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DWJ - Diana Wynne Jones Collection- DWJ/01 - Juvenilia
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DWJ/02 - Published work
- DWJ/02/01 - Ingary series
- DWJ/02/02 - Chrestomanci series
- DWJ/02/03 - Dalemark Quartet
- DWJ/02/04 - Derkholm series
- DWJ/02/05 - Magids series
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DWJ/02/06 - Stand-alone titles
- DWJ/02/06/01 - 'Changeover'
- DWJ/02/06/02 - 'Dogsbody'
- DWJ/02/06/03 - 'Eight Days of Luke'
- DWJ/02/06/04 - 'Power of Three'
- DWJ/02/06/05 - 'Who Got Rid of Angus Flint?'
- DWJ/02/06/06 - 'The Four Grannies'
- DWJ/02/06/07 - 'The Time of the Ghost'
- DWJ/02/06/08 - 'Fire and Hemlock'
- DWJ/02/06/09 - 'The Skiver's Guide'
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DWJ/02/06/10 - 'Archer's Goon'
- DWJ/02/06/10/01 - Novel - typescript draft
- DWJ/02/06/10/02 - Novel - proof pages
- DWJ/02/06/10/03 - Television adaptation - episodic breakdown
- DWJ/02/06/10/04 - Television adaptation - correspondence
- DWJ/02/06/10/05 - Television adaptation - first draft scripts
- DWJ/02/06/10/06 - Television adaptation - final scripts
- DWJ/02/06/11 - 'A Tale of Time City'
- DWJ/02/06/12 - 'Chair Person'
- DWJ/02/06/13 - 'Wild Robert'
- DWJ/02/06/14 - 'Black Maria'
- DWJ/02/06/15 - 'A Sudden Wild Magic'
- DWJ/02/06/16 - 'Hexwood'
- DWJ/02/06/17 - 'Enchanted Glass'
- DWJ/02/06/18 - 'Earwig and the Witch'
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DWJ/02/07 - Short stories/novellas published in collections
- DWJ/02/07/01 - 'Aunt Bea's Day Out'
- DWJ/02/07/02 - 'Carruthers'
- DWJ/02/07/03 - 'Everard's Ride'
- DWJ/02/07/04 - 'The Fat Wizard'
- DWJ/02/07/05 - 'The Fluffy Pink Toadstool'
- DWJ/02/07/06 - 'The Girl Who Loved the Sun'
- DWJ/02/07/07 - 'Green Stone'
- DWJ/02/07/08 - 'I'll Give You My Word'
- DWJ/02/07/09 - 'Little Dot'
- DWJ/02/07/10 - 'The Master'
- DWJ/02/07/11 - 'Nad and Dan adn Quaffy'
- DWJ/02/07/12 - 'No One'
- DWJ/02/07/13 - 'The True State of Affairs'
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DWJ/03 - Unpublished work
- DWJ/03/01 - 'The Bag of Beads'
- DWJ/03/02 - 'The Burning of Tremath'
- DWJ/03/03 - 'The Hornets of Gairne'
- DWJ/03/04 - 'The Map and the Message'
- DWJ/03/05 - 'Prince Edward's Island'
- DWJ/03/06 - 'The Three Rings'
- DWJ/03/07 - 'The Vision Kits'
- DWJ/03/08 - 'The Whatsis'
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DWJ/03/09 - Plays
- DWJ/03/09/01 - 'The Batterpool Business'
- DWJ/03/09/02 - 'The Fortune Sellers'
- DWJ/03/09/03 - 'Fred and the Bike Lamp'
- DWJ/03/09/04 - 'The Princess in the Sea'
- DWJ/03/09/05 - 'The Terrible Fisk Machine'
- DWJ/03/09/06 - Untitled play [1]
- DWJ/03/09/07 - Untitled play [2]
- DWJ/03/09/08 - Untitled play [3]
- DWJ/03/09/09 - Untitled play [4]
- DWJ/03/10 - Poetry
- DWJ/03/11 - Miscellenous fragments
- DWJ/04 - Correspondence and personal papers
- DWJ/05 - Articles and talks
- DWJ/06 - Printed books
Diana Wynne Jones Collection
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| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ |
| Dates of Creation | c 1940-2011 |
| Name of Creator | Diana Wynne Jones |
| Language of Material | English |
| Physical Description | 16 archive boxes + books |
Scope and Content
Archive created by Diana Wynne Jones during the course of her life and career as a writer. The collection contains stories and other compositions written by Jones when she was a child; draft material relating to 49 published works by Jones, including novels and short stories; draft material relating to numerous unpublished works, including plays, novels and poetry; correspondence and personal papers, including professional correspondence; drafts of articles and talks by or about Jones; and copies of some of Jones' published works, including some foreign language editions.
Administrative / Biographical History
Created by Diana Wynne Jones during the course of her life and career.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 6 sub-fonds/series as follows:
- DWJ/01 Juvenilia
- DWJ/02 Published work
- DWJ/03 Unpublished work
- DWJ/04 Correspondence and personal papers
- DWJ/05 Articles and talks
- DWJ/06 Printed books
Further information on the arrangement of each sub-fonds/series can be found at lower levels of the catalogue.
