. Begins "Karen lived in a three room flat
above a grocer I s shop in Pimlico. 11 (1/2)
a) Typescript with halo. corr. 332 p.
b) Letter: Segal, David Xerox TLS to Ivan Van Auw, Jr. re ms.
Sept. 23, 1963 ., c. Outlines and Articles
1. Outlines
a) "A History of the Judiciary' s Administration of the Criminal Law" (//3)
i) "Outline of a proposed new book by Giles Playfair". Carbon
typescript, 4 p.
ii) Untitled outline on same subject. Carbon typescript, 7 p. Playfair, Giles Page 3
Box 2 2. Articles a) "Absent With Leave" Typescript with holo. corr., 5 p. (1/4)
b) "A Challenge to the Commissioners." Typescript with holo. corr.,
6 p.
c) "Kean, Edmund."
i) Carbon typescript with holo. corr., 1970. 6 p.
ii) Letter: Encyclopedia Britannica International, Ltd. TLS
to GP re article on Kean. March 14, 1969.
iii) Printed article on Kean from Britannica. Pasted on sheet with
holo. notations, 2 p.
d) "Lord Denning I s Justice". Carbon typescript, 11 p.
e) "A Prison Graduate." Typescript with holo. corr., 45 p.
f) "Why the Trial Should Never Have Been." (Re Moors murders)
i) Carbon typescript, 12 p.
ii) Letter: The Spectator TLS to GP about "Moors" article,
Nov. 8, 1966.
g) Proposed Report on Penal Experiments in Mexico and (Possibly)
in Other Countries of Latin America." by Giles Playfair and
Derrick Sington.
i) Typescript, 4 p.
ii) Letter: Sunday Times TLS to Derrick Sington about above
proposed report. Sept. 25, 1962.
D. Scripts (Radio or Stage)
1. "An Adventurer at the French Revolution." Typescript, 8 p. and
title page. (#5)
2. "Joe Redenbaugh." Includes part for GP. Mimeo, 55 p. 3. "The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti." Mimeo, 43 p. Playfair, Giles Page 4
Box 2 4. Untitled script re prison systems. Typescript, 6 p. with holo.
notes on verso of last p. (#5)
E. Address
"Giles Playfair's Address 23.2.68 Derrick" With holo. note "Address
given at funeral of Derrick Sington, Author." Mimeo, 3 p.
II. Notebooks and Loose Notes
A. Notebooks (7)
1. Two small red notebooks: "Silvine Memo Book" containing references
to crime, criminals, personal experiences in U.S.A. and abroad,
numerous dates and events mentioned. (#6)
a) Holograph, 100 p.
b) Holograph, 62 p.
2. Two green memo books, "Blick" with misc. notes on crime, murder in
U.S.A., J. Edgar Hoover, Gosa Nostra, quotations from several
person.
a) Holograph, 24 p.
b) Holograph, 57 p.
3. One blue notebook, "Lion Brand," with references to crime, special
cases, opinions of others, 1800 period, institutional practices.
Holograph, 72 p.
4. One red book, "Exercise Book". Refers to many dates in 1800's, many
quotes, criminal data, mentions Oscar Wilde, personal commentary.
Holograph, 40 p.
5. One larger "Silvine" notebook with references to crime, poisons and
poisoners, punishment, treatment, publications, prisoner complaints,
diets, newspaper references. Holograph, 58 p. Playfair, Giles Page 5
Box 2 B. Loose Notes 1. One partially filled white pad with number 40 at the top of 1st page.
Some first person descriptions, conversations, reference to McCool
(appears in Redenbaugh manuscript). Holograph, 40 p. on 24 leaves.(#6)
2. Loose notes. Holo. re crime, poison, book references, homosexuality.
16 leaves.
3. "The California Experiment in Comparison between 'Best Possible'
Treatment in Freedom and Institutional Treatment." Holo. 4 p.
on 2 leaves.
III. Diaries of GP RESTRICTED
A. Diary 1928 (#7)
Green, "Year By Year". Holo. entries, 371 p.
B. Diary 1929
Blue, "Year By Year". Holo. entries, 330 p.
