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Reference	Nancy Price
Covering dates	1814-1977
Held by	West Sussex Record Office
Extent	6 Series
Conditions of access	Items in this catalogue are closed to public inspection for 30 years from the last date of a document

Creators	Price, Nancy, 1886-1970

Contents:

LIST OF CONTENTS
FAMILY BACKGROUND
Page
EARLY FAMILY LETTERS 1
NANCY PRICE'S PARENTS 1
Sarah Julia Mannix 1
William Henry Price 1
Sarah and William Price's family 1
(LILIAN) NANCY (BACHE) PRICE (MRS CHARLES RAYMOND MAUDE)
NANCY PRICE: PERSONAL 2
Private papers 2
People's National Theatre tributes 2
Nancy Price's work for the Sussex Downs 3
Family letters and associated material 3
Death of Nancy Price 4
Material relating to Joan Woods 4
Photographs 5
Friends 5
NANCY PRICE: PROFESSIONAL LIFE
Appointments 5
Recitals 5
Theatre and plays 6
Broadcasts 6
Gramophone records 6
Poetry, short stories and articles by Nancy Price 6
Books by Nancy Price 8
Literary Life Nancy Price... 10
Material relating to Nancy Price's Books 10
Contracts etc. 11
People's National Theatre Magazine 11
Miscellaneous material about Nancy Price's career 11
FOLDERS 11
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NANCY PRICE

FAMILY BACKGROUND [no ref. or date]

EARLY FAMILY LETTERS [no ref. or date]

Letters Nancy Price/1 1814-1867

Contents:

Beetlestone AJ to her sister Miss Beetlestone 1814
Brooks, E to Miss Price 1867
A Victorian valentine

NANCY PRICE'S PARENTS [no ref. or date]

SARAH JULIA MANNIX [no ref. or date]

Birth certificate Nancy Price/2 1814-1909

Contents:

Material relating to an Irish property; notes and verses; envelope for NP to read on her mother's death; note from 'The Receiver to the Sender'; 1864; commonplace book 1853-4; MS draft advertising a property to let; 2 bills; newspaper cuttings and drawings; 1841-1909

23 Letters to SJ Price (neé Mannix) Nancy Price/3 1857-1922,nd

Contents:

[Excluding letters from NP]

WILLIAM HENRY PRICE [no ref. or date]

15 Bookplates Nancy Price/4 1874

Contents:

Text for a memorial window to WHP written in his wife's hand. 9 letters to WHP [excluding letters from NP]

SARAH AND WILLIAM PRICE'S FAMILY [no ref. or date]

1 Folio Nancy Price/5 n.d

Contents:

Showing dates of birth and death of NP's father, mother and sister; photograph of family home Rock House, Kinver

(LILIAN) NANCY (BACHE) PRICE (MRS CHARLES RAYMOND MAUDE) [no ref. or date]

NANCY PRICE: PERSONAL [no ref. or date]

PRIVATE PAPERS [no ref. or date]

Small sealed envelope Nancy Price/6 1886-1919

Contents:

Inscribed 'Copy Certificate Baptism NP'
2 envelopes containing locks of 'Lilian's hair' 1886, 1889
2 copies of marriage certificate 1907
Exercise book containing short stories written by NP when a child; diary of travels in Holland and Belgium in 1894; reminiscences of father and school days nd; 3 early drawings nd
Permit book issued by West Sussex Constabulary, and permission for NP to enter Harwich Special Military Area 1917
Passport issued 1919

Envelope Nancy Price/7 1913

Contents:

Containing papers on proposed divorce 1913
WS Barnard's written opinion on Maude divorce case; NP's statement about her marriage; letters from Lewis & Lewis, solicitors, Charles Maude and NP

Bundle of papers Nancy Price/8 1915-1968

Contents:

Inscribed 'Houses etc', contains
Receipted invoices for building contractors in Birkenhead, and account of rents received on Birkenhead properties 1915
Papers on insurance matters 1960, 68
4 envelopes containing photographic negatives nd
Typed list of books in green bookcase 2ff
Letter from Nancy Price to Plus Flat Management Ltd 1960

Scrapbook Nancy Price/9 1919

Contents:

Black binding, inscribed 'Nancy Price 1919 - My book things I wish to remember' [sic]

Diary Nancy Price/10 1941

Contents:

185ff in brown cardboard cover with green ribbon, on the front 'My diary 1941'

PEOPLE'S NATIONAL THEATRE TRIBUTES [no ref. or date]

Bound looseleaf book Nancy Price/11 1937-1960

Contents:

Presented to NP on 13 Feb 1949
Green clothbound looseleaf book with gold lettering 'The People's National Theatre Endowment Book' nd
Typed copies of tributes to NP for poetry and People's Theatre 8ff nd
Printed material relating to People's National Theatre annual dinners at the Criterion 1937-8, 1949; and 4 photographs of a formal dinner, one inscribed on reverse 'Mother's Supper Party - Criterion' nd
Letter from AP Rudolph to Joan Woods 1960

