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University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives

Ref: MS 425

Title: Literary remains of the writer Arthur Eaglestone aka Roger Dataller

Scope: Papers from the life and works of Arthur Eaglestone (1892-1980), worker in the

Yorkshire steel and mining industries, Oxford scholarship student, author, and adult educator

with the WEA and the University of Sheffield’s Department of Extramural Studies. The material

includes both manuscript and printed works, scripts for radio broadcasts, correspondence, and

personal and family papers

Dates: 1920s-1990s

Level: Fonds

Extent: 10 boxes and 19 books

Name of creator: Arthur A Eaglestone, 1892-1980; later items from family members

Administrative / biographical history:

Arthur Eaglestone was born in Parkgate, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, in 1892. His father had

a soft drinks business, which the young Arthur worked in after he left school at the age of 13.

After a short while in the family business, Arthur spent 12 years employed in a steel works,

followed by several years as a timekeeper in the underground office of New Stubbin Colliery.

While he was working there, he wrote “From a pitman’s notebook”, which was published in

1925 under the pseudonym Roger Dataller. On the strength of this, Arthur Eaglestone won a

Miners’ Welfare Scholarship to New College, Oxford, which he attended as a student from

1928-1931.

After leaving Oxford with a BLitt degree, Eaglestone returned to South Yorkshire to work first

of all for the WEA as a lecturer in English literature, and then as a staff tutor for the Extramural

Department of the University of Sheffield. During this time he pursued a writing career,

producing works of fiction, drama, literary criticism and history, as well as two further

autobiographical works. He wrote many short stories and articles for newspapers, and some

scripts for radio broadcasts. For a number of years he served as President of the Association of

Yorkshire Bookmen.

After retirement in 1957, Arthur Eaglestone published a book on the history of Rockingham

pottery, co-written with his son-in-law. He also worked on a further autobiography called “A

Yorkshire Lad”, but this was never published. He died in 1980.

Related collections: Tom Hague Papers; Sheffield Voices Project

Source: From two family donors in 2011, and accrual in 2016

System of arrangement: By category as loosely arranged by Andrew Lockett; material from

Ruth Hunt incorporated into the same scheme

Subjects: Literature & drama – England – South Yorkshire – 20th century; Coal mines and

mining – England – South Yorkshire; Adult education; Rockingham pottery

Names: Eaglestone, Arthur A (Arthur Archibald), 1892-1980; Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980

Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment

Restrictions: None

Copyright: According to document

Finding aids: Listed

Literary remains of the writer Arthur Eaglestone aka Roger Dataller

Outline listing

Books

425/1 Published books : accompanying material

425/2 Other published material

425/3 Unpublished manuscripts

425/4 Loose-leaf short stories, scripts, broadcasts

425/5 Poetry

425/6 Rockingham pottery

425/7 Cartoons

425/8 Miners’ Welfare National Scholarship Scheme

425/9 Legal agreements

425/10 Testimonials and employment

425/11 Membership of societies

425/12 Miscellaneous

425/13 Correspondence

425/14 Newspaper cuttings

425/15 Family papers

Literary remains of the writer Arthur Eaglestone aka Roger Dataller

Itemised listing

Each item has the donor’s initials in brackets as follows:

AL Andrew Lockett

RH Ruth Hunt

Abbreviations:

AAE Arthur A Eaglestone

EME Muriel Eaglestone, Arthur Eaglestone’s wife

RH Ruth Hunt, Arthur Eaglestone’s elder daughter

IL Isabel Lockett, Arthur Eaglestone’s younger daughter

Books

1

An anthology of modern prose. Edited by A J J Ratcliff. London : Thomas Nelson and Sons

Ltd, [1936]. (Modern Anthologies ; no 1)

Contains three pieces by Roger Dataller, pp 104-121:

“Water in the mine”, from Uncouth swain, October 1933

“Leaving the mine”, from A pitman looks at Oxford, February 1933

“A mining girlhood”, from Oxford into coalfield, 1934

(AL)

2

More modern short stories. London : Lovat Dickson Ltd, [1936]

Contains a piece by Roger Dataller, pp 292-308:

“Gemini”

(AL)

3

New English short stories. Edited by E J O’Brien. London : Jonathan Cape, [1935]


“Prince of Obolo”

Inscribed Roger Dataller, 1936

(AL)

4

The worker’s point of view : a symposium. With a preface by C T Cramp. London : Leonard

and Virginia Woolf at The Hogarth Press, 1933


“The individual employer versus the Joint Stock Corporation”

Inscribed AA Eaglestone, 1933

(AL)

5

Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The prince of Obolo : a comedy. [A play in four acts]. London : J

M Dent and Sons Ltd, 1935

(AL)

6

Dodds, Ruth, 1890-1976. The pitman’s pay : a historical play in four acts. London : The Labour

Publishing Co Ltd, 1923

Inscribed by the author, 1927

(AL)

7

Boden, Frederick C. Miner. London : J M Dent and Sons Ltd, 1932

Inscribed C [or O] M Foster

Additional copy in Western Bank Library, 3B 823.91 (B), copy number 146302101

(AL)

8

Boden, Frederick C. Pit-head poems. With a preface by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. London ;

Toronto : J M Dent and Sons Ltd, 1927

Inscribed Arthur A Eaglestone, 1928

Additional copy in Western Bank Library, 3B 821.91 (B), copy number 146300901

(AL)

9

Lawson, Jack [John James Lawson, Baron Lawson, 1881-1965]. A man’s life. London :

Hodder and Stoughton, 1932

Inscribed A A Eaglestone, 1933

(AL)

10

Harrison, Norman. Once a miner. London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1954

(AL)

11

Tomlinson, G A W. Coal-miner. With a preface by Arthur Bryant. (2nd impression) London :

Hutchinson & Co Ltd, [1937]

Inscribed F Sokell

Additional copy in Western Bank Library, 338.272 (T), copy number 200127890

(AL)

12

The best British short stories 1933, and the yearbook of the British, Irish, and colonial short

story. Edited by Edward J O’Brien. Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933

Inscribed Roger Dataller, Dec 1933

(AL)

13

Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Three industrial plays. London : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd,

1936 (The Nelson Theatre. Section 4. Miscellaneous plays ; no 2)

(AL)

14

Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. A pitman looks at Oxford. London : J M Dent and Sons Ltd, 1933

(AL)

15

Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Uncouth swain. London : J M Dent and Sons Ltd, 1933

Inscribed Roger Dataller 1933

(AL)

16

Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Steel saraband. London : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1938

(AL)

17

Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Drama and life. London : Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1938

(Series: Discussion books ; no 3)

(AL)

18

Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The plain man and the novel. London : Thomas Nelson and Sons

Ltd, 1940 (Series: Discussion books ; no 44)

(AL)

19

Eaglestone, Arthur A (Arthur Archibald), 1892-1980. Forward, the baggage. Marple, Cheshire

: Overdale Publications, 2004

(AL)

425/1 Published books: accompanying material

1/1 3 items found loose inside More modern short stories:

Poem “Song”, by Arthur A Eaglestone

Poem “Music”, by Arthur A Eaglestone

Poem “Performance”, by Svengali

Printed and ts. 3 l. (AL)

1/2 Photocopied pages, clipped together:

From Boden’s “Miner”: pp 98-101 and 138-141

Part of the poem “Hady bells” from Boden’s “Pithead poems”: page 9 only

Part or whole of a poem from Boden’s “Out of the coalfields : further poems” (NB not in this

collection. Publication details: London : J M Dent and Sons Ltd, 1929): page 25.

Printed. 5 l. (AL)

1/3 Correspondence and draft review, regarding request to Roger Dataller from

Workers’ Educational Association, for a review of Norman Harrison’s “Once a miner”. Found

inside the book. Ts. 3 l. (AL)

1/4 Boden, Frederick C. A pitman at Oxford (review of Dataller’s “A pitman looks

at Oxford”). From an unknown publication, annotated “All Souls Mag, Sept ‘33”. Printed. 1 l.

