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ABBOTT (Dorothea M.)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, with articles, 1977-9
ACLAND (Alice) see WIGNALL (Anne)
AFRICA
- Correspondence and papers concerning the journal Africa, 1966, 1973
  - MS. Pym 38, fol. 180
  - MS. Pym 98, fols. 41-55
ALLEN (Douglas R.)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1952
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 83
AMERY (Julian) Baron Amery of Lustleigh, 1919-96
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1937-48, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 147, fols. 1-35
- Newspaper cuttings concerning, 1939-48, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 147, fols. 37-50
- Personal papers of Barbara Pym relating to, c.1939-51
  - MS. Pym 146
ANSLOW (Isabel M.)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1962
  - MS. Pym 168, fols. 41-2
ANTHONY (S. Gertrude)
- Job references for Barbara Pym, [1934]
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 2-4a
ARDENER (Edwin) 1927-87
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 34
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1951
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 76-7
ATKIN (Frances)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950-79
ATKINS (Guy)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 38
BAKER (Denys Val) 1917-84
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 173-4
BALL (Cecil Arthur Stewart Luxmoore), see LUXMOORE-BALL (Cecil Arthur Stewart)
BARBARA PYM SOCIETY
- Papers relating to the Barbara Pym Society, 1994-5
  - MS. Pym 177
BARBER (Giles Gaudard) 1930-
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 39-40
BARNABY (Felicity)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 42
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 31-4
BARNICOT (Elizabeth)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950-77
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 17-19, 84-6, 160
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 43-4
BARTLETT (Francis John)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1954
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 152-4
BARTON (Phillipa)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 37-8
BAYLEY (John Oliver) 1925-2015
- Letter to Philip Larkin concerning Barbara Pym, [1977]
  - MS. Pym 152, fols. 10-11
BEAUMONT (Nancy)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 39-42
BENNETT (Mary Letitia Somerville) 1913-
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 45
BERTRAM ROTA LTD.
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 20-2
BIGGS (Mary)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950-77
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 23
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 45
BINDING (Paul)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1975
  - MS. Pym 168, fols. 103-5
BION (Francesca)
- Letter to Hilary Walton, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 46
BLISS (Kathleen Mary Amelia) 1908-89
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 48
BLISS (Rupert Geoffrey) 1905-
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 46-8
  - MS. Pym 172, fol. 84
BLUNDO (Tullia)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 147, fols. 70-94
- 'La Narrativa di Barbara Pym', thesis, with an abstract in English, 1977-8
  - MSS. Pym 174-174*
BLYTHE (Ronald George) 1922-
- Correspondence and papers, 1979, relating to Pym's, 'A Year In West Oxfordshire'
BOLL (Theophilus E.M.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1979-80
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 8-13, 169
BOND (Ann)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 49-51
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 49-50
BOSTON UNIVERSITY Mugar Memorial Library
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 23-5
BOULTON (Thomas Oswald) 1910-
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 52-5
BOULTON (Toby) see BOULTON (Thomas Oswald)
BRADY (Dora C.)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 18
BRIAN (Margaret), see BRYAN (Margaret)
BRISE (Barbara Ruggles), see RUGGLES-BRISE (Barbara)
BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1949-79
BROOKES (Pam)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1951
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 74
BROWN (Paula)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1952
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 88
BROWNRIGG (Dorothy)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 51-2
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 15-16
BRYAN (Margaret)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950, 1977
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 24
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 65-6
BUNTING (Daniel George) 1890-1967
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1952-64, with correspondence relating to a fund for him, 1963-4
BURNETT (Dame Ivy Compton), see COMPTON-BURNETT (Dame Ivy)
BURTON (Betty)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 43
CAPE (Jonathan) publishers
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1949-80
CASE (Jean)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 58-61
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 207-8
CATCHPOLE (Marjorie)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 74-5
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 63
CAVENDISH (Clare)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1974-9
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fols. 112-13, 117, 139-41, 144, 150
CECIL (Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne) 1902-86
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1953-79
  - MS. Pym 148, fols. 1-16
CECIL (Lady Rachel)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1961
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 33
CHILCOTT (Joyce)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950-78
CHURCH TIMES
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym with manuscript notes and typescript short story, 'The Christmas Visit', 1977-8
CLARKE MCKENNA (Neva), see MCKENNA (Neva Clarke)
CLEMENS (Cyril)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979, with Mark Twain Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 3, Winter 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 17-30
COLE (Margaret)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 90-2
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 72-3
COLLIM (Marianne)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fol. 176
COMPTON-BURNETT (Dame Ivy) 1884-1969
- Letters to and from, 1940-50
  - MS. Pym 153, fols. 192-7
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 27
COOMBS (J.R. Monaghan), see MONAGHAN-COOMBS (J.R.)
