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Richard Arthur Warren Hughes (1900-1976)

Miscellaneous uncataloged materials

Includes articles, poems, and stories by Richard Hughes as well as articles about Hughes, publishers' ads, reviews of Hughes' work, and interviews with Hughes. There is also a poem by Hughes' fiancée, Nancy Marianne Stallibras.

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Box 2, item 40

I. Articles, addresses, essays and reviews by Richard Hughes

Box 1

1. "The Children and the Pirates." Subtitle: "The author of 'A High Wind in Jamaica'recalls the origins of his famous novel and explains why he has rewritten it for radio presentation. Unidentified clipping. 4 x 25 cm. Port.
2. "Column." Typesigned: "R." Encounter. Vol. 44, No. 2, February 1975. pp. 38-40. (Presumably by Hughes; the author writes about Irish terrorism and a friend and companion, R. C. Zaehner, who visited him in Wales)
3. "Eheur Fuqaces." The Virginia Quarterly Review, Vol. 51, No. 2, Spring 1975. pp. 258-263.

Box 3

4. "Illogic and the Child." Saturday Review of Literature, Vol. 7, No. 18, 15 November 1930. pp. 328-29. Port.
5. "The Impromptu Story-Teller." Subtitle: "This is Richard Hughes's introduction to The Wonder Dog, his collection of children's stories which will be published next week by Chatto and Windus." The Times Library Supplement, No. 3,931, 15 July 1977. p. 858.
6. "Make Parenthood Possible." World Review, New series: No. 10, December 1949. pp. 48-52.

Box 1

7. "Of Use and Beauty." Books, Autumn 1970. pp. 21-24. (A few pencil corrections)
8. "On Pamela Bianco" and "The White Rabbit." The Oxford Review, Vol. 2, No. 16, 25 November 1920. pp. 77-78
9. "Politicians are Specialists." Our Time, Vol. 7, No. 13, October 1948. p. 338.
10. "The 'Prestige' of Desmond MacCarthy." Our Time, Spectator, no. 6536, 2 October 1953. pp. 364, 366-67. (Review of MacCarthy's Humanities)
11. "The Relation of Nationalism to Literature." Cymmrodorion Society's Publications. London: The Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1932. 22 p. ("From the 'Transactions' of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, Session 1930-31.")

Box 3

12. "Under The Nose, Under the Skin." New York Herald Tribune: Books, Section 11, 16 June 1929. pp. 1, 6.

Box 1

13. "Wales and the Welsh." The Review of Reviews, Vol. 69, No. 412, May-June 1924. pp. 461-66. Illus.
14. "The World of the nose." The Listener, Vol. 44, No, 1120, 13 July 1950. pp. 57-58.
15. "The World of the Nose." The Parents' Review, Vol. 61, No. 10, October 1950. pp. 233-36.

II. Poems by Richard Hughes

Box 1

16. "The Ballad of Benjamin Crocker." Poem of eighty-eight lines. Westminster Verse. Proof copy.
17. "Calm." Poem of sixty lines. Typesigned: Richard Hughes. The Oxford Fortnightly Review, vol. 3, No. 27, 17 November 1921. pp. 274-75.
18. "Egypt." Poem of twenty-four lines. Typesigned: Idris. The Carthusian, Vol. 11, No. 392. April 1916. p. 592 (With pen corrections probably by Richard Hughes; Elissa Henken of Lilly Library Manuscripts Department reports that Richard Hughes used "Idris" as a pseudonym)
19. "Gypsy-Night." Poem of twenty-seven lines. Literary Review, Section 3, 16 July 1921. Cover page.
20. "Isaac Ball." Poem of thirty-six lines. The Free Oxford, Vol. 1, No. 5, 10 December 1921. p. 14
21. "The Jumping-Bean." Poem of twenty lines. The Oxford Outlook, Vol. 3, No. 14, June 1921. p. 238.
22. "The Lover." Poem of eighteen lines. The Free Oxford, vol. 1, No. 4, 26 November 1921. p. 6.
23. "The Ruin." Poem of twenty-one lines. The Spectator, no. 4, 850, 11 June 1921. p. 749.
24. "The Singing Furies." Poem of forty-two lines. The Dial, Vol. 70, No. 6, June 1921. pp. 627-28
25. "Song of the Consistent Reprobate." Poem of Twenty-two lines. The Oxford Fortnightly Review, Vol 3. no 28, 1 December 1921. p. 294.
26. "The Three Wishes." Poem of fifty-two lines. The Oxford Outlook, Vol. 3, No. 11, January 1921. pp. 14-15. (With pen corrections probably by Richard Hughes)

III. Stories by Richard Hughes

Box 3

27. "Craig Ddrwg." The Apple (of Beauty and Discord, First quarter, 1921. pp. 34-38. Illus. (With pen corrections initials R.H.)