(AL)

1/5 Correspondence (undated, but 1988 or later), and notes regarding John

Betjeman’s review of Dataller’s “A pitman looks at Oxford”, May 1933. Ts. 2 l. (AL)

1/6 Newspaper review by B Ifor Evans of Dataller’s “From a pitman’s notebook”.

Undated. (AL)

1/7 Photocopied pages from: Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. From a pitman’s note

book. New York : The Dial Press, 1925. Pages 5-271; p 148-9 duplicated, pp 268-9 missing.

(AL)

1/8 Manuscript: Forward, the baggage, by Arthur Eaglestone. Title page,

Foreword, Chapters I to XXII. Ts with annotations. Over 500 pages, most numbered. (AL)

425/2 Other published material

2/1 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The outlaw snatchers. From: The World’s Best

Boys’ Annual (undated). Manchester : Allied Newspapers Limited. Cover, contents pages, and

pp 57-69. Printed. 9 l. (AL)

2/2 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Mr Flame takes a holiday. Printed. 4 l. (AL)

2/3 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The watchman. From: The Bermondsey Book

(undated). Printed. 3 l. (AL)

2/4 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Prince of Obolo. From: The London Mercury

(undated). Printed. 6 l. (AL)

2/5 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Mr Lawrence and Mrs Woolf. From Essays in

Criticism, vol 8, no 1, January 1958. Oxford : Basil Blackwell. 3 copies of reprint. (AL)

2/6 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Elements of D H Lawrence’s prose style. From:

Essays in Criticism, vol 3, no 4, October 1953. Oxford : Basil Blackwell. 2 copies of reprint; 1

copy of journal issue, but with Dataller article missing. (AL)

2/7 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The after-meeting. From: The Adelphi, vol 2, no

8, January 1925. 1 copy of reprint; 1 copy of complete journal issue, including Dataller short

story, pp 659-665. (AL)

2/8 The Adelphi, vol 1, no 8, January 1924. Includes: Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980.

From a miner’s journal (autobiography), pp 711-718. (AL)

2/9 The Adelphi, vol 28, no 4, 3rd quarter 1952. Includes: Dataller, Roger, 1892-

1980. Eastwood in Taos (literary criticism), pp 673-681. (AL)

2/10 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Yogi (incomplete). From: The Adelphi

[December 1933], pp 189-192. Printed. 2 l. (AL)

2/11 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The inquiry. From: The Adelphi [undated], pp

129-135. Printed. 4 l. (AL)

2/12 The Highway : the journal of the Workers’ Educational Association, vol 44,

December 1952. Includes: Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. D H Lawrence and the collier, pp 104-

109. (AL)


January 1953. Includes: Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. D H Lawrence and the collier (continued),

pp 149-154. (AL)


December 1955. Includes: Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Intuitional history, pp 42-45. 2 copies.

(AL)

2/15 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. How to make history “real”. [From: The

Highway?], pp 20-21. Printed. 2 l. (AL)

2/16 Newspaper cuttings from the Manchester Guardian, of short stories by Roger

Dataller. (AL):

2/16/1 The greasers. 3/1/1928

2/16/2 Thus to revisit. 10/2/1928

2/16/3 Nail day. 2/3/1928

2/16/4 The scholarship. 10/10/1928

2/16/5 The pumpman. 29/1/1929

2/16/6 The shot-firer. 4/9/1929

2/16/7 Matches. 24/9/1929

2/16/8 Children of light. 28/11/1929

2/16/9 The winder. 3/3/1931

2/16/10 The disc. 20/6/1933

2/16/11 The bloodstone. Undated

2/16/12 The box-hole. Undated

2/16/13 The last word. Undated

2/17 Newspaper cuttings from The Methodist Recorder, of short stories by Roger

Dataller (AL):

2/17/1 Old Abraham’s centenary : another Havertown story. 20/8/1925

2/17/2 In Havertown : Martin Wainwright. 24/9/1925

2/17/3 In Havertown : ploughman’s rise. 10/12/1925

2/17/4 The jumble sale. 10/6/1926

2/17/5 “Methody” : a visionary story. 5/8/1926

2/17/6 Flotsam. 2/9/1926

2/17/7 Cottage night. 16/9/1926

2/17/8 The festival. 28/10/1926

2/17/9 Disaster. 4/11/1926

2/17/10 The prizes. 2/12/1926

2/17/11 The tryst : a night in old Flanders. 9/12/1926

2/17/12 New lamps. 23/12/1926

2/17/13 The cripple. 30/12/1926

2/17/14 The glutton. 6/1/1927

2/17/15 Three men. 20/1/1927

2/17/16 God’s adjustment. 27/1/1927

2/17/17 The breaking point. 23/6/1927

2/17/18 The little white duck. 11/8/1927

2/17/19 Landmarks and memories. 15/9/1927

2/17/20 The price of wax : an old-time story. 29/9/1927

2/17/21 Afternoon at Cloomber : a local preacher’s idyll. 13/10/1927

2/17/22 Gervase Barlow. 27/10/1927

2/17/23 Time’s fool : a locksmith’s Christmas romance. 8/12/1927. 2 l.

2/17/24 The second daughter of Seth Carrington : the story of a Christmas party.

22/12/1927

2/17/25 The heritage : a story of the “forty-five”. 12/1/1928

2/17/26 As unto one of these : how the storm brought Jemmy Todhunter home.

2/2/1928

2/17/27 Glimmering wicks : a fireside chat about folk who are too slow for a wedding.

23/2/1928

2/17/28 Under the arch : a story of two points-of-view. 8/3/1928

2/17/29 Ah Foo : a Chinese exile in an English village. 12/4/1928

2/17/30 The castle hill. 17/5/1928

2/17/31 The recitation. 16/8/1928

2/17/32 The pedlar : a story of early Methodism. 13/9/1928

2/17/33 A bit o’ lace. 4/10/1928

2/17/34 Ronald Burbage’s night out. 29/11/1928

2/17/35 Miss Brennan’s ghost. 6/12/1928

2/17/36 The substitute : the story of a village concert and what came of it. 10/2/1929

2/17/37 The farm that Jack kept. 17/1/1929

2/17/38 Buried talent. 24/1/1929

2/17/39 David Selman’s idea. 31/1/1929

2/17/40 A night at Bruges. 7/2/1929

2/17/41 Anne’s fortune. 7/3/1929

2/17/42 Mrs Dumble’s reconciliation. 4/4/1929

2/17/43 Carriage and pair. 25/4/1929

2/17/44 Breaking through. 16/5/1929

2/17/45 Honeymoon. 8/8/1929

2/17/46 The capture of Jeremy Bolter. 22/8/1929

2/17/47 The secret room. 29/8/1929

2/17/48 The birthday party. 12/9/1929

2/17/49 The watchman : the story of a man of action. 26/9/1929

2/17/50 My son Ralph : the story of a father’s hope. 3/10/1929

2/17/51 “In such a night” : the story of a debtor. 17/10/1929

2/17/52 The friendly house : the story of an ancestor’s example. 28/11/1929

2/17/53 A squire of dames : a story of Methodism in its early days. 12/12/1929. 2 l.

