The collection includes:
papers of John Lockwood Kipling (1865-1911), being illustrations to Rudyard's early works, a notebook of c. 1891 and newspaper cuttings of his own journalism;
20 letters (some of them photocopies ) from his son Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) to his sister Alice Macdonald Fleming (1868-1948), her husband John M. Fleming and S. Healey; and
11 letters to his mother Alice Kipling (1837-1910) concerning her health.
Alice Macdonald Fleming (1868-1948) was the only sister of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), the author. She married Colonel John M. Fleming (1858-1942).
Items in the collection may be consulted for the purpose of private study and personal research, within the controlled environment and restrictions of The Keep's Reading Rooms.
Donated by Helen Mary Macdonald and Margaret Elizabeth Macdonald in 1987.
Prepared by John Farrant, July 2002.
An online catalogue is available on The Keep's website .
COPIES FOR PRIVATE STUDY: Subject to copyright, conditions imposed by owners and protecting the documents, digital copies can be made.
PUBLICATION: A reader wishing to publish material in the collection should contact the Head of Special Collections, in writing. The reader is responsible for obtaining permission to publish from the copyright owner.
These papers were collected by Alice Macdonald Fleming, who passed them to Helen Mary Macdonald and Margaret Elizabeth Macdonald, relatives on her mother's side. The sisters donated the collection to the University of Sussex in 1987.