NANCY PRICE'S WORK FOR THE SUSSEX DOWNS [no ref. or date]

Scrapbook Nancy Price/12 1937-1952

Contents:

In blue cover '"Downland" Cuttings Book and Birthday Tribute of Seat', contains material on NP's appeal to save beauty spot at High Salvington in 1937-9; on a seat on the Downs for NP in 1950; on 1952 controversy about High Salvington, and 6 letters and a poem 1952

FAMILY LETTERS AND ASSOCIATED MATERIAL [no ref. or date]

Letter from Charles Raymond Maude Nancy Price/13 1908-c.1921

Contents:

To
Maude, EJ (Betty) [his daughter] (4) 1914, 16-17
Maude, J [his mother] (3) 1915, 17
Price, SJ [his mother-in-law] (17) 1908-19

Price, Nancy (192) 1908-21, and 3 items dated c1921 Nancy Price/14 [n.d.]

3 musical scores Nancy Price/15 n.d

Related information: [See also NP's essay on CRM in Nancy Price/96]

Contents:

By Charles Raymond Maude

Letters from Elizabeth Jill (Betty) Maude Nancy Price/16 1937-1965

Contents:

To
Woods, J (Waters, née Maude) [her sister] (4) 1937, 65, enclosing a letter from NP and one from S Blunden

Letters from J Maude (Mrs Raymond Maude) Nancy Price/17 1910-1921

Contents:

To Price, Nancy (3) 1921, nd
Price, SJ (3) 1919, nd
Russell, 1910

Letters from Sarah Julia Price to: Price, Nancy/(2) Nancy Price/18 nd

Letters from Nancy Price Nancy Price/19 1896-1969

Contents:

To
Maude, CR (4) nd, with letter from Lily and Nanny to CRM 1912, and one from CRM to NP with 5 cheques in her favour, 1911, 13
Price, WH [her father] (5) 1896, 98, nd
Waters, F [her son-in-law] (14) 1936-9, nd
Woods, O [her son-in-law] 1967

Price SJ [her mother] Nancy Price/20 1900-27, nd

363 Letters

Woods, J [her daughter] Nancy Price/21 [1929]-69, nd

283 Letters

Contents:

Of which many later ones illegible

Letters from Frank Waters Nancy Price/22 [1938], nd

7 Letters

Contents:

To
Price, Nancy [his mother-in-law]

Letters from Sarah Jenny Waters Nancy Price/23 1957-1966

Contents:

To
Woods, J [her mother] (6 letters and 5 greetings cards) 1957, 66, nd; also 5 undated greetings cards to SJ Waters from NP and others, and 1 drawing from F Waters

Letters from Joan Woods (formerly Waters, née Maude) Nancy Price/24 1908-1938

Contents:

To
Housman, L nd
Maude J [her grandmother] nd
Price, SJ [her grandmother] (3) with 3 drawings [1908, 24] nd

Price, Nancy Nancy Price/25 1919-38, nd

Contents:

[Her mother] (70) and a programme for a concert

DEATH OF NANCY PRICE [no ref. or date]

71 letters Nancy Price/26 1970-1

Contents:

In a bundle inscribed 'Letters about Mother' mostly addressed to J Woods, and some to EJ Maude

NP's obituary in The Daily Telegraph Nancy Price/27 1 April 1970

Contents:

Card announcing NP's memorial service 9 June 1970; draft wording for NP's gravestone; J Wood's notes about funeral and other arrangements [1970]

Green scrapbook Nancy Price/28 1944

Contents:

Containing press obituaries of NP, correspondence and other material about funeral
Correspondence between J Woods and others about the memorial service, legal and tax matters, and sale of furniture
Copy of a statement by NP 'To be placed with will' 1944

Material kept by J Woods Nancy Price/29 n.d., 1959

Contents:

As being of possible interest to a biographer of NP nd; article by PT Hodges-Paul on NP in Kent & Sussex Journal vol iii no 8 1959; letter from Parker, J 1959; MS reminiscences of a visit to Castle Goring

MATERIAL RELATING TO JOAN WOODS [no ref. or date]

8 letters Nancy Price/30 1910-1919

Contents:

From Belstead House School to NP 1910-19, nd
Folder of early drawings

23 letters to J Woods from friends Nancy Price/31 1938-1977

PHOTOGRAPHS [no ref. or date]

106 photographs of Nancy Price Nancy Price/32 n.d

Contents:

Mostly undated; photographs on 5ff galley proofs

14 photographs Nancy Price/33 n.d

Contents:

Of various individuals and an unidentified house; 2 drawings; a photograph of a sketch entitled The Last Song

