Francis Henry King: A Preliminary Inventory of an Addition to His Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

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Francis Henry King Papers (addition)--Index of Correspondents

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I. Correspondence, 1948-2000

II. Writings

Francis Henry King:

A Preliminary Inventory of an Addition to His Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center



	Creator:	King, Francis Henry, 1923-
	Title:	Francis Henry King Addition to His Papers
	Dates:	1938-2000
	Abstract:	This addition to the Francis King collection contains his personal literary correspondence and writings including written notebooks from his school days at Shrewsbury; two handwritten journals kept during his stay in Japan in 1963; and published and unpublished short stories.
	Extent:	10 boxes (4.2 linear feet)
	Repository:	Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, The University of Texas at Austin

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This addition to the Francis King Papers contains his personal literary correspondence, 1948-2000, and writings including juvenilia and short stories.

The collection is arranged in two series: Series I. Correspondence includes incoming letters in Subseries A. Outgoing correspondence to Cyril Eland, Tony Jebez-Smith, and James Sartin is found in Subseries B. The full names of correspondents are notated by King throughout. An index of correspondents follows the folder list.

Series II. Writings contains handwritten notebooks from King's schooldays at Shrewsbury, including a book of poetry; two handwritten journals kept during his stay in Japan in 1963; published and unpublished short stories; and a piece on Christopher Isherwood. Also present is a handwritten draft of J. R. Ackerley's "The Bench of Renunciation" with Ackerley's correspondence with Cyril Eland.

Originally housed in binders, each letter sustained two punched holes causing some minor loss of text. Otherwise the materials are in good condition.

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Open for research

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Purchase, 2002 (Reg. no. 15095)

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Liz Murray, 2002

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Francis Henry King Papers (addition)--Index of Correspondents

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Francis Henry King Papers (addition)--Folder List



I. Correspondence, 1948-2000
			A. Incoming
Box	Folder
1	1			A
	2			Ba-Bl
	3			Bo-Bu
	4			Braybrooke, June
	5			Braybrooke, Neville
	6			Brophy, Brigid
	7			Brown, Geoff
	8			Burkhart, Charles
	9			C
Box	Folder
2	1			Callard, David
	2			Cooper, Lettice
	3			Cotes, Peter
	4			Cranston, Maurice
	5			D-E
	6			De-la-Noy, Michael
	7-9			Dick, Kay
Box	Folder
3	1-5			Dick, cont'd
Box	Folder
4	1			Dick, cont'd
	2			A Domestic Animal
	3			Epton, Nina
	4			F
	5			Farrell, Kathleen
	6			Fitzgerald, Penelope
	7			Fryer, Jonathan
	8			G
	9			Grosskurth, Phyllis
Box	Folder
5	1			H
	2-3			Haylock, John
	4			Hayter, Alethea
	5			Holroyd, Michael
	6			I-K
	7			Kirkup, James
	8			L
Box	Folder
6	1			M
	2			McBrien, Bill
	3-4			Meyers, Jeffrey
	5			Miller, Miranda
	6-7			Murphy, Clive
Box	Folder
7	1-4			Murphy, cont'd
	5			N-O
	6			P
	7			Parker, Peter
Box	Folder
8	1			P. E. N.
	2			Petre, Dianna
	3			Quigley, Isobel
	4			R
	5			Roose-Evans, James
	6			S
	7			Spencer, Colin
	8			T-V
	9			Trafford, Jeremy
	10			W-Y
Box	Folder
9	1			Wakefield, Tom
	2			Walton, Alexander
	3			Warner, Val
	4			Wright, Adrian
	5			Miscellaneous, A-F
	6			Miscellaneous, G-M
	7			Miscellaneous, M-Z and unidentified
			B. Outgoing
Box	Folder
9	8			Eland, Cyril
	9			Jebez-Smith, Tony
	10-11			Sartin, James

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II. Writings
Box	Folder
10	1-2		Notebooks from schooldays at Shrewsbury, age 15-17
	3		Poems written at Shrewsbury
	4		Japanese journals, 1963
	5		"Christopher Isherwood," corrected typescript, 1976, for Writers and Their Work series
	6		Short stories, published and unpublished
	7		"The Bench of Renunciation" by J. R. Ackerley and JRA's letters to Cyril Eland

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