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Box 1

 Container

Contains 47 Results:

Correspondence, 1940-1995

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Series 1
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2 folders

Dates: Created: 1940-1995

Correspondence relating to Ruth Spalding and Charles Williams, 1940-1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: Folder 1
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including a letter from Michal Williams. 9pp.

Dates: Created: 1940-1962

Works by Charles Williams, 1938-1942

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Series 2
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5 folders

Dates: Created: 1938-1942

Portrait of Charles Williams, 1959-1979

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Series 3
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9 folders

Dates: Created: 1959-1979

"Anne: John: Ruth" poem by Williams, August 1942

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: Folder 3
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Handwritten in unknown hand, and typescript. 2pp. (See also: Williams manuscript #441, Williams Papers folders 74 and 227, and Ruth Spalding Collection folder 7.)

Dates: Created: August 1942

"The Church Looks Forward" article by Williams. , July 1940

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Identifier: Folder 4
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St. Martin’s Review, No. 593 July 1940, 329-332. 5pp. (photocopies)

Dates: Created: July 1940

Correspondence relating to Ruth Spalding and Charles Williams, 1975-1995

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: Folder 2
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11pp.

Dates: Created: 1975-1995

"Portrait of Charles Williams" script, compiled and narrated by Ruth Spalding, September 13, 1961 (9:20-10:20pm)

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Identifier: Folder 8
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BBC Third Programme Feature. Produced by Terence Tiller. Remembrances by several individuals, including C.S. Lewis, T.S. Eliot, and others. 34pp.

Dates: Created: September 13, 1961 (9:20-10:20pm)

"Portrait of Charles Williams" script, compiled and narrated by Ruth Spalding, 1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: Folder 9
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Rehearsal copy? Rehearsal scheduled for September 8, 1961. 23pp.

Dates: Created: 1961

Works About Charles Williams, 1945-1991

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Series 4
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10 folders

Dates: Created: 1945-1991

Eliot, T.S. "Introduction to All Hallows 'Eve", ca. 1948

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: Folder 17
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Undated typescript. 10pp.

Dates: Created: ca. 1948

Gresham, William Lindsay. "untitled article on the novels of Williams", n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: Folder 18
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3pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Drama & Theater Materials, 1939-1996

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Series 5
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9 folders

Dates: Created: 1939-1996

The House by the Stable scripts, n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Identifier: Folder 5
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2 typed versions: one copied from Seed of Adam, the other from the BBC (adaptation by Richard Martin). Includes a typed note. 55pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

"The Order of the Co-inherence" list by Williams, n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: Folder 6
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1p. (See also: Williams manuscript #7)

Dates: Created: n.d.

"Aims and Objects of the Rock Theatre Company" and "The Co-Operative Company", ca. 1943

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: Folder 27
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Drawn up with the help of Charles Williams during "Man and Superman" ENSA tour, Autumn 1943. 5pp.

Dates: Created: ca. 1943

Miscellanea, 1959-1997

 Series — Box: 1
Identifier: Series 6
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5 folders

Dates: Created: 1959-1997

"Portrait of Charles Williams" related materials, including: , ca. September 1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Identifier: Folder 10
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broadcast announcement cards, cast list, newsclippings from the Radio Times, receipts from the BBC, and handwritten notes by Ruth Spalding. 37pp.

Dates: Created: ca. September 1961

Correspondence lists relating to “Portrait of Charles Williams,” and interview questions, ca. 1960

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: Folder 11
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The lists note which people received letters, summary of replies, and some address information. 20pp.

Dates: Created: ca. 1960

Charles Williams Society materials, 1995-1997

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: Folder 36
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Including: pamphlets about the society, programs, conference materials, and a document relating to the creation of the society. 9pp.

Dates: Created: 1995-1997

Heath-Stubbs, John. "Charles Williams." Writers and their Work No. 63. London: The British Council and the National Book League, 1955

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: Folder 19
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Includes a pamphlet on the "Writers and their Work" series. 2 pamphlets.

Dates: Created: 1955

Spalding, Anne. "CW in Oxford", 1978

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: Folder 20
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Written for Georgette V. [Versinger?]. Handwritten photocopy with annotations. 2 copies. 6pp.

Dates: Created: 1978

Two book inscriptions by Williams: , 1938-1942

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: Folder 7
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He Came Down From Heaven (signed May 1938), and The Forgiveness of Sins (Anne: John: Ruth poem, dated August 1942. See also: Williams manuscript #441, Williams Papers folders 74 and 227, and Ruth Spalding Collection folder 3.) 5pp.

Dates: Created: 1938-1942

The Death of Good Fortune fliers, presented by the Pilgrim Players, n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: Folder 28
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3 copies. 3pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Frontiers of Hell notes and advertisement, Undated and February 10, 1996

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
Identifier: Folder 29
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See also Williams manuscript #440. 3pp.

