From the Collection: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
Published / Created:
1908
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1400
Container / Volume:
Box 43, folder 928
Image Count:
52
Description:
Autograph manuscript, with revisions, of an epilogue to the play Peter Pan, with an autograph inscription on the first leaf: "To Hilda Trevelyan, my incomparable Wendy, from J. M. B. March 1908." It was produced on one night only, February 22, 1908, at the Duke of York's Theatre, London. Published in When Wendy Grew Up, an Afterthought (Edinburgh: Nelson, 1957). Accompanied by a signed manuscript in the hand of Hilda Trevelyan explaining how the play came to be written and produced and how the manuscript was given to her, and an undated typed transcript in an orange wrapper.
From the Collection: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
Published / Created:
1908
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1400
Container / Volume:
Box 43, folder 929
Image Count:
32
Description:
Typescript, with autograph revisions and manuscript revisions in Hilda Trevelyan's hand; in gray paper wrappers. Published in When Wendy Grew Up, an Afterthought (Edinburgh: Nelson, 1957). Accompanied by a typed letter, signed, to Sydney Blow from the Assistant Comptroller (name illegible) in the Lord Chamberlain's office (May 22, 1956).
From the Collection: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
Published / Created:
1927
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1400
Container / Volume:
Box 44, folder 942
Image Count:
27
Description:
Autograph manuscript, signed, of a speech based on a short story "Jas Hook at Eton" and delivered to the First Hundred at Eton College on July 7, 1927. Published in the London Times, July 8, 1927. and in M'Connachie and J. M. B. (London: Peter Davies Limited, 1938). Accompanied by a typescript of the speech with autograph revisions.
From the Collection: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
Published / Created:
[1904]
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1400
Container / Volume:
Box 43, folder 925
Image Count:
116
Description:
Manuscript, in unidentified hand, of a condensed score featuring performance notes and markings. For the Charles Frohman production starring Maude Adams with music by John Crook, of the Duke of York's Theatre, London, and Gustav Saenger, of the Empire Theatre.
From the Collection: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
Published / Created:
circa 1935
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1400
Container / Volume:
Box 50, folder 1047
Image Count:
8
Description:
Autograph manuscript of a speech in which Barrie tells how he lost the use of his right hand and how he learned to use his left hand; the speech ends with a toast to Dr. A. Logan Turner.
From the Collection: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
Published / Created:
1925 Jan
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1400
Container / Volume:
Box 43, folder 938
Image Count:
15
Description:
Autograph manuscript of a short story originally written for publication in The Flying Carpet, which was replaced by "Neil and Tintinnabulum." It appears later in a speech, "Capt. Hook at Eton," delivered by Barrie to the First Hundred at Eton on July 7, 1927.
From the Collection: Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937
Published / Created:
1928 July 18
Call Number:
GEN MSS 1400
Container / Volume:
Box 44, folder 945
Image Count:
126
Description:
Autograph manuscript, signed, of the five-act version prepared for publication. The sixteen preliminary leaves contain Barrie's dedication/preface "To the Five," dated May 9, 1928. There are alterations in the work as published. The title inscribed on the flyleaf continues "to Cynthia Asquith from her affectionate J. M. Barrie Dec 1928" with a second presentation inscription on verso of free front endpaper: "for Simon Asquith from his mother Cynthia Asquith." Bound in brown morocco by Douglas Cockerell & Son; signed "DC & Son 1928" and enclosed in a wooden box.