Box 1

28. "The Dark Child." The Radio Times, Vol. 25, No. 326, 27 December 1929. p. 927.
29. "The Diary of a Steerage Passenger." The Saturday Westminster Gazette, Vol. 58, No. 8, 851, 19 November 1921. pp. 4-5.
30. "The Diary of a Steerage Passenger." Part II. The Saturday Westminster Gazette, Vol. 58, No. 8, 857, 26 November 1921. pp. 4-5.
31. "The Diary of a Steerage Passenger." Part III. The Saturday Westminster Gazette, Vol. 58, No. 8, 863, 3 December 1921. pp. 4-5.
32. "The Diary of a Steerage Passenger." Part IV. The Saturday Westminster Gazette, Vol. 58, NO. 8, 869, 10 December 1921. pp. 4-5.
33. "The Glass Ball Country." Radio Times, Vol. 25, No. 325, 20 December 1929. p. 855. Illus.
34. "Isis Idol. No. 565. L. E. Wharton (Oriel). O. U. A. F. C." Typesigned at end: Idolater. The Isis, No. 588, 15 June 1921. p. 5. Port. (With penciled corrections possibly by Richard Hughes; accompanying note indicates Hughes as anonymous author)
35. "Jungle." Colour Magazine, Vol. 15, no. 3, October 1921. pp. 62-64.
36. "Poor Man's Inn." The Forum, Vol. 73, No. 2, February 1925. pp. 220-30. Illus.
37. "The Unavoidable Prevention of the Duchess." The Oxford Fortnightly Review, Vol. 3, No. 25, 20 October 1921. pp. 228-30. (Date on cover: 20 November 1921)
38. "The Unavoidable Prevention of the Duchess." (continued) The Oxford Fortnightly Review, Vol. 3, No. 26, 3 November 1921. pp. 248-49.
"The White Rabbit." See Item 8 in Box 1.

IV. Articles about Richard Hughes, interviews, publisher's ads, reviews of Hughes' writing

Box 2

39. The Drama in Adult Education. London: Printed and Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office. (Chapter 10, "The Drama in the Countryside," mentions the first performance, February 1924, of The Man Born to be Hanged by Richard Hughes) p. 137.
40. The Drama in Modern Wales by Olive Ely Hart. PhD Thesis, Univ. of Pennsylvania, 1928. (Chapter 5 Discusses Richard Hughes) pp. 44-51. Port.
41. "Exploration." Richard Hughes interviewed by Edward Blishen (30 may 1968). Pen, No. 8, Summer 1968. pp. 22-25.
42. "Nature and convention in A High Wind in Jamaica" by T. J. Henighan. Critique, Vol 9, No. 1, pp. 5-18.
43. "Other New Books." Theatre Arts Monthly, Vol. 9, No. 5, May 1925. pp. 349-50. (Includes review of A Rabbit and a Leg, Collected Plays by Richard Hughes.
44. "The Pick of the Publishing Season." The Nation and Athenaeum, Literary Supplement, 12 October 1929. pp. 71-90. (Fiction section, p. 80, lists A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes)
45. "Reviews: New Novels." The Nation and Athenaeum, Vol. 45, No. 26, 28 September 1929. pp. 830-31. (Includes review of A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes. An ad for that novel is on the front cover of this issue.)
46. "Richard Hughes, Artist and Adventurer." Interview by Louise Morgan. Everyman, Vol.5 No. 115, 9 April 1931. pp. 327-29. Ports.
47. Richard Hughes: Der Fuchs unterm Dach, Roman. Publisher's ad (Insel-Veriag), 23 p.
48. Richard Hughes: El zorro en la bohardilla. Publisher's ad in Novedades 1963. Editorial Sudamericane, p. 21.
49. La volpe nella soffitta, Romanzo di Richard Hughes. Publisher's ad (Rizzoli), 33 p.

V. Oxford University Publications (Printed during period when Hughes was at Oxford; unsure how they are related to Hughes)

Box 2

50. Ducks and Drakes; The Official Organ of the Sansculotte Society, February 1920.
51. 'The Free Oxford; A Revolutionary Review of British and International Politics, Economics, Industry. Literature and Social Ethics.' (one sheet of letterhead)
52. The Isis, No. 596, 7 December 1921.
51. The Oxford Fortnightly Review, Vol. 2, No. 22, 12 May 1921.

VI. Publications related to civil defense

Box 2

54. A. R. P.; A Complete Guide to Civil Defence Measures by William F. Deedes. London: Issued by the Daily Telegraph, 1939. 80 p.
55. "The Incident in James Street; 26 Hours With an Air Raid Warden" by John Strachney. Harper's Magazine, No. 1092, May 1941. pp. 645-57.
56. Pioneers to Power: The Story of the Ordinary People of Coventry by John A. Yates. Coventry: The Coventry Labour Party, 1959. 124 p.
57. The Protection of Your Home against Air Raids. London: Published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1938. 36 p.

VII. Miscellaneous

Box 3

58. "The Cherwell Diary 1920-1970." The Cherwell, Vol. 138, No. 6, 11 November 1970. p 18. (Has a comment by Richard Hughes).

Box 2

59. Council for the Preservation of Rural Wales (C.P.R.W.). Eighth Annual Report, 1935. p. 45. (Lists Richard A. Hughes as C.P.R.W. subscriber and donor)
60. "Memorandum and Articles of Association of 'The Welsh National Theatre' Limited." January 1933. pp. 7 & 20. (Lists Richard Hughes under "Names, Addresses and Descriptions of Subscribers")
61. "Winter." By N. Stallibras. Poem of fourteen lines. Weekly Westminster Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 3, 4 March 1922. p. 7. (Elissa Henken of Lilly Library Manuscripts Department reports that Richard Hughes was engaged to Nancy Marianne Stallibras in 1925 or 1926.)