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Jack Eric Morpurgo Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acc. No. 2001-4; Gift: ca. 3,700 items, 01/2001. Acc. 1980.126 acquired on 08/25/1980, 08/30/1985, and 06/02/1988. Acc. 1984.060 acquired on 08/16/1984.
Jack Morpurgo (1918-2000) graduated from Christ's Hospital School in England. He was the first British graduate of the College of William and Mary in Virginia after the American Revolution. He served in the British military during World War II. In his professional life, he was an editor and author of fiction and non-fiction. He was a frequent contributor of articles and book reviews to magazines, scholarly journals, and newspapers. He wrote and participated in numerous radio and television broadcasts in Britain, the United States, Canada, and Australia. A significant portion of his career was spent under the tutelage of Alan Lane, founder of Penguin Books.
*Note to reserachers: Series 2 is stored offsite. Please allow 72 hours notice for retrieval.*
Papers, 1937-2000, bulk 1950-1970, of Jack Morpurgo, writer, educator, and editor. Includes correspondence, speeches, lectures, radio scripts, published and unpublished essays, articles, and novels, books from his personal library, certificates and awards, photographs, and framed prints.
Most of the collection consists of Morpurgo's personal writings and business correspondence related to his work as a professor, editor, and director of the National Book League. Morpurgo was a British citizen and graduate of Christ's Hospital school. During his career, he wrote extensively on the subject of Christ's Hospital school. The school was founded in 1552 as a charity to benefit needy children with shelter, food, clothing, and an education. By the eighteenth century, Christ's Hospital was known as one of England's great public schools. It continues to educate British children in the twenty-first century. The papers include correspondence with Edmund Blunden, Virginia Hamilton Adair, Charles Forte, and Russel B. Nye.
Addition 2008.252 contains a typed carbon manuscript for book entitled, "Apprenticeship in Colonial Virginia" by Jack E. Morpurgo, probably written after 1939.
Series 2, Their Majesties Royall Colledge Material, Acc. 1980.126: Five boxes of notes and drafts about Morpurgo's book "Their Majesties' Royall Colledge", correspondence with the Society of the Alumni, and a broadcast script of a Backdrop Club presentation from 1938.
UA 126: Office of University Development Records
Acc. 1984.060: Negatives used for the photographs reproduced in "Their Majesties' Royall Colledge", approximately 3' x 4' in size, were deaccessioned in January 2012.
All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.
For the description of this series, please click on the contents list link above.
Autobiographical and Biographical Matreial Including: Correspondence, Interviews of J. E. M., Publicity, etc.
Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 5 items.
Also includes a compelte December 1952 issue of Thirty-One Four, the staff publication of the Continental Bank and Trust Company of Salt Lake City, Utah. J. E. M. had visited their offices in November 1952. N. B. article on page 5. 15 items.
Each card contains a poem by F. C. 3 items.
Includes expense records. 27 items.
Journal of Principia College, St. Louis, Missouri. Contains an interview with J. E. M. conducted by Principia student, Neil Soderstrom. Pages 4-7. 1 item.
Album presented to J. E. M. who was commencement speaker. Includes honorary doctorate, programs, press clippings, and photographs. 19 items.
[Canadian Newspaper.] Includes interview with J. E. M. 1 item.
Typewritten Letter. Reply from J. E. M. to Hamid. Typewritten Letter Signed. 2 items.
Held at St. Paul's Cathedral. The Address was delivered by J. E. M. 1 item.
Includes honorary doctorate. 8 items.
Includes the extract to be used and a biographical sketch of Hanson. 3 items.
Scope and Contents One signed "Kay"of East Lansing; the other in German. Typewritten Letter Signed. 2 items.
Includes copies of some of her poems. 18 items.
The Church of the Holy Innocents, London. 1 item.
Includes one photocopied letter from Blunden to J. E. M. dated 19 April 1945. Also includes correspondence from 23 January 1974 to 25 July 1983 concerning the decease of Edmund Blunden and the publishing of his poetry, his memorial, and correspondence with his widow, Claire. 47 items.
Later published in his autobiography, Master of None. Includes both versions; Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 2 items.
