Brophy mss., 1962-1979
Summary Information
Repository
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Lilly Library
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
Creator
Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
TitleBrophy mss., 1962-1979
Collection No.
LMC 1849
Extent
ca. 275 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Brophy mss., 1962‑1979, consists of
the correspondence and writings of British author Brigid Brophy,
1929‑1995.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Brigid Brophy, 1929-1995, was a British novelist, essayist, critic, biographer, and
dramatist.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Major
Works; III. Notebooks; IV. Essays; V. Reviews; VI. Speeches; VII. Reprints.
Scope and Content Note
The Brophy mss., 1962‑1979, consists of the correspondence and writings of British
author Brigid Brophy, 1929‑1995. The correspondence is primarily with publishers and
editors and relates to Miss Brophy's publications. Correspondents include: Bryan
David Farrer, Ronald Fletcher, David Paradine Frost, Arnold Abraham Goodman, baron
Goodman, Giles Alexander Esme Gordon, Lawrence Grow, Caroline Hobhouse, Thomas
Michael Maschler, Derwent James May, Karl Ernest Meyer, William Targ, Violet
(Keppel) Trefusis, Fredric Warburg, Eric Walter White, Hugo Williams, Cecil Woolf,
and Francis Wyndham. An "explanation of correspondence
with Secker & Warburg" by Miss Brophy, Feb. 1979, completes this
section.
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Indexing Terms
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Names
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Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
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Brophy, Brigid, 1929-
--Correspondence.
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Farrer, David, 1906-
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Fletcher, Ronald.
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Frost, David, 1939 Apr. 7-
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Goodman, Arnold Goodman,
Baron, 1913-
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Gordon, Giles, 1940-
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Grow, Lawrence.
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May, Derwent, 1930-
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Targ, William, 1907-
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Meyer, Karl Ernest.
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Trefusis, Violet Keppel,
1894-1972.
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Warburg, Frederic, 1898-
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White, Eric Walter, 1905-
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Williams, Hugo, 1942-
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Woolf, Cecil.
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Wyndham, Francis.
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Related Material
Brophy mss. II; also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired 1979
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
Brophy mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Series:
Box 1
I. Correspondence
Arranged chronologically. Consult Manuscripts Index for dates of letters of
individual correspondents.
Explanation of correspondence with Secker & Warburg,
Feb. 1979
Series:
Box 1
II. Major Works
Arranged in alphabetical order by title. One title per folder, unless
otherwise indicated.
The Adventures of God…
(9 folders)
4 holographs, 3 carbon typescripts, 2 printer's typescripts
Beardsley and His World.
(3 folders)
2 holographs, carbon typescript, proofs
Black and White.
Holograph, carbon typescript, printer's copy
Black Ship to Hell.
(2 folders)
2 holographs
Box 2
Black Ship to Hell (cont'd).
(3 folders)
2 typescripts, reader's report
The Burglar.
(3 folders)
Holograph and typescript of early drafts, carbon typescript,
proofs
Don't Never Forget.
(5 folders)
5 carbon typescripts
"Essay on the Morning of Christ's
Nativity."
Holograph, carbon typescript
Fifty Works of English* Literature We
Could Do Without (*and American),
by BB, Michael Levey, and
Charles Osborne.
(2 folders)
Typescript, photocopy
Finishing Touch.
Holograph, typescript, proofs
Box 3
Flesh.
(4 folders)
2 carbon typescripts, typescript, proof
Hackenfeller's Ape.
(2 folders)
Holograph, carbon typescript, proofs
A Hero to His Valet.
Typescript
I
n Transit.
(9 folders)
3 holographs, carbon typescript, 2 typescripts, 2 printer's
typescripts, photocopy of proof
Box 4
Jane Austen essay.
Holograph (published in Critical Essay on JA?, 1968)
"Jane Austin Unlimited."
Carbon typescript (introduction and notes to Pride &
Prejudice, 1967)
King of a Rainy Country.
Proofs
Let Me Go.
Holograph fragment
Libretto.
(2 folders)
Holograph, typescript, 2 carbons
Love Now, Die Later.
Holograph
Mozart the Dramatist.
(9 folders)
Holograph, 4 typescripts, 2 carbon typescript, 2 proofs
"Nardalark's Wedding"
and
"Nocturne"
(poems).
Typescript and carbon typescript of each
Box 5
Palace Without Chairs.
(6 folders)
3 holographs, 3 carbon typescripts
Prancing Novelist.
(9 folders)
9 holographs
Box 6
Prancing Novelist (cont'd).
(16 folders)
Notebooks, notes, drafts
Box 7
Prancing Novelist (cont'd).
(4 folders)
Notes and drafts, proofs
Pussy Owl (children's book).
Holograph and photocopy
Religious Education in State Schools.
Lecture notes, 1966, to Fabian Society; carbon typescript and galleys
for
"Religion by Act of
Parliament"
; holograph and typescript of related lecture
given on 19 June 1970
"Saint Colette."
Holograph
The Snow Ball.
(6 folders)
2 holographs, typescript, 2 carbon typescripts, proof
Vivisection.
Holograph and carbon typescript for lecture to National
Anti-Vivisection Society on 30 May 1970, printed in
Animals' Defender 14:4, July/August
1970; typescript on cut sheets for lecture to Scottish
Anti-Vivisection Society on 5 May 1973; holograph and 2 pp. of
carbon typescript of contribution to
Animals,
Men and Morals,
published 1971; typescript and printed
of
"Brigid Brophy on Vivisection"
(pamphlet) 1970
The Waste Disposal Unit.
Holograph, typescript
Series:
Box 7
III. Notebooks
1. Arts Theatre Club Speech; misc. false starts, letter
drafts
2.
