File of notes compiled by Michael Chaplin in the creation of The Song Thief. Includes song lyrics, handwritten notes and a typewritten summary.

File of handwritten notes, and various drafts of sections of In Blackberry Time including manuscripts and typescripts.

Includes handwritten notes, scene outlines and treatments for episode 6 and other incomplete notes on the development of the whole series.

Includes: 1 - Rules and Articles of the Gardener's Society in Alnwick (1761) 2 - Measure for Measure or Truth Triumphant! (C A H Richardson, 1818) 3 - Programme for a violin recital by Edvard Soermus at Merthyr Tydfil, 23rd April 1918) 4 - Section from an unidentified publication with articles on the Unemployment Act 1934 and Soviet Russia (c.1934) [possibly a trade union publication for the ship-building trade]. 5 - Blackwoods Magazine number 1549 (1944) [includes an article entitled 'Sinking the Scharnhorst' by B B Ramsden, with an insert in Mary's hand that it refers to a military engagement in which Philip Cheswright was involved]

Includes typescript of I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls. With manuscript notes and newspaper articles, transcription of George Sayers Wallsend G Pit notebook 1920 with information on the Wallsend and Hebburn Coal Company Ltd; and a National Coal Board notebook, mainly unused, but including some railway consignment details, 1937.

Includes typescript of Giants, manuscript and typescript notes, and newspaper articles.

Includes typescripts of One Man's Northern England, The Man Without a Gun, A short life, and Mrs Longworth's Village. With pamphlet on Lynemouth Colliery, photograph of Alfred Robens, maps, articles, correspondence, information on various mines, and production statistics.

Includes typescripts of Short Life, The Northumberland Coalfield, poem Gresford by George Leslie Lister, and A Note on Jack Elliot. With articles and essays, manuscript notes, photographs of the board and various public relations events , press office news summaries, correspondence, and historical information.