Barnes writes of J. E. M.'s views on the English and the Americans. Contains direct quotes from a conversation between the auhor and J. E. M. Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 1 item.
Quadrant , pages 43-49. Adapted from his autobiography, Master of None. 1 item.
Deals with Anglo-American relations. Signed only with first name. The writer was probably a Professor at the College. Typewritten Letter Signed. 2 items.
Includes drawing of the building, order of proceedings, and J. E. M. commemorative card. 3 items.
Typewritten Letter Signed. 1 item.
Includes criticism of the exhibit from The Journal of Education. 7 items.
Includes typed draft. 11 items.
Includes a review of Hortense Calisher's The New Yorkers from Times Literary Supplement. 2 items.
Deals with J. E. M.'s contribution to an anthology edited by King. Includes unsigned copy of agreement with publisher, Routledge and Kegan Paul and a latter from J. E. M. to Sally Spiller, of Routledge, disputing contract terms. Eventually King found someone else to write J. E. M.'s section, as he was too busy. 15 items.
Includes copies of the stories. 25 items.
Includes suggested list. 3 items.
Letters deal with writer Eric Linklater, an acquaintance of J. E. M. 5 items.
Includes a draft of J. E. M.'s contribution. 3 items.
She hoped J. E. M. could give her information about her father. 4 items.
Removed to Medium Oversize Box. 1 item.
Items Related to Christ's Hospital: Records, Articles, Speeches, Essays, etc. Related to History, Students, Alumni of Christ's Hospital. Student Notes, Correspondences, Memorabilia Related to the College of William and Mary-- J. E. M.'s Years as a Student and His relationship to the College as an Alumnus. Essays, Correspondence, Programs Relating to the University of Leeds. Items Written by Morpurgo Dealing with the Subject of Education.
Includes fascimile of a 1742 manifest. 2 items.
Includes a letter written to J. E. M. from Christ's Hospital, dated 3 March 1998, and an article on Christ's Hospital apprentices from Colonial Williamsburg Magazine. 3 items.
The literary magazine published at Christ's Hospital. Includes "An Essay on Drink, Drinking and Drinkers, Borrowed from most Authors, Ancient and Modern, Sacred and Profane," credited to J. E. M. 1 item.
Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 1 item.
Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 1 item.
Clerk of Christ's Hospital. 1 item.
62 pages. 1 item.
No publication title given. 1 item.
No publication title given. 1 item.
Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 15 pages. 1 item.
Autograph Manuscript Signed and Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 8 items.
Articles: Autumn 1988, "A Thing Without Parallel: Christ's Hospital and America," pages 7-14; December 1999/January 2000, untitled essay related to Summer 1995 article, "Journery With ghosts," pages 6-7. Includes note from Dennis Montgomery, Colonial Williamsburg Journal Office, about J. E. M. contribution, dated 15 June 2000.
Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 2 pages. 1 item.
Includes J. E. M. reply. Wade was a chairman of British-American alumni and Christ's Hospital. Letter mentions Christ's Hospital
Contemporary Review, pages 192-198. 1 item.
2 drafts. 34 and 15 pages. Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 2 items.
12 pages. Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 1 item.
From All I Did Was This: Chapters of an Autobiography by Youngman Carter. Nashville: Sexton Press. Pages 88-90. 1 item.
14 and 16 pages. 2 items.
Introduction to Autobiography of Leigh Hunt. London: Cresset. Pages vii-xxiv. 1 item.
20 pages. Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 1 item.
The Illustrated London News. Page 980. A review of a book, The Christ's Hospital Book, published to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the school. 1 item.
Also programs from Old Blues' and Parent's Day from 21 June 1998 and 22 June 1997. 4 items.
Autograph Manuscript Signed and Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 13 items.
Read in Contemporary Philosophy Seminar at William and Mary. 1 item.
The Middleville Sun and Caledonia News. Written by a friend of J. E. M. after reading American Excursion (1949). Includes observations of William and Mary. 1 item.
Typewritten Letter. 1 item.
Article on J. E. M. on pages 8-9. 1 item.
Deals with J. E. M. as author of a college history. Typewritten Letter Signed. 1 item.
