Works by Nichols

Series III. consists of materials contributing toward the publication of works by Beverley Nichols and is divided into three subseries. The first subseries comprises manuscripts of published and unpublished dramatic works, novels, short stories, speeches, prose pieces, sketches, musical verse, and poetry, as well as some of Nichols's notes about his works. Nichols's involvement with social and political movements such as disarmament are also represented. The manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by title. Project folders often contain multiple drafts: where possible discrete drafts have been identified; however, no attempt was made to arrange the drafts chronologically. Titles applied to project folders during processing appear in square brackets. One folder contains untitled and/or otherwise unidentified manuscript material, some of which are fragments. The second subseries contains materials related to Nichols's musical compositions, which includes scores and manuscript material. The third subseries consists of materials contributing to the production of Nichols's published works arranged into two groupings: illustrations and proofs. Included in the series are illustrations for two of Nichols's garden works, Merry Hall (1953) and Green Grows the Garden (1939), marked for layout purposes and Nichols's advance uncorrected proofs of his 1933 collection of plays titled Failures . The set of proofs for Failures includes the original preface by Nichols, much of which was cut for final publication. Within the two groupings, material is arranged alphabetically by title of the work.