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Identifier: Series 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This archive contains business correspondence and miscellanea relating to Geoffrey Bles, the publisher of various works by C.S. Lewis. Prominent correspondents include: C.S. Lewis, Jocelyn Gibb, Owen Barfield, J.R.R. Tolkien, Warren H. Lewis, Clyde S. Kilby, Nevill Coghill, Spencer Curtis Brown, and Austin Farrer. Topics discussed in the correspondence include notes on the publication of Lewis’s works, permissions and copyright agreements, translations, dramatizations, fan mail, and general...
Dates: Created: 1952-1974

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Geoffrey Bles, Edward T. Dell Jr., Robert Epp, Waldir C. Luz, Warren H. Lewis, Jocelyn Gibb, Jane Douglass, and P.D. Gwynne-Jones., 1952-1954

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
Scope and Contents

Topics: Mere Christianity, The Chronicles of Narnia (The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, The Horse and His Boy), various translations, royalty totals, Narnia dramatization proposals, Miracles, The Great Divorce, The Screwtape Letters, and The Problem of Pain. 80pp.

Dates: Created: 1952-1954

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Jocelyn Gibb, and Spencer Curtis Brown, 1955

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
Scope and Contents

Topics: The Screwtape Letters, Surprised by Joy, royalty totals, George MacDonald: An Anthology, book sales statistics, translations, Abolition of Man, Joy Davidman. 56pp.

Dates: Created: 1955

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Jocelyn Gibb, Curtis Brown, Warren H. Lewis, Milton Waldman, John Green, BBC, and Blackwell publisher, 1956

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
Scope and Contents

Topics: Surprised by Joy, translations, Till We Have Faces, The Great Divorce, royalty totals, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe dramatization. 99pp.

Dates: Created: 1956

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Jocelyn Gibb, Episcopal Book Club, BBC, Warren H. Lewis, Bessie McKim, Eyre and Spottiswoode Publishers, Macmillan Company, Canon Roger loyd, W.B. Pitcher, Dom Gerard Helwig, Associated Examining Board, April 1958-December 1958

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
Scope and Contents

Topics: Reflections on the Psalms, Miracles, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe dramatization, royalty totals, Till We Have Faces, translations, Pilgrim's Regress. 90pp.

Dates: Created: April 1958-December 1958

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Anthony E. Davies, Jocelyn Gibb, Woman’s Own magazine, BBC, Curtis Brown, Arthur Mendt, Warren Lewis, and the United Church of Christ in Japan., January-August 1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
Scope and Contents

Topics: The Screwtape Letters, Miracles, The Pilgrim’s Regress, Broadcast Talks, Surprised by Joy, Till We Have Faces, royalties, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe dramatization, The Four Loves, and translations. 48pp.

Dates: Created: January-August 1959

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Curtis Brown, Joycelyn Gibb, Milton Waldman, W. Suschitzky, and Roger Lloyd, September-December 1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
Scope and Contents

Topics: The Four Loves The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe dramatization, “The Efficacy of Prayer,” The World’s Last Night, The Screwtape Letters, Screwtape Proposes a Toast, and Miracles. 76pp.

Dates: Created: September-December 1959

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Roger Lloyd, Jocelyn Gibb, William Collins (Overseas), William Neil, Willard Hill, Curtis Brown, Warren Lewis, National Library for the Blind, Collins Publishers, C.D. Fettes, and the Royal National Institute for the Blind, January-July 1960

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
Scope and Contents

Topics: Reflections on the Psalms, Miracles, The Four Loves, translations, The Screwtape Letters, Screwtape Proposes a Toast, and royalties. 66pp.

Dates: Created: January-July 1960

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Jocelyn Gibb, The British Council, Macmillan Company, Curtis Brown, Roger Lloyd, William W. Watt, Jennifer Heath, J.R. Taylor, Milton Waldman, Christopher Derrick, Alan F. Mackenzie, and Wendy Hunter, August-December 1960

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
Scope and Contents

Topics: The Screwtape Letters, Screwtape Proposes a Toast, The Four Loves, Reflections on the Psalms, and The World’s Last Night. 62pp.

Dates: Created: August-December 1960

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Alan F. Mackenzie, Curtis Brown, Jocelyn Gibb, Rosemary Stein, The Jesuit Bulletin (Gesuiti), Guild of Methodist Braillists, Collins Publishers, Curtis Brown, Brockhampton Press, Francisco Osorio, National Library for the Blind, David W. Hawkins, Christopher Derrick, Toshio Hirunuma, Celia Cook, and Matlock Mercury, January-June 1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
Scope and Contents

Topics: Miracles, Reflections on the Psalms, The Four Loves, The Screwtape Letters, Screwtape Proposes a Toast, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis book proposal (2 oversize sheets), translations, and They Asked for a Paper92pp.