IV. Galleys of articles
A. On Criminology
Box 3 1. "The Jenkins Myth 11 (Ill)
2. Re "Younger Report" for New Society
3. "Prison for Protesters: Ah Illiberal System" for New Society
4. "What Should Be Done With the Krays"
B. Book Reviews
1. "Beyond Emlyn" for Spectator 20-7-67. Review of Emlyn Williams
book Beyond Belief re Moors muder trial.
2. Review of On Iniquity by Pamela Hansford Johnson.
3. "Crime and Punishment". Book review of! History of English Criminal
Law vol. 4: Grappling for Control by Leon Radzinowicz for New Society. Playfair, Giles Page 6
Box 3 4. "Orrible Murders". Review of Infamous Victorians by Giles St. Aubyn. (111)
c. Personal column in Spectator
"And now to rescue Peter" re Peter Pan-~
D. Form letters (4) from New Society re publication of articles and reprints,
undated.
V. Printed Items
A. By GP
1. Articles 1935-1974. All tearsheets from magazines or newspapers.
a) "Noel Coward is So Very Sohpisticated". The Daily Express,
Oct. 16, 1935. (f/2)
b) "Oxford As I Knew It". The Cherwell, May 30, 1936.
c) "Protest from a Son". ca. 1937. Unidentified journal.
d) "They Need Swaffer". The Era, Sept. 16, 1937.
e) "Clinic for Murderers" by Derrick Sington and GP. Picture Post,
Dec. 3, 1956.
f) "A Lifer Comes Out After 44 Years". Re Joseph Redenbaugh.
Xerox of article from Sunday Telegraph, April 1, 1962.
g) "Death Still for Traitors". ~ Sunday Telegraph, May 6, 1962.
h) "The Word of Christine" [Christine Keeler_7 The New Republic,
Dec. 21, 1963. (2 copies)
i) "Absent With Leave". Spectator, Nov. 20, 1964.
j) "After the Hangman is Sacked". Sunday Telegraph, Dec. 6, 1964.
k) "Instead of the Gallows". Spectator, Jan. 1, 1965. 2 copies.
1) "Theatre of Cowardice". New Society, Jan. 7, 1965.
m) "Instead of hanging - what?" The Listener, March 4, 1965.
n) "Press freedom - The right to print". Spectator, May 28, 1965. Playfair, Giles Page 7
Box 3 o) "Sex and the Law - Beyond Wolfenden." Spec ta tar 2 June 4' 1965. (112) p) "The Right to Know." Spectator, July 23, 1965.
q) "From London Transport - With Love". Spectator, Aug. 6, 1965.
r) "Hanging - Partially Humane". Spectator, Nov. 19, 1965.
s) "Arts in society - The play that should grow up" ·Re Peter Pan
New Society, 30 Dec. 1965.
t) "The Scandal of Parkhurst Jail". Spectator, Feb. 11, 1966.
u) "Can We Prevent It Happening Again" ·Re Moors murders Sunday_
'lrelegraph, May 8, 1966.
v) "Instead of the Gallows". Sunday Telegraph, May 22, 1966.
w) "Phoney War" Re John Osborne Spectator, June 17, 1966.
x) "Off Course Again" • .Re crime and punishment.!, Spectator, Aug. 5, 1966.
y) "Memo to Mr. Silverman and Others". Re penal reform. Spectator,
Sept. 16, 1966. z) "Wrong St1·ck". Re cri·me. ------'Spectator Sept . 23 ' 1966 . aa) "Scotland Spares the Rod". Spectator, Oct. 28, 1966.
bb) "Towards the Fall". Re family and Scotland. Spectator,
Nov. 25, 1966.
cc) "Good Intentions - Sane Road". Re criminal justice. Spectator,
Dec •. 9, 1966.
dd) "The Real Prison Scandal". Re Mitchell escape from Dartmoor.