Published by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. Autographed copy. 1 item.
Charter Day Program, 7 February 1970. 2 items.
Griffin: The Journal of the British American Alumni and the British American Educational Foundation, Inc. Article on page 11. Typewritten Manuscript of article. Letter from J. E. M. to Griffin Editor regarding a printer's mistake in his essay. 3 items.
Includes correspondence with the President of the College, Thomas R. Graves, Jr. Includes a copy of Graves's Inaugural Address, 5 February 1972. 145 items.
Typewritten Manuscript. Press release about a dinner at the House of Commons to honor Wililam and Mary President, Dr. Thomas A. Graves. 15 March 1973. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Americana. Pages 50-57. Article on the President's House at William and Mary. 1 item.
From various sources. 3 items.
Removed to Medium Oversize Box. 2 items.
Regards J. E. M. as Lowell's presenter for degree at Leeds. Typewritten Letter Signed. 1 item.
Includes correspondence with the Editor. 4 items.
The Twentieth Century. Pages 233-245. Includes draft and proofs. 3 items.
2 versions. Each 15 pages. Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 2 items.
"Educare," 10 pages. Typewritten Manuscript Signed. "Headmasters' Conference," 20 pages. Typewritten Manuscript Signed. Untitled address. 5 pages. Autograph Manuscript Signed. 2 copies of "Consideration of the Future," speaking copy, 13 pages; post-conference published copy, 9 pages. Typewritten Manuscript Signed. 5 items.
6 pages. 1 item.
Essay on teachers and education; part focuses on sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries. 12 pages. 1 item.
Autograph Manuscript Signed. 4 items.
Lecture Materials Etc. Used in Teaching. Speeches Delivered by J. E. M.
"The American Constitution." 9 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Typewritten Manuscript. 3 items.
Autograph Manuscript and Typewritten Manuscript. 6 items.
Autograph Manuscript and Typewritten Manuscript. 12 items.
Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Includes 8 essays/lectures. 8 items.
Published essay. Pages 151-167.
25 pages.
17 pages.
Published essay. Pages 58-77.
Essays/lectures. 3 items.
3 and 6 pages. Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 2 items.
14 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Outline for lecture. 1 page. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
16 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
17 pages. Autograph Manuscript. "Jazz." 11 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 5 items.
23 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Typewritten Manuscript. Pages 12-23. Introduction for lecture. 1 page. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Unesco Regional Seminar, Madras. 2 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Includes "Anglo-Israeli Project," 20 pages. Typewritten Manuscript; and "Speech at the Vienna Congress," 8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
10 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes bulletins. 3 items.
5 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
6 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 6 items.
2 pages each. Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 2 items.
3 and 4 pages. 2 items.
11 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
J. E. M. Personal World War II Experiences and General Military Writings. J. E. M. Articles Re. the Subject of American-European Relations. J. E. M. Articles Etc. Re. British and European Subject.
Draft and 2 published copies: Khaki and Blue, 1945; and News Bulletin, 1 May 1946. 3 items.
Scotland's Magazine. Pages 41-42. 1 item.
Blackwood's Magazine. Pages 294-298. Includes letter to J. E. M. from David Fletcher regarding publication and payment. 2 items.
Scope and Contents Written on the reverse of what appears to be an Italian account book. Autograph Manuscript. Also includes a draft of "Loot", by Seagull Minor, seemingly based on the notes. 6 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Typewritten Manuscript. "The Lovat Scouts," 6 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. "The Dorset Regiment," 4 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 3 items.
Inscribed: "This may interest you. It is one of my lesser literary efforts- but the easiest to get published." Signature illegible. 1 page. 1 item.
Published in Manchester Guardian. Autograph Manuscript notes. Typewritten Manuscript draft, 4 pages. Includes correspondence regarding a 1993 reunion of 46th Division officers. 4 items.
Blackwood's. Pages 495-497. 1 item.
4 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
The certificate is signed on front and back by other members. 1 item.
Deals with the relationship between British and Americans in late 1930s-early 1940s. No publication title visible. 2 pages. 1 item.
