Collection Summary
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Myers, Elizabeth, 1912-1947
Elizabeth Myers Collection
1926-1952, undated
2 record center cartons (2.00 linear feet)
The collection of English novelist,
Elizabeth Myers, consists mainly of typed and handwritten manuscripts and her story
notebooks, handwritten story idea books.
English
Manuscript Collection
MS-2978
Acquisition:
Purchases, 1964-1967 (R2093, R3090, R3617)
Access:
Open for research. Part or all of this collection is housed off-site and may
require up to three business days' notice for access in the Ransom Center's
Reading and Viewing Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this
material: reference@hrc.utexas.edu.
Processed by:
Joan Sibley and Hagan Barber, 2011-2012
Note:
This finding aid replicates some information previously available only in a card
catalog. Please see the explanatory note at the end of this finding aid for
information regarding the arrangement of the manuscripts as well as the
abbreviations commonly used in descriptions.
Container List
Works:
1.1
Account rendered, signed typescript, 1 page, undated.
The basilisk of St. James’s
1.2
3 carbon typescripts / extracts, 19 pages; 17 pages; 27
pages; undated. From Chapters 10, 11, 12.
1.3-1.4
Signed typescript with handwritten revisions, 452 pages,
1942-1944 (London / Sherbourne).
1.5-1.6
Signed carbon typescript / second draft with heavy
handwritten revisions, 466 pages, 10 January 1944.
1.1
Forepages, handwritten, typed and carbon manuscript and
proofs, 18 pages, 19 July 1944.
1.7
Cameos from Manchester streets, signed typescript, 26 pages, June
1930. Twenty-two poems and essays.
1.7
Capstans and quays, signed handwritten manuscript, 10 pages,
1926-1927; title page dated 1928. Six poems.
1.7
Chaos, signed typescript, 3 pages, undated. Written on verso of
page 3: criticism by unidentified creator.
1.7
Communism - The religion of the godless, typescript / unfinished,
3 pages; handwritten and typed notes, 9 pages; typed notes, 4 pages;
undated.
1.7
Complaint, signed typescript, 3 pages, undated.
1.7
A contribution to fundamental values, carbon typescript, 8 pages,
undated.
1.7
The cork leg and the lunatic, typescript, 9 pages,
undated.
1.7
Dawn, signed carbon typescript, 8 pages, undated. Published in
John O’London’s Weekly.
1.7
The dead and the circus, carbon typescript, 12 pages,
1938.
1.7
The death of St. Stephen, first martyr, signed typescript, 2
pages, 1932.
1.7
The devil in literature, signed typescript, 1 page,
undated.
1.7
The dissatisfied client, 2 signed carbon typescripts, 10 pages
each, undated. Published in The Adelphi.
1.7
The donkey and the stars, typescript, 1 pages,
undated.
1.9
Enough life, signed typescript, 10 pages, undated.
1.8
An evening stroll: A fantasy on the life of Jonathan Swift,
signed typescript, 22 pages; signed carbon typescript, 21 pages;
undated.
1.9
The fallen star, signed handwritten manuscript, 14 pages; carbon
typescript, 9 pages; undated.
1.9
The farewell token, signed typescript, 9 pages; carbon
typescript, 10 pages; undated.
1.9
Faustina, typescript, 13 pages, undated.
1.9
A few hours’ leave, typescript, 8 pages, undated.
1.9
First impressions, signed typescript, 3 pages, 1929.
1.9
Guilty, carbon typescript, 13 pages, December 1937. Published in
Evening News.
1.10
The honorable, carbon typescript with handwritten emendations, 11
pages, undated. Published in John O’London’s Weekly.
1.10
How to write a short story, carbon typescript, 10 pages, undated.
Published in Convoy.
1.11
Hyde Park, signed typescript, 11 pages; signed typed and carbon
manuscript, 8 pages; undated. Original title Night piece.
1.10
In childhood, signed handwritten manuscript with revisions, 5
pages, undated.
1.10
In the trouble, typed and carbon manuscript 8 pages,
undated.
1.10
Jocular Joan and Honeycomb Anny, signed typescript, 7 pages,
undated.
1.10
John Redwood Anderson, carbon typescript, 14 pages, undated. For
Poetry Review.
1.10
Kids!, carbon typescript, 9 pages, 1945. Published in John
O’London’s Weekly.
1.10
Kindled, typescript, 9 pages, undated.
