His papers include correspondence files from 1946-2009, cuttings of published articles, folders of drafts and unpublished articles, reviews, obituaries, interviews, financial records, photographs, awards, and papers from the Association for the Abolition of the Aberrant Apostrophe, an organisation founded to highlight what he perceived to be a decline in the standards of modern English.
Papers of Keith Waterhouse (1929-2009), novelist and columnist
This material is held atCardiff University Archives / Prifysgol Caerdydd
- Reference
- GB 1239 457
- Dates of Creation
- 1944-2009
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 4.5m 12 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Keith Waterhouse was a British novelist (Billy Liar), columnist (Yorkshire Evening Post, Punch, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail) and screenwriter (That Was The Week That Was, BBC-3, The Frost Report, The Card, Budgie, Worzel Gummidge, Andy Capp, Whistle Down the Wind (1961) and Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (1966).
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Note
Shelves 367-372.
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