The English Speaking World. Pages 738-743. Includes proofs. 2 items.
Transatlantic. Pages 25-31. Includes Typewritten Manuscript draft, 5 pages. 2 items.
Scots Review. Page 10. 1 item.
The West Country Magazine. Pages 19-21. Includes Typewritten Manuscript draft, 4 pages. 2 items.
The New York Times Magazine. Pages 22-29. 1 item.
The Listener. Pages 8-9. Includes a Typewritten Manuscript draft, 11 pages. 2 items.
The Listener. Pages 93-95.
By a Member of the G. A. R. Sent by R. B. Nye to J. E. M. 41 pages. 1 item.
5 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes copies of both poems. 3 items.
John O. London. 1 page. 1 item.
The Times Literary Supplement. No page number visible. 1 item.
The Tatler and Bystander. Pages 364-365. Includes Typewritten Manuscript draft, 5 pages. Written to highlight Jamestown's 350th anniversary. 2 items.
Section of an essay on British impressions of small-town America [1950s?] 5 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
Quadrant. Pages 29-31. Includes Typewritten Manuscript version, "God's Own Railroad." 8 pages. 2 items.
3 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Deals with England, America, and the Falkland Crisis. 4 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Colonial Williamsburg Magazine, pages 35-39. 1 item.
No publication title visible. Pages 16-24. 1 item.
Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
15 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Observations on British-American relations. 17 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Observations on British-American relations. 6 pages. Typewritten Manuscripts. Autograph Manuscript version, 7 pages. 2 items.
7 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
7 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
19 pages. Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 4 items.
Penguin Parade. Pages 112-124.
Deals with Jamestown, Yorkstown, Williamsbrug. 5 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
9 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
4 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
4 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
2 drafts and notes, Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 3 items.
Autograph Manuscript. 11 items.
5 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 11 items.
Typewritten Manuscript. Untitled essay on healthcare. 9 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
4 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
The Complete Imbiber. Pages 17-19. 1 item.
Deals with the lives of young British royalty. Focus on Queen Victoria and twentieth-century Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret. 20 pagees. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
7 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
Public Opinion. Pages 2-3. 1 item.
The Tatler and Bystander. Pages 166-170. 1 item.
Mayfair. 3 pages. 1 item.
Published in Mayfair. 8 items.
The Tatler and Bystander. Pages 16-17. 1 item.
2 versions. Autograph Manuscript, 8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript, 5 pages. 2 items.
To be published in January/February 1964 Books. 4 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Published in Tribute to Russel Nye. Michigan State University Press. Pages 151-167. 1 item.
Items Related to the History of the Book- Readers, Writer, Publishers. J. E. M. Clippings and Correspondence Relating to Penguin Books.
Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 25 items.
London Calling. Page 16. 1 item.
Scope and Contents Prepared for the UNESCO regional meeting on "The Production of Reading Material for New Literates"held in Pakistan. 18 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
The Unesco Courier. Page 26. 1 item.
5 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
English Language Teaching. 8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript, 1 item.
Reprinted from The Penrose Annual. ol. 56. Pages 41-46. 1 item.
13 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Includes: "Children Reading in the Age of Television," 10 pages, Typewritten Manuscript; "Osborne Library," 9 pages, Typewritten Manuscript; and untitled, 2 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 3 items.
8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes correspondence with the Journal of Documentation regarding publication. 4 items.
Paper presented at 34th Session of the IFLA General Trust; published in IFLA-Communications-FIAB. Pages 223-229. Includes Typewritten Manuscript draft. 13 pages. 2 items.
Quadrant. Pages 4-5. Includes commentary from J. E. M. 1 item.
9 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Quadrant. Pages 18-21. 1 item.
4 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Review 46. Pages 39-43. 1 item.
22 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
2 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
6 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
12 pages. Typewritten manuscript. 1 item.
Draft essay includes bibliographic notes. 63 pages. 1 item.
9 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Includes correspondence with authors, acceptance and rejection letters, and proposals for histories of Rome, Russia, Scotland, Spain, and Portugal. 89 items.
5 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Blackwood's. Pages 480-487. Essay on Pelican chief-of-staff Allen Lane. 1 item.
