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Catalogue
Rudyard Kipling
One Lady at Wairakei. Printed. f.1. From the New Zealand Herald 20.1.1936. Includes To the King and the Sea. With related press-cutting. 1/1
The Old Volunteer. Ms. f.1. Photocopy. Forgery. 1/2
Schoolboy Lyrics: De Profundis; The Night Before. Printed. f.1. 1/3
Selections from the freer verse Horace. pp.[iii, 10]. Printed for private circulation only, 1965. 1/4
Sonnet after Wordsworth. Ms. f.1. Photocopy. Two lines by Kipling. 1/5
Translations. Printed. File contains Latin versions of How the Whale got his Throat and How the Camel got his Hump, and Spanish versions of If. 1/6
... Last will and testament... 9.1.1936. Ts. ff.4. Duplicated copy. 1/7
Mrs. Kipling
- Extracts from the private diaries of Mrs. Rudyard ("Carrie") Kipling, copied from the originals at Wimpole Hall, Cambs. in 1953 by C.E. Carrington Ts. Carbon copy.
- Book 1. 1892-99. ff.32 1/8
- Book 2. 1900-08. ff.22 1/9
- Book 3. 1909-13. ff.12 1/10
- Book 3. 1914-18. ff.11 1/11
- Book 4. 1919-23. ff.11 1/12
- Book 5. 1924-26. ff.10 1/13
- Book 6. 1927-36. ff.18 1/14
... Last will and testament... 06.12.1938. Ts. ff.4. Duplicated copy. 1/15
Mrs. Bambridge
Extract of will. Ts. f.1. Photocopy. 1/16
Papers of C.E. Carrington
The life and works of Rudyard Kipling. Draft. Ts. with ms. additions and corrections. Lacks chapters 18-20, etc. 2/1-3/4
Note on manuscript sources. Ts. ff.3. 3/5
Notes and references. Original draft. Ms. ff.16. 3/6
Passages omitted or shortened at the request of the publishers...Ts., with ms corrections. ff.51. 3/7
Additions to the 3rd edition. Printed, with ms. corrections, ff.7. Galley-proofs of preface and appendices. 3/8
Life of Rudyard Kipling, collected from various sources ... Ts. ff.38. A chronology 1865-1939. Photocopy. 3/9
Second Thoughts about Kipling. Ts. Consists of: preliminaries ff.2; Introductory ff.13; 'Baa, Baa, Black Sheep', Fact or fiction ff.12; [Southsea] ff.5; Kipling and the Army in India ff.6; Manon Lescaut and The Light that Failed ff.6; chapter V - miscellaneous notes ff.13; Retrospect of The Light that Failed ff.10; The Naulahka: a novel of East and West ff.13; Kim ff.5; Pedantry about Parnesius ff.6; If ff.8; Kipling and the Empire; ff.9; Browning and Kipling ff.9; and Kipling and the critics ff.11 3/10-3/24
Lectures and Essays. Ms., ts., and printed. Include drafts, texts and press-cuttings of pieces on Kipling and on specific themes in his life and work. 4/1
Reviews. Ms., ts. and printed. Include drafts, texts and press-cuttings of pieces by C.E.C. on studies of R.K. by various hands 1937-77. 4/2
Miscellaneous Notes and Comments on R.K. Ms., ts. On individual works and life of Kipling. Include some related correspondence:
- Various subjects. 4/3
- Barrack-Room Ballads. Mainly correspondence. 4/4
- The Light that Failed. 4/5
- Sales and Earnings. 4/6
- Background notes. 4/7
- Wimpole Hall Archive
- Correspondence, principally with The National Trust, and notes, 1970-76. Ms., ts. 4/8
- Press-cuttings 1976. 4/9
Papers by Other Writers
Notes and Related Papers
The Balestiers. Notes, with some related correspondence, by C.E.C. and others. Ms., ts. 4/10
Kipling Biography. Draft synopsis by A. Lyall (1936) for proposed life by A.L. and C.E.C. Ms. ff.48. 4/11
- Kipling Chronology. Notes by M. Robertson 1936-37. Ms., ts.
- Chronology. 4/12
- Drafts for chronology. 4/13
- Time schedule for the Jungle Books. 4/14
Kipling in Vermont. Notes and correspondence, principally from H.C. Rice 1953. Ts. Includes H.C.R.'s pre-publication comments on the American chapters of C.E.C.'s life of Kipling ff.23. 4/15
Mainly Published Papers
- Pamphlets, offprints, Press-cuttings on Kipling, his works, his houses, his sister, etc.
- Pamphlets (14). 5/1
- Offprints, etc. (26). 5/2
- Press-cuttings. 5/3
- Typescripts (11). With some related correspondence. 5/4
- Press-cuttings: Reviews of Books
- Barrack-Room Ballads, ed. Carrington. 5/5
- Lives of Kipling by Birkenhead and Carrington. 5/6
- Studies of Kipling by other writers. 5/7
Other Items
Illustrations (5) 5/8
Gramophone Record. Barrack-Room Ballads. Selection (12) sung by P. Bellamy. 33 r.p.m., stereo. 12 in. 5/9
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