Descriptive Summary
Metcalfe, (William) John, 1891-1965
John Metcalfe Collection
1846-1965
Manuscript Collection MS-2808
17 document boxes (7.14 linear feet), 3 photograph albums, 1 oversize folder (osf), 2 oversize boxes (osb)
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
This collection of science fiction writer John Metcalfe
consists mainly of manuscripts, notebooks, diaries, legal documents, correspondence,
photographs, and scrapbooks, reflecting his interests and family as well as his literary
career.
English.
Biographical Sketch
(William) John Jack Metcalfe, born in Heacham,
Norfolk, England, on October 6, 1891, was a teacher, short story writer, and novelist
recognized primarily for his works of science fiction. His father, William Charles
Metcalfe, wrote sea stories for boys and during John Metcalfe's childhood served as a
superintendent of orphanages in Canada, England, and Scotland.
John Metcalfe graduated with a degree in philosophy from the University of London in
1913. From 1913 until 1914 he taught in Paris. After World War I began in 1914, he
joined the Royal Naval Division; he was invalided out in 1915 and enlisted again in
1917, this time in the Royal Naval Air Service. He obtained a commission in 1918 and
served with the 29th Group, Royal Air Force, as an armament officer.
After the war, Metcalfe became Assistant Master at Highgate Junior School in London and
began writing. In 1925, his first book,
The
Smoking Leg and Other Stories, was published, and he subsequently abandoned
his teaching career and began writing full-time.
In 1928,
Spring Darkness was published,
and Metcalfe emigrated to the United States. While serving as a barge captain on the
East River, he began writing Arm's
Length. On March 17, 1930, Metcalfe married the American novelist Evelyn Scott
(1893-1963). They spent the next few years travelling extensively. In 1939 Metcalfe
joined the British Royal Air Force as a squadron leader.
Following his service in World War II, Metcalfe taught at Cranborne Chase School in
Dorset and then at Davie's Tutorial School in Hampstead before returning to the United
States. After a 1953 writing fellowship at the Huntington Hartford Foundation in
California, Metcalfe moved to New York City. In 1954 he worked at Searing Tutoring in
New York, and in 1954 and 1955 he taught at St. Bernard's School. He was employed by the
National Reading Foundation from 1955 to 1956 and also did some private tutoring. From
1955 to 1958 he taught at the Haithcock School in Greenwich, Connecticut, and in 1959 he
began working for the Tutoring School of New York.
Evelyn Scott died in August 1963, after suffering from heart disease, a lung tumor, and
mental health problems in her later years. Metcalfe suffered a breakdown after her death
and was hospitalized in the Central Islip State Hospital of New York in August, 1964.
After his release in October 1964, he returned to England, where he died on July 31,
1965, as the result of a fall.
Metcalfe's work is noted for its bizarre and grim elements. He is recognized for his
skill at characterization and his ability to convey atmosphere and create a sense of
scene. Although Metcalfe is best remembered as an author of science fiction and macabre
stories, he also wrote several novels and some poetry.
Some of John Metcalfe's principal works include
The Smoking Leg and Other Stories (1925); Spring Darkness (in America, Mrs. Condover, 1928); Arm's Length (1930); Judas (1931); Foster-Girl (in America, Sally: The
Story of a Foster Girl, 1936); All
Friends are Strangers (1948); The
Feasting Dead (1954); and My Cousin
Geoffrey (1956). Metcalfe also contributed short stories to various magazines
and anthologies.
Sources of information about Metcalfe include: Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong,
In Memorian: John Metcalfe, by John
Gawsworth, ( The Antigonism Review, v.
1, no. 2, Summer 1970); E.F. Bleiler, Checklist
of Science Fiction; Science Fiction
and Fantasy Literature 1; Supernatural Fiction Writers ; Twentieth Century Authors; Supplement to Twentieth Century Authors; and Who's Who in Horror and Fantasy Fiction.
Scope and Contents
The John Metcalfe collection consists of manuscripts, notebooks, diaries, legal
documents, correspondence, photographs, and scrapbooks dating from 1846 to 1965. The
material is arranged in eight series: Works, Notebooks, Diaries, Business and Legal
Papers, Family Correspondence, Photographs and Photograph Albums, Scrapbooks, and
Miscellaneous.
The John Metcalfe papers provide information on all stages of Metcalfe's life. His
childhood years are represented by his unfinished autobiography, family letters,
including letters he wrote as a boy, and a notebook he kept at age nine. Manuscripts of
works written at different points in his life reflect his development as an author.
Metcalfe's short stories and short story ideas are particularly well-represented in this
collection. Metcalfe's revision process can be traced through his corrections and
variant versions of manuscripts. Although Metcalfe's published novels are not well
represented here in manuscript form, his personal copies of his books contain
corrections (see the List of Associated Materials).