Townsville Bulletin. 1 page. Article from Australian newspaper on the subject of Penguin books. 1 item.
Penguin Progress 13. Pages 33-37. Includes Typewritten Manuscript of article, 6 pages. 2 items.
J. E. M. Essays Re: General Subject of Literature. Book Reviews Written by J. E. M.
The Times Literary Supplement. Page 492. 1 item.
The Month. Page 180-186. Includes Typewritten Manuscript draft, 14 pages. 2 items.
Introduction to Trelawny's last Days of Shelley and Byron. London: Folio Society. Pages iii-xvii. 1 item.
Inaugural lecture at University of Leeds. Published in University of Leeds Review. Pages 69-87. Includes Typewritten Manuscript draft, 36 pages. 2 items.
Essay on Rudyard Kipling published in Quadrant, pages 54-56. Includes Typewritten Manuscript draft, 8 pages. 1 item.
No place of publication. Pages 461-462. 1 item.
Relates to work on Barnes Wallis published in 1981. 18 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
Given at Guy's Hospital for the Royal College of Surgeons, Guy's Hospital, and the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries. 25 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes Autograph Manuscript draft 18 pages. 2 items.
12 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Pages 2-8. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
15 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
23 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
21 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
3 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
23 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
17 pages. Part Autograph Manuscript, part Typewritten manuscript. 1 item.
Essay on William Godwin. 2 drafts; 8 pages each. 2 items.
Published essay, no publication given. Pages 9-13. 1 item.
25 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Autograph Manuscript draft, 16 pages. Typewritten Manuscript draft, 7 pages. 2 items.
Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 5 items.
14 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
10 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
12 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
27 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Includes: Blunden, Lamb, MacLennan, Burgoyne, and Davies. Also includes a draft essay on Leigh Hunt. 7 items.
Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 3 items.
Published essay, no publication given. 1 page. 1 item.
2 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Also includes letter from Literary Editor of Yorkshire Post requesting J. E. M.'s review and letter from Cooper to J. E. M. thanking him for the "kind and generous review." 3 items.
27 pages. Autograph Manuscript and Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Some are identified as written by J. E. M., others are not. Includes some reviews written by Jonathan more. 78 items.
9 items. Titles and authors of books reviewed are listed on the front of the folder.
2 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes letter from Linklater to J. E. M. 2 items.
3 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes correspondence between managing editor of J. M. Dent and Sons Publishers and J. E. M. regarding his review of the book. Dent was considering a British edition of the work, by J. E. M. advised against it. 4 items.
4 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes correspondence between editors at The Times Literary Supplement and J. E. M. Deals with J. E. M.'s review and his response to criticism from one reader. 7 items.
5 items. Authors and titles of works reviewed are listed on the front of the folder.
New Statesman. Pages 663-664. Review of W. E. Willims, Allen Lane: A Personal Portrait. Includes acknowledgement from journal and proofs. 3 items.
2 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes correspondence between J. E. M. and Irving regarding Irving's assertion and proof of his claim that "Hitler did not order killing of Jews." 6 items.
Includes letter from the literary editor regarding the reviews. 3 items.
Yorkshire Arts. 1 page. Essay on Olivia Manning's The Battle Lost and Won. Includes Typewritten Manuscript version, 5 pages. 2 items.
Quadrant. Pages 73-74. Review of John Braine, J. B. Priestly. Includes Typewritten Manuscript draft, 6 pages. 2 items.
9 items. Authors and titles of books reviewed are listed on the front of the folder.
15 items. Authors and titles of the books reviews are listed on the front of the folder.
31 items. Authors and titles of the books reviewed are listed on the front of the folder.
Autograph Manuscript, 11 pages. Typewritten Manuscript, 10 pages. 2 items.
Typewritten Manuscript. 3 items.
9 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
Correspondence and Drafts Relating to Books Published by J. E. M.
Includes letters regarding a Japanese edition. 37 items.
Some of the material may have been Forte's own writing-- no indication of authorship was made. 9 items.
12 pages of notes and 9 drafts of chapters.