2/17/54 On eagles’ wings : the story of a trusted miner. 6/2/1930

2/17/55 The proud man. 6/3/1930

2/17/56 The signal. 27/3/1930

2/17/57 Living alone. 1/5/1930

2/17/58 He also serves … . 8/5/1930

2/17/59 The one talent : a true story. 29/5/1930

2/17/60 Judy. 19/6/1930

2/17/61 Boulton and son. 10/7/1930

2/17/62 The life-line. 11/9/1930

2/17/63 Old John’s “Bunyan”. 18/9/1930

2/17/64 Abner’s chimney. 25/9/1930

2/17/65 Samuel’s way. 2/10/1930

2/17/66 “That flieth by night”. 9/10/1930

2/17/67 Unfinished symphony. 23/10/1930

2/17/68 The old horse. 6/11/1930

2/17/69 Experience. 20/11/1930

2/17/70 The weighing clerk’s midnight visitor : the story of “a very perfect gentle

knight”. 27/11/1930

2/17/71 The fortune of the Perrivales : a Christmastide story. 4/12/1930

2/17/72 The preceptor. 18/12/1930

2/17/73 The fog. 1/1/1931

2/17/74 ‘Gene ‘Rasmus Robinson. 8/1/1931

2/17/75 The “rent-man” : the chronicle of a day’s collection. 5/2/1931

2/17/76 The piano. 5/3/1931

2/17/77 Seth Wooler’s redemption. 19/3/1931

2/17/78 The plumbline : the story of a trial sermon. 25/6/1931

2/17/79 The ambulance man. 9/7/1931

2/17/80 The pattern. 20/8/1931

2/17/81 By bread alone … . 27/8/1931

2/17/82 The revelation : the story of a man who sang. 24/9/1931

2/17/83 Active service : the record of an eerie hour. 1/10/1931

2/17/84 The revelation. 22/10/1931

2/17/85 The cry : the story of an interrupted meeting. 29/10/1931

2/17/86 The bag. 12/11/1931

2/17/87 The indispensable. 26/11/1931

2/17/88 God rest you merry, gentlemen! : the story of a bygone Christmas. 3/12/1931

2/17/89 The Christmas present. 17/12/1931

2/17/90 The secret of Barstable Farm. 7/1/1932

2/17/91 The kindly light. 21/1/1932

2/17/92 The bookstall. 11/2/1932

2/17/93 First offender : a night story. 25/2/1932

2/17/94 The unforeseen event. 10/3/1932

2/17/95 Where your treasure is. 31/3/1932

2/17/96 The extra shift. 7/4/1932

2/17/97 The extra mile : the story of a Sunday night ride. 14/4/1932

2/17/98 The soft answer. 28/4/1932

2/17/99 The lovely thing : a story of two choirmasters. 26/5/1932

2/17/100 The last word. 2/6/1932

2/17/101 The trust. 9/6/1932

2/17/102 The fourth evening : a seaside story. 11/8/1932

2/17/103 The human document. 25/8/1932

2/17/104 God’s deputy. 8/9/1932

2/17/105 An exceeding great haul. 6/4/1933

2/17/106 The bluebell wood : a tale of nature’s “soft answer”. 25/5/1933

2/17/107 The substitute : a tale of a Sunday School procession. 22/6/1933

2/17/108 Billy Emery – Cupid : the tale of a Christmas tree. 7/12/1933

2/17/109 The new road. 4/1/1934

2/17/110 The knocker-up. 10/5/1934

2/17/111 The final voice. 31/5/1934

2/17/112 The custodian. 14/6/1934

2/17/113 The locked door. 28/6/1934

2/17/114 The quiet garden. 12/7/1934

2/17/115 The burning bush. 11/10/1934

2/17/116 The “messenger”. 25/10/1934

2/17/117 The dark stairway. 3/1/1935

2/17/118 The irreconcilable. 24/1/1935

2/17/119 The prodigal. 14/2/1935. 2 l.

2/17/120 Jane Hopkins – that’s all. 7/3/1935

2/17/121 The little cottage. 4/4/1935

2/17/122 The strange rocket. 13/6/1935

2/17/123 The Pine Mount mystery : a tale of holiday adventure. Chapter 1. 1/8/1935

2/17/124 The Pine Mount mystery : a tale of holiday adventure. Chapter 2. 8/8/1935

2/17/125 The Pine Mount mystery : a tale of holiday adventure. Chapter 3. 15/8/1935.

[Further chapter(s) missing]

2/17/126 The reunion. 3/10/1935

2/17/127 No wreckage! 6/8/1936

2/17/128 The mighty man : a mining story. 20/8/1936

2/17/129 The dark lane. 8/10/1936

2/17/130 The grandfather : a story of a mining village. Undated

2/17/131 The hallowed garden : a story of early Methodism. Undated

2/17/132 Extra help. Undated

2/17/133 The god-father. Undated

2/17/134 Canning Row. Undated

2/17/135 In Havertown : that boy of Morrison’s. Undated

2/17/136 [In] Havertown : how Mrs Worrall got her shilling. Incomplete and undated

2/18 Other newspaper cuttings, of pieces by Roger Dataller, AAE, or where author

is unnamed. (AL):

2/18/1 The pony, by Roger Dataller. Short story in Lansbury’s Labour Weekly,

20/6/1925

2/18/2 The headstone, by Roger Dataller. Short story in Lansbury’s Labour Weekly,

4/7/1925

2/18/3 Elder, by Roger Dataller. Short story in Lansbury’s Labour Weekly, 18/7/1925

2/18/4 The last witness, by Roger Dataller. Short story in Lansbury’s Labour Weekly,

22/8/1925

2/18/5 The numbers, by Roger Dataller. Short story in Lansbury’s Labour Weekly,

3/10/1925

2/18/6 Book review, by Roger Dataller, of Raymond W Postgate’s “Murder, piracy

and treason”. Lansbury’s Labour Weekly, 31/10/1925

2/18/7 Betty Swallow, by Roger Dataller. Short story in Lansbury’s Labour Weekly,

2/10/1926

2/18/8 In the coalfields : how it looks to the miner, by Roger Dataller. Article in The

Manchester Guardian, 30/11/1927

2/18/9 Yorkshire pudding : the genuine thing, by RD. Article in a Manchester paper,

25/3/1930

2/18/10 The fiddler, by Roger Dataller. Short story in The Methodist Times, 9/8/1928

2/18/11 The miner in literature, by Roger Dataller. Article in The Miner, 16/7/1927. 2

copies

2/18/12 Mary’s lamb, by Roger Dataller. Short story in The Miner, 27/8/1927

2/18/13 Review, by Roger Dataller, of Frederick C Boden’s “Pit-head poems”.The

Miner, 24/9/1927

2/18/14 The absentee, by Roger Dataller. Short story in The New Leader, 20/2/1925

2/18/15 Michael’s luck, by Roger Dataller. Short story in The New Leader, 16/4/1926

2/18/16 In a mining village, by Roger Dataller. Short story in The New Leader,

4/6/1926

2/18/17 The piano, by Roger Dataller. Poem in The New Leader, 5/8/1927. [See

425/5/1/1 for manuscript copy of the poem “At the piano”]

2/18/18 Furnaces, by Roger Dataller. Poem in The New Leader, 8/10/1926

2/18/19 Are mining villages immoral?, by Pitman. Article in The Sheffield

Independent, 17/12/1929

2/18/20 Steel or wood? Two sides of pit prop problem, by Pitman. Newspaper is

probably The Sheffield Independent, 18/10/1929

2/18/21 The pit-prop problem : why miners object to steel, from a mining

correspondent [not named]. Newspaper unknown; dated 26/10/1929

2/18/22 Reformer and his wife : the wind below Hathersage, by Roger Dataller.

Unnamed newspaper, but probably a local Sheffield paper. 26/7/1929

2/18/23 Ordeal by combat, by Roger Dataller. Series: Sketches from life, in The

Westminster Gazette, 6/10/1927

2/18/24 The bearded miner’s story, by Roger Dataller. Series: Sketches from life [The

Westminster Gazette], undated

2/18/25 The pit-bottom boy, by Roger Dataller. Series: Sketches from life [The

Westminster Gazette], undated

2/18/26 Hugo the rat-catcher, by Roger Dataller. Series: Little interviews. Newspaper

unnamed (but could be The Westminster Gazette). Undated

2/18/27 Rabindranath Tagore : the unfolding of a religious life, by AAE. Report on

talk by Tagore in Oxford. Unnamed newspaper (but could be The Methodist Recorder?),

12/6/1930

2/18/28 The stranger, by Roger Dataller. Short story. Newspaper unnamed and undated

2/18/29 Job Sergeant’s way, by Roger Dataller. Short story. Newspaper unnamed, and

undated

2/18/30 Articles in The Church Times, on the Oxford University Mission; authors

unnamed. 13/2/1931

425/3 Unpublished manuscripts

3/1/a-b Dear Miss Burney by Roger Dataller. Play based on the life of Fanny Burney.

