Box 42

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION From the Collection: Manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, printed material, graphics, and bound manuscripts by, to, or about Wyndham Lewis, covering all aspects of his career and life. Includes one of two known proof copies of his novel The Roaring Queen, which was withdrawn before publication; unpublished novels, short stories, essays, and notebooks; and manuscripts and notes for Lewis's published books The Apes of God, Self...

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[n.p.] Synopsis of a short story or novel set in an imaginary city-state in Renaissance Italy. In the hand of Agnes Bedford.

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[London?, Toronto?, Windsor?] An outline of a novel set in the Italian Renaissance, centering on the development of warfare technology, though otherwise a fairly conventional "historical novel."

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[London] Five of the eight stories listed appeared in "Unlucky for Pringle."

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[n.p.] Probably a talk given by Lewis on B.B.C. radio. The draft has corrections in Lewis' hand.

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[n.p.] Appears to be an outline from the book to aid in the adaption of the storyline to another format.

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[London] Additional dialogue composed for the B.B.C. adaptation of "Tarr" made in 1956. The draft manuscript is in the hand of Agnes Bedford.

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[n.p.] Possibly a radio play, characters speaking have been identifies as Bertha and Kreisler.

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[London] Lewis was asked to contribute to the newspaper, "Die Tat", published at Zurich, on the political and social future for post-war Europe. Lewis predicts, barring an atomic disaster, the creation of an international state. Text in German and English.

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[London?]Typescript has corrections in Mrs. Lewis' hand.