COOPER (Louise Field)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 74-5
CRAMPTON (Tom) pseud., see Pym (Barbara Mary Crampton)
CRAWFORD (Mary)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 94
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 76-8
CURLING (Audrey)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fol. 133
CURRIE (Ailsa)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 95-6
D'ARCY (John E?)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 32-3
DAVIS (Alan R.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1945-77
DE MARNEY (Derrick)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1953
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 136
DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHY, see INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL CENTRE
DUNSTAN (Jean C.)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 112-14
EDEN (Dorothy Enid) 1912-82
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 164, fols. 181-5
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 86
ELIOT (Thomas Stearns) 1888-1965
- T.S. Eliot, poet, 1888-1965 (Yeovil: Swift printing, 1965), [Order of service for Eliot's memorial service]
  - MS. Pym 151, fols. 101-11
ELLIDGE (Honor), see WYATT (Honor)
EVANS (Barbara)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1952, 1978
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 98-100
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 87, 90
FAN LETTERS
- Letters to Barbara Pym, various dates
  - MSS. Pym 167-73 passim
FARRANT (Marie)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 97
FIELD (Mollie)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 92
FORD (Evelyn)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 104-8
GABRIEL pseud., see HARVEY (Henry Stanley)
GEDDES (Maud)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 209-12
GEORGE (Daniel) pseud., see BUNTING (Daniel George)
GERSON (Mark)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 37-9
GIFFORD (Charles Henry) 1913-2003
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 94
GIFFORD (Henry), see GIFFORD (Charles Henry)
GILBERT (Ruth G.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1965-77
  - MS. Pym 168, fols. 45-9, 70-2, 75-6
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 115-20
GLEADOW (Rupert)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1932-40
  - MS. Pym 149
  - MS. Pym 150, fols. 1-121
GLOVER (C. Gordon) 1908-75
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950-66
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 31-3
  - MS. Pym 168, fols. 35, 56
GOMES (Peter John) 1942-
- Letter to Susan Hinerfeld, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 76-7
GOODHART (Lady Celia McClare) 1939-
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 121-2
GORDON (Bobby)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 95
GORDON (Helen)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-9, n.d.
GOTLIEB (Howard B.)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 23-5
GREENMAN (Clive)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 128
GREY (Elizabeth) 1917-
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fol. 123
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 129
GRIFFITH (Hugh Dewi Morgan)
- Dedication to in 'Young Men in Fancy Dress', Aug. 1929-April 1930
  - MS. Pym 1, fol. i
GUNN (H.D.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1953-79
HAGGARD (Sir Henry Rider) 1856-1925
- Typescript abridgement for radio by Barbara Pym, of She, with related correspondence, 1950, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 96, fols. 167-92
  - MS. Pym 147, fols. 108-11
HARDCASTLE (Pam)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 117
HARPERS & QUEEN
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 98, fols. 88-90
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 46-8
HARRISON (Elizabeth Francourt) 1921-
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1977-9
  - MS. Pym 159/1 passim

HARVEY (Elizabeth)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 143-4
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 118
HARVEY (Henry Stanley) 1911-95
- Letters and notes from, 1950-79
HARWOOD (Fryniwyd Tennyson), see JESSE (Fryniwyd Tennyson)
HERVEY (Grizelda)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 21
HICKSON (Janet)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 145
HINERFELD (Susan Slocum)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, with book reviews, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 60-79
HOLMES (Paul)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1965
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fols. 54-6, 59
HOLT (Hazel) 1928-
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1959-77
  - MS. Pym 168, fols. 16, 29-30, 73, 83-101
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 147-8
- 'No Thankless Task: Barbara Pym as Indexer', The Indexer, Vol. 15, No. 4 (Oct. 1987)
  - MS. Pym 178, item 4
HOME (Evelyn) pseud., see MAKINS (Peggy)
HOOD (Martin Sinclair Frankland) 1917-
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1950
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 35
HOOD (Sinclair), see HOOD (Martin Sinclair Frankland)
HOPE-WALLACE (Philip Adrian) 1911-79
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1950
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 29
IMPRON (Pat)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 36-7
INSTONE (Anna)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 128
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym and proofs of Africa 1979 index, 1966-79
INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHICAL CENTRE
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 89-90
IRVINE (Gerard)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 129-32
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 84
JAMES (Diana)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 133
JAMES (Sylvia)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-9
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 154-5
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 86-7
JESSE (Fryniwyd Tennyson) 1888-1958
- Letter to Jonathan Cape concerning Barbara Pym's Excellent Women, 1952
  - MS. Pym 163/1, fol. 177
JONATHAN CAPE publishers, see CAPE (Jonathan) publishers
JONES (Ursula)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 214
JORDAN (K.C.)