Photograph album Nancy Price/34 n.d

Contents:

Marked Netherswell manor, containing 31 photographs

FRIENDS [no ref. or date]

Lord Dunsany [EMD Plunkett] Nancy Price/35 1880s-1953

Contents:

Typescript of his story 'Their Revenge' with an introductory paragraph by NP nd
'Queen Mary - A Tribute' by NP in Susses Daily 1953
Ticket to Queen Mary's funeral with printed order of service 1953
Letters
Lord Chamberlaine 1953
British Broadcasting Corporation 1953
Phyllis [1953]
Mr Mitchelhill - an appreciation by NP 3ff nd
E Neville - NP's obituary of EN in unidentified newspaper, printed order of service and other material, 1951, nd
Mary Probert - newspaper cutting announcing her death nd; another showing photograph of her as a child 1880s

Correspondence Nancy Price/36 1908-1959, nd

38 letters and greetings cards

Contents:

Between NP and friends

NANCY PRICE: PROFESSIONAL LIFE [no ref. or date]

APPOINTMENTS [no ref. or date]

Royal Free Hospital Nancy Price/37 1933

Contents:

Certificate showing NP's election as a Life Governor

RECITALS [no ref. or date]

Printed posters Nancy Price/38 1937-49

65 Items

Contents:

Announcing recitals, leaflets announcing forthcoming books, and printed programmes of recitals and plays

THEATRE AND PLAYS [no ref. or date]

Related information: [See also Nancy Price/133 'Letters about plays']

List headed 'Plays' Nancy Price/39 nd

1 Folio

Typed script of Whiteoaks Nancy Price/40 n.d

Contents:

[Early version], with typed copy of S Carroll's review in The Daily Telegraph

Golden Boy Nancy Price/41 1938

Contents:

Letter from D Davison suggesting stage sets and lighting [found in an envelope marked Fowl Play]

Fowl Play Nancy Price/42 nd

4 typed scripts

Contents:

One act sketch by NP and George Thirlwell

Rossetti Nancy Price/43 1914, 1939

Contents:

Typed script, stage sets, lighting plot and suggested cast lists 1939; flysheet for a Rossetti matinée 1914; 7 letters 1939

Typescript of a play Nancy Price/44 nd

Contents:

In three acts by R Pryce adapted from Helen with the High Hand by Arnold Bennett

The Receipt Nancy Price/45 n.d

17 ff

Contents:

Typed script

Strife Nancy Price/46 1933

Contents:

Scrapbook containing press cuttings

Final returns Nancy Price/47 1914

Contents:

For the Comedy Theatre Haymarket

BROADCASTS [no ref. or date]

Package labelled 'Scripts of Broadcasts 1952-1960' Nancy Price/48 1952-1960

GRAMOPHONE RECORDS [no ref. or date]

Two 78rpm gramophone records Nancy Price/49 nd

Contents:

Marked A and B, both entitled 'Spring' with typed lists of contents of records nos 5 and 6

POETRY, SHORT STORIES AND ARTICLES BY NANCY PRICE [no ref. or date]

'Ode to the nursery wind' Nancy Price/50 nd

1 f

Literary collection Nancy Price/51 n.d., 1944

Contents:

'All the Difference' Typescript 8ff
'Astral Lights' Typescript 11ff
'Boredom' Typescript 4ff
'The Bruise of Time' Typescript 2ff
'Caretaker Within' pp 188-90 from an unidentified publication
'Cupid in Motley' Typescript 5ff and revised Typescript 6ff
'The Doll' Typescript 8ff
'Fear!' Typescript 3ff
Untitled Typescript on Gallipoli 9ff, with a second, signed, copy
'The Halo' Typescript 11ff
'A Holiday on the Cornish Coast, Storm and Calm' Typescript 8ff
'A Holiday on the Cornish Coast - My first day' Typescript 7ff
'Limelight' pp 393-405 from an unidentified publication, with a second, annotated, set of pages
'A man, a woman and a fiddle' Typescript 36ff
'The Musical Box' Typescript 4ff
'My first day's filming' Typescript 4ff
'No 13.. (Emily Taylor)' Typescript 14ff
'A Romance of the early sixes' Typescript 8ff
'Shadow Dance' Typescript 9ff
'The Sixteenth of July' pp 8-12 from an unidentified publication
'A Touch O' Sun' Typescript 11ff
'Treasure' Typescript 13ff
Typescript 11ff annotated 'Personal' containing
'Men ought to be conceited' 2ff
'In the days of my youth' 2ff
A description of incidents in NP's life 7ff
'March 15' MS 4ff
Untitled MS begining 'Over the Hills and far away ...' 2ff
Untitled Typescript beginning 'There are moments in my life ...' 3ff
9ff loose material
Letter from The Evening News 1944

