Additional sequence (1940-1988)
- JC/12
- Series
- 1940 - 1988
Part of Common (Jack) Archive
Additional sequence (1940-1988)
Part of Common (Jack) Archive
The papers of Jack Common (1900-1968) are a rich resource for those interested in the history of this talented Tyneside-born writer. They include published and unpublished typescripts and manuscripts of his work, including Kiddar's Luck, his fictionalised childhood autobiography, published in 1951. There are also Common's diaries, notebooks, research notes, news cuttings, correspondence and photographs.
The papers also include copies of articles and draft articles for his contribution to the socialist journals The Adelphi and New Britain. Correspondence to Jack Common includes letters from his friends George Orwell, E.M. Forster, Dorothy and Max Plowman, Richard and John Middleton Murry, Thomas McCullough and Connie Common, Jack's second wife. There is also correspondence from various publishers as well as from the BBC and Associated British Picture Corporation.
Common, Jack, 1903-1968, writer
Letter from Mr. Thomas McCulloch to Dr Ronald Paul
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Letter from Mr. Thomas McCulloch (friend of Jack Common) to Dr Ronald Paul of Sweden, 1978-1988, author of Fire in our Hearts, a Ph.D. thesis which includes material on Jack Common (see JC/12/02).
Various draft typescripts of 'Orwell at Wallington'.
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Various draft typescripts of 'Orwell at Wallington'. 1 dated 2/4/1940. 9 sheets of ms. on Orwell. (Published in Strand, vol. 22, no. 3, June 1981.)
Jack Common's Notebook Undated 1950 - 1955
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Jack Common Correspondence: From Harry Anderson
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Jack Common Correspondence: From William Dingley
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Jack Common Correspondence: From Dorothy Plowman
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Jack Common Correspondence: From Frank Sainsbury
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Part of Common (Jack) Archive