- Letter from Barbara Pym concerning Africa, 1966.
  - MS. Pym 38, fol. 180
JOSEPH (Jenny) 1932-
- Typescript copy of 'Warning'
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 215
KASTERINE (Dmitri)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 135-7
KENDRICK (Sir Thomas Downing) 1895-1979
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950-1
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 38, 78-9
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 157
KENYON (Anne)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1952
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 106-7
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 158
KRONENBENGER (Friede)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1951
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 80
LARKIN (Philip Arthur) 1922-85
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1961-79
  - MS. Pym 151, fols. 1-120
  - MS. Pym 152, fols. 1-93
- Newspaper cuttings relating to Larkin collected by Barbara Pym, 1964-9, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 152, fols. 94-109
LAVERTY (Maura) 1906-66
- Correspondence relating to Barbara Pym's abridgement for radio of Never No More, 1950, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 147, fols. 113-18
LAWSON (Rowena Mary)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 138-143
LEAPMAN (Olga)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 162-3
LEJEUNE (Helene)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1956
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 170-3
LIDDELL (Donald Stewart)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1940-1
  - MS. Pym 153, fols. 1-24
LIDDELL (Jock), see LIDDELL (John Robert)
LIDDELL (John Robert) 1908-92
- Letters to and from, with short stories and an account of his friendship with Barbara Pym, 1934-81, n.d.
LIDDELL (Robert), see LIDDELL (John Robert)
LINDBLOM (Ed)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1952
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 108
LITERARY AGENTS, see PUBLISHERS
LIVELY (Penelope Margaret) 1933-
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1979, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 93, 216
LLOYD (Peter)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1974
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 102
LORENZO pseud., see HARVEY (Henry Stanley)
LORING (Katherine)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 94
LOUKES (Mary)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 150
LOYNES (Dorothy)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 217
LUBBOCK (Mark)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 165
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 151
LUXMOORE-BALL (Cecil Arthur Stewart)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1953
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 138
MABY (Muriel)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950-78
McCOOK-WEIR (Margaret)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 156-7
MacGREGOR (Helen)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1975-9, n.d.
McKENNA (Neva Clarke)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 95
McMASTER (Jane)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 39
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 221-2
McMASTER (Julian)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1953
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 139
MACMILLAN & CO. publishers
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1969-80
  - MS. Pym 165
  - MS. Pym 166, fols. 1-160
MAGGS (Marjorie)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1955
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 165-6
MAIR (Lucy Philip) 1901-86
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 170
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 169
MAISON (Margaret M.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 171-2
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 170
MAKINS (Peggy) 1916-
- Letters to Barbara Pym, [1958]-78, n.d.
MARCHANT (Betsy), see MARCHANT (Diana) Lady Marchant
MARCHANT (Diana) Lady Marchant
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1952, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 115-18
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 224-5
MARK TWAIN JOURNAL
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979, with Mark Twain Journal, Vol. XIX, No. 3 (Winter 1978-9)
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 17-30
MARKS & SPENCER Ltd.
