THE MARION E. WADE CENTER WHEATON COLLEGE, WHEATON, IL WILLIAMS FAMILY PAPERS 1836-2000 (Bulk Dates: 1920-2000) Acq.: 12/56 Related Wade Author(s): CW Future Additions Expected: No Restrictions: Copies or publication of materials by Charles Williams require permissions from the Williams Literary Executor. Finding Aid creation: February 4, 2013 Size: 3 boxes, 77 folders (2.8 linear feet), one large bound scrapbook, and one small bound empty photo album Call No.: B-2, 3 (Boxes 1-2), B-5 (Box 3, scrapbook and album) Abstract The Williams Family Papers contain a variety of personal documents, vital records, publications, correspondence, and other materials relating to Charles Williams and his family. Background Information The Williams Family Papers contain a variety of personal documents, vital records, publications, correspondence, and other materials relating to Charles Williams and his family. These documents were in the possession of Michael Williams at the time of his death in 2000. The Wade Center purchased them in 2012. See the included genealogy chart for an overview of names, dates, and relationships within the Williams family. Scope and Contents Note The original contents of this collection arrived in various different packages labeled “A” through “Y.” A 48pp. inventory, prepared by Grevel Lindop, described the materials in detail in their original ordering. The contents were re-ordered by the Wade Center according to the system described below, but the original contents listings have been retained and can be accessed upon request. The original containers the materials arrived in were discarded when deemed that they were unsuitable for archival preservation and also held no research content. Those containers are described, however, in the Lindop listing. The collection consists of five series: Correspondence, Documents, Miscellanea, Publications, and Unpublished Materials. The Correspondence series contains several subseries. Business Correspondence and Royalty Statements includes letters, Williams book royalty statements, and financial documents between Michal Williams, Michael Williams, and various publishers, accountants, and in particular David Higham Associates, the executor for the estate of

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Williams Family Papers, page 2 Charles Williams. Additional royalty statements (acquired from an unknown source) were added to this series that did not come with the original materials of this collection. Other letter subseries are: Edith Williams, General Correspondence, Michal Williams and Michael Williams. For more correspondence with Williams family members and Charles Williams, see The Charles Williams Papers. The letters below were removed from this collection and placed in the Charles Williams Papers: By Charles Williams, stored in the Charles Williams Papers To Michal Williams (wife): fragment beginning “to ask after you,” fragments dated 12/10/39 and 2/15/43, empty envelopes dated: 4/1/40, 2/5/41, 3/13/41, 4/8/42, 8/18/43, 9/16/43, 12/1/43, 8/17/44, 9/30/44, 1/19/45, 2/6/45, 2/21/45, letters dated: 9/22/43 and 8/28/44, and a printed Christmas card from 1924. To Michael Williams (son): 1 empty and undated envelope, letters dated: 12/8/41, 1/5/42, 11/25/42 (with env.), 9/14/42, 9/20/42, 11/17/42, 3/24/43, 6/16/43, 6/28/43 (with env.), 10/14/43, 12/10/43 (with env.), 3/31/44 (with env.), 4/11/44 (with env.), 5/5/44, 5/19/44, 5/22/44 (with env.), 6/30/44 (with env.), 7/15/44 (with env.), 8/11/44, 8/12?/44, 9/29/44 (fragment), 11/5/44 (with enclosed letter from Raymond Shipman), 11/18/44 (fragment), 11/23/44 (with env.), 1/1/45, and empty envelope postmarked 2/4/45. To Edith (sister): ca. August 1905 (with env.) and undated letter with copies and enclosure: ”An Urbanity” pamphlet by Charles Williams. To Alice Wall (aunt): letters dated: 6/2/1902 and 6/3/1903 By C.S. Lewis and Warren Lewis, stored in the C.S. Lewis Letters Collection, the Warren H. Lewis Letter Collection, and copies in the Charles Williams Papers CSL to Mrs. Williams: 6/15/48, 4/22/50 (with env.), 9/12/52 (transcript only) CSL to Michael Williams: 8/19/49 (transcript only) WHL to Mrs. Williams: 11/12/48 By Dorothy L. Sayers, stored in the Dorothy L. Sayers Papers and copies in the Charles Williams Papers DLS to Michal and Michael Williams: transcripts only – 6/28/48, 12/23/53, 12/2/47, undated, 5/24/48, 5/5/50, and 1/4/56. The Documents series contains personal documents relating to Alice Wall, Edith Williams, and Michal Williams, as well as Williams Family Vital Records (marriage, birth, and death certificates), Insurance and Housing Lease documents, and documents relating to the St. Alban’s Pageant from 1907.