Dates: Created: January-June 1961

Correspondence between Jocelyn Gibb, The Episcopalian / Edward T. Dell, Prentice-Hall / Guy Brown, The Macmillan Company / Clement Alexandre, Curtis Brown, and the Federal Broadcasting Corporation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, July-August 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
Scope and Contents

Topics: The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast. 16pp. (The transcript for the radio broadcast of “C.S. Lewis on The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan, recorded September 11, 1962, transmitted on November 14, 1962 was removed and is now stored in the C.S. Lewis manuscript collection. See CSL / MS-182).

Dates: Created: July-August 1962

Correspondence between Church Pastoral-Aid Society / Timothy Dudley- Smith, Sunday Times / Jocelyn Baines, George-Day, Sarah Herndon, Macmillan / Clement Alexandre, Curtis Brown, C.S. Lewis, Prentice-Hall / Guy Brown, Jocelyn Gibb, Associated TeleVision Limited / Sara-Ann Pelly, and Collins Publishers, September-December 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: Folder 14
Scope and Contents

Topics: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe television version, permissions, The Screwtape Letters and Screwtape Proposes a Toast, and a proposed religious essays compilation. 51pp.

Dates: Created: September-December 1962

Correspondence between BBC / Jean M. Bishop, Jocelyn Gibb, Roger Lloyd, AudioVision Developments (Oxford) Ltd., Christopher Derrick, C.S. Lewis, Jocelyn Gibb, Collier-Macmillan, Penguin Books, Curtis Brown, and Bishop J.W.C. Wand., February-June 1963

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: Folder 15
Scope and Contents

Topics: Pilgrim’s Progress radio talk, royalties, Children’s Talking Library, Letters to Malcolm. 45pp.

Dates: Created: February-June 1963

Correspondence between C.S. Lewis, Kay Tuel, Harcourt Brace and World / Jeannette E. Hopkins, Eerdmans, BBC / Rev. R.T. Brooks, Macmillan / Clement Alexandre, Roger Lloyd, Warren Lewis, Curtis Brown, Jocelyn Gibb, AudioVision Developments (Oxford) Ltd., The Authors’ Alliance – Heritage Book Society for Children, Richard Simon, Christopher Derrick, This Day magazine, Faber and Faber, and The British Weekly, November-December 1963

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17
Scope and Contents

Topics: reprints, new Lewis book idea, death of C.S. Lewis, royalties, Letters to Malcolm, A Grief Observed, and translations. Includes an article on Letters to Malcolm by J.B. Phillips, two obituaries on Lewis, and two publisher blurbs on Letters to Malcolm. 52pp.

Dates: Created: November-December 1963

Correspondence between: The Bodley Head, Margaret Nicholson, William B. Eerdmans, Vivienne Gill, Warren Lewis, Austin Farrer, Curtis Brown, Jocelyn Gibb, Nevill Coghill, Hill-Aire Productions, Dabney Hart, Stella Bourne Webb, J.A.W. Bennett, Ann Sheldon, John Lawlor, Clyde S. Kilby, Owen Barfield, J.L.H. Stisted, J.B. Phillips, Jerome I. Meyers, Kay Davison, Collins Publishing, Diane Seydoux, BBC, Judy Van Gieson, Jack Deuner, and Roger Lloyd., May-July 1964

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: Folder 21
Scope and Contents

Topics: books about C.S. Lewis, discussion about unpublished Lewis manuscripts, Letters to Malcolm, Surprised by Joy, Mere Christianity – translations, Narnia film rights, Reflections on the Psalms, and Screwtape Letters. Also contains a Lewis poem entitled “Ichabod.” 88pp.

Dates: Created: May-July 1964

Correspondence between: Jocelyn Gibb, Curtis Brown, John Lawlor, Nevill Coghill, R.W. Ladborough, Austin and Katherine Farrer, Walter Hooper, Chad Walsh, and J.A.W. Bennett, January-February 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: Folder 24
Scope and Contents

Topics: dramatizations, permissions, Letters from C.S. Lewis, Light on C.S. Lewis, Poems by C.S. Lewis, C.S. Lewis bibliography, Eye of the Moon, and Joy Davidman. Includes a report on The Letters of C.S. Lewis by Christopher Derrick. 64pp.