Centaur Press. Pages 7-14. Includes correspondence between Centaur and J. E. M. regarding publication. 8 items.
An expanded introduction to Cobbett's America. London: Folio Society. Pages xi-xxxi. Also includes a Typewritten Manuscript draft, 23 pages. 2 items.
2 Typewritten Manuscript drafts, 11 and 15 pages. One labeled, "Cobbett Introduction." 2 items.
Includes 3 flyers on car rentals in Greece. 138 items.
Includes maps, charts, and J. E. M. essay, "Modern Greece." 8 items.
Includes unsigned copy of agreement with Oxford University Press, 1963. 49 items.
Pages 5-7. Book was published in 1969. 1 item.
Scope and Contents New York: Mason/Charter. 169 pages. Xerox copy. Also includes a copy of the poem, "The Ballad of Major Andre"and J. E. M.'s outline. 3 items.
Continued from Previous Box (Correspondence and Drafts Relating to Books Published by J. E. M.) Reviews of Books Written or Edited by J. E. M.
Includes photographs of reception introducing the book. 37 items.
7 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Scope and Contents Originally published by Penguin in 1948. Includes Part 1: "Mr. Charles Lamb"and the introduction to the original edition. 2 items.
Includes working note cards. 2 items.
Cresset Press. Includes front part of an original dustjacket. 9 items.
Penguin Books, 1948. 5 items.
Cresset Press, 1949. Includes front part of an original dustjacket. 14 items.
Pages 6 and 24. Review of Bertrand Russell, John Lehman, Sean O'Faolain, J. E. Morpurgo, Martin Cooper, and Perry Miller, The Impact of America on European Culture. Boston: The Beacon Press, 1951. 1 item.
The Folio Society, 1952. 2 items.
Penguin Books, 1953. 6 items.
Includes newspapers from England, France, and Australia. 36 items.
3 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Refer to his books American Axcursion, The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt, and Charles Lamb and Elia. Typewritten Manuscript. 4 pages. 2 items.
Unpublished Manuscripts By J. E. M.
In his list of publications, J. E. M. notes that a publisher accepted the manuscript, but went bankrupt prior to publiation. Includes: title page, contents, and pages 1-109. 1 item.
Pages 110-207. 1 item.
Pages 208-260. 1 item.
Includes J. E. M.'s notes. Also Autograph Manuscript notes for this chapter. 2 items.
227 pages. 1 item.
Pages 1-100. 1 item.
Pages 1010-200. 1 item.
Pages 201-300. 1 item.
Pages 301-400. 1 item.
Pages 401-476. 1 item.
Typewritten manuscript. 44 pages. 1 item.
Based on real and fictional characters in the eighteenth-century Virginia. Notes and Chapters 1 and 2. 3 items.
Chapter 3.
Chapter 4. 1 item.
Chapters 5 and 6. 2 items.
Chapter 7. 1 item.
Chapter 8. 1 item.
Chapter 9. 1 item.
Chapter 10. 1 item.
Chapters 11 and 12. 2 items.
Chapters 13 and 14. 2 items.
Chapter 15. 1 item.
"Brief synopsis, Chapter 16 to beginning of final chapter," and Final Chapter. 2 items.
Pages 1-88. 1 item.
Pages 89-149. 1 item.
Pages 150-215. 1 item.
Pages 216-288. 1 item.
Approximately 5 items.
Radio and Television Scripts by J. E. M.
J. E. M. was student director. 5 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
32 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Also includes John Andre, "The Frantik Lover," a reprint of a poem written by the Major; and a note to J. E. M. from History Today, regarding a manuscript submission. 4 items.
Typewritten Manuscript. 12 items.
Scope and Contents Also part of an undated essay on Hollywood and Europeans. 2 items.
BBC Home Service (Schools). 12 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes a note from Secretary to General Programme Assistant at the BBC regarding script revisions, dated 4 July 1950. 2 items.