Williams Family Papers, page 3 The Miscellanea series contains a variety of cards, handwritten, typed, and printed documents and other items relating to the Williams Family. The Publications series contains articles and other pieces by and about Charles Williams, some non-Williams Family related pieces, and a large portion of work by Charles’s father, R.W.S. Williams (in particular a large scrapbook of his article clippings). The Unpublished Materials series has various typescripts, many relating to Charles Williams, and some longer works including Full Fathom Five by Anne Gould, draft material for a memoir of Michal by her son Michael Williams, and a draft of a novel possibly by Michael. The series also includes a memories book with verses and drawings, possibly belonging to Edith Williams, and a large collection of family photographs (including some of Charles Williams), the originals of which are stored in the Williams Photographs collection at the Wade Center. Photocopies of the photos are included in folders 76-77. Some were removed from a small photograph album which remains with the collection. Related Materials Researchers interested in this archive may also wish to consult the following resources in the Wade Center holdings: Hadfield, Alice Mary. Charles Williams: An Exploration of His Life and Work. New York: Oxford UP, 1983. Hadfield, Alice Mary. An Introduction To Charles Williams. London: Robert Hale Limited, 1959. The Charles Williams Papers – a letter collection at the Wade Center The Charles Williams Photographs collection Wade Center Article File – contains articles by and about Charles Williams Wade Center Artwork Collection – See A-355 (stored in this archive, folder 59), and A-368, “Charcoal sketch of Charles Williams sitting in an armchair reading a book, with a cigarette in his mouth” by Anne Spalding, 1942. Other materials in the Wade Center holdings may relate to the topics in this archive. See the archivist for further research assistance.

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BOX 1 SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE Business Correspondence and Royalty Statements (22 folders, 1946-2000) 1 Undated letters, and letters and statements 1946-1951. Also: a listing of books from the Williams Family Library. These books are now owned by the Wade Center (acq. 79/40). 1946-1951, 45pp. 2

Royalty statements 1952, 33pp.

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Royalty statements 1953-1954, 39pp.

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Letters, royalty statements, and other documents 1955-1956, 31pp.

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Letters and statements 1958-1959, 29pp.

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Letters and statements 1960-1966, 38pp.

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Letters and statements 1968-1971, 35pp.

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Letters and statements 1972-1973, 52pp.

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Letters and statements 1974-1975, 30pp.

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Letters and statements 1976-1978, 43pp.

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Letters and statements 1979-June 1980, 39pp.

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Letters and statements July 1980-1982, 37pp.

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Letters and statements 1983-1987, 27pp.

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Letters and statements 1988-1989, 36pp.

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Letters and statements 1990-1992, 36pp.

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Letters and statements 1993-March 1994, 48pp.

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Letters and statements April-December 1994, 40pp.

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Letters and statements 1995, 39pp.

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BOX 1 (cont.) SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE (cont.) 19 Letters and statements 1996, 64pp. 20

Letters and statements 1997, 19pp.

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Letters and statements 1998, 38pp.

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Letters and statements 1999-2000, 40pp.