The papers also document some of Metcalfe's interests and activities. For example,
notebooks from childhood on, newspaper clippings of scientific discoveries, and items
such as a scrapbook of pressed seaweed reflect his lifelong enthusiasm for science.
Faced by poverty and illness in his later years, Metcalfe became concerned with issues
of the aging, as shown by clippings about social security, youth serum, etc. Valuable
information about the final years of Metcalfe's life can be found in his letters to John
Gawsworth.
Information about Metcalfe's father, William Charles Metcalfe, and his wife, Evelyn
Scott, who were also writers, can be found in Metcalfe's papers as well.
A list of all correspondents found in the John Metcalfe collection is located at the end of this inventory.
Manuscripts relating to John Metcalfe can also be found in the HRC's Evelyn Scott, W.C.
Metcalfe, August Derleth, and Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong (John Gawsworth)
collections.
Series Descriptions
Series I. Works, 1925-1965 (bulk, 1945-1962) (7 boxes)
The first series includes extracts from reviews of Metcalfe's books, lists of
previous submissions to publishers, working notes, synopses of works, manuscripts
and typescripts, and poetry. Synopses of works include Metcalfe's stocks lists, or lists of titles and plots. The
manuscripts and typescripts of Metcalfe's novels and short stories are arranged
alphabetically by title, and any page proofs or working notes specific to a work
are located under the title as well.
Duplicate typescripts of the short stories collected in
The Feasting Dead and Other Stories (1954) are filed
separately under their titles. Manuscripts of Enter, Cousin, published in England as My Cousin Geoffrey (1956), and Sea's
Mischief (unpublished) are present. Notebooks and typescripts of an apparently
unpublished work variantly titled The
Pretty People, Ten Pretty
People, and Far Be the
Day make up a large portion of the Works series. Also of interest are an
unfinished autobiography, This Emergent, and an unfinished draft of Metcalfe's
last story, The Nuisance,
written a month before his death. Manuscripts and typescripts of some of
Metcalfe's poetry are located at the end of the series. Included here are an
autograph manuscript and two typed carbon copies of Saint Joan, as well as the issue of The Poetry Review in which the poem
appeared.
Series II. Notebooks, 1900-1952 (2 boxes)
The second series consists of mathematics, philosophy, and science notebooks kept
by Metcalfe first as a student and later as a teacher. Also included are his
training notebooks from his service in both World Wars. The notebooks are arranged
in alphabetical order by the titles designated by Metcalfe.
Series III. Diaries, 1917-1964 (5 boxes)
The diaries document Metcalfe's life from 1917 until 1964 with few gaps.
Metcalfe's diary entries consist of comments on his daily activities, including
his progress on various works, and notes of correspondence sent and received. The
diaries from 1957 and 1959 through 1962 also contain some entries by Evelyn
Scott.
Series IV. Business and Legal Papers, 1930-1964 (bulk, 1954-1963, (2 boxes)
Business and legal papers consist mainly of correspondence and legal documents
concerning Metcalfe's teaching career, his re-entry into the United States
following his service in the Royal Air Force, and various financial matters. The
management and sale of property Metcalfe owned in London, the Evelyn Scott Fund,
bank accounts in New York and London, British and United States income tax
records, and United States Social Security benefits, as well as British Ministry
of Pensions and National Insurance benefits are represented here.
Series V. Family and Personal Correspondence, 1846-1965 (bulk, 1929-1933, 1963-1964), (1 box)
The fifth series comprises primarily correspondence among members of Metcalfe's
family. It is arranged alphabetically by the writer of the letter. Metcalfe's
paternal aunt, Mary B. Metcalfe, usually included letters from other family
members in her frequent letters to Metcalfe and Evelyn Scott. Letters written by
Metcalfe's father, author William Charles Metcalfe, are included here, as is one
fragment of a letter written by Evelyn Scott. Of special note are letters written
by John Metcalfe to John Gawsworth. All but two of these were written between
March 1963 and July 1965, and they document Metcalfe's anguish and breakdown
following Evelyn Scott's death in 1963.
Series VI. Photographs and Photograph Albums, 1906-1956 (bulk, 1906-1907), (3 print boxes)
Photographs and photograph albums make up the sixth series. The photo albums
contain photographs taken by Metcalfe as a boy and portraits of family members.
Loose photographs include studio photographs of Metcalfe taken in his later
years.
