Manuscript Collection Listings
Manuscripts include handwritten or typed drafts of published or unpublished works by the seven Wade authors. The manuscript listings below describe manuscripts in the Wade Center’s collections and are separated by Wade author and arranged alphabetically by manuscript title. To search across all the listings, use the search function via the "search now" box on the right. Please reference the manuscript titles and bold call numbers when contacting archival staff with questions about these manuscripts.
Owen Barfield Manuscripts (pdf)
G.K. Chesterton Manuscripts (pdf)
C.S. Lewis Manuscripts (pdf)
George MacDonald Manuscripts (pdf)
Dorothy L. Sayers Manuscripts (pdf)
J.R.R. Tolkien Manuscripts (pdf)
Charles Williams Manuscripts (pdf)
Commonly used Terms and Abbreviations in the Manuscript Listings
Abbreviations
p. = page
pp. = pages
lf. = leaf
lvs. = leaves
AMs. = handwritten manuscript
TMs. = typed manuscript
ALs. = handwritten letter, signed
TLs. = typed letter, signed
pc. = photocopy (e.g. pc. TMs. or pc. AMs.)
cc. = carbon copy (e.g. cc. TMs. or cc. AMs.)
mf. = microfilm
ps. = photostat (e.g. ps. TMs. or ps. AMs.) definition: a form of duplication that makes quick positive or negative copies directly on the surface of prepared paper.
Terms
recto = front side of lf.
verso = back side of lf.
revisions = any corrections, alterations, additions, or deletions
galley proof = a long printed strip of a manuscript (usually contains the type for about three published pages) provided for the author's correction
printed proof = a printed page (containing the type for a single published page) of a manuscript provided for the author's correction
insert(s) = additional material/pages that appear(s) to have been inserted by the author into the body of a MS text at a later date
chart(s) = visual representation of ideas, other than an illustration
illustration = a drawing included with the MS materials, usually in the form of a picture
sketch = a rough drawing or representation
diagram = a graphic design that explains an idea or concept
All original manuscripts are held at the Wade Center, except those noted as photocopies or with the following abbreviations in the call number:
B = Original is held at the Bodleian Library, Oxford
X = Original is held by an institution or an individual other than the Wade Center
t = The Wade Center owns a transcription of the original