BBC Home Service (Schools). 10 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
11 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Written in a review essay-format covering Philip Carman, John Gerard: The Autobiography of an Elizebethan; Jack Simmons, ed., Journeys in England; Margery Bailey, ed., Boswell's Column; Hector Bolitho, A Century of British Monarchy; andHeskith Pearson, Dizzy. 2 drafts. 7 and 9 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Talk on poet Goronwy Owen. 2 drafts. 3 and 9 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
13 pages each. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
4 and 8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 pages.
Includes J. E. M. commentaries. Also includes a booklet of music and lyrics, Kennedy Mountain Ballds Sung By Cousin Emmy. Decca Records, 1948. 25 items.
Focus on Smith College and Eisenhower campaign. 13 pages. Autograph Manuscript. Also radio script for "Transatlantic Mirror: Northampton, Massachusetts and Northampton, England." Midland Home Service, 10 March 1953. 14 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Midland Home Service. 8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Also includes untitled observations on Hereford, Texas. 4 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 2 items.
Includes letter from Enid Love, Assistant Head of School Broadcasting, regarding the script and her suggested changes and additions. Final version included. 4 items.
BBC Home Service (Schools). 2 copies with notes. 11 and 14 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Midland Home Service. 8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Midland Home Service. 8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
BBC Home Service (Schools). 10 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Also includes a note from the secretary to Peggy Nacon to Miss Anderson, secretary to the Director of the National Book League regarding the scripts, dated 10 August 1955. 5 items.
Radio Times. Page 21. Preview article on the children's radio show. Entire issue included. 1 item.
Episode 1, "The Norman Keep." 36 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Episode 2, "The Lancastrian Castle." 43 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Episode 3, "The Tudor House." 40 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Episode 4, "The Stuart Shop." 37 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Episode 5, "Georgian Residence." 26 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Episode 6, "Victorian Villa." 27 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
7 and 14 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Includes an interview between J. E. M. and Cary. 3 items.
2 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
2 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Also a note from the BBC regarding the script. 2 items.
1. 29 November 1965 with J. E. M. 2. 6 December 1965 with Rosemary Cobham. 3. 11 December 1965 with Walter Allen. 4. 14 December 1965 with John Boynton Priestly. 26 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Page 1 missing. 1 item.
13 Pages. Typewritten Manuscript. Includes a review from The Times. 2 items.
2 versions. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
For radio broadcast. 17 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
One on war poems and the other on "light verse." No indication is made, but C. N. K. M. was probably J. E. M.'s wife, Catherine. Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 2 items.
38 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
2 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
4 pages. Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
2 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Observations of East Lansing, Michigan, written during Truman-Wallace presidential campaign. 1 Typewritten Manuscript; 2 Autograph Manuscript. 5 items.
8 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
7 pages. Autograph Manuscript. Includes transcript for radio broadcast of discussion of an evening in Yarmouth. 16 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
3 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
11 pages. Page one missing. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Midland Home Service. 18 pages. Page one missing. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Scope and Contents Proposal for "Transatlantic Mirror"series with potential topics and cities. 3 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Concerns programming that J. E. M. contributed to or participated in. 76 items.
Includes resume of his work in radio and television. 24 items.
Poems by J. E. M. Unpublished Short Stories by J. E. M. Essays Etc. Re. J. E. M.'s Travels Genealogical Information. Letters to the Editor and Obituaries Written by J. E. M. Miscellaneous Non-J. E. M. Photographs.
Tribune. Page 15. Entire issue included. 1 item.
Second Eighteen. Pages 31-32. 1 item.
Some handwritten, some typed. Of particular interest are his poems written during his service in World War II. 56 items.
Some were published, others were not. Autograph Manuscript and Typewritten Manuscript. 76 items.
Pages 61-63. 1 item.
Incomplete, no title. 1 notebook and 14 loose sheets. Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. Original draft was damaged, photocopy made. 2 items.
14 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
106 pages. Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 1 item.
6 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
24 and 27 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 2 items.
Includes 2 drafts and final published version. No publication listed. Typewritten Manuscript and Autograph Manuscript. 3 items.
7 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. For publication in Chicago magazine. Includes letter with editor's suggestions. 2 items.
Includes genealogical material for family of Robert Thomas Challenor (1775/6-1840). Challenor was a student at Christ's Hospital. 6 pages. 1 item.