Front sheet; 4 unnumbered pages; Scene 1, pp 1-14; Scene 2, pp 15-22; Scene 3, pp 23-35;

Scene 4, pp 36-48; Scene 5, pp 49-60. Ts (with a few annotations). Original and photocopy of

the original. (RH, AL)

3/2 Alice Hepplewhite

3/2/1 The journal of Alice Hepplewhite 1786-1795 (as transcribed by A A

Eaglestone). Cover; Title page; Preface; each year 1786 to 1795 in a separate enclosure;

handwritten notes with title page The journal of Alice Hepplewhite 1786-1795 : an imaginative

exercise (as transcribed by Arthur A Eaglestone). Most pages numbered. Ts (annotated) and

ms. (AL)

3/2/2 The journal of Alice Hepplewhite 1786-1795. Title page, then divided into 10

sections, one for each year. Most pages numbered. Ts (with some annotations). [Original was

in a blue plastic folder, with the title page, and the 10 sections, each in folders.] Photocopied

from the original. (RH)

3/2/3 The journal of Alice Hepplewhite 1786-1795: an imaginative exercise as

transcribed by Arthur A. Eaglestone. Cover; Title page; (suggestions) Illustrations; Foreword;

each year 1786 to 1795; Appendix. Most pages numbered. Ts with ms annotations. (AL, 2016)

3/3 Cartwright family

3/3/1 Major John Cartwright : his place in contemporary radical movements by A A

Eaglestone. All enclosed in torn brown paper cover: Title page; Contents; Chapter 1 to part

way through chapter 8, pp 1-237; 7 unnumbered pages; Bibliography, 7 pages. Incomplete. Ts

(with some annotations). (AL)

3/3/2 Wool Knowledge : the journal of wool education, Summer 1953. Includes:

Chaloner, W H (William Henry). The Cartwright brothers : their contribution to the wool

industry, pp 15-21; together with letter from Chaloner to AAE, 20 Oct 1953. (AL)

3/4 A Yorkshire Lad by Roger Dataller. Title page; Contents page; Chapters 1-8,

pp 1-97; Chapters 9-14, 68 unnumbered pages. Ts. (RH)

3/5 Steel Saraband screen play

3/5/1 Hard steel. Screen play by Lydia Hayward, adapted from the novel Steel

Saraband by Roger Dataller. G H W Productions, D & P Studios, Denham, Middlesex. Ts in

black cover. (AL)

NB Further copy of the screen play (which is more or less the same text, but with some

additions and other small differences) is at 425/16/2/2.

3/5/2 Material found together with the screen play (AL):

5 photographs from the film, with folder;

2 letters dated 1941, G H W Productions to AAE

425/4 Loose leaf short stories, scripts, broadcasts

4/1 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The metal masters : a chronicle play of steel, to a

background of Sheffield and district. Ts. 24 l. (AL)

4/2 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980 and Machin, Frank. The machine makers : a

dramatic exercise in three episodes. Ts. 47 l. (AL)

4/3 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The Maltese cross : a play based upon the novel,

The Spoils of Poynton, by Henry James. Ts script in a handwritten folder. (AL)

4/4 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Honeymoon express. A drama. 2 copies. Ts. 2 sets

of 8 l. (AL)

4/5 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Holiday reading. BBC talk, August 1937, Ts with

annotations. 13 l. (AL)

4/6 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Authorship and industry. Ts with annotations and

notes. 13 l. (AL)

4/7 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. A pitman looks at Oxford. Ts with annotations. 4

l. (AL)

4/8 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The deputy : the man and his work. Ts with


4/9 [Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980]. The watched lamp. Ts with annotations. 10 l.

(AL)

4/10 Radio series Pithead chronicles, in 6 parts, about the mining industry. Some

dialect material. Incomplete.

4/10/1 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pit-head chronicles : synopsis. Ts. 5 l. (AL)

4/10/2 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pit-head chronicles : II Seth Burgin’s match. Ts

with annotations. 10 l. (AL)

4/10/3 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pit-head chronicles : III Sam – his bath. Ts with


4/10/4 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pit-head chronicles : V Ranskill’s retirement. Ts


4/10/5 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pit-head chronicles : VI Rube’s extra shift. Ts


4/11 Radio series: Northern programme, Pithead stories, in 6 parts

4/11/1 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pithead stories: 1 The manager’s tale. Broadcast

from Sheffield 25/7/1936. Ts. 11 l. (AL)

4/11/2 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pithead stories: 2 The deputy’s tale. Broadcast


4/11/3 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pithead stories: 3 The collier’s tale. Broadcast

8/8/1936. Ts. 11 l. (AL)

4/11/4 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pithead stories: 4 The dataller’s tale. Broadcast


4/11/5 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pithead stories: 5 The stableman’s tale. Broadcast

from Leeds 19/8/1936. Ts. 12 l. (AL)

4/11/6 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pithead stories: 6 The watchman’s tale. Broadcast

from Leeds 29/8/1936. Ts. 14 l. (AL)

4/12 Radio series: Northern programme, Northern portrait gallery

4/12/1 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Northern portrait gallery: Ebenezer Elliott.

Broadcast from Sheffield 27/12/1936. Ts. 6 l. (AL)

4/12/2 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Northern portrait gallery: Samuel Bamford.

Broadcast from Sheffield 2/5/1937. Ts. 11 l. (AL)

4/13 Radio series: Northern programme, Pit Lane Tales

4/13/1 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pit lane tales: 1 Gone west. Broadcast 9/9/1937.

Ts. 10 l. Further copy of this item. Ts. 12 l. (AL)

4/13/2 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pit lane tales: 2 Seccombe’s box. Broadcast from

Sheffield, announced at Manchester, 19/9/1937. Ts. 9 l. Further copy of this item. Ts. 10 l.

(AL)

4/13/3 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Pit lane tales: 3 Star chimney. Ts. 10 l. (AL)

4/14 Radio series: Northern programme, Told on the night shift, about the steel

industry. Read by Wilfred Pickles

4/14/1 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Told on the night shift: 1 The furnaceman.

Northern Programme and National Programme (repeat), broadcast 9/7/1938 and 30/7/1938. Ts.

12 l, and a compliment slip. (AL)

4/14/2 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Told on the night shift: 2 The grasped nettle.

Broadcast 3/8/1938. Ts. 12 l. (AL)

4/14/3 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Told on the night shift: 3 God rest ye merry

gentlemen! Broadcast 14/8/1938. Ts. 12 l, and a compliment slip. (AL)

4/14/4 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Told on the night shift: 4 The rhubarb leaf.

Broadcast 28/8/1938. Ts. 12 l, and a compliment slip. (AL)

4/14/5 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Told on the night shift: 5 After midnight. Northern

Programme and Regional Programme (repeat), broadcast 14/9/1938 and 15/9/1938. Ts. 12 l,

and a compliment slip. (AL)

4/14/6 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Told on the night shift: 6 The mechanical muse.

Northern Programme and Regional Programme (repeat), broadcast 25/9/1938 and 29/9/1938.

Ts. 12 l, and a compliment slip. (AL)

4/15 Radio series: History into news [sometimes News into history]. Eye-witness

accounts of historical events

4/15/1 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The eye-witness : 1 The great Sheffield flood.

Rough script of broadcast. Ts with annotations. 13 l. (AL)

4/15/2 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. News into history: IV John Wesley is here. Ts


4/15/3 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. News into history: V T’county election. Ts with


4/15/4 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. History into news: VI Mr Branwell Brontë revisits

the Black Bull, Haworth. Ts with annotations. 13 l.