Series VII. Scrapbooks 1920-1959 (bulk, 1930-1939), (8 print boxes)
Seven scrapbooks, dating from the 1920s through the 1950s, contain press notices,
book reviews, short stories, and clippings on the occult and other subjects. Some
of Metcalfe's short stories that are not otherwise represented in the collection,
such as “Mildred” and “The Spanish Hat,” can be found here as newspaper and
magazine clippings. Another scrapbook, dating from 1926-1930, contains pressed
seaweed.
Series VIII. Miscellaneous, 1918-1960 (bulk, 1946-1953), (7 folders)
The eighth series includes printed and manuscript musical works; a 1951 memo book
of addresses, figures, and foreign phrases; medical prescriptions for Metcalfe and
Evelyn Scott; advertisements; and miscellaneous newspaper clippings. A postal
receipts notebook from 1946-1947 indicates correspondence sent. Also present is a
signed drawing by W. Stanton Foster, inscribed to Metcalfe and Evelyn Scott.
Acquisition
Purchase, 1967 (R3288)
Provenance
The John Metcalfe papers, along with papers of William Charles Metcalfe and Evelyn
Scott, were purchased by the Ransom Center in 1966.
Access
Open for research. Part or all of this collection is housed off-site and may require up
to three business days notice for access in the Ransom Center's Reading and Viewing
Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this material:
reference@hrc.utexas.edu
Processed by
Katherine Mosley, 1991, updated by Hagan Barber, Jack Boettcher, 2012.
Books received with the Metcalfe Collection have been withdrawn and cataloged for the
Ransom Center book collection.
From John Metcalfe's personal library (many have autograph corrections): - All Friends Are Strangers. London: Nicholson
& Watson, 1948. 2 copies.
- Arm's Length. London: Constable, [1930]. 3
copies.
- Arm's Length. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons,
1930.
- Brenner's Boy. London: White Owl Press, 1932.
- Foster-Girl. London: Constable, [1936]. 1 proof
copy, 1 copy of published book.
- Judas: And Other Stories. London: Constable,
1931. 3 copies.
- Mrs. Condover. New York: Boni &
Liveright, 1928. [American editionof Spring Darkness]
- Sally: The Story of a Foster-Girl. New York: C.
Scribner's Sons, 1936. [American edition of Foster-Girl]
- The Smoking Leg and Other Stories. London:
Jarrolds, Limited, 1925. 2 copies.
- The Smoking Leg and Other Stories. Garden City,
New York: Doubleday, Page, 1926. 3 copies.
- Spring Darkness. London: Constable, 1928. 4
copies.
- 18 Textbooks, primarily in mathematics
- 45 Scientific works, subject and reference works, fiction, and poetry books
- Bible given to Metcalfe at his christening
- Book given to Metcalfe as a prize award in 1907
- Book given to Metcalfe by an aunt in 1900
From John Gawsworth's personal library:- All Friends Are Strangers. London: Nicholson
& Watson, 1948.
- Brenner's Boy. London: White Owl Press, 1932.
- The Feasting Dead. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham
House, 1954.
- Judas: And Other Stories. London: Constable,
1931.
- My Cousin Geoffrey. London: Macdonald, 1956.
- Sally: The Story of a Foster-Girl. New York: C.
Scribner's Sons, 1936.
- The Smoking Leg and Other Stories. London:
Jarrolds, Limited, 1925.
- Spring Darkness. London: Constable, 1928.
- Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery, and
Horror, ed. by Dorothy Sayers. London: V. Gollancz, Ltd., Third Series,
1934, Second Series, 1937, 2 vols.
- Over the Edge, ed. by August Derleth. Sauk City,
Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1964.
- Poetry Review. vol. XLII, no. 3. London: Rolls
Royce Publishing Co., 1951.
- The Sleeping and the Dead. Chicago: Pellegrine
& Cudahy, 1947.
By William Charles Metcalfe (John Metcalfe's copies of his father's books, received by inheritance):- Aboveboard: A Tale of Adventure on the Sea. 4th
ed. London: J. Nisbet, 1890.
- All Hands on Deck! London: Blackie, undated
- All Hands on Deck! London: Blackie, 1900.
- Billows & Bergs. London, New York: F.
Warne, 1902.
- Blown Out to Sea. London: Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge; New York: E. S. Gorham, 1908.
- Dick Trawle, Second Mate. London: Society for
Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. S. Gorham, 1908. 2 copies.
- Fetters of Gold. London: A. H. Stockwell, 1902.
- Frank and Fearless: Or, Adventures Amongst
Cannibals. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E.
S. Gorham, 1907.
- Frank Weatherall: Or, Life in the Merchant Marine: A Sea
Story for Youth. London: J. Nisbet, 1886.
- Grit and Pluck: Or, the Young Commander. London:
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. S. Gorham, 1906. 2 copies.