Spectator, Dec, 23, 1966.
ee) "InForaMonth". Re punishment. Spectator, lOMarch, 1967.
ff) "Automation - Onward from Turnham Green". Spectator, 14 April 1967.
gg) "In defence of English". Personal column. Spectator,
28 April 1967.
hh) "Drugs - Public interest?". Spectator, 4 Aug. 1967. Playfair, Giles Page 8
Box 3 ii) "Beyond Emlyn", Personal column, Spectator, Aug. 11, 1967. jj) "Jenkins the Illusionist". Sunday TelegYaph, Aug, 13, 1967,
kk) "Girls in Detention". Crime & Punishment column. Spectator,
3 Nov, 1967. 2 copies.
11) "What Sort of Prison for Protesters". New Society, 30 Nov. 1967,
mm) "Is the Law Unfair to the Pop Stars?" Sunday Telegraph,
Dec. 17, 196 7.
nn) "Jim's In-Tray". Re James Callaghan, Spectator, 5 Jan. 1968.
oo) "Safety First", Re parole, Spectator, 5 April 1968,
pp) "Credo of a penal reformer", Personal column. Spectator,
23 Aug. 1968.
qq) "Transplant Rights and Wrongs". Sunday Telegraph, Sept. 15, 1968,
rr) "Manchester in the Thirties" by D.G. Bridson. Contains
statements by GP. The Listener, Nov, 28, 1968.
ss) "In Memoriam - Tallulah". Spectator, 20 Dec. 1968.
tt) II and not to rescue Peter" Personal column. Spectator,
27 Dec. 1968.
uu) "What's the point of long-term prison?" Sunday Telegraph,
March 9, 1969.
vv) "My life with the BBC". Personal column. Spectator, 9 Aug, 1969.
ww) "After Mountbatten: A Special Report. Prison security or
public safety?" Spectator, 16 Aug. 1969.
xx) "Protection or punishment" The Daily Telegraph, Aug 23, 1969.
yy) "Hanging - Beyond a doubt?" Spectator, Nov. 22, 1969,
zz) "Punishment to some purpose". Sunday Telegraph, Nov. 23, 1969.
aaa) "The Uses and Abuses of Hypocrisy". New Society, 25 Dec, 1969.
bbb) "Prison - Rough justice", Spectator, 16 May 1970. 2 copies, Playfair, Giles Page 9
Box 3 ccc) "Prisons - A chance for Mr. Maudling". Spectator, 1 Aug. 1970. ddd) "Atrocious crime and the law". Sunday Telegraph, Jan. 31, 1971.
eee) "Punishment and care: a need for choice". New 1!ociety,
1 Aug. 1974.
fff) "The price of terrorism". New Society, 13 June 1974.
ggg) Undated clippings from newspapers on the theatre: (3)
"Actor Got Lost in the Revolving Stage!"
"In Search of the Eighteenth Century"
"Sauce for the Goose - Not So Piquant"
hhh) Re Manchester. "This 'Barbarous North' Business".
2. Magazines with articles
a) By GP
1) "The Theatre in America" Drama, New Series No. 3, Winter 1946. (113)
2) Two book reviews
i) "'Neath the Mask" by John M. East. Theatre Notebook,
Spring 1968. Vol. 22. No. 3.
ii) "Sheridan - The Track of a Comet" by Madeleine Bingham.
Theatre Notebook, Vol. 27, No. 3, Spring 1973.
3) "Why Imprisonment Must Go". Kentucky Law Journal, Vol. 53,
No. 3, 1964-1965.
4) Letter to Mr. H., editor. Contact (Hull Prison magazine)
Autumn 1972. p. 16.
5) "Rebirth From 'Life'"• Re Joe Redenbaugh. New Humanist,
vol. 89, No. 9, Jan. 1974.
6) "Does the Mafia Exist?" International Review, No. 4,
Spring 1975.
b) By GP and Derrick Sington Playfair, Giles Page 10
Box 3 1) "Motiveless Crime". The Twentieth Century, Sept. 1958. (//3) 2) "Immoral Earnings and the Law". Aspect, Sept. 1963.
3. Book Reviews by GP. Tearsheets from journals and newspapers, 1965-1975.
(In chronological order)
a) "Murder is their business". Re: THE HIRED KILLERS by Peter
Wyden. New Society, 20 May 1965. (#4)
b) "Nonpresumption of innocence". Re: JUSTICE U.S.A. by Howard
Felsher and Michael Rosen. New Society, 20 April 1967,
c) "Britain Boxed Up". Re: TO ENGLAND WITH LOVE by David Frost
and Antony Jay. Sunday Telegraph, Nov. 5, 1967. (2 copies)
d) "Wormwood". Re: LIFE by Zeno. Spectator, 31 Jan. 1967.
e) "Middle-aged rebels". Re: HELL'S ANGELS by Hunter S. Thompson.
