Stewart, J.I.M. mss., 1954-1991
Summary Information
Repository:
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
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Creator
Stewart, J. I. M. 1906-
TitleStewart, J.I.M. mss., 1954-1991
Collection No.
LMC 2429
Extent
ca. 2250 items
Language
Materials are in English
Abstract
The Stewart, J.I.M. mss., ca. 1954-1991,
consists of correspondence, financial accounts, and manuscripts of writings by
author and Oxford University don, John Innes Macintosh Stewart,
1906-1994.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Stewart took his MA at Oriel College, Oxford, and then
taught English at Leeds University, the University of Adelaide in South Australia,
Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland, and finally Oxford University where he became
emeritus in 1973. Stewart had a distinguished
career both as a scholar and a novelist. He first began writing mystery novels in
the 1930s,using the
pseudonym Michael Innes, and over the next fifty years produced highly acclaimed
literary biographies of Thomas Hardy and Rudyard Kipling, as well as five other
volumes of literary history and criticism; four volumes of short stories; twenty-two
works of fiction under his real name; more than fifty novels as Michael Innes;
numerous reviews for the
Times Literary Supplement and
other journals; a series of radio scripts and dramas; and an autobiography titled
Michael Innes and Me: A Memoir.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II.
Royalties and other financial records; III. Writings, which includes diaries,
lectures, talks and reviews; and, IV. Printed.
Scope and Content Note
The correspondence is both personal and professional for the latter period of his
life, including extensive files with his literary agent A.P. Watt and English
publisher Victor Gollancz. Also present are financial files involving royalties and
tax statements, bills and receipts; a few photographs of Stewart and family;
manuscripts, drafts, and some proofs for thirty-six of his published works; a
detailed writing diary along with writing
"time-lines"
; manuscripts for more than fifty talks and lectures on
literature, literary topics, or specific authors; and hundreds of reviews, some in
manuscript, some in proof copy and many as clippings or press cuttings. Of
particular and special interest are the writing diaries where he describes in great
detail the development of characters, the decisions made about what to write next
and what to put down for awhile, the various projects that are going on almost
simultaneously, the number of words written each day, beginning and completion dates
of specific books including projections along the way about how many chapters will
be present and completed on what days. It is quite simply a remarkable body of
documentation of a writer's working habits.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Purchase. 1997
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Stewart, J.I.M. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Series:
Box 1
I. Correspondence
General/personal, 1969-1991
(3 folders)
Correspondence with literary agents and publishers (A.P. Watt,
Gollancz, etc.), concerning publications, new editions of works,
solicitations and submissions of articles, etc., 1975-1990
(10 folders)
Series:
Box 2
II. Royalties and other financial records
Accounts received through A.P. Watt Ltd., 1973-1987
(10 folders)
Box 3
Publishers:
Publishers, A - C
(1 folder)
A.P. Watt, 1988-1989. Payments, statements direct from
publishers
(2 folders)
Clarenden Press, 1961-1975
(1 folder)
Dodd Mead, 1959-1985
(1 folder)
Publishers, F - N
(1 folder)
Oxford Univ. Press, 1976-1986
(1 folder)
Penguin Books, 1973-1984
(1 folder)
Publishers, R - V.G. Wort
(1 folder)
Victor Gollancz, Ltd., 1966-1985
(10 folders)
Viking Press, 1976-1985
(1 folder)
W.W. Norton, 1958-1985
(1 folder)
Weidenfield, 1974; Werner
Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 1976-1980
(1 folder)
Taxes:
Correspondence with tax accountants, 1975-1986
(2 folders)
Tax accounts/records, 1964-1986
(2 folders)
Foreign tax exemptions, 1980-1983
(1 folder)
Miscellaneous tax-related
(1 folder)
Bills, receipts, etc.
Insurance notices and receipts
(1 folder)
Property and home related, 1960s-1985
(1 folder)
Receipts and vouchers, bank
(1 folder)
Oxford University pay vouchers, 1977-1986
(1 folder)
Pension payments, 1981-1982
(1 folder)
Receipts, misc.
