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Children's literature -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Amended typescript of Paddington Goes to Town by Michael Bond

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 22073
Amended typescript of Paddington Goes to Town by Michael Bond, c.1968.
Extents: 1 box (2 folders)
Dates: Majority of material found within c.1968-1997; c.1968

Archive of Iona and Peter Opie

 Collection
Working papers of Iona Opie (1923-2017) and Peter Opie (1918-1982), folklorists and book collectors, with some personal and family papers and collected material.
Extents: 54.5 Linear metres (363 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1665-2011

Archive of Jenny Joseph

 Collection
Correspondence and literary papers of the poet and writer Jenny Joseph, author of the poem 'Warning', 1945-2017.
Extents: 20.0 Linear metres (133 physical shelfmarks, 84 digital shelfmarks)
Dates: 1945-2017

Archive of John Masefield

 Collection
The archive of the poet, novelist and playwright John Masefield (1878-1967), Poet Laureate from 1930-1967.
Extents: 7.188 Linear metres (135 boxes)
Dates: 1901-1968

Archive of Kenneth Grahame

 Collection
Archive of Kenneth Grahame
Extents: 2.27 Linear metres (37 boxes)
Dates: 19th-20th century

Archive of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), and the Edgeworth family, 17th-19th century

 Collection
Correspondence and literary papers of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), with papers of Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Michael Pakenham Edgeworth and other members of the Edgeworth family, mainly 1778-1886.
Extents: 12.65 Linear metres (115 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1768-1849, 17th-19th century

Beddoes and Edgeworth family papers

 Collection
Papers relating to the Beddoes and Edgeworth family.
Extents: 3.21 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Dates: late 17th century-1942

The Book of Dust bag

 Single Item
Shelfmark: JL 1002
The Book of Dust bag
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 2017

The Du Maurier Family Album, 1890-1910

 File
Shelfmark: MS. 23051 photogr. 57
J.M. Barrie's memorial album to Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (née du Maurier), mother of the boys who inspired the stories of Peter Pan. It contains 45 prints of the family, primarily portrait snapshots by Lizzie Caswall Smith. Two loose portraits are inserted towards the back of the album.
Extents: 3 items
Dates: 1890-1910

Evan Jones Archive

 Collection
Papers of the writer Evan Jones.
Extents: 8.5 Linear metres (43 shelfmarks)
Dates: 1949-2011, n.d.

Five letters from Kenneth Grahame to Alice Maude Nightingale

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8394, fols. 9-20
Five letters from Kenneth Grahame to Alice Maude Nightingale.
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates: [1920]-1921, 2016

Gladium Propheli. By the author of “Hope” &c&c &c' (i.e. Francis Edward Paget)

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3968
'Gladium Propheli. By the author of “Hope” &c&c &c' (i.e. Francis Edward Paget)
Extents: 42 Leaves
Dates: c. 1835

Gollancz publisher's file for To The Land of Fair Delight

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 21345
Gollancz publisher's file for To The Land of Fair Delight, 1959-1996.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1959-1996

Langford Reed, My Limerick Book (1937): author's copy with associated correspondence and newspaper cuttings

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 24100
Langford Reed, My Limerick Book (1937): author's copy with associated correspondence and newspaper cuttings.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1928-1943; Majority of material found within 1937-1938

Letter from Elspeth Grahame (in the hand of an amanuensis) to Johnny Ward

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7556, fol. 92
Letter from Elspeth Grahame (in the hand of an amanuensis) to Johnny Ward, 1945
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: 1945

Letter from Noel Streatfeild to Mrs Haines

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6859, fol. 75
Letter from Noel Streatfeild to Mrs Haines, 1958
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: 1958

Letter of Rudyard Kipling to Mabel L. Saunders, with a copy of her letter to which this was a reply

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 38-42
Letter of Rudyard Kipling to Mabel L. Saunders, with a copy of her letter to which this was a reply
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates: 1935

Letters concerning C.S. Lewis, written by American schoolchildren to Macmillan Publishing Company, New York

 Collection
Letters concerning C.S. Lewis, written by American schoolchildren to Macmillan Publishing Company, New York.
Extents: 0.22 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1991-1993, n.d.