- Correspondence with Jonathan Cape relating to Jane and Prudence, 1953
  - MS. Pym 163/2, fols. 234-48
MARNEY (Derrick De), see DE MARNEY (Derrick)
MARSDEN (Ruth)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1950s
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 24
MEEK (Charles Kingsley) 1845-1965
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1950
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 42
MICAH (Reg)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1950
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 43
MIDDERTON (John)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 169, fol. 174
MILLER (Elsie)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1975-9, n.d.
MONAGHAN-COOMBS (J.R.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 93, 178-9
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 179-85
MONDAY LITERARY CLUB
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 108-10
MONTGOMERY (Hazel)
- Letters to Barbara and Hilary Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 186-7
MORISON (Lady Rosemary)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1950-79
NEVILLE (Jill) 1932-
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 194-5
NEW FICTION SOCIETY
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fol. 91
NEW REVIEW, The
- Correspondence with Barbara Pym and related papers, 1978
  - MS. Pym 98, fols. 84-7
NEW YORKER, The
- Correspondence with Barbara Pym with notes and drafts of 'Across a Crowded Room', 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 158, fols. 167-98
NEWBY (Catherine R.)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 25
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LITERATURE GROUP
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 1-2
ORNA (Doris)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1955
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 167
ORNA (Miriam)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1958-77
  - MS. Pym 168, fols. 11-14
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 197-8
OXFORD MAIL
- Correspondence relating to book reviews by Barbara Pym, with drafts and cuttings, 1978
  - MS. Pym 158, fols. 199-216
OXFORD TIMES see OXFORD MAIL
OXFORD University, Senior Wives Fellowship
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 3-7
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 6-7
P.E.N.
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1951
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 75
PALMER (Bernard Harold Michael) 1929-
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 199-200
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 190-9
PARKER (Derek)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fols. 147-8
PHILLIPS (Helen)
- 'Barbara Pym and Some Other Novelists', typescript of talk to the Drawing Circle, Belfast, with related correspondence, 1978
  - MS. Pym 98, fols. 103-23
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 8-14
PLATTS (Una)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1964
  - MS. Pym 168, fols. 52-4
POWLES (Jill)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 125-7
PRESTON (Margaret)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 120
PRYNNE (Phyllis)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1952-3
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 124, 141-4
PUBLISHERS
- Miscellaneous papers, correspondence and agreements with publishers and literary agents, 1935-79
PYM (Alice Grace) stepmother of Barbara Pym
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950, 1977
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 52, 57-61
  - MS. Pym 170, fol. 2
PYM (Barbara Mary Crampton) 1913-80
- Papers
  - Card catalogue of Barbara Pym's library compiled by Hilary Walton, 1981, with photocopy of the same, 1986
    - MSS. Pym 175-175*
  - Diaries and commonplace book, 1932-79
    - MS. Pym 83
    - MSS. Pym 101-45
  - Literary notebooks, 1938-1979
  - Press cuttings, 1950-77, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 98, fols. 24-26b
    - MS. Pym 163/1, fols. 112-27, 210-17
  - Printed ephemera including opera programmes, 1944-65
    - MS. Pym 100, fols. 13-76
    - MS. Pym 159/2-5
  - Radio broadcasts. Cyclostyled and typescript transcripts, audio tape recording and manuscript notes, 1949-84
  - Talks. Typescript and manuscript copies of talks and lectures with manuscript annotations, 1950s-1978
    - MS. Pym 98, fols. 56-83
- Works
  - An Academic Question. Manuscript and typescript drafts of novel with manuscript notes, c.1965-71
  - 'Across a Crowded Room'. Typescript and printed short story, with related manuscript notes and correspondence, 1978-9
  - 'Adolphe'. Manuscript short story, 1931-2
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 22-39
  - 'Africa Indexes'. Typescript indexes, 1977-79
    - MS. Pym 150, fols. 168-83, 188-200
  - 'An Afternoon Visit'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 30-50
  - 'Another fragment...'. Manuscript poem, 1931
    - MS. Pym 97, p. 62
  - 'Back to St. Petersburg'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 51-70
  - 'Beatrice Wyatt', see 'The Lumber Room'.