- Honours Divided: Or, Rescued from Rogues' Island: A
Story of the China Seas. New edition. London: J. F. Shaw, undated
- Junk Ahoy! A Tale of the China Seas. London:
Jarrold, 1912. 2 copies.
- The Mystery of the Albatross. London: Society
for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. S. Gorham, 1911.
- Nailing the Colours: Or, The Light That Shines.
London: Jarrold, 1895.
- Ocean Chums. London: Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge; New York: E. S. Gorham, 1911.
- On the Face of the Deep; Or, The Birdborne
Missive. London: Jarrold, 1897.
- Pigtails and Pirates; A Tale of the Sea. London:
Blackie, 1908. 2 copies.
- Steady Your Helm! Or, Stowed Away. London: J.
Nisbet, 1892.
- Undaunted: A Story of the Solomon Islands. New
edition. London: J. F. Shaw, 1895.
- The Voyage of the Stormy Petrel. London: The
Religious Tract Society, 1905. 2 copies, 1 with ALS from author to brother Jack.
- Watch and Watch: Or, <emph render="doublequote">The
Decoyed</emph>. 2nd edition. London: J. Nisbet, 1897.
- Young Salts. London: Society for Promoting
Christian Knowledge; New York: E. S. Gorham, 1912. 2 copies.
Index Terms
Correspondents
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970
Brindley, Robert
Burnett, Whit, 1899-
Crispin, Edmund, 1921-1978
De Silver, Margaret
Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970
McIntosh, Mavis (Elizabeth McKee)
Metcalfe, Annie
Metcalfe, Fannie
Metcalfe, Jessie Clay
Metcalfe, John Bell
Metcalfe, Mary B.
Metcalfe, William Charles
Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975
Preston, B.P.H. (Patrick)
Scott, Evelyn, 1893-
Wilson, Angus
Organizations
Curtis Brown Ltd.
Faber and Faber, Ltd., Publishers, London
Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and
National Insurance
Great Britain. War Office
MacDonald & Co.
MacMillan & Co.
Match & Co., Ltd.
Messrs. T.F. Peacock, Fisher, Chavasse
& O'Meara
Penguin (firm)
Peters (A.D.) Agency
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Romeike & Curtice, Limited
United States. Department of State
United States. Foreign Service
United States. Immigration and
Naturalization
United States. Social Security
Administration
Westminster Bank
Subjects
Authors, English
Science Fiction
Munitions--20th century
Social Security
World War, 1939-1945--Supplies
Botany--Laboratory manuals
Biology--Study and teaching
Mathematics--Study and teaching
Mathematics--Problems, exercises, etc.
Document Types
Diaries
Flora
Lecture notes
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Sheet music
Folder List
Series I. Works, 1925-1965,
undated
1
1
Extracts from reviews, 1925-1948
1
2
Lists of previous submissions to publishers, 1949-1955, undated
1
3
Working notes, undated
1
4
GRIST, a notebook of
working notes, synopses, and quotations, 1945 June 15
1
5
Novels and long-shorts stocks list
and synopses, undated
1
6
Short stories stocks list A and synopses, undated
1
7
Short stories stocks list B and synopses, undated
1
8
Affaire in Knightsbridge,
autograph manuscript in folio writing book, undated
1
9-10
Beyondaril, two carbon
copies with autograph revisions, undated
1
11-12
The Childish Thing, two
carbon copies with autograph revisions, undated
1
13
Coloured Lights, carbon
copy with autograph revisions, undated
1
14-16
Corroborations, three
carbon copies with autograph revisions, undated
1
17-18
The Crimson Dragon,
typescript, carbon copy, with autograph revisions, undated
Enter, Cousin
1
19
Typescript, pages 1-120, undated
2
1
Typescript, pages 121-280, undated
2
2-3
The Feasting Dead and Other
Stories, typescript with autograph revisions, undated
The Firing Chamber
2
4
Carbon copy with title The Fire-Chamber and autograph revisions, undated
2
5
Typescript of later version, undated
2
6
Page proofs, 1962
2
7
Lease Renewable, working notes, typescript synopses, 1945 June 3-1945 June 23
2
8-9
Livermore's [Lorrimer's] Luck,
four unfinished autograph drafts in two writing books, with revisions,
undated, 1955-1956
2
10-11
Not There, two carbon
copies with autograph revisions, undated