Dates: Created: Undated and February 10, 1996

Correspondence relating to “Portrait of Charles Williams,” filed alphabetically by last name, 1960-1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: Folder 12
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Correspondents include: Margaret Douglas, T.S. Eliot, Austin Farrer, Christopher Fry, Victor Gollancz, Alice Mary Hadfield, Gerard Hopkins, Donald Houston, C.S. Lewis, Dick Milford, Phyllis Potter, Anne Ridler, Robert Speaight, J.R.R. Tolkien, Hugh? Ron Williamson, Olive Willis. 38pp.

Dates: Created: 1960-1961

Correspondence relating to "Portrait of Charles Williams," filed by date., 1959-1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: Folder 13
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40pp.

Dates: Created: 1959-1961

Notes by Ruth Spalding on various topics relating to Charles Williams, n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 37
Identifier: Folder 37
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mostly handwritten. 27pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Scenes from Nativity Plays compiled by John Sherwood, November 17, 1959

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 38
Identifier: Folder 38
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European Productions, EBC European Division. 10pp.

Dates: Created: November 17, 1959

Spalding, Ruth. "Charles Williams: Our Wartime Lodger", March 1, 1988

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: Folder 21
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Handwritten, Oxford C.S. Lewis Society lecture notes. 19pp.

Dates: Created: March 1, 1988

Spalding, Ruth. "The Lodgers: Some Recollections of Charles Williams" (alternate title: "Charles Williams as I Knew Him."), 1977-1981

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: Folder 22
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Five copies in various draft stages, some revisions. 30pp.

Dates: Created: 1977-1981

The House by the Stable, The Death of Good Fortune, and Terror of Light , undated and ca. 1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
Identifier: Folder 30
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Aadvertisements, list of performance venues, and one page of notes by Ruth Spalding. 11pp.

Dates: Created: undated and ca. 1939

Pilgrim Players informational pamphlets, 2 versions, 3 copies, 1941

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Identifier: Folder 31
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Also includes notes on the Pilgrim Players, and an article titled "While Bombs Fall on England" by Fred Eastman (Motive, September 1941) 3 pamphlets, 7pp.

Dates: Created: 1941

Service of Thanksgiving program in celebration of the centenary of William's birth, September 20, 1986

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 39
Identifier: Folder 39
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St. Mary the Virgin Church, Oxford. 2pp.

Dates: Created: September 20, 1986

St. Alban Christian Study Centre Programme Pamphlets. , 1994-1995

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 40
Identifier: Folder 40
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Chapter House, St. Alban's Abbey. 2 pamphlets.

Dates: Created: 1994-1995

Stancliffe, Canon Michael. "Charles Williams" (Westminster Abbey, London), March 24, 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: Folder 23
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(Westminster Abbey, London. 4pp.

Dates: Created: March 24, 1965

Taliessin Through Logres articles: , 1946

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: Folder 24
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book review by C.S. Lewis (The Oxford Magazine, March 14, 1946), "The Affirmation of Images" by Valerie Pitt (Mandrake 3, Oxford May 1946), "Charles Williams on Taliessin Through Logres" by Glen Cavaliero (n.d., includes 2 copies of notes by Williams intended for C.S. Lewis). 32pp.

Dates: Created: 1946

Royalties of House by the Stable, Grab & Grace, Seed of Adam, and The Toree Temptations, December 12, 1961

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
Identifier: Folder 32
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1p.

Dates: Created: December 12, 1961

Seed of Adam materials, ca. 1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
Identifier: Folder 33
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Including: transcript notes by Williams, advertisements, brochure from the Summer Conference of the S.C.M. (July 1939), and published version of play with notes by Raymond Hunt. See also: Williams manuscripts 390, 393. 46pp.

Dates: Created: ca. 1939

Various articles about Williams, 1945-1991

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: Folder 25
Scope and Contents “The Novels of Charles Williams” by G.E., book review of Charles Williams, Selected Writings (Times Educational Supplement, June 2, 1961), “A Poet in Oxford” by Frederic Vanson (Bucks Berks Oxon Life Thames Valley Countrside, Vol. 11, No. 52, December 1971), “Oxford’s Beer and Baccy Brigade” by John Carey (The Sunday Times, October 29, 1978), “A Poet and Mentor...
Dates: Created: 1945-1991

Versinger, Georgette. “Études Critiques: Charles Williams.”, 1965

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: Folder 26
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Études Anglaises. Paris, France: Didier. 1 booklet, and includes a 1p. letter from the author, December 21, 1965.

Dates: Created: 1965

The Three Temptations play program, Vanbrugh Theatre with R.A.D.A., Autumn 1962

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
Identifier: Folder 34
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Includes cast lists and performance schedule. 1 program.

Dates: Created: Autumn 1962

Tobias and the Angel play program, The Pilgrim Players, n.d.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
Identifier: Folder 35
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1 program.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Ruth Spalding Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Wade-A-46
Abstract

This archive contains materials from the Spalding family relating to Charles Williams, particularly in the areas of drama, secondary materials about Williams, and the 1961 BBC radio broadcast of “A Portrait of Charles Williams.”

Dates: Created: 1938-1997