Brown envelope Nancy Price/52 n.d

Contents:

Inscribed 'Short articles of Mother's and her notes' also contains articles by NP

BOOKS BY NANCY PRICE [no ref. or date]

VAGABOND'S WAY [no ref. or date]

Copy of Vagabond's Way: Haphazard Wanderings on the Fells Nancy Price/53 1914

246 pp

Contents:

John Murray

Brown folder Nancy Price/54 1914

Contents:

Containing typed copies of articles about Vagabond's Way

Scrapbook Nancy Price/55 1936, n.d

Contents:

Containing
Printed publicity leaflet for Vagabond's Way
Reviews and 16 letters mainly following publication of 2nd edition in 1936 by George Allen and Unwin
[Contains 2 letters about Shadows on the Hills]

Black hard back photograph album Nancy Price/56 n.d

Contents:

Entitled Vagabond's Way and Shadows on the Hills

SHADOWS ON THE HILLS [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[On the English Lake District]
[Victor Gollancz 1935, 2nd edition George Allen & Unwin 1938]

Green bound scrapbook of press cuttings Nancy Price/57 1935-1951

Related information: [See also photograph album and 2 letters in Nancy Price/55-56

Contents:

[1935, 1938 and 1949] and 103 letters [1935-8, 1950-1]. Also contains copies of reviews and letters, photographs, a map of the Lake District and other material

THE GULL'S WAY [A Cruise along the Coast of England] [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[Victor Gollancz 1937, 2nd edition George Allen & Unwin 1942]

Scrapbook Nancy Price/58 1917-1960

Related information: See also Nancy Price/72 'Literary Life Nancy Price'

Contents:

Labelled The Gull's Way
Each In His Own Way [Frederick Muller 1960]
Scrapbook contains reviews, photographs, 26 letters [1917, 37-39, 44, 54] and other material

Bound green book Nancy Price/59 1937-1955

Related information: See also Nancy Price/72 and Nancy Price/114

Contents:

Of newspaper cuttings labelled
Jack by the Hedge [Sketches of Country Life, Frederick Muller, 1942]
Hurdy Gurdy [Poems, Frederick Muller, 1944 see also Nancy Price/114]
I Had a Comerade - Buddy [on the author's dog, George Allen & Unwin, 1944]
Tails and Tales [on dogs, Victor Gollancz, 1945]
Book contains newspaper cuttings, extracts from letters and 11 letters 1937, 43, 45, 55]

WHERE THE SKIES UNFOLD [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[Essays, published by George Ronald, Birmingham 1947, 2nd edition 1948]

Typescript of Where the Skies Unfold Nancy Price/60 1947, nd

Contents:

With 2 letters from D Hofman of George Ronald nd, 1947
Unbound printed pages of essay Where the Skies Unfold pp 37-81, with one other page headed 'Winter', and annotated 'seasons 19'

ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT: A BOOK OF DREAMS [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[George Ronald, Oxford 1949]

Folder and hard back excercise book Nancy Price/61 n.d

Contents:

Containing typescripts

Typescript of an article in the Magazine following publication Nancy Price/62 n.d

Contents:

With long quotation by Walter de la Mare
Fragment giving page references to Midsummer Night's Dream
'There are More Things in Heaven and Earth...' typed script article/essay 26ff
'The Revelation' typescript article 3ff
'Amen' typescript article 4ff

IN PRAISE OF TREES: AN ANTHOLOGY [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[Frederick Muller 1953]

Envelope Nancy Price/63 1952-53

Related information: [See also Nancy Price/125 'Trees (Prose and Poetry)]

Contents:

Labelled 'In Praise of Trees 1953', contains 30 letters from poets, authors, agents and publishers [1952-3, nd]

FEATHERED OUTLAWS [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[Henry E Walker, London and Worthing 1953]

Material relating to publication of Feathered Outlaws Nancy Price/64 [1952-3]

Contents:

Including 7 letters from photographers and publishers

INTO AN HOURGLASS [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[An autobiography, Museum Press 1953]

3 proofs in bookform Nancy Price/65 n.d

Contents:

With annotations and additions; bundle of typescript folios tied together and labelled 'Into an Hourglass'; duplicates

PAGAN'S PROGRESS, HIGH DAYS AND HOLY DAYS [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[Museum Press 1954]

Typescript illustrations Nancy Price/66 1954-1956

Contents:

Galley proofs and other Typescript and MS material 16ff; announcement of publication by Museum Press Ltd [3 copies]; 3 letters 1954, 56

HEART OF A VAGABOND [on country life in Sussex] [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[Museum Press 1955]

Copy of The Heart of a Vagabond Nancy Price/67 1955

Contents:

In a green cover, with inked corrections on nearly every page, and with MS and Typescript inserts
Letter from Brighton Art Gallery & Museum