New Society, Nov. 9, 1967.
f) "Crime and punishment". Re: GRAPPLING FOR CONTROL by Leon
Radzinowi'cz. Vol. 4 of !::_ History of English Common Law.
New Society, 18 April 1968.
g) "Defending punishment". Re: PUNISHMENT by Ted Horderich. New
Society, 12 June 1969.
h) "Against the law". Re: THE OTHER LOVE by H. Montgomery Hyde.
New Society, 19 March 1970.
i) "At Deadman I s Hill. 11 Re: WHO KILLED HANRATTY by Paul Foote.
Financial Times, May 6, 1971.
j) "Hosein Mystery". Re: SHALL WE EVER KNOW by William Cooper.
Financial Times, June 17, 1971.
k) "Orrible murders". Re: INFAMOUS VICTORIANS by Giles St. Aubyn.
Financial Times, Aug. 5, 1971.
1) "Heal Thyself". Re: BOUND FOR BROADMOOR by Peter Thompson.
New Society, 3 Feb. 1972. Playfair, Giles Page 11
Box 3 m) "A topping life. Re: MY EXPERIENCES AS AN EXECUTIONER by James Berry. New Society, 17 Feb. 1972. (#4)
n) "Smoke Screen". Re: THE FUTURE OF PAROLE ed. by D,J. Wost.
New Society, 1 June 1972,
o) "Twin set". Re: THE PROFESSION OF VIOLENCE: The rise and
fall of the Kray twins by John Pearson. New Society, 23 Nov, 1972.
p) "Reading's Gaols". Re: THE STORY OF A PRISON by Peter Southerton,
TLS Sept. 25, 1975,
4. Letters to the editor. Tearsheets from journals and newspapers,
1935-1976. Most re crime, penology, prison reform; a few on the
theatre. 15 items, ({IS)
B. About GP
1. Book reviews, clips from newspapers and magazines, 1937-1971.
a) "My Father's Son". Clips from newspapers and magazines, 45 items,
April-Sept. 1937. (1/6)
b) "Singapore Goes Off the Air", 15 reviews, 1943-1945, (//7)
c) "Edmund Kean" 9 reviews, May-Oct. 1939, 2 reviews (of 2nd ed.)
July-Aug. 1950. (#8)
d) "The Prodigy" (William Betty). 4 undated, 4 dated reviews,
May-June 1967, (#9)
e) "Six Studies in Hypocrisy". 14 reviews, Dec, 1969-June 1970. (//10)
Box 4 f) "The Punitive Obsession". 30 reviews, March-May 1971. (Ill)
2. Letters to the editor related to articles by GP, 4 re prison reform,
1 on pornography, 1966-1969, (#2)
3. Articles in Press and Reviews mentioning GP and Playfair family,
a) Playfair at Oxford, 12 articles, 1931-1941. (//3)
b) Playfair and religion. 5 articles, Feb.-March 1932. (#4) Playfair, Giles Page 12
Box 4 c) Playfair and the theatre. 8 articles, 1929-1936. (#5) d) Playfair - Personal - Family. 16 articles, 1933-1972. (#6)
e) "Beggar's Opera" produced by GP. 14 articles, 1940. (f/7)
f) The National Theatre. 23 articles, 1935. (#8)
C. Articles on subjects of interest to GP.
1. 13 articles about Joseph Redenbaugh's release from prison (in U.S.
papers) March 1962. (f/9)
2. Miscellaneous articles in British and U.S. press, 1962-1964. (#10)
a) 11 items on criminology incl. Sington, Derrick "Diagnosing
Delinquents" in The Guardian, May 16, 1962.
b) Obituary of actor Henry Ainley (one of GP's godparents), Daily
Sketch, Nov. 6, 1945.
c) 1 article on freedom of the press.
d) Background material on prisons, 5 items:
i) On Selection and Training of Staff", 1962. Mimeo, 5 p.
ii) "New Establishments". Typescript, 1 p.
iii) "Borstals for Girls". Typescript, 1 p.
iv) "Prisons for Women and Girls". Typescript, 1 p.
v) Programme for Prof. Giles Playfiar's visit to social and
penal institution in Denmark from May 30th to June 4th, 1962.
vi) "The Herstedvester Detention Centre" near Glostrup, Denmark,
Flier.