Dates: Created: January-February 1965

Correspondence between: Nevill Coghill, Curtis Brown, Chad Walsh, Owen Barfield, J.A.W. Bennett, Collins Publishers, Jocelyn Gibb, Veronica Simmons, Austin Farrer, Veronica Simmons, Colin Gregory, David Hayes, John Lawlor, and Medium Aevum, March-April 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: Folder 25
Scope and Contents

Topics: Light on C.S. Lewis, The Letters of C.S. Lewis, and general reference questions and fan mail. 65pp.

Dates: Created: March-April 1965

Correspondence between: Austin Farrer, J.A.W. Bennett, Jocelyn Gibb, John Lawlor, The Witness magazine, Owen Barfield, Roger W. Ladborough, Christopher Derrick, Curtis Brown, Chad Walsh, Kathleen Raine, Nevill Coghill, Stella Bourne Webb, May-June 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: Folder 26
Scope and Contents

Topics: general reference questions and fan mail, Light on C.S. Lewis, Letters of C.S. Lewis edited by Warren Lewis, Screwtape Letters play. 66pp.

Dates: Created: May-June 1965

Correspondence between: Jocelyn Gibb, Austin Farrer, Roger Lloyd, J.A. W. Bennett, John Lawlor, Kathleen Raine, Roger W. Ladborough, Christopher Derrick, Warren H. Lewis, Henry Willink, Curtis Brown, Maureen Dunbar, Owen Barfield, BBC, and Clyde S. Kilby, July-August 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: Folder 27
Scope and Contents

Topics: Light on C.S. Lewis, Letters of C.S. Lewis edited by Warren Lewis, general reference questions and fan mail, and a listing of Narnia foreign translations. 86pp.

Dates: Created: July-August 1965

Correspondence between: John Lawlor, Jocelyn Gibb, Christopher Derrick, Anthony Curtis / The Sunday Telegraph, Warren H. Lewis, Adam Fox, Austin Farrer, BBC, H.A. Humphrey publishers, Nevill Coghill, Harcourt Brace & World, Marion C. Thorpe, Roger Lloyd, J.A.W. Bennett, Roger W. Ladborough, Ifor Evans., January-April 1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: Folder 30
Scope and Contents

Topics: Letters of C.S. Lewis (including some notes and correspondence about complimentary copies), general reference questions and fan mail. 69pp.

Dates: Created: January-April 1966

Correspondence between: Jocelyn Gibb, Christopher Derrick, Mrs. L.J. Thorpe, John Lawlor, Austin Farrer, Roger Lloyd, Warren H. Lewis, Sister Penelope, R.V. Short, Clyde S. Kilby, Margery Gladding, May-August 1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: Folder 31
Scope and Contents

Topics: general reference questions and fan mail, Letters of C.S. Lewis (corrections, notes, etc.), complimentary copy notes, dramatization of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Of Other Worlds. Includes a copy of the marriage certificate between C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. 64pp.

Dates: Created: May-August 1966

Correspondence between: Jocelyn Gibb, Roger Lloyd, C.B. Mortlock, Frank G. Doubleday, Margery Gladding, C.S. Lewis (copied letters), Warren H. Lewis, Mark Twain Journal, Harcourt, Brace & World, Constance Babington-Smith, John Lawlor, W.H. Smith & Son, Roger W. Ladborough, Donald L. Welsh, Curtis Brown, Owen Barfield, and David Stewart / R.B. Sween Company Publishers, September-December 1966

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: Folder 32
Scope and Contents

Topics: general reference questions and fan mail, complimentary copy notes, Light on C.S. Lewis, Letters of C.S. Lewis, Essays and Stories, dramatizations of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and The Great Divorce. 76pp.

Dates: Created: September-December 1966

Miscellanea, 1964-1971

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: Folder 35
Scope and Contents Map of “The Wild Lands of the North” by Pauline Baynes from The Silver Chair, bibliography of Lewis’s works (by Walter Hooper?), handwritten notes in unidentified hand, biographical paragraphs on the contributors in Light on C.S. Lewis, book review of Light on C.S. Lewis by Dom Bede Griffiths (The Month, May 1966), “Plan for a Special C.S. Lewis Collection” by...
Dates: Created: 1964-1971

Geoffrey Bles Publishers Archive

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Wade-A-114
Abstract

This archive contains business correspondence and miscellanea relating to Geoffrey Bles, the publisher of various works by C.S. Lewis.

Dates: Created: 1952-1974