I WATCH AND LISTEN [The Courtship and Songs of Birds] [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[Bodley Head 1957]

Typescript of I Watch and Listen Nancy Price/68 n.d

Contents:

With undated letter from R Meynell
Carbon typescript of 'Feathered Tapestry' [published as I Watch and Listen]
2 annotated proof copies of I Watch and Listen, with compliments slip from Clifford Witting

File labelled 'Carbon: Thrills and Trills' Nancy Price/69 n.d

Related information: See also Nancy Price/72 'Literary Life Nancy Price'

Contents:

Crossed through to read 'I Watch and Listen', contains
'Don't Answer if you'd rather not' typescript poem
'Thrills and Trills' [sic] (Woods) carbon typescript 79ff
'Trills and Thrills [sic] Pt II' carbon typescript 113ff
'Trills and Thrills [sic] - section headings, MS 2ff
'Spray Feathers' carbon typescript 14ff [nos 9 and 10 missing]

WINGED BUILDERS [a book of bird lore] [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[George Ronald 1959]

Annotated Typescript Nancy Price/70 n.d

Various galley proofs Nancy Price/71 1959

Related information: See also Nancy Price/72

Contents:

With typed sheets of extra text or alterations

LITERARY LIFE NANCY PRICE... [no ref. or date]

Literary collection Nancy Price/72 1954-1960

Contents:

Contents of a folder divided into seven sections
Bibliography - [mainly about Winged Builders], 39 letters 1954-9, nd
Each In His Own Way - [published 1960], 21 letters 1955-6, 1960
Photographs - 19 letters 1957-60, nd, with NP's list of photographers, photographs and captions 4ff
Blocks - [mainly correspondence with photographers for I Watch and Listen], 27 letters 1956-8, lists of photographers' fees and of NP's personal photographs
Magazine - 2 letters 1955, nd
Literary miscellaneous - found empty
Lighthouses - found empty

MATERIAL RELATING TO NANCY PRICE'S BOOKS [no ref. or date]

Scrapbook Nancy Price/73 1938-1959

Contents:

Containing material about books published 1938-59, contains
Newspaper cuttings; typed extracts from reviews; and 15 letters 1940-58, nd

Papers on various books Nancy Price/74 n.d

CONTRACTS ETC [no ref. or date]

British Broadcasting Corporation 1950-5 Nancy Price/75 1913-1964

Contents:

F Fisher Unwin Ltd 1915
Frederick Muller Ltd 1952
George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1964
Bundle marked 'Publishers' [letters or agreements]
British Broadcasting Corporation 1950-4
George Ronald 1947
Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Limited 1950
Mitchell, Stephen and Samuel Goldwyn Jnr 1948
Murray, John (2) 1913
Murray, John, junior 1913
Museum Press Limited 1953-5
Victor Gollancz Limited (2) 1944, 47

PEOPLE'S NATIONAL THEATRE MAGAZINE [no ref. or date]

Contents:

[The title changed to People's Theatre (London) Magazine and later to Pedlar's Pack]

Books Nancy Price/76 1933-1965

Related information: [See also Nancy Price/94,115,132 and Nancy Price/139]

Contents:

Bound copies of People's National Theatre Magazine from vol i no 1, October 1933 to vol ix no 2, Summer 1943
Bound copies of People's Theatre (London) Magazine from vol ix no 3, Autumn 1943 to vol xviii no 4, Winter 1954
Bound copies of Pedlar's Pack from vol 14 (new series) no 1, Spring 1955 to vol 18 no 28, Winter 1965
4 copies of People's National Theatre Magazine either incomplete or with missing front covers
Galley proofs for Pedlar's Pack

FOLDERS [no ref. or date]

Contents:

NP kept some 65 folders numbered and labelled, on a variety of subjects

Type list of folders Nancy Price/77 n.d

Contents:

Numbered 1-65

No 1 ADVENTURE Nancy Price/78 n.d

Contents:

Contains index and typed poems

No 2 AGE AND YOUTH Nancy Price/79 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed and MS material

No 3 AMERICAN POETS Nancy Price/80 n.d

Contents:

Contains index and typed poems

No 4 ANIMALS Nancy Price/81 1935-1955

Contents:

Is subdivided
VIVISECTION - NOTES - DATA - ETC, contains 2 letters 1944, 47
TRAPS - DATA - NOTES - ETC, contains contains 31 letters 1935, 38, nd
ANTHOLOGY OF ANIMALS, contains poems, prose etc
INTERESTING ANECDOTES, contains typed and printed material
VEGETARIANISM, contains lecture notes, a poem, printed material and a letter 1942
FOOD, contains lecture notes, poems, prose, press cuttings
POEMS ETC, contains 4 letters 1936-8, 1955