2
12
The Nuisance, autograph
draft, 1965 June 30
Odd Spots
2
13
Carbon copy manuscript, with autograph revisions, undated
2
14
Carbon copy and typed manuscript, with autograph revisions,
undated
2
15
Typescript of a later version with autograph revisions, undated
2
16-17
Peter's Party, two carbon
copies, undated
The Pretty People [Far be the Day] [Ten Pretty People]
3
1
Typed and autograph notes, undated, 1953 October 2
3
2
Autograph manuscript in notebook, 1956 March 10-1957 March 10
3
3
Autograph manuscript in notebook, 1957 June 14
3
4
Autograph manuscript in notebook, 1958 July 23
3
5
Autograph manuscript in notebook, with drafts of letters, undated
3
6
Autograph manuscript in notebook, with untitled poetry, 1960 December 29
3
7
Autograph manuscript in notebook, with untitled poem, 1961 May 25
3
8
Autograph manuscript in notebook, 1962 January 20
4
1
Autograph manuscript in notebook, 1961 March 31
4
2
Autograph manuscript in notebook, 1961 August 27
4
3
Autograph manuscript in notebook, 1962 February 2
4
4
Autograph manuscript in notebook, 1962 July 6
4
5
Autograph manuscript in notebook, undated
Typescript with autograph revisions
4
6
pp. 1-54, undated
4
7
pp. 55-192, undated
5
1
pp. 193-420, undated
5
2
pp. 421-652, undated
5
3-5
Carbon copy with autograph revisions, pp. 1-652, 1958 May 3-1961 June 4
The Renegade
5
6
Carbon copy with revisions, undated
5
7
Carbon copy with revisions, undated
Sea's Mischief
6
1
Typescript synopsis, undated
6
2
Carbon copy synopsis, with genealogical tree, undated
6
3-4
Typescript with autograph revisions, undated
6
5-6
Carbon copy manuscript with autograph revisions, undated
6
7-8
Carbon copy manuscript with revisions, typed synopsis, notes, and
correspondence
This Emergent
7
1
Part I--working notes, typescript, pp. 1-109, with autograph
revisions, undated
7
2
Part II--working notes in notebook, 1947 January
7
3-8
Time and Again, typescript, undated, two carbon copies, undated, carbon copy with extensive revisions, undated,
two carbon copies of a later version, undated
7
9
The Tunnel, handbound
extraction from Georgia Stories, inscribed by H.A. Rappaport, 1954 March 1
7
10
Poetry Manuscripts
7 untitled poems and fragments, undated
Beauty Parlour,
autograph manuscript, typescript, three carbon copies, undated
Conversation Piece-The
Misanthrope, three carbon copies, undated
Cradle Song, autograph
manuscript, undated
Disillusion, two
carbon copies, undated
Family Album, two
carbon copies, undated
Idyll, two carbon
copies, typescript, carbon copy with Family Album,undated
In Our Time,
typescript, carbon copy, undated
Moonlight on Mrs.
Marshall, autograph manuscript, undated
Music, autograph
manuscript, undated
Odd Bodies. No. 1. The
Oyster, two carbon copies, one typescript, carbon copy with In Our Time,undated
Proper Reaction on Viewing a
Prodigy, autograph manuscript, undated
Saint Joan, autograph
manuscript, two typed carbon copies, undated, The Poetry Review, vol. XLII no. 3, 1951
Schoolmistress,
autograph manuscript, undated
Siez'em [sic] Fido,
autograph manuscript, 1946 November
28
Unfair Aspersions. No.1.
Sutton, typescript, three carbon copies, undated
Unfair Aspersions. No.2.
Certain Missionaries, autograph manuscript, typescript, carbon
copy, undated
Why We Go On,
autograph manuscript
Series II. Notebooks, 1900-1952
7
11
Advanced Mathematics, 1952 May
3
8
1
Armament Note Book (W.W. I), 1920 October 7
8
2
Botany Note Book for School Certificate, undated
8
3
Chemistry and Biology Notes--typed notes, with list of school
examination requirements and schedule, biology syllabus for 1948
8
4
Exercise Book, autograph notes and sketches on natural history,
1900 October 22
8
5
Extracts, copied from Huxley's Devils of Loudun and other works, with
clippings and pressed seaweed, undated
8
6
Philosophy Notes, autograph notes, undated
8
7
Pure Maths. Corrected Tests, numbers 1-10, 1948
9
1
Pure Maths. Corrected Tests, numbers 11-19, 1948
9
2
Pure Maths. Corrected Tests, numbers 20-30, 1948 October 11-1949 February 28
9
3
R.A.F. Lecture Notes, 1943 Dec.