VI. Photographs (all black and white unless otherwise indicated)
A. Of GP and/or his family. (#11)
1. Nigel Playfair. Glossy postcard.
2. Nigel Playfair and wife, Matte snapshot, 2½"x 2½". Playfair, Giles Page 13
Box 4 3. GP with brother Lyon when young children. Two different postcards,
matte. (1111)
4. Four Playfair children, ca. 1920. Postcard.
5. Nigel Playfair, Mrs. Playfair and their three sons, GP, Lyon and
Andrew. Matte, 4"x 6".
6. GP and brother Andrew. Matte, 4"x 6".
7. GP and Tallulah Bankhead with his mother in background with others.
(London) Glossy, 8"x 10".
11 8. GP at BBC microphone. (1944) Glossy, 6"x 8 •
9. Caroline Hahn, GP's first wife. 2 glossy snapshots, 2½"x 3½".
10. GP at Williamstown, Ma. (1959) 2 colored snapshots, 3"x 5".
11. GP, Eamonn Andrews and Sir Alan Herbert at BBC. (1961) Glossy, 6"x 8".
12. Stepdaughter by 1st wife. Glossy proof, 4½"x 5 3/4".
13. Ann Chatin Playfair, GP's 2nd wife. Matte portrait photograph,
6½"x 8½".
14. Ann Playfair and son Piers. Glossy, 3½"x 3½".
15. Piers and Sanchia Playfair (GP's and Ann's two children) and stepson,
Christmas 1965. Matte picture, 6½"x 8½".
16. GP, age 55 (1965). Matte photograph, 8"x 10".
B. Of others
1. Henry Ainley in costume. Glossy, brown, S½"x 11½".
2. Joseph Redenbaugh. 3 pictures (1 alone and 2 with others), glossy,
8"x 10".
VII. Memorabilia
A. Programs, certificate. 6 items. (#12)
1. 3 programs of performances in which GP took part (1932-1933).
2. 1 program of play "The Road From Mandalay" by GP. (1948)
3. 1 program of Oxford Union Society debljlte in which GP participated (1932). Playfair, Giles Page 14
Box 4 4. Uni~ersity of Oxford, School of Jurisprudence. Certificate to
GP, 1933. (1/12)
VIII. Juvenile Mementoes, Manuscript, Letters.
A. Mementoes
1. Birth announcement on card from The Times, London (#13) t. Baptismal certificate listing sponsors Henry Ainley, Mrs. Patrick
Campbell and A.B. Horne. Brampton Parish Church, Oct. 31, 1910.
3. "Master Giles Playfair ••• " Newsclip, Daily Mirror, ca. 1913.
4. "The Secret of the Castle". Program for play with GP as King.
Jan • 14 , 192 0 •
B. Manuscript by GP
"So God Bless the Queen, a little poem for those ladies of title who
are thinking of marrying their betters." Poem. Holograph, 2 p.
Written at age 14, Harrow School [attack on the class syste~J
C, Letters 1910-1941
Ainley, Henry
ALS Sept. 28, 1910 to Mrs. Nigel Playfair re birth of GP
7 ALS to GP: Oct. 31, 1910; Sept.; 27, 1911; Oct, 14, 1929 on card;
Sept. 27, 1938; Oct. 12, 1938; July 25, 1941; Aug. 22, 1941.
Bax, Clifford TLS, n.d., Oct. 21st; TLS, n.d., November the 17th
Campbell, Mrs. Patrick Telegram (copy) to Nigel Playfair, Oct. 1910
accepting invitation to be godmother to GP; ALS to Nigel Playfair,
n.d., ca. Oct. 1910; ALS to Mr. and Mrs. Nigel Playfair, Oct. 18, 1910.
