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Miscellaneous correspondence, notes, typescripts, press cuttings and printed papers relating to Samuel Butler.

Account books, ledgers and loose statements, mainly relating to the sales of Samuel Butler's published works. Also includes Butler's address book.

Correspondence between Prof. W. Johnson and others regarding his lecture on Swift and his donation of material relating to Swift to St John's College Library in 1997.

Eight letters sent from Jamaica to London, updating the wealthy estate-owner William Philp Perrin on the management of his sugar plantation. Topics covered include a dispute over ownership of an estate, sending supplies, preparations for shipping a cargo of sugar, negotiations over the purchase of further slaves, and details of weather likely to affect crops. Enclosures include two bills of lading, and a list of slaves purchased with their names, ages, occupations and values.

A collection of pamphlets written or co-authored by J. E. Marr. Co-authors listed includes but is not limited to: R. H. Tiddeman; A. H. Nicholson; Alfred Harker; E. J. Garwood; W. G. Fearnsides.

Correspondence from H.E. Bates to Mrs Sharman from 1969-70, correspondence between Mrs Sharman and K.R. Geering regarding his request for copies of H.E. Bates' early poems for publication; typed copies of those early poems; photographic postcards of Kettering Grammar School dramatic productions featuring H.E. Bates.

Papers relating to volumes 1-6 of the series co-edited by RAH. Largely correspondence; includes some proofs.

Sketches, songs and poems, mainly dating from Adams's time at Cambridge and shortly after. Composition dates are uncertain for many items, and the ordering in this box is not at all chronological and is based on very approximate groupings of material. Further, not all of the material is necessarily written by Adams; presumably it all relates, however, to Adams Smith Adams and to other projects in which he was involved.

Includes notes on story and characters, and radio script material.

Correspondence relating to specific projects.