2-1945 July 14
Series III. Diaries, 1917-1964
9
4
1917 January 1 to March 19
9
5
1921 January 1 to 1922 January
5
10
1
1923
10
2
1925
10
3
1926 January 1 to 1927 January
2
10
4
1931 January 1 to 1934 December
28
10
5
1942 January 1 to 1943 March
28
11
1
1947
11
2
1947 December 22 to 1948 December
31
11
3
1949
11
4
1950
11
5
1951
11
6
1952
12
1
1953 January 1 to 1954 January
17
12
2
1954
12
3
1956 January 1 to 1957 January
1
12
4
1957 January 1 to 1958 January 3,
with some entries by Evelyn Scott
12
5
1958 April 17 to 1958 December
31
13
1
1959,
with some entries by Evelyn Scott
13
2
1960,
with some entries by Evelyn Scott
13
3
1961,
with some entries by Evelyn Scott
13
4
1962 January 1 to 1962 December 31,
with some entries by Evelyn Scott
13
5
1963 January 1 to 1964 January
1
14
1
1964 January 1 to 1964 July
31
Series IV. Business and Legal Papers, 1930-1964
14
2
Business Correspondence, 1951-1964
Teaching Career
14
3
Letters of reference, material regarding placement agencies,
1943-1958
14
4
Davie's Tutorial School, examinations, 1957 June 17-19
14
5
The Haithcock School, pay receipts, suggestions for evaluating
students, salary figures, record of hours worked, typed letter from Grand
Biological Supply House, 1955-1956
14
6
New York Tutoring School Notebook of students' performance,
undated
14
7
St. Bernard's School, pay vouchers, graded exam, list of students'
grades, program for Annual Sports Day, faculty and staff list 1954-1955
14
8
U.S. Repatriation Papers, correspondence with U.S. Immigration Service,
American Consulate in London and Ottawa regarding a reentry permit to the U.S.
after W.W.II, 1940-1952
House at Belsize Crescent
14
9
Legal correspondence, financial papers regarding ownership, rental, and
sale of property at Belsize Crescent in London, 1947-1960
osf
Blueprint of transformer chamber at 26 Belsize Crescent, undated
15
1
Evelyn Scott Fund, cancelled checks, deposit slip receipts, account
statements, correspondence with Amalgamated Bank of New York and Margaret De
Silver, 1952-1953
15
2-3
Bank Accounts
Chase-Manhattan Bank, notebook record of account, 1958-1962, cancelled checks, account
statements, 1954-1964
Westminster Bank, Limited, cancelled checks, account statements,
1954-1964
15
4
Invoices and Receipts, 1953-1963
15
5
Income Taxes, U.S. and British tax returns, correspondence with Barker, Preston,
& Company accounting firm, 1930-1963
Social Security
15
6
Social Security card, account receipts, brochures, forms,
correspondence, 1954-1964
Clippings about Social Security
(housed in oversize storage)
15
7
British Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance, insurance card,
statements, receipts, forms, correspondence, brochures, 1955-1963
15
8
Sample Paper File, sample file used by Metcalfe in keeping his records (was one of
three)
Series V. Family and Personal Correspondence, 1846-1965 (bulk, 1929-1933, 1963-1964)
16
1-18
Arranged by writer, A-Z (see index)
Series VI. Photographs and Photograph Albums, 1906-1956
16
19
Photographs of John Metcalfe, April Derleth, and unidentified persons,
1952-1956, undated
*
Three photograph albums of family portraits and photographs taken by
Metcalfe as a boy, 1906-1907, undated
(*Photo albums housed in HRC Photography Collection)
Series VII. Scrapbooks 1920-1959
(bulk, 1930-1939)
17
1
One scrapbook of pressed seaweed, 1926-1930
17.1-3, osf, osb1-2
Six scrapbooks of newspaper and magazine clippings of reviews, short
stories, and miscellaneous topics, 1920s-1950s
osb 2
One scrapbook of clippings on miscellaneous topics, 1930s
Series VIII. Miscellaneous, 1918-1960 (bulk, 1946-1953)
16
20-22
Printed and manuscript music pieces (some housed in oversize storage), 1918, undated
16
23
Postal receipts notebook, 1946-1947
16
24
Memo book, with addresses, figures, and foreign phrases, 1951
16
25
Medical prescriptions, advertisements, and newspaper clippings (some housed in oversize storage),
undated, 1953-1958
16
26
Artwork by W. Stanton Foster, undated
Index of Correspondents
- See __ refers to the name under which correspondence was filed.
- See also __ indicates the name under which additional correspondence, usually
letters written to that person, is filed.
- A. Burton & Co. (see Match & Co., Ltd.)
- Allen, R.G. (see Westminster Bank)
- A/S Bookman--14.2
- Alfsen, F.A.M. (see United States. Foreign Service)
- Amalgamated Bank of New York (see Evelyn Scott Fund)
- Arkham House--14.2 (see also Derleth, August William, 1909-1971)
- Atkins, Clara L.--16.2
- B.W.D. Research Laboratories, Inc.--16.25
- Baird, J.H. (see Great Britain. War Office)
- Baird, Mary R. (see Tennessee. Dept. of Public Health)
- Ballard, Mrs. F.J. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National
Insurance)
- Barker, Preston & Company--14.9
- Barker, Randulph B.--15.5
- Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 (see Metcalfe, John, 1891-, 16.12)
- Bourne, Em--16.3
- Branwhite, P.C. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Brimblecombe, L.S. (see Match & Co., Ltd.)