Horne, Alderson Burrell (Amner Hall) ALS, Sept. 27, 1911
Horne, Maude (Mrs. Alderson Burrell Horne) ALS to Mrs. Playfair,
Sept. 29, 1910 Play fair, Giles Page 15
Box 4 IX. Correspondence RESTRICTED
A. To Sir William Playfair
1. From Queen Victoria to Dr. William S, Playfair, her physician (GP's
grandfather). 15 letters on black-bordered crested stationery. (1114)
AL in third person, Windsor Castle, Dec.9, 1881, 4 p. on folded leaf
AL in third person, Osborne, Jan. 16, 1882, 4 p. on folded leaf
AL in third person, Osborne, Feb. 8, 1882, 4 p. on folded leaf
AL in third person, Osborne, Feb. 10, 1882, 9 p. on 2 folded leaves
and page cut from folded leaf
AL in third person, Windsor Castle, Nov. 26, 1882, 4 p. on folded leaf
AL in third person, Windsor Castle, Dec. 17, 1882, 4 p. on folded leaf
AL in third person, Osborne, Jan. 16, 1883, 4 P• AL in third person, Osborne, Jan. 26, 1883, 3 p. on folded leaf
AL in third person, Osborne, June 3, 1883, 2 p. on folded leaf.
AL in third person, Darmstadt, April 22, 1884, 2 p.
AL in third person, Windsor Castle, April 2, 1886, 4 p. on folded
leaf
✓ 1 ALS, Windsor Castle, Sept, 4, 1886, 3 p. on folded leaf ¼AL in third person, Osborne, April 12, 1886, 4 p. on folded leaf. AL in third person, Nice, April 4, 1893, 3 p. on folded leaf
AL in third person, Balmoral Castle, Nov. 3, 1893, 3 p. on folded leaf
Copy of telegram, "London West Office", 1883?
2. From other prominent persons and members of the royal family to Dr.
Playfair unless otherwise indicated, 1857-1902. 25 items. (#15)
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (Duke of Edinburgh) ALS June 7, 1878
"H.M.S. Black Prince", June 7th 1878. 4 p. on 1 leaf. About the
Duchess' confinement. ALS Coburg, Oct. 30, 1899. Re book on
life of Baron Lyon Playfair, the doctor's brother, and lifelong
friend of the Duke. Re health of Duchess and Prince Carol. Playfair, Giles Page 16
Box 4 RESTRICTED Arthur, Duke of Connaught. ALS, Buckingham Palace, March 9, 1882. 1 p. torn from folded leaf. Re article for Lancet. (#15)
Catacuze~e, Dr. ALS (in French) Oct. 3, 1893, Bucarest. 2 p. on
folded leaf. Re saving the face of the Roumanian medical men in
attendance of the Crown PrinceS>of Roumania by an English doctor.
ALS (in French) Oct. 7, 1893, Bucarest. 8 p. on 2 folded leaves.
Re confinement and protocol in the case of the Crown Princessof
Roumania.
Colville, William James. ALS, 31 George St., Hanover Sq., 31 Oct.,
no year. Asking Dr. Playfair to go to Malta to attend the Duchess
of Edinburgh in her confinement.
Cumberbatch, L. ALS, London, July 7, 1883. Re treatment of his
children.
Duncan, S. Matthews. ALS, Edinburgh, Nov. 18, 1876. 3 p. on folded
leaf.
Gladstone, Catherine (Mrs. William) ALS, Hawarden Castle, Jan. 9, 1897.
2 p. on folded leaf. Re her husband's conversation with Lord
Granville about the lawsuit involving Dr. Playfair and his sister
in-law.
Gladstone, William. ALS, Hawarden Castle, March 28, 1896. 3 p. on
folded leaf. Re ''miscarriage of justice'' related to article in the
morning press.
Greenwood, Charles W. ALS to Mrs. William Playfair, April 17, 1878.
2 p. on folded leaf. With draft of reply on 3rd page by Dr. Playfair.
Lister, Joseph. ALS, April 3, 1894. 1 p. on folded leaf. Re
photographs sent to him. Playfair, Giles Page 17
Box 4 RESTRICTED Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught. ALS, Buckingham Palace, June 4, 1882. 2 p. on folded leaf. Sending prints of herself and
her husband. ALS, Buckingham Palace, July 15, 1887. 4 p. on
folded leaf. About hotel resenations and health. ALS, Buckingham
Palace, June 1, 1898. 3 p. on folded leaf. Sympathy letter on
death of Dr. Playfair's brother. (#15)
Norfolk, Henry Fitzalan-Howard, Duke of. ALS, Arundel Castle, July 3, 1902
4 p. on folded leaf. Thanks for letter and what he did for his boy.