Conditions Governing Access
Accessible to all researchers, by appointment only.Conditions Governing Use
Copyright in all original material resides with Diana Wynne Jones' estate.
Appraisal Information
The collection has been appraised, and all duplicate material removed.
Custodial History
Donated to Seven Stories by the creator in 2010. Some sorting and listing of the material was done by Diana Wynne Jones and her agent, Laura Cecil, prior to deposit.
Archivist's Note
Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books, was established as a registered charity and company limited by guarantee in 1996, with the aims of preserving, maintaining and adding to a growing and accessible collection of archival material, artwork and printed books relating to modern British children's literature. The collection is intended to form part of the national heritage in an archive and library of present and future historical interest for the public benefit. (See Memorandum of Association)
Subjects | |
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
| Children's literature | |
Cataloguing Info
| Title | Diana Wynne Jones Collection |
| Author | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Publication | 4/5/2012 |
| Creation | Finding aid created by export from CALM v9.1.86 Archives Hub EAD2002 |
| Revisions |
Juvenilia
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/01 |
| Dates of Creation | c 1940-1950 |
| Physical Description | 2 files |
Scope and Content
Exercise books used by Diana Wynne Jones when she was a child. The series contains one untitled exercise book used for sketching plants, apparently used while living in the Lake District, and two notebooks both entitled 'Private Literary Convulsions', containing various compositions written when Jones was 14 and 15 years old.
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| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
Untitled exercise book
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/01/01 |
| Dates of Creation | nd [c 1940-1941] |
| Physical Description | 1 item |
Scope and Content
School exercise book used by Diana Wynne Jones when she was a child. The exercise book contains coloured drawings of plants and flowers, with brief pencil text describing the characteristics of the plants. The exercise book appears to have been used by Jones when she was living in the Lake District [summer 1940-September 1941], as one page lists 'flowers in Coniston'. The book also contains two childish paintings; one page of what appear to be scores in some sort of game, for 'Ursula' [Jones' sister], 'Robert' and 'Diana'; and what appears to be an attempt at a story entitled 'The Song of the Mountain Ash Fairy', which breaks off after only two words.
The covers are missing from the exercise book, and several pages have been torn out of the back of the exercise book.
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| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
'Private Literary Convulsions' exercise books
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/01/02 |
| Dates of Creation | c 1949-1950 |
| Physical Description | 2 items |
Scope and Content
Two school exercise books used by Diana Wynne Jones when she was a child. The first exercise book is labelled on the front cover in pencil 'Private Literary Convulsions', and the second is labelled 'Private Literary Convulsions contd.'. The cover of the first exercise book also bears the note 'Essays (etc) by me Diana Jones. PRIVATE'.
The first exercise book contains several short essays and biographical sketches entitled 'The Church', 'On Essays Generally', 'The Song of the Adolescent' and 'The Fascination of Water'. It also contains several poems and limericks, and the first act of a play entitled 'Two Shades of Grey'. This play, which features characters called 'Jo' (Jehovah) and 'Loo' (Lucifer) debating the future of humanity, continues in the second exercise book. The second exercise book also contains an essay entitled 'Juvenile Difficulties', which describes Jones' desire to be a writer and the difficulties she foresees in actually becoming a writer.
All of the pieces of writing in both exercise books have numbers recorded next to the titles, either '14' or '15', which is assumed to be Jones' age at the time of writing. A few of the poems are also dated, all written in 1950.
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| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
Published work
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02 |
| Dates of Creation | c 1970-2011 |
| Physical Description | 12 archive boxes |
Scope and Content
Draft material relating to many of Diana Wynne Jones' published works, including two books in the Ingary series, and all of the books in the Chrestomanci series, the Dalemark Quartet, the Derkholm series and the Magids series; 18 stand-alone novels and chapter books; and 13 short stories and novellas published in collected editions of Jones' stories.
Arrangement
Material is arranged into sub-series and files by title. Where titles are part of a series of books, such as the Chrestomanci series, all sub-series and files relating to books in that series have been grouped together. These series titles appear first. Stand-alone titles form a separate series, followed by short stories/novellas published in collections.
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| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
Ingary series
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/01 |
| Dates of Creation | c 1986-1990 |
| Physical Description | 4 files |
Scope and Content
Draft material relating to 'Howl's Moving Castle' and 'Castle in the Air', the first two books in the Ingary series by Diana Wynne Jones.
The collection does not contain any draft material relating to 'House of Many Ways', the third title in the series.
Arrangement
Material is arranged into sub-series and files by title, with titles arranged in order of first publication date.
Related Material
For correspondence with Methuen Books relating to the publication of both of these titles, see file DWJ/04/02.
Subjects | |
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
'Howl's Moving Castle'
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/01/01 |
| Dates of Creation | c 1986 |
| Physical Description | 2 files |
Scope and Content
Edited typescript draft and complete setting copy typescript for 'Howl's Moving Castle' by Diana Wynne Jones (Methuen, 1986).