- Brandt and Brandt--14.2
- Brindley, Robert (author's great-grandfather)--16.4
- Brindley, Winifred--16.5
- British Consul-General--14.8
- British Joint Services Mission--14.2
- Bromhead, C.J. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Burnett, Whit, 1899- --14.2
- Burton, Naomi (see Curtis Brown Ltd.)
- Carson, J. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Carter, H.R. (see Match & Co., Ltd.)
- Central Islip State Hospital (see O'Neill, Francis J.)
- Chapman, Katherine J. (daughter of Arthur Wharton Metcalfe)--16.14
- Clark, Lewis (see United States. Foreign Service)
- Clay, J.D.--16.6
- Common, L.--16.7
- Cowie, W.B. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Coyle, J.J. (see United States. Foreign Service)
- Crispin, Edmund, 1921-1978--14.2
- Curtis Brown Ltd.--14.2
- Derleth, August William, 1909-1971--14.2
- Descon, E. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- de Silver, Claire W.--16.12
- de Silver, Margaret (see Evelyn Scott Fund, see also Farrar Straus &
Young, Metcalfe, John, 1891-, 15.1, Prentice-Hall, Inc.)
- Dixon, Ivor Ross Jr.--14.2 (see also Metcalfe, John, 1891-, 3.5)
- Dobson, T.W. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Duncan, Doris Bailey--16.14
- Elliot, F. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Evelyn Scott Fund--15.1
- Faber and Faber, Ltd., Publishers, London--14.2
- Fagge, Beatrice Bea (author's father's
cousin)--16.8 (see also Common, L.)
- Farrar Straus & Young--14.2
- Fisher, Lindsay S., Esquire (see Messrs. T.F. Peacock, Fisher, Chavasse &
O'Meara)
- France, Leys A. (see United States. Foreign Service)
- Frost, Eunice E. (see Penguin (Firm))
- Fucho, M.J. (see New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Welfare)
- Fuller, George--16.14
- Gawsworth, John, 1912-1970 --16.12 (see also de Silver, Claire W., and Metcalfe,
John, 1891-, 16.12)
- General Biological Supply House, inc., Chicago--14.5
- Gibson & Sons--6.7
- Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance--15.7
- Great Britain. War Office--14.8
- Greene, Joseph N. (see United States. Foreign Service)
- Grice, Agnes A.--16.14
- Hampstead, Eng. Borough Council--14.9
- Hannah, Mary (Mrs. R.C.) (see Scott-James, Marie)
- Hart, A.L. Jr. (see Macmillan & Co.)
- Higham, J. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Hilis, M.J. (see British Joint Services Mission)
- Institute of International Education (see Dixon, Ivor Ross Jr.)
- International Literary Management--14.2
- Jellis, A.F.(see Match & Co., Ltd.)
- Jones, A.G.H. (see Hampstead, Eng. Borough Council)
- Jordan, Russell B. (see United States. Foreign Service)
- Kelly, Joseph J. (see United States. Social Security Administration)
- Lang, Charles M. (see United States. Social Security Administration)
- Lucas, [W.S.C.]--14.2
- MacDonald & Co.--14.2
- McIntosh, Mavis (Elizabeth McKee)--14.2
- Macmillan & Co.--14.2
- Match & Co., Ltd.--14.9
- Messrs. Josolyne, Miles & Co. (see Barker, Randulph B.)