1.10
The link, signed typescript, 7 pages, undated.
1.10
Love, signed carbon typescript, 9 pages, January 1944. Published
in The Adelphi.
1.10
A lullaby, signed carbon typescript, 9 pages,
undated.
1.12
Metamorphosis, signed typescript, 8 pages, 1944. Published in The
wind and the rain.
1.12
Monthly accounts, signed carbon typescript, 7 pages,
undated.
1.12
Moon is only moon, carbon typescript, 7 pages,
undated.
1.12
Morning, signed typescript, 24 pages, undated.
Unpublished.
1.12
A mother’s twilight song, signed typescript, 1 page, circa
1928.
1.15-1.16
Mrs. Christopher, signed typescript with handwritten emendations,
345 pages, undated.
1.13-1.14
Mrs. Christopher, carbon typescript / final draft for printer,
347 pages, undated.
1.12
Night piece, typescript, 10 pages; carbon typescript, 9 pages;
1937. Published in English Review.
1.12
Nocturne, signed typescript, 4 pages, September 1932.
1.12
Nocturne in autumn, signed carbon typescript, 6 pages, June
1933.
1.17
Oasis, signed carbon typescript, 6 pages, undated.
1.18
Odyssey by Homer, signed handwritten manuscript / notebook with
handwritten emendations, 87 pages bound, undated. Part bi-lingual
text.
1.17
An old woman, signed typescript, 8 pages, undated.
1.17
Old woman moon, signed typescript, 10 pages, circa
1926.
1.17
Once three old friends, carbon typescript / incomplete, 9 pages,
undated.
1.17
One night of enchantment, carbon typescript, 11 pages,
undated.
1.17
Outside the blue posts, signed typescript, 14 pages,
undated.
1.19
Painting, music, the ballet, theatre, handwritten manuscript /
notebook, 37 pages bound, undated.
1.17
The Queen was in the parlour…, signed typescript, 14 pages,
undated.
2.1
Review of A sign of the phoenix by J. A. C. Ardagh, Sherborne
School prize poem, signed carbon typescript, 2 pages, undated. For
Poetry Review.
2.1
Review of A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and three other
novels, carbon typescript, 9 pages, undated. Reviewed under English
title The tree in the yard.
2.1
Review of All Hallows Eve by Charles Williams and The only door
out by Mary Wilkes, signed carbon typescript, 4 pages, 1945. For The
Adelphi.
2.1
Review of Judgement in suspense by Gerald Bullett, The dark
descent by Morwenna Donnelly, and There is always tomorrow by Norah C.
James, signed carbon typescript, 6 pages, 1946. For Time and
Tide.
2.2
Review of The art of growing old by John Cowper Powys, 2 signed
carbon typescripts, 4 pages each, 1943. Attached to one: ALS Myers to
Powys, 20 July 1943.
2.1
Review of The burning glass by Walter de la Mare, signed carbon
typescript, 4 pages, undated. Published in Truth.
2.3
Review of The letters of Llewelyn Powys, 2 carbon typescripts,
one initialed, 4 pages each, undated.
2.1
Review of The little locksmith by Katharine Butler Hathaway,
initialed carbon typescript, 9 pages, 6 april 1944. Published in John
O’London’s Weekly.
2.4
Russian tail-piece, 3 signed typescripts, two 10 pages each, one
6 pages; 1 carbon typescript, 6 pages; 1933.
2.1
Sea breezes, signed handwritten manuscript with emendations, 14
pages; signed typescript, 14 pages; undated.
2.1
See me dance the polka, signed typescript, 14 pages,
undated.
2.1
Snow, signed typed and carbon manuscript, 12 pages,
undated.
2.1
Something in the city, signed typescript with handwritten
revisions, 11 pages, undated.
2.1
Spring, initialed handwritten manuscript with revisions, 5 pages;
signed typescript, 4 pages; signed carbon typescript, 4 pages; 16
October 1932, undated.
2.1
The star in the east, carbon typescript, 6 pages,
undated.
2.1
Swift, Vanessa, and the lover of truth: Reply to John O’London’s
leader, signed carbon typescript, 3 pages, 12 March 1945.
2.5
Technique, signed typescript, 11 pages; carbon typescript, 11
pages; undated.
2.5
The threshold, signed carbon typescript, 15 pages, undated.
Published in Voyage.