  - Book reviews by Barbara Pym. Typescript drafts of book reviews with manuscript notes, related correspondence and cuttings, 1978
    - MS. Pym 88, fols. 3-5, 7-9, 13-17
    - MS. Pym 158, fols. 199-216
  - 'Christmas Story', see 'The Christmas Visit'.
  - 'The Christmas Visit'. Typescript short story with related notes and correspondence, 1978
  - 'Civil to Strangers'. Typescript short story, [1936]
    - MS. Pym 5
  - Crampton Hodnet. Typescript fair copy of novel with manuscript annotations, [1939-40]
    - MS. Pym 10
  - 'Creatures of Habit'. Manuscript notes for a short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 26
    - MS. Pym 85
  - 'The Day Room'. Manuscript notes for a short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 88, fol. 18
  - 'The Day the Music Came'. Typescript short story, 1957
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 93-126
  - 'Death of a Young Man'. Manuscript short story, 1931
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 40-58
  - Desert Island Discs. Manuscript notes for radio broadcast with related correspondence, 1978, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 88, fols. 5v-6
    - MS. Pym 147, fols. 163-5, 167
  - 'A Dish of Bones'. Manuscript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 127-8
  - 'Elegy on the Reliques of Love shut up in a Box'. Manuscript poem, 1940
    - MS. Pym 147, fol. 36
  - 'The English Ladies'. Typescript short story with manuscript notes, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 129-65
  - Excellent Women. Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of novel, with cyclostyled script for radio, manuscript notes, related correspondence and press cuttings, 1949-77
  - 'A Few Days Before the Winter'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 166-99
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 118-20
  - A Few Green Leaves. Typescript drafts and fair copies of novel, with notes and related correspondence, 1979-80
  - 'Finding a Voice'. Transcript of a radio broadcast, with related correspondence, 1977-8
    - MS. Pym 96, fols. 2-15
    - MS. Pym 147, fols. 142-53, 161
  - 'The Flying Termites', see 'Creatures of Habit'.
  - 'For H.S.H. (ch. ch)'. Manuscript poem, 1933
    - MS. Pym 97, p. 64
  - 'Four Point Turn' see Quarter in Autumn.
  - 'Fragment inspired by a walk in Eaton Square...'. Manuscript poem, 1938
    - MS. Pym 97, p. 70
  - 'A Fragment inspired by P.?Moels, 1931'. Manuscript poem, 1931
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 61-2
  - 'Fragment inspired by Tennyson'. Manuscript poem, 1938
    - MS. Pym 97, p. 69
  - 'Frivolous lines...'. Manuscript poem, 1938
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 65-7
  - 'The Funeral'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 200-28
  - 'The German Baron'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 229-44
  - 'Gervase and Flora'. Typescript and manuscript drafts of short story, 1937-8?
    - MS. Pym 7
  - A Glass of Blessings. Manuscript draft of novel with related correspondence, 1957-60
  - 'Goodbye, Balkan Capital!'. Typescript short story, 1941
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 245-61
  - 'Henry S...'. Manuscript short story, 1931
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 5-9
  - 'Home Front Novel'. Manuscript short story with notes, 1933-40?
    - MSS. Pym 8-9
    - MS. Pym 86
  - 'How I Distempered a Room'. Transcript of a radio broadcast, 1949?
    - MS. Pym 96, fols. 16-19
  - 'The Invasion Village'. Manuscript notes for a short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 99, fols. 10-15
  - Jane and Prudence. Correspondence relating to the novel and radio broadcast, 1953-78
  - 'The Jumble Sale', see 'The White Elephant'.
  - 'Last Quartet' see Quartet in Autumn.
  - 'Leonora' see The Sweet Dove Died.
  - Less Than Angels. Manuscript draft of novel with related correspondence, 1955-76
  - 'A Letter From My Love'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 92, fols. 262-77
  - 'The Lime Tree Bower' see A Glass of Blessings.
