The papers have been left in the main in the order received. The material was randomly arranged and although its original order has been retained for the most part, files of the same series have been placed together. SC 1/1-1/5 Published novels, short stories, articles and poetry 1939-1987 SC 2/1-2/3 Unpublished novels, short stories, articles and plays 1938-1986 SC 3/1-3/3 Radio, television and theatre dramatisations 1946-1981 SC 4 Newspaper cuttings, research material and miscellaneous files [19461-1987 SC 5 Personal and miscellaneous files 1946-1990 SC 6/1-6/2 Diaries and notebooks [1930s]-1985 SC 7/1-7/3 Correspondence 1939-1990 SC 8 Extraneous miscellaneous 1948-1975

The correspondence (SC 7/1-7/3) was generally loose and unfiled to any significant extent, although kept in some chronological order. It has now been rearranged by the archivist to reflect its chronological order. There had been some attempt to extract letters from particular persons and this system has been continued. Thus the series of correspondence arranged by individuals (SC 7/2) now follows the series of general correspondence (SC 7/1).