(1 folder)
Miscellaneous financial materials
(1 folder)
Miscellaneous, re: Oxford (class lists)
(1 folder)
Series:
Box 4
III. Writings
Subseries:
Published works. Arranged alphabetically
An Acre of Grass (Gollancz, 1966). Notes and cancelled pages; printer's
manuscript.
(3 folders)
Ampersand Papers (Gollancz, 1978). Printer's ms.; page proofs.
(3 folders)
Andrè (see Parlour 4 and Other Stories)
Andrew and Tobias (Gollancz, 1980).
"own
typescript"
(photocopy); printer's ms.
(2 folders)
Appleby and Honeybath (Gollancz, 1983). Paste-up ms., T.D.; printer's ms.
(2 folders)
Appleby and the Ospreys (Gollancz, 1986). Paste-up ms., T.D.; printer's ms.; uncorrected
proofs, 6 May
1986.
(3 folders)
The Appleby File: Detective Stories (Gollancz, 1975). Manuscript, T.(carbon) D.;
printer's ms.
(2 folders)
Box 5
Appleby's Answer (Gollancz, 1973). Printer's ms.
(2 folders)
Appleby's Other Story (Gollancz, 1974). Printer's ms.; proofs for Penguin edition,
1976
(3 folders)
Avery's Mission (Gollancz, 1971). Draft ms., T.D.; photocopy of ms. with
corrections:
"Approx. as finally revised
for V.G"
;
"Foul
papers"
; printer's ms.
(6 folders)
An Awkward Lie: A Bobby Appleby Story (Gollancz, 1971). Printer's copy
(2 folders)
The Bridge at Arta and Other Stories (Gollancz, 1981). Photocopies of stories; printer's
ms.
(2 folders)
Box 6
Carson's Conspiracy (Gollancz, 1984). Original paste-up; printer's ms.
(3 folders)
A Change of Heart (see: Cucumber Sandwiches)
Cucumber Sandwiches and Other Stories (Gollancz, 1969). A Change of Heart, drafts;
"The Men,"
drafts; ms. T.D.;
printer's copy
(7 folders)
Flannel Foot (unpublished?). Notes, press-cuttings, etc.;
original paste-up
(2 folders)
Full Term (fifth vol. of
"A
Staircase in Surrey"
quintet) (Gollancz, 1978). Original T.D.; paste-up;
printer's copy
(6 folders)
Box 7
The Gaudy (Gollancz, 1974) (first of
"A Staircase
in Surrey"
quintet). Printer's ms.; page proofs;
"scraps."
(4 folders)
The Gay Phoenix (Gollancz, 1977). Printer's ms.; uncorrected proof.
(3 folders)
[Going It Alone] (Gollancz, 1980). Printer's ms.
The Guardians (Gollancz, 1957). Printer's ms.;
"Earlier version (p.134 to the end)"
Honeybath's Haven (Gollancz, 1977). Printer's ms.; uncorrected proof.
(3 folders)
The Last Tresilians (Gollancz, 1963). Original typescript; carbon, drafts,
cancels.
(4 folders)
Box 8
Lord Mullion's Secret (Gollancz, 1981). T.D. (final?); printer's ms.
(2 folders)
Madonna of the Astrolabe (fourth of
"A Staircase in Surrey"
quintet)
(Gollancz, 1977). Paste-up ms.;
printer's copy.
(6 folders)
Mark Lambert's Supper (Gollancz, 1954). Printer's ms.
(1 folder)
A Memorial Service (third of
"A
Staircase in Surrey"
quintet) (Gollancz, 1976). Paste-up ms.; printer's
copy.
(6 folders)
Box 9
A Memorial Service, cont. Printer's copy; printer's T.D.,
copy 2--carries different corrections and some new
pagination.
(3 folders)
Mungo's Dream (Gollancz, 1973). Paste-up ms.; photocopy of ms.
(6 folders)
My Aunt Christina and Other Stories (Gollancz, 1983). Copies from other published
versions; paste-up ms.; printer's copy.
(4 folders)
Box 10
Myself and Michael Innes: A Memoir (Gollancz, 1987). Printer's copy.
(2 folders)
The Mysterious Commission (Gollancz, 1974). Original T.D.; printer's copy.
(4 folders)
The Naylors (Gollancz, 1985). Paste-up ms.; photocopy, pp.1-50
(3 folders)
An Open Prison (Gollancz, 1984). Original ms., T.D.; paste-up ms. (printer's
copy?); page proofs.