  - 'Lines written to a Dear Young Friend on his Nineteenth Birthday'. Manuscript poem, 1938
    - MS. Pym 97, p. 68
  - 'Lines written to Harlorin'. Manuscript poem, 1931
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 59-60
  - 'The Love of a Good Woman'. Manuscript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 93
  - 'The Lumber Room'. Manuscript short story, 1938
    - MS. Pym 6/1-3
  - 'The Magic Diamond'. Manuscript draft of opera with related photographs, 1922
    - MS. Pym 98, fols. 1-12
  - 'Midland Bank: a poem...'. Manuscript poem, 1931
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 10-13
  - 'Mothers and Fathers'. Typescript short story with manuscript annotations, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 1-15
  - 'My Britain: A Year in West Oxfordshire'. Manuscript and typescript essay with related correspondence, 1979
    - MS. Pym 88, fol. 19
    - MS. Pym 98, fols. 91-101
  - Never No More. Correspondence relating to Pym's abridgement for radio of Maura Laverty's novel, 1950
    - MS. Pym 147, fols. 113-18
  - No Fond Return of Love. Manuscript drafts of novel with notes, cyclostyled script for radio, related correspondence and publisher's agreement, 1957-60
  - 'The Novelist's Use of Every Day Life'. Typescript and manuscript talk given in Barnes, 1950s
    - MS. Pym 98, fols. 56-73
  - 'The Novelist's Voice'. Transcript of radio broadcast with manuscript notes, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 96, fols. 98-104
  - 'An Object of Virtue' see The Sweet Dove Died.
  - 'Off the Record'. Transcript of a talk [for radio?], n.d.
    - MS. Pym 148, fols. 17-27
  - 'Only a Novel: Some Personal Reflections'. Typescript essay for The Times, 1978
    - MS. Pym 162/3, fols. 70-2
  - 'A Painted Heart'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 16-30
  - 'Parrot's Eggs: An Anthropological Comedy'. Transcript of play for radio, with related correspondence, 1949
    - MS. Pym 96, fols. 105-52
    - MS. Pym 147, fols. 102-3
  - 'The Pilgrimage'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 31-57
  - Places, see 'My Britain: A Year in West Oxfordshire'.
  - Poems. Manuscript and typescript, 1931-73
  - 'Poor Mildred'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 58-75
  - Quartet in Autumn. Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of novel, with notes and related correspondence, 1973-9
  - Radio broadcasts. Cyclostyled and typescript transcripts, audio tape recording and manuscript notes, 1949-84
  - 'The Rectory'. Typescript play for radio, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 96, fols. 153-66
  - 'The Rich Man in His Castle'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 76-117, 121-31
  - 'A Romance of Long Ago'. Manuscript notes for short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 99, fol. 16
  - Romantic Novelists Association. Typescript of talk to, 1978
    - MS. Pym 98, fols. 74-8
  - 'The Sad Story of Alphonse. A Warning to Would Be Poets'. Manuscript short story, 1930
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 1-4
  - 'Satire...Concerning a few of my acquaintances'. Manuscript poem, 1931
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 14-16
  - She. Typescript abridgement for radio by Barbara Pym of Rider Haggard's novel, with related correspondence, 1950, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 96, fols. 167-92
    - MS. Pym 147, fols. 108-11
  - Short Stories. Papers relating to, 1930-79
  - 'A Sister's Love'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 132-48
  - Some Tame Gazelle. Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of novel, with manuscript notes and related correspondence, 1934-63
  - 'Something to Remember'. Manuscript short story with notes, 1940, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 11
    - MS. Pym 99, fol. 76
  - 'Something to Remember'. Transcript of a radio play with related correspondence, 1949-50
    - MS. Pym 96, fols. 193-229
    - MS. Pym 147, fols. 95-101, 104-7
  - 'So, Some Tempestuous Morn'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 149-204
  - 'So Very Secret: A Spy Novel'. Manuscript of short story, 1941
    - MS. Pym 12/1-4
  - 'Sonnet written To a Dear Young Friend...'. Manuscript poem, 1938
    - MS. Pym 97, p. 71
  - 'A Story About Two Spinsters Who Gave an Exhibition...'. Manuscript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 99, fols. 24-45
  - 'Story for the Church Times', see 'The Christmas Visit'.
  - The Sweet Dove Died. Typescript drafts and fair copies of novel, with manuscript notes and related correspondence, 1968-79
  - 'The T. of M.', see 'Creatures of Habit'.