Found together with this item: an untitled piece, beginning on page 2, about a Luddite attack

on William Cartwright’s mill at Rawfolds, near Huddersfield, in 1812. Note that this incident

was described by Charlotte Brontë in her novel “Shirley”. Ts with annotations. 11 l. (AL)

4/15/5 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. History into news: 7 Marston Moor. Ts with


4/15/6 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. History into news: 8 Mr Clarkson would like to

know. North Regional Talk, broadcast from Sheffield studio, 29/7/1935; includes additional

notes. Ts with annotations, and ms. 13 l. (AL)

4/15/7 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. History into news: 9 Mary, Queen of Scots.

Broadcast August 17th, year unknown. Two versions of the script; additional notes. Ts with

annotations, and ms. 24 l. (AL)

4/15/8 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. History into news: The first St Leger. Broadcast

September 10th, year unknown. Ts with annotations; newspaper cutting. 13 l. (AL)

4/15/9 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. History into news: Mr Nevison reappears on the

Great North Road, 1683. Broadcast November 25th, year unknown; includes additional notes.

Ts with annotations, and ms. 20 l. (AL)

4/15/10 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. History into news: Mr Stephenson tries his new

safety lamp. Broadcast October 25th, year unknown; includes additional notes. Ts with


4/15/11 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. History into news: The Rev Sydney Smith

chooses a text. Broadcast December 14th, year unknown; includes additional notes. Ts with


4/16 Broadcasts by North of England Home Service

4/16/1 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Rod and the night watchman. Broadcast

24/10/1946. Ts. 7 l. (AL)

4/16/2 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. The last deputation. Series: The Wednesday

Story, broadcast 5/2/1947. Ts. 7 l. (AL)

4/16/3 Dataller, Roger, 1892-1980. Steel saraband : adapted for broadcasting by

James L Scott; produced by James R Gregson. Broadcast 24/9/1948. Ts. 54 l, and a compliment

slip. (AL)

425/5 Poetry

5/1 3 poems (photocopies):

5/1/1 “At the Piano”. With date: “The morning – Sept 27 1921”. Ms. 1 l. (RH)

[See 425/2/18/17 for copies of this poem published as “The piano” in The New Leader]

5/1/2 “To You”. Undated. Ms. 1 l. (RH)

5/1/3 “For Muriel. On Her Birthday”. Undated. Signed “A”. Ms. 1 l. (RH)

5/2 Exercise book, with items loose inside

5/2/1 Book of handwritten poems by Dataller, date unknown. [Includes text of the

“Three mining poems” – see 425/5/2/2.] (AL)

5/2/2 List of contents of book. Ts. 1 l.

5/2/3 Found loose in the book: “Three mining poems” by Roger Dataller

(“Mortgage”; “The deserted workings”; “A small leaf growing underground”). [See 425/5/2/1

for manuscript copies of these poems.] Ts. 4 l. (AL)

5/2/4 Found loose in the book: Poem with first line “I have drawn down into my

lute”. [This is possibly AAE’s first published work – see page 73 of “A Yorkshire Lad”, which

describes how this poem, with the title “Music”, was submitted to a monthly poetry

competition, and was published in the January 1921 issue of The Bookman. See also 425/1/1

for printed copy of the poem “Music”.] Ms. 1 l. (AL)

5/3 Notebook, with items loose inside. Some of the poems are fair copies; others

have corrections. Some are dated, and have details of when and where published

5/3/1 Book of handwritten poems with title page POEMS 1919-23 by “Roger

Dataller”. (AL)

5/3/2 List of contents of book. Ts. 1 l.

5/3/3 Found loose in the book: Manuscript copes of poems “The Court of Love”;

“Cythera” (similar to poem on P 37 of notebook); “The Amatuer (sic) Harlequin”; “A Fighting

Man “ (Part I is similar to P 39; Part III is similar to P 44 of notebook); “Jilted!”; “The Painted

Muse”; “After Rome!”. Ms. 8 l. (AL)

5/3/4 Found loose in the book: Printed material: Poem with title “Evening –

Sheffield” (published copy of P 22, from Sheffield Weekly News); Copy of Northern

Broadsheet, no 2, Winter 1956, The Sea, containing poem by Roger Dataller “Ballade of the

S.S. Bickerstaffe”, and associated newspaper cutting. Printed booklet and 2 l. (AL)

425/6 Rockingham pottery

6/1 Photocopy of spiral bound book with cover title “The Rockingham Collectors

Book of Grandchildren”. 16 l. (RH)

6/2 Eaglestone, Arthur A (Arthur Archibald), 1892-1980. Four versions of an

article or talk on porcelain, two with the title Romantic porcelain; additional pages with

handwritten notes. Ts and ms. 28 l. (AL)

6/3

6/3/1-8 Photocopies of 7 letters, and drawings, from Rosamond (Mollie) Crumby (?),

1965. Ms. 16 l. (RH)

6/4 Letter. 18/4/1974. From John P Cushion, Victoria and Albert Museum, re

Rockingham pottery. Ts. 1 l. (AL)

425/7 Cartoons

7/1 Photocopies of a set of 14 cartoons, drawn by AAE in ink. Originals were on

separate pieces of card. Some are annotated “age 15”. 4 l.(RH)

425/8 Miners’ Welfare National Scholarship Scheme

8/1 Instructions for making applications for scholarship, and regulations for the

scheme. Printed. 2 l. (AL)

8/2 Letter. 13/9/1928. From South Yorkshire District Miners’ Welfare Committee,

about the award of a special grant. Ts. 2 l. (AL)

8/3 Photocopy of letter. 20/11/1929. From South Yorkshire District Miners’

Welfare Committee, about the award of a special grant. Ts. 1 l. (RH)

8/4 Photocopy of letter. 20/11/1929. From A M Anderson, Miners’ Welfare

National Scholarship Scheme. Ts. 1 l. {RH)

NB Other correspondence relating to starting at Oxford University (from A M Anderson,

Reginald Bassett, H A L Fisher, W Gawthorpe, Rev Dennis Kemp, F Machin and W Parkinson,

all from 1928) is at 425/13

425/9 Legal agreements

9/1 Between AAE and Jonathan Cape Ltd, 11/11/1924, for “A pitman’s journal”.

(AL)

9/2 Between AAE and J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 6/6/1932, for “A pitman looks at

Oxford”; includes letter from Curtis Brown Ltd to AAE, 27/6/1932. (AL)

9/3 Between AAE and J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 19/6/1933, for “Uncouth swain”;

includes letter from Curtis Brown Ltd to AAE, 21/6/1933. (AL)

9/4 Between AAE and J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 8/6/1934, for “Oxford into coalfield”.

(AL)

9/5 Between AAE and J M Dent & Sons Ltd, 1/9/1934, for “The prince of Obolo”.

(AL)

9/6 Photocopy of counterpart of agreement between AAE and Thomas Nelson and

Sons Ltd, 17/6/1938, for “Figs and thistles”. 3 l. (RH)

9/7 Between AAE and Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd, 5/5/1939, for “The plain man

and the novel”; includes letter from the publisher to AAE, 19/5/1939. (AL)

9/8 Photocopy of agreement between AAE and GHW Productions, 2/4/1941,

regarding making a film out of AAE’s Steel Saraband. 3 l. (RH)

425/10 Testimonials and employment

10/1 Testimonials

10/1/1 18/6/1931 from H A L Fisher. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

10/1/2 12/1/1933 from G D H Cole. Ts. 1 l. (AL)

10/1/3 11/1/1933 from E Fisher (WEA). Ts. 1 l. (AL)

10/1/4 5/1/1949 from E Fisher (WEA). Ts. 1 l. (AL)

10/2 Employment

10/2/1 Letter of appointment and information, 24/5/1949, for the position of Staff

Tutor in the University of Sheffield’s Department of Extramural Studies. Printed and ts. 2 l.