BOX 2 Edith Williams Correspondence (6 folders, 1919-1973) 23 General correspondence 1919-1940, 19pp. Includes letters with: Richard Walter Stansby Williams (father), Alice Wall (aunt), Oxford University Press, Roger Lloyd, Margaret Douglas, and others. 20pp. 24

General correspondence 1941-1973, 36pp. Includes letters with: Oxford University Press, Roger Lloyd, Margaret Douglas, and others. 36pp.

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Correspondence with Sister Dorothea CR and Sister Constance CR, St Peter's House, Grahamstown, South Africa. Includes a leaflet titled “Community of the Resurrection of Our Lord at Grahamstown.” Includes photographs. undated, 20pp.

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Correspondence with Sister Dorothea, continued. 1925-1929, 32pp.

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Correspondence with Sister Dorothea et al, continued. Includes photographs April 1930-1932, 35pp.

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Correspondence with Sister Dorothea et al, continued. Includes first report of The Bethlehem Home Grahamstown for Coloured Children. 1941-1944, 16pp.

General Correspondence (1 folder, 1840-2000) 29 Correspondence with various Williams relatives, Vivian and Anne Ridler, Terry Drummond, and others. Includes letter from Capt. J. Waller to Mr C. Williams, 17 White Lion Street, Pentonvile [sic] London, from HMS Snake, Malta, 14 July 1845, notifying him of death of his brother Richard, washed overboard in gale outside the Bay of Naples. Asks him to break news to their mother, along with an unmarked envelope, containing crown and anchor from naval uniform, stitched to card. Written on card: 'Richard Williams/drowned off Naples, Feb. 3. 1845. 1840-2000, 15pp.

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BOX 2 (cont.) SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE (cont.) Michal Williams Correspondence (1 folder, 1945-1968) 30 Correspondence with Alice Wall, Anne (Ridler?), Ruth Lewshenia, Janet Startt, Clyde S. Kilby (unsigned, incomplete letter), and others. 1945-1968, 35pp.

Michael Williams Correspondence (4 folders, 1946-1999) 31 Correspondence with Michal Williams, Edith Williams, and others. undated, 1946-1966, 28pp. 32

Condolences relating to the death of Michal Williams. February 1970, 35pp.

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Correspondence with Oxford University Press, Edith Williams, the Bodleian Library, Clyde S. Kilby, Glen GoodKnight, and others. 1970-1985, 15pp.

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Correspondence with David Dodds, the Charles Williams Society, Anne (Ridler?), Roma King, Walter Hooper, and others. 1986-1999, 36pp.

SERIES 2: DOCUMENTS Alice Wall Documents (3 folders, 1894-1953) 35 Alice Wall cards. Personally-designed cards for holidays, birthdays, etc. containing original art and verse. undated, with the exception of an envelope dated 1953, 8pp. 36

Alice Wall cards continued. Includes envelope of Frank H Emdin, Picture Frame Maker, Fleet Street, containing three small rectangles of ivorycoloured translucent material (celluloid?), one blank, one with diagonal white line, one with similar line which is evidently start of hand-painting of a fern leaf. Grevel Lindop states: “Evidently elements of an unfinished decorative project, no doubt by AFW.” 1894-1897, 7pp.

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BOX 2 (cont.) SERIES 2: DOCUMENTS (cont.) Alice Wall Documents (cont.) 37 Alice Wall documents, including: empty envelope addressed to Westminster Bank in hand of Michal, along with a torn scrap of note in hand of Alice Wall concerning a cheque, 2 postcards 'The First Easter Morn', with poem on verso by AFW, short story titled “Ten Pound Note” (perhaps by Alice Wall), flier from The Literary Amateur (dated February 28, 1923) announcing Miss A.F.Wall as winner of a short story competition with “The Painting,” folded in with purple-duplicated typewritten text of story, “The Likeness,” by A.F.Wall (Note from Grevel Lindop: Possibly the same story under another name.), and two poems titled “November 8, 1939” and “You and I.” 1923-1946, 25pp. Edith Williams Documents (1 folder, 1904-1972) 38 Copy of Edith Williams’s will, dated January 12, 1972, first communion card, handwritten poem by R.W.S. Williams on her birthday (1910), and copies of the hymn “Jesus, So Lowly” with words by Edith Williams. 1904-1972, 10pp. Michal Williams Documents (8 folders, 1910-1970) 39 Teaching Certificate, Board of Education, Florence Sarah Conway (aka Michal Williams) dated April 1, 1910 and a bulletin from St. Saviour’s Church announcing Michal’s death dated March 1970. 1910-1970, 2pp. 40