Times Literary Supplement.
Transatlantic.
2 pages. Typewritten Letter.
2 pages. Typewritten Letter.
1970
(Includes Typewritten Manuscript draft.)
Long Island Forum. Page 129. 1 item.
Later published in Spectator? 6 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
No authors: "As You Like It?" and "What They Are Saying: Broadcast Comments on Far Eastern Events." 1 item.
Entire issue. 1 item.
No publication name visible. 1 page. 1 item.
Scope and Contents Includes brief article about Lane's role in dedicating a new building and an "Honours List"from 1977-1978. 2 items.
12 pages. Typewritten Manuscripts. 1 item.
Scope and Contents A paper written for class on "America and Europe"taught by J. E. M. 12 pages. Typewritten Manuscript. 1 item.
Black and white. Original, 5X3(1/2) (P1); enlargement, 7X4(P2).
Black and white. 8X10. (P3) and (P4).
Black and white. (P5).
Left to right: Tanya Kent, Jack Morpurgo, Richard Lane, Allen Lane, Bill Williams, Eunice Frost, Alan Glover. Black and white. (P6).
Black and white. (P7).
Black and white. 8X6. (P8).
Black and white. 8X6. (P9).
Black and white. 8X6. (P10).
Black and White. 5X7. (P11).
Black and white. 11(1/2)X6(1/2). (P12)
Color. (P13).
Black and white. 8X6. (P14).
Color. 8X10. (P15) and (P16).
Color. 4(1/2)X4(1/2). (P17).
Scope and Contents Color. 8X12. Photo includes: J. E. M., Helen Wood Walker, Frances Jenkins Taylor, Virginia Betts Chapman, Anna Roper Bruechert, Jane Speakman Hauge, Bert Sheeran, C. R. Mirmelstein, Frois Froehner, Charlotte Johnson Able, Ella Manning, Elizabeth R. Weber, Frances Chaaf Shepherd, Sally Robbins Carmalt, Bill Anderson, Margaret Brett Honn, Martha "Pete"Moreland Thomas, Mollie Waters Christie, Bob Sheeran, E. Thomas Crowston, and William A. Reynolds. (P18).
Oversize Boxes. Oversize Prints, Illustrations, Plaques, etc.
14(1/2) X18. (A1)
14(1/2)X18. (A2).
14(1/2)X18. (A3).
9(1/2)X5. (A4).
17(1/2)X14(1/2). (A5).
10X6. (A6).
Oversize Box. Oversize Prints, Illustrations, Plaques, etc.
13X10. (A7).
13X10. (A8).
14(1/2)X 18. (A9).
13X18. (A10).
(A11).
(A12).
Delivered at Fraunces Tavern, New York City, to the American Revolution Round Table.
Audio Materials. Magazine and Journals.
(AV3a).
(AV3b).
(AV3c).
(AV3d).
(AV3e).
3 records; record number 3 is missing. (AV2).
29 issues from July 1985 to April 1993.
J. E. M. Awards, Degrees, and Certificates: [In Medium Oversize Box?]
Scope and Contents Acc. 1980.126: Five boxes of notes and drafts about Morpurgo's book "Their Majesties' Royall Colledge", correspondence with the Society of the Alumni, and a broadcast script of a Backdrop Club presentation from 1938. The inventory for this accession can be found below in the Box List section of this finding aid. Acc. 1984.060: Mylar sheets containing the negatives used for the photographs reproduced in "Their Majesties' Royall Colledge". Approximately 3' x 4'.
"" "" This material was originally the Jack Eric Morpurgo Papers, UA 5.011, and was intellectually combined in August 2011.
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Manuscript 1 (2 folders)
Manuscript 2
Manuscript Copy
4 folders
3 folders
2 folders
Blair's Death, William Dawson
Fauquier/Robinson Squabble
Commissary and President
Hardwiche and Egremont
2 folders
Fire--1705 Rebuilding 1709-1723
2 Folders
President--1764/5-1771
Folder 1 of 2
Folder 2 of 2
General Information while at College and Williamsburg
Notes and Rough Draft
Backdrop Club Presentation