(AL)

10/2/2 Contract of employment, 14/11/1949, between the University of Sheffield and

A A Eaglestone, for the position of Staff Tutor in the Department of Extramural Studies. Ts. 1

l. (AL)

425/11 Membership of societies

11/1 The Association of Yorkshire Bookmen

11/1/1/a-b Membership booklet for The Association of Yorkshire Bookmen. Original

and photocopy. 6 l. (AL, RH)

11/1/2 Association of Yorkshire Bookmen, Rotherham Branch, 1st annual dinner,

23/4/1947: programme; newspaper cutting. 2 l. (AL)

11/1/3 Association of Yorkshire Bookmen, Leeds Branch, 11th annual dinner,

4/2/1959: programme; invitation (2 copies). Printed. 3 l. (AL)

11/1/4 Association of Yorkshire Bookmen, Morley Branch, birthday dinner,

15/1/1960: programme. Printed. 1 l. (AL)

11/1/5 Association of Yorkshire Bookmen, Leeds Branch, 17th annual dinner,

5/2/1965: programme. Printed. 1 l. (AL)

11/1/6 Notes (in AAE’s handwriting), on the formation of the Association of

Yorkshire Bookmen in 1943, and something of its subsequent history. Ms. 4 l. (AL)

11/1/7 The bookmen’s broad sheet. Association of Yorkshire Bookmen

2 copies: 1951-52; 1952-53. (AL)

11/2 Other groups and societies

11/2/1 Signed menu, dated 24/5/1933. 1 l. (AL)

11/2/2 Yorkshire Authors’ Dinner, 8/10/1938: invitation; list for toasts. Printed and

ts. 2 l. (AL)

11/2/3 Newspaper cutting from The Yorkshire Post, 12/1/1962, on the Yorkshire Post

Literary Luncheon. (AL)

11/2/4/a-b Membership card for The International PEN Club. Original and photocopy.

1 l. (AL, RH)

11/2/5/a-b Postcard for New College, Oxford. Original and photocopy. 1 l. (AL, RH)

425/12 Miscellaneous

12/1 Photograph from 1901, found with the screenplay for Steel Saraband (see

425/3/5), but not related to it. (AL)

12/2 Compliments card from A A Eaglestone’s marriage to E Muriel Greaves, 2

Aug 1926. (AL)

12/3 Compliments card from A W Mayers’ marriage to Agnes Mary Bradwell,

26/7/1926. (AL)

12/4 Photocopy of AAE’s matriculation certificate, presented to him, autumn 1928,

as part of the formal process of his acceptance into membership of Oxford University as an

undergraduate student. (RH)

12/5 Flyer for Oxford Union Debate, 18 Oct 1928. Printed. 1 l. (AL)

12/6 Account for board and lodging, 19/11/1928 to 2/12/1928. [Some history notes

on verso.] Ms. 1 l. (AL)

12/7 Printed postcard to say that [George] Bernard Shaw does not carry out any

public engagements, and rarely gives lectures. Date from postmark: Dec 1931. (AL)

12/8 Two programmes for performances in April and May 1934, by the St

Michael’s Players, Castleford, of Roger Dataller’s “The prince of Obolo”. Printed and ts. 2 l.

(AL)

12/9 Pencil drawing: Roger Dataller, Mount Hawk, Cornwall, 1935, by A Geddes

Cruickshank (AL)

12/10 Postcard, from AAE to EME, showing people attending a summer school at

Aberystwyth (date from postmark: Aug 1936) (AL)

12/11 Order of service in memory of Rev Fred Sokell (8/2/1889 – 30/4/1960), at The

Old Chapel, Fulwood, Sheffield, 4 May 1960. Printed. 1 l. (AL)

12/12 Ticket for University of Manchester degree day, 3 July 1953. (AL)

12/13 Headed notepaper for Penny-a-Week Fund, Rawmarsh Committee (treasurer

and secretary: Mrs E M Eaglestone). Printed. 1 l. (AL)

12/14 Printed letter from E M Eaglestone, Patrons’ secretary, of Rawmarsh and

Parkgate District Nursing Association, 1948. Printed. 1 l. (AL)

425/13 Correspondence

13/1 Letters from AAE, when at Oxford, to EME

13/1/1 Undated and incomplete. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/1/2 Undated and incomplete. Ms. 3 l. (AL)

13/1/3 Undated and incomplete. Includes matriculation. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/1/4 Undated. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/1/5 Undated and incomplete. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)


13/1/7 4/6/1929. Incomplete. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/1/8 June 1929. Photocopy. Ms. 4 l. (RH)


13/1/10 13/6/1929. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/1/11 18/10/1929. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/1/12 29/11/1929. Ms. 4 l. (AL)

13/1/13 26/5/1930. Incomplete. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/1/14 21/10/1930. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/1/15 2/11/1930. Incomplete. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/1/16 11/11/1930. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/1/17 25/11/1930. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/1/18 20/2/1931. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/1/19 9/3/1931. Photocopy. Ms. 1 l. (RH)

13/1/20 2/6/1931. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/2 Letters from EME to AAE, while he was a summer school tutor in

Aberystwyth. Probably all date from 1938

13/2/1 Two envelopes, undated, addressed to AAE. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/2/2 Undated. Ms. 4 l. (AL)

13/2/3 Undated, but refers to broadcast on 3/8/1938 of “The grasped nettle”. Ms. 1 l.

(AL)



13/2/6 Tues July 26 [1938]. Ms. 3 l. (AL)

13/2/7 Mon Aug 1 [1938]. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/3 Letters to AAE, in alphabetical order of writer

13/3/1 OS. 14/4/1931. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/3/2 A M Anderson. 9/7/1928. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/3 Reginald Bassett. 3 letters: 20/6/1928, 30/7/1928, 8/8/1928. Ms and ts. 7 l.

(AL)

13/3/4 Phyllis Bentley. 7 letters: 7/2/1939 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4);

25/4/1939 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4); 14/7/1949; 9/12/1949; 24/4/1951; 8/7/1954;

12/7/1954. Ts and ms. 7 l. (AL)

13/3/5 F C Boden. 2 items: undated letter; newspaper cutting of review of Boden’s

“Out of the coalfield”. Printed and ms. 3 l. (AL)

13/3/6 Fred Brameld. 17/8/1926, with “Sonnet : To Mr and Mrs Arthur Eaglestone on

their marriage” on verso. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/7 S H Brown [New College, Oxford]. Undated. Photocopy. Ms. 1 l. (RH)

13/3/8 Harry Casey. 21/1/1933, Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/9 Richard Church. 26/2/45. Photocopy. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/3/10 John Coghlan. 24/2/1934, re “A pitman looks at Oxford”. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/3/11 G D H Cole. 2 letters: 28/2/1930; 22/1/1933 (also a transcribed copy of full

letter, and of part of it; see 425/13/4). Ts and ms. 3 l. (AL)

13/3/12 Lettice Cooper. 4 letters: 9/9/1928; 13/9/1948 (also a transcribed copy; see

425/13/4); 2 Oct [no year]; undated. Ts and ms. 4 l. (AL)

13/3/13 Lena (?) Crowder. 9/10/1933, re “A pitman looks at Oxford”. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/14 Cecil Day Lewis. 7 Feb [no year] (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4). Ms.

1 l. (AL)

13/3/15 Doncaster Gazette. 17/2/1933. Ts. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/16 William Empson. 27/9/1954. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/17 B Ifor Evans. 4 letters: 5/7/1927 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4);

7/7/1927 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4); 27/8/1927 (also a transcribed copy; see

425/13/4); 22/12/1948. Ms. 4 l. (AL)

13/3/18 H A L Fisher. 4 items: 19/6/1928 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4) (AL);

17/7/1928 (AL); 30/5/1929 (RH); 25/4/1931 (AL). Ms. 5 l.

13/3/19 John Galsworthy. 2 letters: 12/10/1928; 7/12/1931. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/3/20 W Gawthorpe. 3 letters: --/5/1928 (to EME); --/6/1928; 16/6/1928. Ms. 3 l.

(AL)

13/3/21 L Barbara Hammond. 13/8/1933 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4). Ms.