Drafts of Michal's introduction to her selection of Charles Williams’s letters. One typescript draft came separately from Glenn Sadler. n.d., 24pp.

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Typed carbon draft material for “As I Remember” by Michal. Includes three complete drafts and many fragmented pages. Also includes the poem titled “To Michal Williams” by Dorothy Hobson Fitzgerald, an extract from a letter from Charles to Michal Williams, a list of photographs, and an untitled poem beginning “Ah pardon!” 1965, 55pp.

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Typed draft of Letters to Michal (early title for the later book To Michal Williams from Serge: Letters from Charles Williams to His Wife, Florence, 1939-1945). Includes an introduction by Clyde S. Kilby, and a letter from Kilby to Michal with a list of footnotes intended for the volume. 1968, 22pp.

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Typed draft of Letters to Michal continued. 1939 letters. 64pp.

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BOX 2 (cont.) SERIES 2: DOCUMENTS (cont.) Michal Williams Documents (cont.) 44 Typed draft of Letters to Michal continued. 1940-1942 letters. 49pp. 45

Typed draft of Letters to Michal continued. 1943 letters. 46pp.

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Typed draft of Letters to Michal continued. 1944-1945 letters. 52pp.

St. Alban’s Pageant (1 folder, 1907) 47 Small booklet outlining the area and outline of the pageant, script titled “The Acts of St. Alban” by E. Werge-Oram, and a “Pageant Supplement” with printed photos and additional information. July 1907, 3 booklets & 1p. Vital Records – Births and Marriages (2 folders, 1848-1889) 48 Birth information on: Richard Walter Stansby Williams, Edith Mary Williams, Charles Williams, and other members of the Williams family. Marriage information on: James and Mary Wall, Richard Williams and Mary Wall. 1848-1889, 10pp. 49

Small book titled: “Heavenly Wisdom: A Book for Recording the Birthdays of Friends” by Mary Maitland Joy. Inscription reads: “Edith Mary Williams from Father with best love and wishes, November 8, 1896.” Contains various annotations by Edith Williams. n.d., 65pp.

Vital Records – Deaths and Cemetery Records (2 folders, 1848-1889) 50 Death certificates for: Angelina Rutson, Richard Walter Stansby Williams, Alice Fanny Wall, and Mary Williams. 1877-1957, 6pp. 51

Cemetery and burial records and receipts. undated, 1877-1937, 17pp.

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Cemetery and burial records and receipts. 1943-1958, 27pp.

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Mourning cards for: Richard Williams, William Wall, Esther Wall, Robert Wall, Charles George Robert Williams, Angelina Rutson, Elizabeth Sarah Avery, Fanny Wall, Arthur Wall, Angelina Wall, Mary Wall, and Albert Charles Wells. 1864-1926, 23pp.

Williams Family Insurance and Housing Lease Documents (1 folder, 1939-1969) 54 Includes related correspondence, policies, and leases. 1939-1969, 9pp.

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BOX 2 (cont.) SERIES 3: MISCELLANEA (5 folders, 1836-1958) 55 Blank greeting cards, postcards, and other cards from various occasions and holidays. Includes: memorial card for Queen Victoria, birthday postcard, Elizabeth II and John Watkins postcard, and St. Cross Holywell, Oxford, and an envelope addressed to “Mrs. Williams” containing 12 unused sepia postcards of London scenes. 1901-1952, 23pp. 56

Handwritten documents, including: poem titled “Affectionate Hints” by Alfred Williams (1840), undated poem “Upon Death” by R.W.S. Williams, MS 'Copied from the Illustrated London News 3 July 1847': speech of Sir Harry Smith, pages from diary (possibly Alice Wall), song lyrics, a poem, and page of notes in the hand of Michael Williams. 1840-1945, 10pp.