Playfair, Mrs. George (Jessie Ross) ALS to her son Dr. William
Playfair, Oct. 29, 1857 when he left for the Indian medical service.
4 p. on folded leaf with ANS from Dr. Playfa:ir about the letter's
importance to him and giving it to his son Nigel Playfair. Also
small envelope with holograph notation by Dr. Playfair.
Playfair, Dr. William Smoult. ALS to Dr. James Reid, c/o British
Legation, Sinaia, Roumania, Oct. 9, 1893. 4 p. on folded leaf.
Re irritation caused in Rotnnanian medical world by his presence at
side of the Crown Princess in her confinement. ALS rough draft in
pencil to M. Ozerow in French. 3 p. on 2 leaves, n.d. Re mark of
favor to him from Napoleon III. In English he asks to be remem
bered to others, being uncertain of how to write it in French.
Reid, Dr. James. ALS, Osborne, Aug. 9, 1893. Marked private. 9 p.
on 3 folded leaves. Re the confinement of Princess Victoria of
Edinburgh, the Crown Princess of Rotnnania and the desire of her
parents and Queen Victoria to have an English doctor in attendance;
political difficulties involved.
Victoria? Copy of telegram, Gotha, March 9, 1894. Thanking him for
water colour. Playfair, Giles Page 18
Box 4 RESTRICTED ____, William (signature illegible), ALS Tenchley Park, Limpsfield, Surrey, Aug. 23, 1882. Re the Duchess of Albany
engaging a nurse without Queen Victoria's knowledge. ALS,
Grosvenor Square, Jan. 22, 1883. Marked "Private". Re confinement
of Duchess of Connaught and wishes of Queen Victoria. 2 p. on
the matter. (#15)
AL incomplete, unsigned. Government House,
Ottawa, to Mrs. Playfair. Marked "Pr'ivate" re patronesses to be
asked to a ball. March 6, no year. 4 p. on folded leaf.
Signatures cut from letters:
Arthur, Duke of Connaught
Montefiore, Moses
Printed pieces re Dr. Playfair.
"The Complimentary Dinner to Dr. Playfair" from The Lancet,
July 9, 1898.
a) Tearsheet, incomplete.
b) Galley complete.
"Centenary Banquet of the Royal Institution of Great Britain in
the Hall of the Merchant Taylor's Company. Monday, June 5th, 1899."
Plan of seating arrangement with Index of members incl. Dr.
Playfair.
B. From Sir Nigel Playfair
1. 22 letters to his son Giles Playfair. Lyric Theatre letterhead.
4 ALS: Oct. 18, 1928; Oct. 30, 1928; Aug. 16, 1930; Aug. 19, 1930.
TLS Oct. 20, 1930. 15 ALS undated. Newnham House, Cambridge,
ALS undated. River House, Hammersmith, ALS undated. (#16)
2. TLS to Colonel H.E. Ward, The Club House, Sandwich, Kent. TLS,
July 1, 1930 about his son Giles. Playfair, Giles Page 19
Box 4 C. To Giles Playfair 1. Personal correspondence. 36 items. 1932-1974. (#17)
Baxter, James Phinney (Former Pres. Williams College, Council on
Foreign Relations). ALS, June 12, no year.
Dent, Alan. ALS, Sunday after Christmas, 1940 with 7 snapshots of
his Sir Edmund Kean wallpaper and 1 bust of Kean.
Fenby, Charles (Westminster Press). ALS, Dec. 29, 1969.
Hudson, Derek. ALS, June 27, 1967.
Kitcher, Paddy (Times Art Critic). ALS to Mr. and Mrs. Playfair,
May 3, 1973.