1 l. (AL)

13/3/22 William Henderson, South Yorkshire Coalfields Mission. 27/3/1936, re

“Oxford into coalfield”. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/23 Raymond Holt. 2 letters: 21/1/1933; 18/2/1933. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/3/24 Storm Jameson. 9/11/1950. Ts. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/25 C M Joad. 2 letters: 7/3/1933; 13/3/1933. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/3/26 Rev Dennis Kemp. 1/9/1928. Ts. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/27 Fred Kitchen. 2/6/1947. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/28 S Koteliansky (The Adelphi). 31/5/1924. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/29 C S Lewis. Undated. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/30 F Machin. 19/6/1928. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/31 Manchester Guardian. 2 letters: 20/10/1927; 24/4/1936. Ts. 2 l. (AL)

13/3/32 H M Margoliouth [University Registry, Oxford]/ 15/11/1929. Ts. 1 l. (RH)

13/3/33 Violet Markham. 25/2/1926 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4). Ms. 2 l.

(AL)

13/3/34 Mrs A Moss. Undated, re Sheffield Flood. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/35 K Muir. Undated, re “A pitman looks at Oxford”. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/36 Gilbert Murray. 15/10/1933 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4). Ts. 1 l.

(AL)

13/3/37 Mary Murray. 15 items (includes one Christmas postcard jointly from Gilbert

and Mary Murray, and several letters addressed to EME): undated; 22/12/1930; 27/5/1931;

31/12/1931; 14/12/1932; 9/3/1933; 21/8/1933; 11/10/1933; 14/1/1934; Christmas 1934;

7/8/1936; 23 May [no year]; 25 Nov [no year]; 28 Feb [no year]; 22 Nov [no year]. Ms and ts.

19 l. (AL)

13/3/38 John Middleton Murry. 17 items: 31/7/1923; 15/10/1923; 27/10/1923;

19/11/1923; 27/1/1924; 19/2/1924 (also part of this has been transcribed; see 425/13/4);

17/3/1924; 3/6/1924; undated, but postmark is 28 Ju 1924; 4/11/1924; 2/1/1925; 5/1/1925;

7/3/1925; 12/6/1925; 14/3/1926; one dated 1 July; one undated. Ms and ts. 19 l. (AL)

13/3/39 Beverley Nichols. 28/1/1935. Ts. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/40 W Parkinson. 21/8/1928. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/3/41 E C A Pilkington. Undated. Ms. 1 l. (RH)

13/3/42 Rev R Martin Pope. 11/9/1929. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/43 J B Priestley. 2 letters: 9/2/1939 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4);

12/4/1950 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4). Ts. 2 l. (AL)

13/3/44 Arthur Quiller-Couch. 5/10/1934 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4). Ms.

1 l. (AL)

13/3/45 A J J Ratcliff. 5 letters: 14/3/1935 (AL); 31/3/1935 (AL); 22/1/1939 [with

photocopy of figures and address from the back of page 2] (RH); 26/1/1939 (RH); 31/8/1939

(AL). Ms. 8 l.

13/3/46 Nora Ratcliff (wife of A J J Ratcliff). 2/3/1936. Ms. 3 l. (AL)

13/3/47 Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. 15/11/1938. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/48 Richard Rees (The Adelphi). 3 letters: 21/4/1931; 19/6/1931; 24/7/1931. Ms.

3 l. (AL)

13/3/49 A L R[owse]. 3 letters: July 7 [no year] (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4);

17 July [no year] (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4); 12 Oct [no year] (also a transcribed

copy; see 425/13/4). Ms. 3 l. (AL)

13/3/50 A Scott-Coates. 2 items: undated letter(AL); photocopy of undated postcard

(RH). Ms. 2 l.

13/3/51 Edith Sitwell. 19/7/1944 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4). Ts. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/52 Osbert Sitwell. 6 letters: 17/6/1947; 21/6/1947; 25/6/1947; 29/6/1947;

1/7/1947; 2 Dec [no year]. Ms and ts. 6 l. (AL)

13/3/53 Alec H Smith. Letter re exemption from Responsions, 23/9/1928. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/54 B H Sumner. 29/7/1929. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/55 Frank Swinnerton. 11/5/1946 (also a transcribed copy; see 425/13/4). Ms. 1 l.

(AL)

13/3/56 R H Tawney. 3 letters: 7/9/1934; 17/11/1936 (also 2 transcribed copies; see

425/13/4); 27/11/1936. Ms. 4 l. (AL)

13/3/57 T Thompson. 2 letters: 6/7/1949; 8 July 1949. Ts. 2 l. (AL)

13/3/58 Geo[rge?] F Timpson. 30/3/1934. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

13/3/59 Philip Tomlinson (The Adelphi). Undated. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/60 Harry Walker. 25/11/1928. Ms. 2 l. (RH)

13/3/61 Joseph Whitehead. 14/3/1960. Ms. 1 l. (RH)

13/3/62 W E W[illiams] (The Highway). 22/2/1933. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/3/63 M(?) Wood. 2/8/1938. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/4 Envelope of notes and transcriptions

13/4/1 Envelope, with title “Copies of letters to AAE. Handwritten by IL [Isabel

Lockett] and EME”. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

13/4/2 List of items, mainly letters. Ms. 3 l. (AL)

13/4/3 Transcribed letters, with a few annotations. Ms. 17 l. (AL):

R H Tawney. 17/11/1936. See 425/13/3/56 for original

Edith Sitwell. 19/7/1944. See 425/13/3/51 for original

Lettice Cooper. 13/9/1948. See 425/13/3/12 for original

C Day Lewis. 7 Feb (no year). See 425/13/3/14 for original

R H Tawney. 17/11/1936 See 425/13/3/56 for original

Arthur Quiller-Couch. 5/10/1934. See 425/13/3/44 for original

Phyllis Bentley. 7/2/1939 (date given here incorrectly as 19/2/1939). See

425/13/3/4 for original)

G D H Cole. Fragment, undated. This is the last part of the letter dated

22/1/1933; the full letter has been transcribed later in these pages. See 425/13/3/11 for original

Frank Swinnerton. 11/5/1946. See 425/13/3/55 for original

H A L Fisher. 19/6/1928. See 425/13/3/18 for original

John Middleton Murry. 19/2/1924. Part only has been transcribed. See

425/13/3/38 for original full letter

Violet Markham. 25/2/1926. See 425/13/3/33 for original

A L R[owse]. 3 letters: 7 July; 12 Oct; 17 July. No year, but annotated

“Probably late 40s”. See 425/13/3/49 for originals

L Barbara Hammond. 13/8/1933. See 425/13/3/21 for original

G D H Cole. 22/1/1933. Transcription of full letter. See 425/13/3/11 for

original

Gilbert Murray. 15/10/1933. See 425/13/3/36 for original

J B Priestley. 2 letters: 12/4/1950 (date given incorrectly here as 18/4/1950);

9/2/1939. See 425/13/3/43 for originals

Phyllis Bentley. 25/4/1939. See 425/13/3/4 for original

B Ifor Evans. 3 letters: 7/7/1927; 27/8/1927; 5/7/1927. See 425/13/3/17 for

originals.

425/14 Newspaper cuttings

14/1 Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings. (AL)

14/2 Loose cuttings, found with the scrapbook:

14/2/1 Cuttings about AAE’s writings, including “The machine master”, “Steel

Saraband”, and broadcasts. Photocopies. [One article duplicated at 425/15/6/7] 5 l. (AL)

14/2/2 Cuttings about Yorkshire authors. Photocopies. 4 l. (AL)

14/2/3 Cuttings about Rockingham pottery. Photocopies. 3 l. (AL)

14/2/4 Originals of the loose cuttings found with the scrapbook. Copied, and at

425/14/2/1-3. (AL)

14/3 Further cuttings about Rockingham pottery, dating from November 1978.