- Messrs. T.F. Peacock, Fisher, Chavasse & O'Meara--14.9
- Metcalfe, Anne (author's great-grandmother)--16.14
- Metcalfe, Annie (author's aunt) --16.11 (see also Bourne, Em; Brindley, Winifred;
Metcalfe, John Bell;
- Metcalfe, John, 1891-, 16.13; Metcalfe, Wallace; Metcalfe, William Charles)
- Metcalfe, Annie E. (Mrs. Arthur Wharton)--16.14 (see also Metcalfe, Arthur
Wharton)
- Metcalfe, Arthur Wharton--16.14
- Metcalfe, Charlotte W. Brindley (author's grandmother)--16.9 (see also __, Mary
B., 16.14; Metcalfe,
- Jessie Clay; Metcalfe, John, 1891-, 16.13; Metcalfe, William Charles)
- Metcalfe, Fanny (author's aunt) (see also Metcalfe, Charlotte W. Brindley;
Metcalfe, Jessie Clay; Metcalfe, John, 1891- , 16.13; Metcalfe, Wallace; and
Metcalfe, William Charles)
- Metcalfe, Francis--16.14
- Metcalfe, Jessie Clay (author's mother--16.10 (see also Atkins, Clara L.; and
Metcalfe, John, 1891-, 16.13)
- Metcalfe, John, 1891- --3.5, 8.4, 14.2, 14.8, 14.9, 15.1, 15.5, 15.7, 16.12,
16.13
- Metcalfe, John B[ell] (author's uncle) (see also Brindley, Robert; Metcalfe,
Charlotte W. Brindley; Metcalfe, Francis; Metcalfe, Jessie Clay; Metcalfe, Mark;
Metcalfe, P. Herbert; and Metcalfe, William Charles)
- Metcalfe, John Bell (author's grandfather)--16.11 (see also __, Mary B., 16.14;
Brindley, Robert; Metcalfe, Anne; and Metcalfe, William Charles)
- Metcalfe, Mark (author's great-uncle)--16.14
- Metcalfe, Mary B. (author's aunt)--16.14 (see also Chapman, Katherine J.; Duncan,
Doris Bailey; H__, Nora, 16.1; Fuller, George; Grice, Agnes A.; Hughes, __; Metcalfe,
Annie E.; Metcalfe, Arthur Wharton; Metcalfe, John Bell; Metcalfe, John, 1891-,
16.13; Metcalfe, Ted; Metcalfe, Wallace; and Shaw, Betty)
- Metcalfe, Michael (author's uncle) (see also Metcalfe, Charlotte W. Brindley)
- Metcalfe, P. Herbert (author's father's cousin)--16.15
- Metcalfe, Ted--16-14
- Metcalfe, Wallace (author's great-uncle)--16.16
- Metcalfe, William Charles (author's father)--16.17 (see also Metcalfe, John,
1891-, 16.13)
- Mills, W. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Morgan, Philip F. (see Romeike & Curtice, Limited)
- Mycroft & Moran (see Derleth, August William, 1909-1979)
- New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Welfare--15.6
- O'Neill, Francis J.--16.12
- Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975--14.2 (see also Metcalfe, John, 1891-, 3.5)
- Peck, John (see Farrar Strauss & Young)
- Penguin (Firm)--14.2
- Peters (A.D.) Agency--14-2 (see also Penguin (Firm))
- Peterson, Avery F. (see United States. Foreign Service)
- Pethick, Mrs. (see Metcalfe, John, 1891-, 16.12)
- Piggott, Juliet (see Curtis Brown Ltd.)
- Prentice-Hall, inc.--14.2
- Preston, B.P.H. (Patrick)--15.5 (see also Barker, Preston & Company)
- Ribeiro, Luis Jose Bonito--14.2
- Roberts, R.J.K. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Robertson, J. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Romeike & Curtice, Limited--14.2
- Saint-Pierre, Lft. Commander and Mrs. F.W.--14.9
- Salisbury, E.E. (see United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service)
- Savoretti, Joseph (see United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service)
- Schlessiger, Charles (see Brandt and Brandt)
- Schofield, Lemuel B. (see United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service)
- Scott, Evelyn, 1893- --16.18 (see also Macmillan & Co.; Metcalfe, Mary
B.; Saint-Pierre, Lft.
- Commander and Mrs. F.W.; Tennessee. Dept. of Public Health; United States.
Department of States; and Wilson, Angus)
- Scott-James, Marie--14.2
- Shaw, Betty--16.14
- Shepherd, Ruth L. (see General Biological Supply House, Inc., Chicago)
- Simmons, L.R. (see Faber and Faber, Ltd., Publishers, London)
- Sims & Sims Ltd. (see Match & Co., Ltd.)
- Smith, F. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- [Smith], Nesta (author's cousin)--15.7
- Stephens, Margaret (see Penguin (Firm))
- St[rarus], Monroe--see Prentice-Hall, inc.
- Taylor, G.D. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Tennessee. Dept. of Public Health--15.7
- Thompson, Herbert I. (see International Literary Management)
- United States. Department of State--15.7
- United States. Foreign Service--14.8
- United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service--14.8
- United States. Social Security Administration --15.6
- United States Lines--14.8
- Victor Gollancz Ltd.--1.2
- Wagner, W.H. (see United States. Immigration and Naturalization Service)
- Westminster Bank--14.9,15.5
- White, John Foster (see MacDonald & Co.)
- The Willett Estates (see Match & Co., Ltd.)
- Wilson, Angus--14.2
- Wood, N. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Woodget, K. (see Great Britain. Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance)
- Yale University (see Pearson, Norman Holmes, 1909-1975)
- Young, Willis H. (see United States. Department of State)
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