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| castles | |
| witches | |
| wizards | |
| magic | |
| identity | |
| love | |
| Howl's Moving Castle | |
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
'Howl minus by Miriam'
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/01/01/01 |
| Dates of Creation | nd [c 1986] |
| Physical Description | 2 items; 93 ff. |
Scope and Content
Incomplete typescript draft of 'Howl's Moving Castle' by Diana Wynne Jones. The typescript is heavily annotated, and numerous pages are missing throughout. The typescript was stored in a paper folder labelled in Jones' hand 'Howl minus by Miriam' - this draft was sent to Laura Cecil, Jones' agent.
Laura Cecil provided the following explanatory note at the time of deposit: "This was a joke version of an edited HOWL sent to Laura Cecil by an exasperated DWJ, showing in a reductio ad absurdum version what would happen if she followed Miriam Hodgson’s editorial comments to the letter. Neither Miriam nor anyone else at Methuen knew about this version. It was part of Diana’s way of letting off steam when she was having to fight her corner with publishers. Later on she and Miriam had a very good relationship, but it took some time for her to understand Diana’s work."
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| Howl's Moving Castle | |
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
Setting copy typescript
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/01/01/02 |
| Dates of Creation | nd [c 1986] |
| Physical Description | 162 ff. |
Scope and Content
Complete typescript of 'Howl's Moving Castle' by Diana Wynne Jones, marked up with typesetting instructions for the printer. The typescript bears occasional annotations, including some relating to altering the text for an American audience, and also evidences some revision through cutting and pasting.
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| Howl's Moving Castle | |
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
'Castle in the Air'
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/01/02 |
| Dates of Creation | c 1990 |
| Physical Description | 2 files |
Scope and Content
Typescript draft and proof pages for 'Castle in the Air' by Diana Wynne Jones (Methuen, 1990).
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| magic | |
| princesses | |
| love | |
| flying carpets | |
| djinns | |
| Castle in the Air | |
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | |
Typescript draft
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/01/02/01 |
| Dates of Creation | nd [c 1990] |
| Physical Description | 162 ff. |
Scope and Content
Complete typescript draft of 'Castle in the Air' by Diana Wynne Jones. The typescript bears very occasional annotations, mainly correcting typing errors, and appears to be a final draft.
Subjects | ||
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | ||
Titles | ||
| Castle in the Air | Search for this book on Copac | |
Proof pages
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/01/02/02 |
| Dates of Creation | nd [c 1990] |
| Physical Description | 74 ff. |
Scope and Content
Incomplete set of unbound proof pages for the US edition of 'Castle in the Air' by Diana Wynne Jones. The pages are annotated with chapter and page numbers, but are otherwise unmarked.
Subjects | ||
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | ||
Titles | ||
| Castle in the Air | Search for this book on Copac | |
Chrestomanci series
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/02 |
| Dates of Creation | c 1977-2006 |
| Physical Description | 2 archive boxes |
Scope and Content
Draft material relating to all seven books in the Chrestomanci series by Diana Wynne Jones, consisting of the novels 'Charmed Life', 'The Magicians of Caprona', 'Witch Week', 'The Lives of Christopher Chant', 'Conrad's Fate' and 'The Pinhoe Egg'; and the collection of short stories 'Mixed Magics'.
Arrangement
Material is arranged into sub-series and files by title, with titles arranged in order of first publication date.
Subjects | ||
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | ||
Titles | ||
| Chrestomanci series | Search for this book on Copac | |
'Charmed Life'
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/02/01 |
| Dates of Creation | c 1977 |
| Physical Description | 3 files |
Scope and Content
Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Charmed Life' by Diana Wynne Jones (Macmillan, 1977).
Related Material
For correspondence with Methuen Books relating to the publication of this title, see file DWJ/04/02.
Subjects | ||
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | ||
Titles | ||
| Guardian Children's Fiction Prize | Search for this book on Copac | |
| brothers and sisters | Search for this book on Copac | |
| magic | Search for this book on Copac | |
| castles | Search for this book on Copac | |
| self-reliance | Search for this book on Copac | |
| parallel universes | Search for this book on Copac | |
| Chrestomanci series | Search for this book on Copac | |
| Charmed Life | Search for this book on Copac | |
Manuscript draft
| This material is held at | Seven Stories, the Centre for Children's Books |
| Reference Number(s) | GB 1840 DWJ/02/02/01/01 |
| Dates of Creation | nd [c 1977] |
| Physical Description | 49 ff. |
Scope and Content
Complete manuscript draft of 'Charmed Life' by Diana Wynne Jones. The manuscript is substantially the same as the published book in terms of plot and characterisation, although there are some differences in the structure and ordering of some passages. The title 'Enchanter's Magic' appears at the top of the first page, and appears to have been an early title for the book. Another title, 'The Spell She Left Behind Her', also appears on the first page, but has been crossed out. The file also includes a sheet of several alternative titles, all of which appear to have been considered for 'Charmed Life'.
Subjects | ||
| Jones, Diana Wynne, 1934-2011 | ||
Titles | ||
| Chrestomanci series | Search for this book on Copac | |
| Charmed Life | Search for this book on Copac | |