  - 'The Table'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 205-17
  - 'A Table Too Near the Band', see 'Something to Remember'.
  - 'Tablet on the Wall', see 'The Lumber Room'.
  - 'Tame Donkey: A sequel to Midland Bank...'. Manuscript poem, 1931
    - MS. Pym 97, pp. 17-21
  - 'Tarriff of Malpractice' see 'Creatures of Habit'.
  - 'A Thankless Task', see No Fond Return of Love.
  - 'They Never Write'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 218-29
  - 'Time Sequel'. Manuscript notes for a short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 99, fol. 6
  - 'To Lindley MacNaghten Fraser'. Manuscript poem, 1932
    - MS. Pym 97, p. 63
  - 'Too Many Mothers', see 'Creatures of Habit'.
  - 'Trivial Rounds and Common Tasks'. Manuscript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 230-46
  - 'The Unfinished Flower'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 247-59
  - 'Unpast Alps'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 260-9
  - An Unsuitable Attachment. Manuscript and typescript drafts of novel, with notes and related correspondence, 1963-6
  - 'The Unusual Ornament'. Typescript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 270-91
  - 'Ups and Downs of a Writer's Life'. Typescript of talk to Senior Wives Fellowship, United Reform Church, Headington, Oxford, with manuscript annotations, 1978
    - MS. Pym 98, fols. 79-83
  - 'The Vicarage'. Correspondence relating to Pym's dramatised script for radio, 1955-6
    - MS. Pym 147, fols. 119-23
  - 'A Wedge of Misery'. Manuscript short story, n.d.
    - MS. Pym 99, fols. 46-8
  - 'The White Elephant'. Typescript short story, 1949
    - MS. Pym 94, fols. 292-300
  - 'The World of Barbara Pym'. Audio cassette of a radio broadcast, 1984
    - MS. Pym 178, item 2
  - 'Wrapped in Lemon Leaves' see An Unsuitable Attachment.
  - 'Young Men in Fancy Dress'. Manuscript short story, 1929-30
    - MS. Pym 1
PYM (Frederic Crampton)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950-66
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 52-6, 125
  - MS. Pym 168, fols. 61-3
PYM (Hilary), see WALTON (Hilary)
REWHORN (Margaret)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977-9
  - MS. Pym 170, fol. 3
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 128
RIDER HAGGARD (Sir Henry), see HAGGARD (Sir Henry Rider)
ROBERTS (Freda)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1965
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fols. 42-3, 50
ROBERTS (Richard Campbell)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1962-78, n.d., with opera and ballet programmes, 1964-5

ROBYNS (Gwen)
- Letter to Barbara Pym and related correspondence, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 227-8
ROGERS (Lucy)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fols. 126-7
ROMANTIC NOVELISTS ASSOCIATION
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, with related material, 1974-9, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fols. 112-83
- Typescript of talk by Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 98, fols. 74-8
ROOKE (Eleanor W.)
- Letter and job reference for Barbara Pym, 1934, 1950
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 4-5, 62
ROTA (Anthony Bertram) 1932-
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 20-2
ROUTLEDGE (Walter Care)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1959
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 17
RUGGLES-BRISE (Barbara)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 26
RUSSELL (Elizabeth A.C.)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 130-1
SAMUEL (Betty)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 170, fols. 5-7
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 26-7
SAWYER (Nancy)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fol. 124
SELWAY (Sir Anthony Dunkerton) 1909-84
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 170, fol. 9
SELWAY (Brenda)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1952
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 126
SENIOR WIVES FELLOWHIP, OXFORD, see OXFORD university, Senior Wives Fellowship
SERRATRICE (Laura)
- Summary of a thesis concerning Barbara Pym's novels and their translation into Italian, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 178, item 5
SHAW (Patricia)
- 'Barbara Pym, The Jane Austen of Our Day', Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, no. 17, Nov. 1988
  - MS. Pym 178, item 3
- 'The View in Winter: The Theme of Old Age in Contemporary English Fiction', Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, no. 5, Nov, 1982
  - MS. Pym 178, item 1
SMITH (Eleanor E.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 33-9
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 132-46
SMITH (Philip)
- Letters to and talk on Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 170, fols. 10-34
SMITH (Robert Sidney) 1919-
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, with related material, 1952-79, n.d.
