Literary manuscripts, papers and correspondence of R.S. Blaker, including:
Letters to Blaker, 1916-1940
Manuscript and typescript drafts of:
- 'The voice in the wilderness', published in 1922, and 'The liberators'
- 'Geoffrey Castleton, passenger', published in 1923
- 'Enter a messenger', published in 1927
- 'Scabby Dichson', published in 1927
- 'Medal without bar', published in 1930
- 'The needle-watcher', published in 1932
- 'Night-shift', published in 1934
- 'Here lies a most beautiful lady', published in 1935
- 'But beauty vanishes', published in 1936
- 'David of Judah', published in 1937
- 'Love went a -riding', published in 1938
- 'I, said the fly', an unpublished novel
- 'Black Daniel', an unfinished novel
- Short stories, with a few drafts of plays
- 'Mr Petrie', a play by Blaker and Sidney Gutman, based on Blaker's novel A voice in the wilderness (London, 1922)
- Film scripts and scenarios, with related notes, c. 1936-1938
Miscellaneous papers, including details of the sales of Blaker's novels, early essays, and agreements and contracts with publishers and film studios, 1919-1942:
- Newspaper cuttings, 1912, 1922-1938
- Biographical papers
- Photographs of Blaker and his friends
Dates
- Creation: 1916-1966
Extent
4.58 Linear metres (70 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. misc. b. 115, fols. 1-2].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Eng. misc. b. 115, c. 554-562, d. 755-787, e. 705-711, f. 418; Eng. lett. c. 317-323, c. 326, d. 339
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13568
Abstract
Archive of R.S. Blaker
Biographical / Historical
Richard Sidney Blaker (1893-1940) was an author. Details are given in Who Was Who.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 42959-43018.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library by Blaker's brother-in-law in 1974.
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of R.S. Blaker
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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