Photocopies. 3 l. (RH)

425/15 Family papers

15/1 AAE’s library (for disposal)

15/1/1 List of books. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

15/1/2 Books selected by Ecclesfield bookseller. Ts and ms. 2 l. (AL)

15/1/3 Books sent to Oxford. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

15/1/4 Book information. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

15/2 AAE’s life and works

15/2/1 Envelope. (AL)

15/2/2 List of AAE’s works. Ms. 3 l. (AL)

15/2/3 Brief autobiography and list of works. Ts. 3 l. (AL)

15/2/4 List of works, compiled after his retirement from the post of Staff Tutor in

Literature with the Extramural Department of the University of Sheffield. Ts and ms. 1 l. (AL)

15/2/5 Bruce, Maurice. “A fair field full of the folks” : reflections on working-class

education in South Yorkshire. An extended version of the lecture delivered in the University

[of Sheffield] on 13 Nov 1974 by Professor Maurice Bruce, BA, FRHistS, Director of

Extramural Studies, the University of Sheffield. [AAE is mentioned on p 22] (AL)

15/3 Photocopy of “Notes on Roger Dataller, following ‘Booksearch’ enquiry in

The Guardian Weekly, 19/20 May 1990”, and letter to IL from Joan Robinson. Ts. 4 l. (RH)

15/4 Correspondence regarding Pat Gensavage, a student from Northern College,

Barnsley, and his project on Roger Dataller

15/4/1 Letter to EME from Dr John L Field, Northern College. 12/3/1984. Ts. 1 l.

(RH)

15/4/2 From the student to Mr Luckett (sic). Undated. Ms. 3 l. (AL)

15/4/3 From Isabel Lockett to the student. Undated. Ms. 3 l. (AL)

15/4/4 From the student to Mrs Luckett (sic). Undated. Ms. 2 l. (AL)

15/5 Correspondence, 1985, with Sunderland Polytechnic, regarding Dataller’s “A

Yorkshire Lad”

15/5/1 From Sunderland Polytechnic, 2/9/1985, to Andrew [Lockett]. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

15/5/2 From IL to Sunderland Polytechnic. Undated. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

15/5/3 From Sunderland Polytechnic, 3/10/1985, to IL. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

15/6 Further correspondence regarding “A Yorkshire Lad”

15/6/1 Rejection letter from The Bodley Head, 9/8/1985. Printed and ts. 2 l. (AL)

15/6/2 Note of the address of the Editorial Dept, Jonathan Cape Ltd. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

15/6/3 Notes on making the manuscript available at Rotherham Library. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

15/6/4 Correspondence, 1993, between Rotherham Central Library and IL, re an

approach by Crys Salt for information about South Yorkshire miners. Ts and ms. 3 l. (AL)

15/6/5 Correspondence, 1993, between Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum and IL,

re Rawmarsh Carnegie Library, and AAE’s connection with it. Ts and ms. 2 l. (AL)

15/6/6 Pages from Dataller’s “A Yorkshire Lad”, with annotations by IL: pp 24-25

(from Chapter 3, about working for his father); pp 47-54 (from Chapter 5, about working in the

steel works). [Possibly these are copies of material sent to Andrew Carnegie Birthplace

Museum. See 425/15/6/5] Ts with annotations. 11 l. (AL)

15/6/7 Newspaper cutting [Dec 1964]: Farnsworth, Keith. Breaking a long silence, a

local man once hailed as a second Dickens. 1 l. [Possibly this is a copy of the article sent to

Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum. See 425/15/6/5. Duplicate of item in 425/14/2/1] (AL)

15/7 Ray Hearne, WEA tutor/organizer, 1984: University of Leeds, Department of

Adult and Continuing Education dayschool, 12/5/1984, on Major Miner Writers

15/7/1 Correspondence regarding the dayschool. Ts and ms. 2 l. (AL)

15/7/2 Programme for the dayschool. Ts. 1 l. (AL)

15/7/3 Notes by IL on the talk by John Field on the Arthur Markham Prize, and the

talk by Anthony Grey on Fred Boden, Chesterfield miner and lyric poet. Ms. 1 l. (AL)

15/7/4 Notes by IL on the talk by Ray Hearne on The autobiographies of Roger

Dataller from Rotherham. Four copies, more or less identical, of the notes. Ts and ms. 5 l. (AL)

15/8 Ray Hearne, 1995: contribution to “Aspects of Rotherham”

15/8/1 Letter. 20/6/1995. Ray Hearne to IL, enclosing his chapter on Dataller, to be

included in Aspects of Rotherham, ed Melvyn Jones (published in Barnsley by Wharncliffe

Publishing). Ts. 10 l. 2 copies of this item. (Original donated by AL; photocopy donated by

RH)

15/8/2 Comments by IL on reading “Roger Dataller of Rawmarsh” by Ray Hearne,

for the forthcoming book “Aspects of Rotherham”. Dated 22/6/1995. Ms. 3 l. (AL)

15/8/3 Copy of letter. 22/6/1995. IL to Ray Hearne; includes copy of IL’s comments

[see 425/15/8/2]. Ms. 5 l. (RH)

15/8/4 Copy of letter. Undated. IL to RH. Ms. 1 l. (RH)

425/16 Addenda

16/1 CD of Ruth Hunt, oral history interview, undertaken by Hugh Escott,

24/10/2011.

Copyright granted – permission is in the correspondence file

16/2 Photocopies from folder held by Kelham Island Museum, Sheffield, with label

“C Boot. Sheffield Film. 506”

16/2/1 Newspaper cuttings and correspondence regarding the making of the film Hard

Steel. Dates 23/7/1937 to 10/4/1942. Printed, ts and ms. 57 l.

16/2/2 Hard steel. Screen play by Lydia Hayward, adapted from the novel Steel

Saraband by Roger Dataller. G H W Productions, D & P Studios, Denham, Middlesex. Ts. 115

l.

NB There is another copy of the screen play (which is more or less the same text, but with

some omissions and other small differences) at 425/3/5/1.

Items in exercise book at 425/5/2

The Old Foudroyant

Ballade of the S.S. “Bickerstaffe”

The Lay of the Last Echo

Voyage to Elysium

Second Visit to Renishaw

The Wentworth Sale

The Final Cabinet

The Deserted Workings

Mortgage

The Descent

A Small Leaf Growing Underground

The Coal Hisses

Sam’s Leg

Isolation

The Pottery (First Phase 1780; Second Phase 1820; Third Phase 1940)

The Vaubon Statuette

Legree (?) in Cortworth

Ballade of the Bold Musketeer

Five Characters in Search of an Author (Madame Schwellenburg speaks; Long John’s plaint;

The Man With No Name; In the Wilderness; An Eminent Augustan)

I Saw Irving

View From My Window

Night Shift

Saturday Afternoons

Wind in the Works

The Converted Cinema

Nocturne

A Contemporary Poet

Old Staffordshire

Dresden

The Sherwood Tale

[Untitled]

Items in notebook at 425/5/3

Page Title Notes

10 And even...

12 Music Dec 1920; “The Bookman” Jan 1921

14 Rondeau No 2 Steel Mill 3 am 1921

16 Vagrant Oct 1922; The Quarry

18,20 Furnaces “The New Leader” 1926

22 Sheffield – evening The Rotherham Car; Sheffield Weekly News

24 The Lady Evangelist

26,28 The Shanghai Consignment The Miner, 1923(or 1929) [date unclear]

30 The Piano “New Leader” Aug 1927

32 Night

34 Omniscient

36 Ballade of Good Sheffield Men

37 Cytheré [sic] Floreamus

38 Triolet The Evening School 1920

[Untitled, but also a triolet] The Pictures 1921

39 Return

40 The Wind in the Works

41 Le Concert : after Watteau

42 L’Indifferent : after Watteau Sunday Chronicle Journal 1927

43 L’Escamatuer (sic) : after Watteau

44 Sydney’s Song

45 Dresden

46 Les Huguenots Jan 1919

47 Triolet : a platonic credo

48 To a Certain Poet

49 Unaware

50 Metal

52 Invocation

54 She smiled this eve

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