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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV D (ff. 62). Other miscellaneous material; circa 1890 - circa 1933. Autograph, with two leaves of typewritten copies. Includes: cards for mock elections and notes on political games from St Paul's School (ff. 1-9), serio-comic description of the 'Warwick Gardens Society for the Elevation of the British Drama' (ff. 10-16), 'Humble petition . . . to Max Beerbohm', illustrated (ff. 25-27), rules of the 'Valiant yet Judicious Order of the Long Bow' (ff. 28-31), 'Professor Plato . . . He takes the cake!' (ff. 35-38), 'Mistakes of the poets' (ff. 42-43), chapter headings for 'Madam: or the bloodhounds of Beaconsfield, a novel by Wilkie Collins' (ff. 44-46), two clues written for a treasure hunt on board S.S. Doric in 1930 (ff. 50-51), a facsimile of an inscription in a prize book presented at St Joseph's College, Colombo, in Blue & White, no. 34 (Nov. 1938) (ff. 53-55), and copies in Chesterton's autograph of poems by A. C. Swinburne, Sir Walter Scott, S. T. Coleridge, Lewis Carroll, and Hilaire Belloc (the last being published as 'Eheu fugaces' in C.W., vol. 10, p. 434, although forming part of Belloc's poem 'Dedicatory ode'), (ff. 56-62).

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G K Chesterton PapersAdd MS 73186-73484

A. Special Correspondence.Add MS 73186-73199

B. Correspondence Regarding Publications, Royalties, etc.Add MS 73200-73234

C. General Correspondence. 73235-73241. G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. L-LVI. Miscellaneous correspondence of various persons with G. K. Chesterton; [1892]-1962, n.d. Partly signed, partly typewritten copies, partly printed. Unless otherwise stated, the letters are written to Chesterton, and are mostly of a social nature, requests for meetings and interviews, letters reacting to books and articles by Chesterton. They include social and business correspondence addressed to Frances Chesterton or to Dorothy Collins and later letters which enclosed letters to or from Chesterton. For letters on Chesterton's reception into the Roman Catholic Church see Add. 73187. For correspondence on his publications, including requests for contributions to periodicals, royalties and requests for publishing rights, etc., see Add. 73200-73234. For other correspondence of Frances Chesterton and other members of the Chesterton and Blogg families see Add. 73193, 73454-73456, for other correspondence of Dorothy Collins see Add. 73471-73475. Seven volumes.Add MS 73235-73241

D. Literary Papers.Add MS 73242-73309

B. G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOLS. LVII-XCV B. Papers for books written by Chesterton, together with papers for unpublished and posthumously published work and collections; circa 1894-1975. Partly autograph, partly typewritten, partly printed. Printer's copy, particularly for compilations of articles edited by Dorothy Collins, often includes typescripts or extracts or cuttings of published articles, poems or essays, which are thus not retained in their original sequence. For correspondence concerning the publication of each single work with Messrs A. P. Watt and Son, see Add. 73200-73227, for other correspondence and for working papers see Add. 73231 A-C. Thirty-nine volumes, some in several parts.Add MS 73242-73280

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCVI (ff. iv+250). Papers for dramatisations ... Add MS 73281

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCVII (ff. i+122). Scripts of four radio play ... Add MS 73282

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCVIII (ff. 116). Scripts of talks broadcast ... Add MS 73283

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XCIX (ff. 62). Drafts and fair copies of poem ... Add MS 73284

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. C (ff. 167). Prefaces and introductions writt ... Add MS 73285

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CI (ff. 137). Contributions, other than prefa ... Add MS 73286

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CII-CXVII. Articles, essays, short stories, plays and poems written for publication in periodicals, partly autograph, partly typewritten, partly printed; [1894]-1936. For correspondence concerning the publication of articles, essays, etc., in periodicals see Add. 73232 A, B and the correspondence with Messrs A. P. Watt and Son at Add. 73200-73227. Sixteen volumes in twenty-seven parts.Add MS 73287-73302

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXVIII A, B. Notes and papers concerning the Junior Debating Club of St Paul's School, Hammersmith, of which Chesterton was the founding president; [1890-1925], n.d. Mostly autograph. Chesterton's imperfect set of the printed issues of The Debater, with added drawings and notes by him, together with a photocopy of no. 6 and no. 18, and a further incomplete set, formerly owned by Maurice Solomon, are held in the Library's collections of printed books. See also Add. 73321 C. Two parts.Add MS 73303 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXIX A-C. Poems, articles, essays and drawings made as collections for or by others and not published in his lifetime; circa 1900-1936, n.d. Three parts.Add MS 73304 A-C

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXX A, B. Single poems and small groups of poems not published during Chesterton's lifetime; circa 1891-1936, 1952. Mostly autograph. Other poems, in notebooks, and on leaves extracted from the early notebooks up to 1901 are to be found in Add. 73314-73348. Two parts.Add MS 73305 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXI (ff. 182). Plays, including fragments, n ... Add MS 73306

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXII (ff. 251). Stories, including fragments ... Add MS 73307

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIII A, B. Articles, essays and reviews, many fragmentary, for which no published text has been found, miscellaneous fragments, contents lists, rough notes and aphorisms; circa 1891-[1935]. Mostly autograph, partly typewritten copies. Other essays and articles, in notebooks, and on leaves extracted from the early notebooks up to 1901 are to be found in Add. 73314-73346, 73350. Arranged chronologically as far as possible. Most articles do not bear a title, some early articles are accompanied by sketches. The notes on World War I and subsequent political events are especially fragmentary. Two parts.Add MS 73308 A-B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV A-D. Miscellaneous notes, games, programmes, school election material, political fantasies, etc., often prepared for gatherings of Chesterton's family and friends; circa 1890 - circa 1933. Autograph.Add MS 73309 A-D

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV A. 'The brood gazette special, edited b ... Add MS 73309 A

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV B. 'The Looney: a magazine for the madh ... Add MS 73309 B

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV C (ff. 94). Clues, instructions, and pl ... Add MS 73309 C

G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXXIV D (ff. 62). Other miscellaneous materia ... Add MS 73309 D

E. Illustrations and Drawings by Chesterton for Published Works.Add MS 73310-73313

F. Notebooks, Sketchbooks and Memorabilia.Add MS 73314-73376

G. Newspaper Cuttings and Other Printed Material.Add MS 73377-73453

H. Correspondence and Papers of Frances Chesterton.Add MS 73454-73470

I. Papers of Dorothy Collins and OthersAdd MS 73471-73484