Levin, Bernard. ALS, June 11, 1971; ALS, April 24, 1972; TLS,
May 26, 1972; TLS undated with flyer from La Valbonne club dated
June 1972; TLS, June 2, 1972; TLS, Sept. 26, 1972; TLS, Nov. 16,
1972; ALS, Dec. 5, 1972; ALS Dec. 18, 1972; TLS, June 26, 1973;
TLS, June 29, 1973; TLS, Jan. 8, 1974; TLS, Jan. 11, 1974; TLS,
Dec. 15, 1975.
Lucas, E.V. ALS, Aug. 19, 1934.
Marshall, Norman (Garrick Club). ALS, Nov. 15, no year.
Preston, Sir Harry. TLS, Aug. 29, 1932.
Rains, "Claude". Telegram, Dec. 11, 1958 on birth of GP's son.
Raethke, Beatrice (Mrs. Theodore Raethke) ALS, June 23, 1964.
Russell, Charles (Lord Russell of Killowen). ALS, Nov. 7, 1974.
Samuel,Herbert. ALS, Aug. 20, 1934.
Sington, Derrick. ALS, July 24, 1962.
Wardle, Irving (Drama Critic of The Times). TLS, Dec. 1, 1972;
TLS, April 30, 1974.
Watson, George (author of book on Housman). ALS on postcard,
April 28, 1964. Playfair, Giles Page 20
Box 4 West, Rebecca. TLS, Aug. 22, 1961 re Setty murder. (1117) 2. From Joseph Redenbaugh
a) Redenbaugh, Joseph. 24 TLS, July 1960-Aug. 1963, June 1970-May 1974
and one undated. (#18)
b) McCoy, Robert W. (Pres, Minnesota Chapter of the Humanist Associa
tion which helped Redenbaugh plan his future when paroled)
TLS, Oct. 4, 1962; TLS n.d.
3. Business correspondence. 39 items. 1947-1974. Incl. some carbons
-amd rough drafts from GP. Incl.:
Campbell, Robin (Arts Council of Great Britain). TLS, Dec. 20, 1974. (1119)
Farrer, David (Martin Secker & Warburgh, Ltd.). TLS, Aug. 12, 1974.
Freeman, John (Editor, New Statesman). TLS, July 19, 1963.
Hewitt, C.R. (C.R. Rolph). The New Statesman. ALS, May 1965.
Mander, John (Encounter). TLS, Aug. 11, 1964.
Morton, Charles W. (Atlantic Monthly). TLS, June 26, 1947.
Sawyer, John E. (Pres. Williams College). TLS, Dec. 15, 1961; TLS,
Dec. 17, 1962; TLS, Jan. 10, 1963; TLS March 6, 1963 enclosing
CTL to Dr. D.G. James, Vice Chancellor, Southampton U., March 6,
1963; TLS, Sept. 20, 1963.
Thompson, John W.M. (Deputy Editor). TLS, June 29, 1969; TLS,
Dec. 14, 1964. Playfair, Giles Addenda, September, 1978
Box 5 I. Manuscript
CRIME IN OUR CENTURY Sidgwick & Jackson, 1977. Typescript with halo.
corr., ca. 300 p. (#1)
II. Notebooks: Holograph notebooks for projected book on terrorism. (#2)
1. Green cover 9" X 711 ca. 35 leaves.
2. Black cover. 6" X 4". Ca.35 leaves.
3. Red cover. 5" X 3-1/2". Ca. 20 leaves.
III. Correspondence 1967-1970 (#3)
10 TLS; 1 ALS; 2 memos; 7 CTL; 1 misc. Most are Giles Playfair's letters
to Peregrine Worsthorne, Deputy Editor of Sunday Telegraph, and Worsthorne's
correspondence.
Incl.
Callaghan, James (Home Secretary) TLS, Dec. 2, 1969 to Peregrine Worsthorne
Faulker, Alex (Daily Telegraph) TLS Nov. 9, 1970.
Worsthorne, Peregrine. Memorandum to the editor, carbon typescript
Jan. 6 1967 , 2 p.; CTL toGP. June 13, 1969; memorandum to the
editor, Oct. 4, 1969; CTL to GP Oct. 4, 1969; CTL to James Callaghan
Nov. 1, 1969; CTL to Ann Taylor (Curtis Brown) Oct. 31, 1970; CTL
to Alex Faulkner Nov. 3, 1970; CTL to GP Nov. 3, 1970.