(5 folders)
Our England is a Garden and Other Stories (Gollancz,
1979). Printer's
copy
(2 folders)
A Palace of Art (Gollancz, 1962). Paste-up ms.
(2 folders)
Box 11
A Palace of Art, cont. Printer's copy
(2 folders)
Parlour 4 and Other Stories (Gollancz, 1985). André (2 - A.D. and T.D.); Tom
Dick and Harry (drafts); printer's ms.; page proofs.
(4 folders)
Pelly and Cullis. Proofs only
Sheiks and Adders (Gollancz, 1982). Paste-up; printer's copy.
(3 folders)
A Staircase in Surrey.
"Scraps"
(2 folders).
see also: The Gaudy; Young Pattullo; A Memorial Service; The
Madonna of the Astrolabe; Full Term, and Writing diary
Vanderlyn's Kingdom (Gollancz, 1967). Original T.D.;
"drafts & scraps."
(6 folders)
Box 12
A Villa in France (Gollancz, 1982). Draft of 1st 60pp., T.D.; photocopy of ms.;
printer's copy.
(5 folders)
Young Pattullo (Gollancz, 1975) (second of
"A
Staircase in Surrey"
quintet). Original ms. - paste-up;
printer's copy.
(6 folders)
Subseries:
Box 12
Diaries
Writing diary, 1968-1985
(7 folders)
Writing diary: notes, outlines, etc.
Writing diary
Gaston, Paul. Interview of J.I.M. Stewart, 1983-1985
2 transcript versions, corrected by J.I.M.S.
Box 13
Writing timelines
Subseries:
Box 13
Lectures and Talks. Arranged in alphabetical order by subject or
title.
The Beginnings of the Novel (1976)
Forster, E.M.
(2 lectures)
James, Henry
(5 lectures)
Box 14
Johnson, Samuel (1976)
(7 lectures - 2 folders)
Joyce and Lawrence
Joyce Cary and Graham Greene
Keats
(5 lectures - 2 folders)
Milton (1975)
(3 lectures)
Peacock
(5 lectures - 2 folders)
Poets Laureate
Shakespeare Criticism: Dryden to Coleridge
(5 lectures)
Shakespeare's Sonnets
(5 lectures)
["Speech days"]
Strachey, Lytton
Victorian Novels
(6 lectures - 2 folders)
Woolf, Virginia
(4 lectures - 2 folders)
Subseries:
Box 14
Other Writings and fragments
The Danish Tragedy (radio drama) 1958
Fragments:
Discoveries in Shakespeare (radio dramas) 1953
Memoirs: discarded
[unidentified] book-length fragment (part of
memoirs?)
Sterne, Mackenzie, & Smollett, 1976
Fragments of lectures, speeches, criticism,
etc.
misc. short story materials
Reviews. Typescripts or carbons of article-length
reviews
Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape, by Anne
Thwaite
"Thomas Hardy: The Major Novels"
Henry James Letters. vol III, (galley); vol.
IV
[Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien] ed. Humphrey
Carpenter
"Edgar Wallace, 1875-1932."
T.D. and tear sheet from
The Times
Saturday,
February 6, 1982, here
titled
"The exploits of Edgar
Wallace"
Wilson, Angus.
Diversity and Depth in
Fiction: Selected critical writings of Angus Wilson,
ed.
by Kerry McSweeney. T.D.
Box 15
Reviews (removed from notebooks). Typescripts, carbons,
printed
(3 folders)
Reviews, miscellaneous. Typescripts and photocopies of
typescripts
(6 folders)
Reviews. Proofs
Penzler, Otto, ed.
Great
Detectives.
Proofs of
"John
Appleby"
entry by Michael Innes
Series:
Box 15
IV. Printed
"Press cuttings,"
1954-1978. Removed from notebooks
(2 folders)
(articles mostly about Stewart, but some are by him)
Press cuttings, not from notebooks
Two magazines with J.I.M. Stewart articles
Book review journals with Stewart articles and reviews, 1980-1986. Chiefly
London Review of Books; also 2 issues
of
TLS, and 2 issues of
The Washington Post Book World