"China Eggs"
(poem); false
starts re: 1755 Lisbon earthquake; letter drafts
3. Notes on Mozart; notes on Katherine Mansfield;
"Eliot's lines oblige the ear"
[1st line
of poem];
"Country, that disdains to be
called a republic"
[1st line of poem];
"Garrison Town"
(poem)
4. Notes on Françoise Sagan; reviews:
The
New Rhythm and Other Pieces
by Ronald Firbank and
The Divine Propagandist by Lord Beaverbrook
(
London Magazine)
Box 8
5. Review of
The Perfumed Garden of the
Shaylah
Nefzawi (for
New
Statesman
); notes on British humor for
Sunday Times article; misc. false starts,
letter drafts
6. Review of
The Blue Lantern, by
Colette and other novels; letter to Mr. Cogdon re: Profumo
scandal
7. Notes on Profumo-Ward scandal; Reviews of
The Girls of Slender Means by Muriel Spark,
the film
"Assassino"
,
The President by M.A. Asturias, and other
books
8. Notes on My Mother for
Sunday
Telegraph
article; programme notes for
La Serva Padrona by Pergolesi
9. Article on Mersey Sound 1750 for
New
Statesman
; reviews of
The Lonely
Life
by Bette Davis and
Mrs.
Grundy
by Peter Fryer
10. Reviews of
Our Lady of the
Flowers
by Jean Genet (for
London
Magazine
), television program
"Hugh and I,"
The Train by Simenon,
You Are Not The Target by Laura A. Huxley
for
New Statesman; letter drafts; review
of
The somnambulists by Janice Elliot;
Open letter to Director of Public Prosecutions
11. Notes on Katherine Mansfield;
"Funeral Oration"
(poem);
"Recruits"
(poem);
"Officer's
Wife"
(poem);
"The Officer"
poem)
12. Reassessment of Aldous Huxley (radio); reviews of
The Brickfield by L.P. Hartley,
Love In Our Time by Vincent Brome,
Under the Skin by Nina Bawden,
The Lord of Burleigh by Elizabeth
Inglis-Jones
13. Review of
Henry James and His
Cult
, by Maxwell Geismar;
"I
asked to share your bed..."
[1st line of poem];
"Monument"
(poem); letter drafts; review
of
The Two Faces of January by Patricia
Highsmith for
New Statesman
14. Review? of
The Gallery by
Horne Burns for
Sunday Times; talk,
Oxford Union
15. Article on Henry Miller; talk at Slade School of Art,
University College, London; letter drafts; draft for BB vita; Mozart
notes; reviews of
Medusa by EH Visiak,
The Purple Cloud by MP Shiel and
A Voyage to Arcturus by David
Lindsay; review of
Face of a Stranger by
Diana Marr-Johnson
16. Notes on Lisbon--notes and draft
17.
"A Modern Myth of
Violence?"
(article on crime novels); letter drafts; review
of
Textures of Life, by Hortense Calisher
and other books; review of
The Serpent by
Jane Gaskell
18. Notes for speech at Trinity College, Dublin
19. Talk on art; talk on Simenon; Talk on novels; reviews of
Tale for the Mirror by Hortense
Calisher and
The Collector by John
Fowles
Series:
Box 8
IV. Essays
1.
"Citizens, beware."
Daily Mail, May 7, 1971.
Holograph, typescript
2.
"Dear Dutch Friend,"
undated.
Typescript
3.
"I often wonder…"
TV Times, Jan. 17, 1973.
Holograph, typescript
4.
"I would say at a guess…"
undated.
National Secular Society brochure. Typescript
5.
"It was on a February night in
1874…"
Times, 1976
Holograph
6.
"Lucio Silla…"
Listener, Mar. 29, 1973.
Holograph
7.
"My personality…"
Contribution to Bookmarks, edited by F. Raphael, 1974
Holograph, typescript
8.
"One of the most imperative
reasons…"
undated.
Carbon typescript
9. Essay on Clodius & Clodia.
Sunday Times, Mar. 9 [no year].
Galley
Series:
Box 8
V. Reviews
1.
The George Bernard Shaw Vegetarian
Cookbook
, ed. by R.J. Minney.
Listener, Sept.
1972.
Holograph, typescript
2.
Summer Overtures, by Clive
Murphy.
Spectator, Mar. 26, 1976.
Holograph
3.
"Records"
[on Weber].
Listener, Aug.
31, 1972.
Holograph, galley
4.
"A Roman PR Machine."
Review
of
Cicero by D.R. Shackleton Bailey.
Listener, Dec. 9, 1971.
Holograph, galley
Series:
Box 8
VI. Speeches
1.
"It is commonly believed…"
NCCL Children's Rights Conference, Mar.
11, 1972.
Carbon typescript
2.
"I do not believe that the
authors…"
National Secular Society, Oct. 3, 1972.
Carbon typescript with corrections. Copy of
The Freethinker, Vol.92, No. 42, Oct. 14, 1972 with
article about the meeting
3.
"...I am delighted to be opening a
fashion show…"
23 Sept. [no
year]
Holograph. Flyer for fashion show
4.
"I don't know if many…"
undated.
Holograph.
5.
"If a researcher…"
UFAW
symposium, undated.
Holograph
6.
"Last July…"
[on her
Black Ship to Hell] undated.
Holograph
7.
"...Woman myself"
(To
Authors Club?) undated.
Holograph
Series:
Box 8
VII. Reprints
1. Our Impermissive Society. Reprint from
Mosaic, Jan.
1968 1:2
2.
"My relations with Horace…"
Reprint from
Arion, Summer/Autumn 1970 9:2&3