No 5 ANTHOLOGY OF BIRD POEMS AND MISCELLANEOUS BIRDS Nancy Price/82 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index 'Bird Anthology' with MS, typescript or printed material
Typed index 'Birds (miscellaneous)' with typed and printed material
Signed poems by ES Baxter, Lord Dunsany, D Radford and BM Unwin

No 6 BELLS Nancy Price/83 n.d

Contents:

Contains MS index with MS, typescript and printed material, also additional poems, prose and notes

No 7 BIBLE Nancy Price/84 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index with typescript material

No 8 BIRD FOLDER Nancy Price/85 1947-1953

Contents:

Is subdivided
BIRD MATTERS
Bird and Country Magazine vol v no 26, winter 1952-3 160pp
Bird Notes vol xxii no 6, summer 1947
Printed material, drawings, lists, notes and 7 letters 1949
BIRDS - DATA ON PARTICULAR BIRDS B, contains poetry, prose, newspaper cuttings, printed material
BIRDS - GENERAL NOTES, contains typescript, newspaper cuttings, galley proofs and a signed letter from NP to Kent & Sussex Courier, 1948 (probably never sent)
BIRD MEMORIALS D, contains newspaper cuttings, typescript picture and 12 letters 1948-9

No 9 BROWNING LECTURE Nancy Price/86 n.d

Contents:

Contains notes about Robert Browning, including some MS and typescript poems

No 10 ANIMAL AND BIRD STORIES Nancy Price/87 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index with accompanying material

No 11 CAROLS Nancy Price/88 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed list of carols with MS and typescript material; 40 ff carols fastened together to form a 'book'

No 12 CHARACTER Nancy Price/89 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index with accompanying material: poems and an extract from a play

No 13 CHILDREN Nancy Price/90 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index with accompanying material

No 14 COUNTRIES AND CITIES Nancy Price/91 n.d

Contents:

Contains typescript 'Thatching' 4ff; 2 indexes with material on countries and on cities

No 15 DEATH AND LAST POEMS Nancy Price/92 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index with accompanying material

No 16 DOGS Nancy Price/93 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index with accompanying material

No 17 DOMINIONS Nancy Price/94 1942

Contents:

Contains 2 typed indexes with accompanying material
People's National Theatre Magazine vol viii no 3, autumn 1942, autographed by NP
2 Signed typed poems by E Dobell

No 18 ENGLAND Nancy Price/95 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index with accompanying material

No 19 ESSAYS Nancy Price/96 1951, n.d

Contents:

Contains index of accompanying material
4ff typescript about Charles Maude by NP
Some annotated galley proofs
2 Letters nd, 1951

No 20 FABLES Nancy Price/97 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index with accompanying material

No 21 FAIRIES Nancy Price/98 n.d

Contents:

Contains MS index with accompanying material, incuding a book of newspaper cuttings

No 22 FLOWERS Nancy Price/99 n.d

Contents:

Contains material divided into 6 sections, each with its own index

No 23 FRIENDSHIP Nancy Price/100 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index of accompanying material

No 24 GARDENS Nancy Price/101 1897, n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index with material on Garden Poems and on Vegetables
'Window Boxes' [talk] typescript 3ff
'Thank God for a Garden' annotated typescript 19ff
'The Professor and the Garden' by B Nichols, p28 from unidentified publication, and typescript 6ff
'Pot Pourri - Quotes' typescript 5ff
'Gardens' annotated typescript 13ff
Booklet 'Flowers and their Story' paper read by AH Cheesman 16pp 1897

No 25 HILLS Nancy Price/102 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index of accompanying material, including a galley proof

No 26 TERESA HOOLEY Nancy Price/103 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index of accompanying poems by TH; 'Teresa Hooley - A Profile' by Rosemary Maynell in an unidentified newspaper

No 27 HUMOUROUS Nancy Price/104 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index of accompanying material
Signed MS poem by L Starr
'Funny Stories' typescript 8ff

No 28 LAWRENCE HOUSMAN Nancy Price/105 n.d

Contents:

Contains typescript of selected poems 8ff

No 29 IRISH Nancy Price/106 n.d

Contents:

Contains MS index of accompanying material
Typescript list of Irish poets

No 30 LITERATURE Nancy Price/107 n.d

Contents:

Contains
Can English become a truly international language pamphlet 16pp
Memo book of notes on words, press cuttings
'Poetry lecture' typescript 2ff
Typescript on poetry by Christine de Sadler 2ff
MS and Typescript poetry and prose

No 31 LECTURE NOTES Nancy Price/108 1940-1956

Contents:

Contains lecture notes on a variety of subjects and 2 letters 1940, 56

No 32 LONDON Nancy Price/109 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index of accompanying material

No 33 MUSIC Nancy Price/110 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index of accompanying material

No 34 THE MOON AND STARS Nancy Price/111 n.d

Contents:

Contains MS index of accompanying material

No 35 NATURE Nancy Price/112 n.d

Contents:

Contains typescript index of accompanying material

No 36 NIGHT AND MORNING Nancy Price/113 n.d

Contents:

Contains 2 MS indexes of accompanying material on night and on morning

No 37 OWN POEMS AND EXTRACTS FROM OWN BOOKS Nancy Price/114 1944

Related information: See also Nancy Price/59

Contents:

Contains typed contents for Hurdy Gurdy [Frederick Muller 1944]; introduction and 20 poems; typed extracts from NP's books

No 38 PHILOSOPHY Nancy Price/115 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index of accompanying material
2 Issues of People's National Theatre Magazine, covers missing

No 39 PRAYER Nancy Price/116 n.d

Contents:

Contains MS index of accompanying material

No 40 POETS LAUREATE Nancy Price/117 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed list of poets, with accompanying typescripts of some of their poems and brief biographical notes

No 44 SEA AND SHIPS Nancy Price/118 n.d

Contents:

Contains 3 photographs of sailing boats

No 45 SEASONS Nancy Price/119 1946

Contents:

Contains Easter card from M Hellier containing poem 'Golden Days'

No 46 SHAKESPEARE Nancy Price/120 n.d

Contents:

Contains extracts from Shakespeare's plays
Pages from Greek Tragedy - Trojan Women

No 47 SHELLEY Nancy Price/121 n.d

Contents:

Mainly biographical material, with some pages about, and some poems by, Keats'
Copy of poem by Shelley on 'Shelley Cottage' notepaper

No 48 SLEEP Nancy Price/122 n.d

Contents:

Contains MS index of accompanying material

No 50 TAGORE Nancy Price/123 n.d

Contents:

Contains typed index of accompanying material
Newspaper cuttings, poems by Tagore

No 52 TRANSPORT Nancy Price/124 n.d

Contents:

Contains 2 typed indexes with accompanying material on Transport and on Ways
1 Undated letter

No 53 TREES (PROSE AND POETRY) Nancy Price/125 1944-1948

Contents:

Contains
Annotated typescript draft of NP's In Praise of Trees [see also Nancy Price/63]
Typed list of accompanying poems
Folder marked 'lectures' MS and typescript material on trees, with a typescript 'Prose matters concerning trees' 2ff
Signed, typed poem by ES Baxter
JS Dunn's booklet Sing We The Trees, Kelmscott Studio, Haslemere 1944, 28pp illustrated [pp 15-16 missing], with dedication to NP from Teresa Hooley
NP's 'The Family Tree' annotated typescript 5ff
Signed, typed poem by S Woodman
10 letters, 1948, 54

No 54 TOWER OF LONDON Nancy Price/126 1951-1953

Contents:

Contains
Annotated typescript of NP's 'Tower Ravens' 1f
Tower of London, HMSO booklet 1952
7 Letters 1951, 53

No 55 VAGABONDS Nancy Price/127 n.d

Contents:

Contains
Index with accompanying material

No 56 WAR Nancy Price/128 1917

Contents:

Contains typescript index of accompanying material, and one letter 1917

No 57 WARDROBES Nancy Price/129 1951-1953

Contents:

Contains
Letter from Q Theatre, 1953
MS and Typescript lists of costumes and props 1951

No 58 WARNINGS Nancy Price/130 n.d

Contents:

Contains index of 3 poems found in a file

No 59 WOLFE (HUMBERT) Nancy Price/131 1940

Contents:

Contains
Index of 13 Wolfe poems with accompanying typed scripts
Printed order of service, St Martin-in-the-Fields 1940

No 60 WOMEN Nancy Price/132 1942-1951

Contents:

Contains
List of poems 'Women Folder 60' with accompanying material
Women in Literature MS and typescript notes 30ff
Women in the Bible annotated typescript notes 8ff
Women Hall MS and typescript notes 3ff
People's National Theatre Magazine vol viii no 2, autographed by NP 1942
People's Theatre (London) Magazine, Spring 1951

No 63 LETTERS ABOUT PLAYS Nancy Price/133 1935-1939

Contents:

Ghosts, 3 letters 1935
The Insect Play, 17 letters 1936, 38
King's Pirate, 1 letter 1937
Lady Precious Stream, 2 letters 1936, nd
Mrs Van Kleek, 11 letters 1939
Nurse Cavell, 1 undated letter
Raleigh, 8 letters 1937
Rossetti, 11 letters 1935, nd
Shoemakers' Holiday, 5 letters 1938
Thou Shalt Not, 3 letters 1938
Whiteoaks, 22 letters 1936, 38-9, nd

No 65 THE GENTLE ART OF MAKING ENEMIES Nancy Price/134 1934

Contents:

Contains
'The Gentle art of making enemies' by KK, a folder of caricatures and drawings with a photograph of NP, inscribed to NP with the artist's compliments; with other material 1934

[Unnumbered] EPITAPHS Nancy Price/135 n.d

Contents:

Contains
Poetry and prose

[Unnumbered] JENNY LIND Nancy Price/136 1840's-1850s

Contents:

Contains
Newspaper cuttings from Illustrated London News 1840s and 50s

[Unnumbered] POEMS Nancy Price/137 n.d

Contents:

Contains
MS and typescript poems divided into 11 sections

Unnumbered PONDERABLES Nancy Price/138 n.d

Contents:

Contains
MSS & typescripts of proverbs, snippets, extracts and newspaper cuttings

MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL ABOUT NANCY PRICE'S CAREER [no ref. or date]

Bundle of letters Nancy Price/139 1941-1948, n.d

Contents:

Labelled 'LETTERS TO BE KEPT', contains
11 letters to NP about her books and performances 1941, 48, nd
Typescript copies of fans' letters about the Whiteoaks broadcast 23ff nd
Typescript copies of fans' letters about the Whiteoaks play 15ff nd
Cutting from the People's National Theatre Magazine giving comments from readers about the magazine, nd
Typed extracts from letters about The Gathering Storm at the Theatre Royal, and comments about a book 1f, nd
Typed table plan, annotated 'Sussex', giving NP's name, 4ff, nd
Picture Post vol 38 no 7, containing article by NP

A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NANCY PRICE [no ref. or date]

BOOKS [no ref. or date]

Contents:

1912
Behind the Night-Light: the by-world of a Child of three [Described by Joan Maude]
Recorded by Nancy Price
[London: John Murray], 1912. vii+50
1914
Vagabond's Way: Haphazard Wanderings on the Fells
By Nancy Price
[London: John Murray], 1914. xi+246pp
1935
Shadows on the Hills [on the English Lake District]
By Nancy Price
[London: Victor Gollanz], 1935. 320pp
1936
A Vagabond's Way
By Nancy Price
[London: George Allen and Unwin). 1936. 246pp
1937
The Gulls Way [A Cruise along the East Coast of England]
By Nancy Price
[London: Victor Gollanz], 1937. 319pp
1938
Shadows on the Hills
By Nancy Price
[London: Allen and Unwin], 1938. 320pp
1940
Nettles and Docks [Essays]
By Nancy Price
[London: George Allen and Unwin], 1940. 232pp
1942
Jack by the Hedge [Sketches of Country Life]
By Nancy Price
[London: Frederick Muller], 1942. 245pp
The Gull's Way
By Nancy Price
[London: George Allen & Unwin], 1942. 2nd. ed. 320pp
1944
Hurdy-Gurdy. [Poems]
By Nancy Price
[London: Frederick Muller], 1944. 47pp
I had a Comrade "Buddy" [on the Author's Dog]
By Nancy Price
[London: George Allen & Unwin], 1944. 79pp
Where the Skies unfold [Essays]
By Nancy Price
[Birmingham; George Ronald], 1947. 93pp
1945
Tails and Tales [on dogs]
By Nancy Price
[London: Victor Gollanz], 1945. 135pp
1947
Wonder of Wings. A Book about Birds
By Nancy Price
[London: Victor Gollanz], 1947. 253pp
Where the Skies Unfold
[Birmingham: George Ronald], 1948. 93pp
1949
Acquainted with the Night: A book of dreams
By Nancy Price
[Oxford: George Ronald], 1949. 155pp
1950
Ta-Mera [A Novel]
By Nancy Price
[London: Hutchinson & Co.], 1950 208pp
1951
The Orange Orchard
By Eden Philpotts and Nancy Price
[London: Samuel French], 1951. iv+57pp
1952
Bright Pinions [on Parrots]
By Nancy Price
[Oxford: George Ronald], 1952. 171pp
1953
In Praise of Trees. An Anthology
Chosen by Nancy Price
[London: Frederick Muller], 1953. 64pp
Feathered Outlaws
[London and Worthing: Henry E. Walker], 1953. 128pp
Into an Hour Glass [An Autobiography]
By Nancy Price
[London: Museum Press], 1953. 245pp
1954
Pagan's Progress. High Days and Holy Days
By Nancy Price
[London: Museum Press], 1954. 160pp
1955
The Heart of a Vagabond [on country Life in Sussex]
By Nancy Price
[London: Museum Press], 1955. 191pp
1957
I Watch and Listen [The Courtship and Songs of Birds]
By Nancy Price
[London: Bodley Head], 1957. 160pp
1959
Winged Builders [A Book of Bird Lore]
By Nancy Price
[London: George Ronald], 1959. Xii+240pp
1960
Each in His Own Way
[London: Frederick Muller], 1960. 188pp

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