2.5
Total eclipse, signed typescript, 6 pages, undated.
2.5
The toy soldier, signed typescript with handwritten revisions, 16
pages, undated.
2.5
Twilight, 3 signed typescripts, two 6 pages each, one 4 pages,
undated.
2.5
Wanted, signed typescript, 5 pages, undated.
2.6-2.7
A well full of leaves, signed typescript with handwritten
emendations, 415 pages, undated.
2.5
The white rose, carbon typescript, 8 pages, undated.
2.5
Woman in the moon, typescript, 10 pages, undated.
2.5
A working man, typescript, 5 pages, undated.
Works I:
2.8
Story notebook 1, signed handwritten manuscript / notebook with
revisions, 304 pages bound, 1937. Contents: The disintegration of a
divine; The devil in literature; Mr. Stevenson; The stain; The dead and
the circus; Faustina; The enemy; Lost property; Caged; One night;
Reflection in four mirrors; Kidnapped; Away; Justice is ‘iding; A rough
woman and a worried man; A faithful servant; Guilty; Shifting with the
wind; Passage to America; They; The kiss; Charwomen going home; She had
the last laugh.
Works II:
2.9
Story notebook 2, signed handwritten manuscript / notebook with
revisions, 342 pages bound, 1937-1938. Contents: A murderer; One of the
Arabian nights; In the trouble; Shawn the tumbler’s wife; A man with
sweets; Portrait of an old woman; Snow; An old Irish woman in the
workhouse; For services rendered; Account settled; Little fish; Mother’s
gone out; His lucky day; See me dance the polka; The lost child; Prayer;
Sentenced to life; The reformation of Rory; The toy soldier; Our Lady
and the tuneful man; The bird of paradise; Stop the machine; God’s good
and Jack’s earning; The angel that was a gangster; Monthly accounts;
Carnal of Cashel of the Kings; The witch.
Works III:
2.10
Story notebook 3, signed handwritten manuscript / notebook with
revisions, 137 pages bound, 1939. Contents: Pomegranate trees and
things; Evening news; Power; The criminal; Minton’s money; A wife; The
white rose; Portrait of a lady; In cages; Sent for; Wanted; Romance; A
catch by moonlight; Mrs. M’Ginty’s swan; Accidents will happen; A war
case.
Works IV:
2.11
Story notebook 4, signed handwritten manuscript / notebook with
revisions, 175 pages bound, 1940-1941. Contents: Review of Paris gazette
by Lion Feuchtwanger; The howl; Dawn; After dark; Hidden charm; Accent
on water; The Spanish swan; Review of Mr. Lucton’s freedom by Francis
Brett Young; Review of Basilissa by John Masefield; What religion means
to me; Review of The bright pavilions by Hugh Walpole; The old master;
Jardin public; His father’s voice; Window light; R.I.P.; Moon is only
moon; Enough to drink; The life; Autumn; A bed-time story for engineers;
Birds of fortune; Unidentified fragments.
Letters:
2.12
TccLS to the editor, The Catholic Herald, 22 February
1944.
2.12
TccLS to the editor, The Poetry Review, 18 August
1945.
Miscellaneous:
2.13
Myers, Elizabeth, 1912-1947. Book of quotations, signed
handwritten manuscript / notebook, 186 pages bound,
1928-1941.
2.14
Myers, Elizabeth, 1912-1947. Catalogue of books belonging to
Elizabeth Myers Powys, signed handwritten manuscript / notebook,
approximately 200 pages bound, undated.
2.15
Myers, Elizabeth, 1912-1947. Notes on Dostievsky, handwritten
manuscript / notes, 34 pages bound, undated.
2.15
Powys, Littleton Charles, 1874-1955. Bibliographical lists of
Elizabeth Myers’ work, handwritten and typed lists, 12 pages,
undated.
2.16-2.18
Powys, Littleton Charles, 1874-1955. The life story, writings and
letters of Elizabeth Myers, handwritten, typed, and carbon manuscript /
incomplete, 518 pages, undated.
2.19
Powys, Littleton Charles, 1874-1955. The life story, writings and
letters of Elizabeth Myers: duplicate and discarded pages, carbon
typescript / fragments, 54 pages, undated.
2.15
Rossi, Mario M. The story of Elizabeth, carbon typescript / copy,
6 pages, January 1952. Translation from the Italian in Il Tempo di
Milano.