- Reference for the priesthood by Barbara Pym, 1968
  - MS. Pym 168, fols. 67-9, 78-81
- Typescript of 'How Pleasant to Know Miss Pym', 1970
  - MS. Pym 160, fols. 149-53
SOCIETY OF AUTHORS
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 47-50
SOCIETY OF INDEXERS
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 99-108
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 5
SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS & JOURNALISTS
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 121-2, 146
SOUTHERN ARTS
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 41-9
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 149-50
STURGES (Florence M.)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979, with F. Sturges, Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston (1978)
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 151-65
SUCCESS
- Issue 52, Winter 1978, includes an article on Barbara Pym by Dorothea Abbott
  - MS. Pym 171, fols. 2-23
TAIT (Marjorie)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1963
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 43
TALBURT (Nancy Ellen Brown)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 166-8
TAYLOR (Beatrice)
- Letters from Barbara Pym, 1975-6
  - MS. Pym 159/1, fols. 115, 122
TAYLOR (Elizabeth) 1912-75
- Letters concerning, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 60-2
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 175-8, 196-7
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1951-68, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 162/3, fols. 1-21
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 64
TELFORD (Jean)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1953
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 145
THOMAS (Lulu)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 170, fol. 36
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 229-30
THRELFALL VICKERY (Agnes)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1952
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 127-8
TILL (J. Roger)
- Letters to Barbara Pym from Roger and Margaret Till, 1976-9, with poems and other works by Roger Till, 1945-87
  - MS. Pym 162/3, fols. 22-67
  - MS. Pym 176, fols. 3-4
TILL (Margaret)
- Typescript, 'Remembering Barbara Pym', 1987
  - MS. Pym 176, fols. 1-2
TIMES, The
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1977-8
  - MS. Pym 162/3, fols. 68-76
  - MS. Pym 169, fols. 182-3
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 170, fols. 44-5
TIRUMALAI (Candadai K.)
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 170-2
TODD (Herbert Eatton) 1908-88
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 170, fol. 37
  - MS. Pym 172, fol. 57
TOULSON (Shirley)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 40, 58-9
TUCKER (Archibald Norman) 1904-80
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 170, fol. 38
VAL BAKER (Denys), see BAKER (Denys Val)
VICKERY (Agnes), see THRELFALL VICKERY (Agnes)
VINES (Joy R.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1978-9
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 60-2
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 175-8
WALK (Peggy)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 170, fols. 39-41
WALL (Barbara)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fol. 179
WALLACE (Philip Adrian Hope), see HOPE-WALLACE (Philip Adrian)
WALSH (Joanna)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 231-2a
WALSH (Trixie)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1978
  - MS. Pym 172, fols. 70-4
WALTON (Alexander Crawford Wellesley)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1950
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 65-70
WALTON (Hilary)
- Card catalogue of Barbara Pym's Library, 1981, and photocopy of the same, 1986
  - MSS. Pym 175-175*
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1971-8
  - MS. Pym 158, fols. 11-17, 219-25
WEBB (William L.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1979, with an essay on George Macdonald, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 180-95
WEIR (Margaret McCook), see McCOOK-WEIR (Margaret)
WEYERMANN (Helen)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1952
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 129
WHITELEY (W.H.)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1951
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 81-2
WHITELOCK (Dorothy) 1901-82
- Job reference for Barbara Pym, [1934], with letter to Barbara Pym, n.d.
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 6a-c
  - MS. Pym 168, fol. 27
WIGNALL (Anne) 1912-
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1956
  - MS. Pym 167, fols. 174-6
WILLIAMS (Catherine R.)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1979
  - MS. Pym 173, fols. 198-9
WINN (Godfrey Herbert) 1908-71
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1950
  - MS. Pym 167, fol. 71
WOMAN AND BEAUTY
- Letters to and from Barbara Pym, 1949-52
  - MS. Pym 163/1, fols. 1-2, 4-12, 14, 16
WORTH (Joy)
- Letter to Barbara Pym, 1977
  - MS. Pym 170, fols. 46-7
WYATT (Honor)
- Letters to Barbara Pym, 1950-78, n.d.

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