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Various typescripts, including: text to a hymn, list of songs, carbon copy of title page only of Zion and Gomorrah: A Study of Good and Evil in the Novels of Charles Williams by Ann Elizabeth Gould, and a sheet titled “Self Examination.” 1956, 4pp.

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Small printed items: 2 bookmarks, pictorial card about Life of Christ and the Bible, pamphlet: Who Sings of Easter? (signed Easter 1932), flier advertising Dickens Inn, London, order of service from Memorial Service for Dorothy L Sayers, January 15, 1958, St Anne's House, Soho, program of guest nights, Summer 1955, includes 'After Ten Years: An Appreciation of the work of Charles Williams', Joy Davidman, chaired by Dorothy L. Sayers. 1932-1958, 8pp.

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Various items: circular decorative pierced card for 9th birthday of Henry Stansby Williams, April 27, 1836, empty stamped photograph envelope, 2 small illustrations by Richard Williams, card apparently for postcard design of views of St Albans Abbey by J.C. Wall, a blank invoice form for J. Wall Chair and Couch Manufacturer, and a photograph of a pencil drawing of Charles Williams by E. Pierce (1936, in envelope – also listed in Artwork collection as A-355). 1836-1936, 9pp.

SERIES 4: PUBLICATIONS Articles (4 folders, 1891-1987) 60 Non-Williams related articles. n.d., 5pp. 61

Non-Williams related articles. 1891-1977, 12pp.

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BOX 2 (cont.) SERIES 4: PUBLICATIONS (cont.) Articles (cont.) 62 Williams related articles, including: 'My Cousin Dick', 'By a Young Writer,' Temperance Record 12/7/1899 (possibly by Charles Williams), an obituary for RWS Williams (ca. January 1929, an article on the honorary MA degree from Oxford University awarded to Charles Williams in February 1943, an article on the play Cranmer of Canterbury (ca. June 1936), an advertisement for the play Judgment at Chelmsford, a copy of “To Michal: After Marriage” by Williams, a few articles on Charles Williams, and two additional pieces by Charles Williams: “Et in Sempiternum Pereant” and an article of book reviews titled “New Thrillers: Murder Down the Social Scale.” Photocopied articles have been removed to the Wade Center Article File. 1899-1987, 23pp. 63

Book reviews on the works of Charles Williams, including reviews on: Poetry at Present, Rochester, Seed of Adam, Bacon, Many Dimensions, The House of the Octopus, Judgment at Chelmsford, mention of his supernatural thriller novels, A Short Life of Shakespeare, Witchcraft, All Hallows’ Eve, and The Arthurian Poems. 1932-1983, 22pp.

Booklets, Journals, and Pamphlets (4 folders, 1897-1963) 64 3 booklets: London Today British Empire Exhibition Guide (1924); Charles Williams by John Heath-Stubbs (Writers and their Work No. 63, 1955); Judgment at Chelmsford (1946 edition). 1924-1955. 65

Journals: 4 copies of The Periodical from July 1945 (piece on Charles Williams, one copy removed and placed in the Wade Center Original Periodical collection). 1945, 3 copies.

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Journals: Single leaf, perhaps back or front cover or flier, headed United Temperance Gazette with details of 4 March number and of 'Volume for 1897'; The Guardian ('the Church newspaper'), May 2, 1947 (page 187 has letter from Raymond Hunt); St Peter Coggeshall Parish Magazine with piece on CW by Horace Keast (February 1944); The Lantern April 1935 with caricature of CW; and Episcopal Church News April 12, 1953 contains 'As I Remember' (a shortened version) by Michal. 1897-1953, 5 journal items.

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BOX 2 (cont.) SERIES 4: PUBLICATIONS (cont.) Booklets, Journals, and Pamphlets (cont.) 67 Pamphlets: Sale of St Thomas, by Lascelles Abercrombie, published by the author, Ryton, Dymock, Gloucestershire, 1911 (inscribed 'Charles Williams, from Lascelles Abercrombie.'); 'Ye Dirty Old Man' (Dirty Dick) A Legend of Bishopsgate, from Household Words…' (n.d.); Journal of William Dowsing AD 1643-4 with Introduction and Notes by J. Charles Wall. London, Church Printing Company (n.d.); Twentieth-century 'University Wits': I: C.S. Lewis by Fernando de Mello Moser (Lisboa, 1963). 1911-1963, 4 pamphlets. Stored with Williams Family Library books. Richard Walter Stansby Williams Publications (2 folders & 1 large book, 1841-1898) 68 Various pieces by RWS Williams, including: poem titled 'Lines'; short story 'An Old Spirit Flask' in the Temperance Record (July 16, 1896); 'Unchanged Through Change. A Story of everyday Life' in Crystal Stories April 1884. Vol 4 No 38; Typescript of 'Our Household Skeleton'; and a letter, Kerryl Lynne Henderson to Michael, enclosing transcripts of some poems and a story from magazines by RWSW. 1841-1991, 31pp. 69

Various pieces by RWS Williams from the Temperance Mirror. Titles: 'As a Brand from the Burning,' 'Madge,' 'A Terrible Warning,' 'The Fate of James Ryan,' 'Those Few Glasses,' 'The Tree and its Fruits,' 'A Bitter Experience,' 'Ruth Falconer's Legacy,' and 'Stricken Down in his Prime.' 1887-1898, 39pp.

Stored separately: Large brown volume, leather spine and corners, gold-stamped label on front: 'Magazine Contributions' – containing various articles by RWS Williams. See the detailed listing to this volume (prepared by Grevel Lindop) at the end of this finding aid.

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BOX 2 (cont.) SERIES 5: UNPUBLISHED MATERIALS (6 folders, 1908-1974) 70 Typescripts including: 4-page review of Judgment at Chelmsford (1945 publication) – original typescript stored in Wade Center parallel file, “Charles Williams: Man and Author” by C. Graham Cotter, “Arms and the Man: Charles Williams and Courtly Love” by Charles A. Huttar, “Meditation on Christ's Passion” - selected by Glenn Edward Sadler from CW's The Passion of Christ (OUP 1939), and sermon by Rev. W. T. Brown, St Albans Abbey, 3/14/1914. 1914-1967, 41pp. 71

Typescripts relating to South Africa: 9 duplicated pages, “A Visit to the Jane Furse Hospital in South Africa / February 1964” by Carina Robins, and 5-page typescript describing arrival at Port Elizabeth. Possibly from Sister Dorothea or one of Edith's other S. African nun correspondents. (see Edith Williams Correspondence in series 1). 1964, 16pp.

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Play script titled Full Fathom Five by Anne Gould, along with a note to Mrs. Williams, signature cut off, covering note for the play, and a typed list of CW's publications. n.d., 35pp.

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Draft material for a memoir of Michal by Michael. Multiple incomplete drafts of some passages. (Note from Grevel Lindop: Corrections in Michael's hand. Perhaps originally written as a possible Introduction to a published selection of CW's letters to Michal which never appeared.) ca. 1968, 21pp.

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Typescript of substantial parts of a novel. (Note from Grevel Lindop: some handwritten corrections and chapter numberings in the hand of Michael. Michal’s letter to Glen Cavaliero, 19.10.1956, contains a reference to Michael’s having written an unpublished novel, so this is almost certainly it.) n.d., 114pp.

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Imitation-leather-bound album inscribed “Edie with love from Vi. 8th November 1908.” Contains verses, drawings etc. from friends as late as 1974. The unmistakable purple violets drawn with a swirl of the brush are signed by one Daisy Allen in 1909. Most album entries are from 19081920. 1908-1974, 1 book. 65pp.

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Copies of photographs which came with the collection. Many are family photos. The originals are stored in the Williams Photographs Collection. Original photo album also stored in this archive. 1872-1970s, 44pp.

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Copies of photographs, continued. 1872-1970s, 49pp.

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BOX 3 Small fat imitation leather photograph album, broken metal clasp (photos removed). Oversized scrapbook with various articles by Richard Walter Stansby Williams (father of Charles Williams). Detailed contents listing below.

Detailed Listing to Large brown volume, leather spine and corners, gold-stamped label on front: 'Magazine Contributions' containing various articles by RWS Williams. (list prepared by Grevel Lindop) First leaf handwritten as follows: 'Contributions to the North London Magazine during the years 1879- 1880- 1891, are not contained in this book but are in the bound volume of that magazine. 'They are as follow - ' [Then come two headings, 'Poetical' and 'Prose'. Under them the following lists:] Poetical December p 277 Vol 1879 Work is Prayer p 253 Couleur de Rose p. 113 vol 1880 Freedom p 234 vol 1880 In Town p 152 vol 1880 On the Road p 190 vol 1880 Parted p 28 vol 1880 Work Hope Wait p 15 vol 1881 At Sea p. 45 vol 1881 Prose Jim p. 265 vol 1879 Beyond the grave p 217 vol 1880 Mr Browns Dinner Party p 73 vol 1880 Common Sayings p 6 vol 1880

Williams Family Papers, page 14 Only an Old Maid p 1 vol 1880 Our Village Ghost p 265 vol 80 A Strong Temptation vol 1881 pp 1, 25, 49, 73. The following were contributed to the Bible Class Magazine during the years 18671868- 1869- 1873 and are not included in this volume:Poetry I will arise & go to my father vol 1867 p 178 The Lord hath need of thee p 135 vol 1868 Watch & Pray p. 164 vol 1869 Prose Harry's Temptation 1867 pp 241, 265 John Elton, or the Results of [I think it must be 'Envy' but it appears to be 'Euyn'] June and July 1873 A Story entitled 'An Awkward Mistake' was accepted by 'Bow Bells'& pd for, but could obtain no copy of no. in which it appeared. About year 1877.' Then after four blank leaves, a leaf handwritten (very poorly, probably as a result of RWSW's failing eyesight) as follows: 'The following printed matter in this vol consists of new Essays Stories and miscellaneous contributions supplied by me to magazines from 1881 onwards. During the first year, all my MSS were returned but afterwards I was more successful. They were sent to Household Words/The Christian Million/ National Temperance Mirror/Family Herald/Chambers Journal/One & All/British Workwoman/Bow Bells/All the Year Round/Golden Hours/The North London Magazine/Temperance Chronicle/Church of England Temperance Gazette and Chronicle/ The Crystal Stories/British Times [I think: writing very unclear - GL]/& others. Most of them have ceased to appear. R.W.Stansby Williams 1/6/22' [In fact the date '1881' seems to be a mistake as the volume opens with a good many items published in 1871. - GL] Following this, a page with one small cutting in the centre, possibly the quotation from one leaf of a daily tear-off calendar: 'Our life is determined for us, and it makes the mind very free if we give up wishing, and only think of bearing what is laid upon us and doing what is given us to do. - George Eliot.'

Williams Family Papers, page 15 The remainder of the book is a scrap book into which have been pasted an enormous number (several hundreds) of stories, essays and poems by RWSW cut from the original publications. Towards the back, a large number of pages of magazines thrust in together; evidently there was the intention of pasting them in, but the task has not been completed. A considerable number of blank leaves at the end of the volume. The single leaf from a book of ‘Literary Recollections’ is from the autobiography of James Payn, Victorian writer and editor. [I'm not sure anyone has quite realised the sheer scale of RWSW's work as an author. He is extremely prolific and must have been a noted figure in his specialised literary world.]