Bates mss., 1926-1932

Papers of Herbert Ernest Bates, 1926-1932, at the Lilly Library, Indiana University

Finding aid created by Mary McSparran

Creator: Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905-1974
Title: Bates mss.
Collection No.: LMC 1059
Dates: 1926-1932
Quantity:

Quantity: 1 Box

Quantity: 1 standard

Abstract: The Bates mss., 1926-1932, consists of the writings and letters of English author Herbert Ernest Bates, 1905-1974.
Location: Lilly - Stacks
Language: English .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Biographical Note

Herbert Ernest Bates, 1905-1974, was born on May 16, 1905, in Rushden, England. After graduating from Kettering Grammar School, he worked as a reporter in Wellingborough. He published his first work of fiction, a play entitled The Last Bread , in 1926, and then began writing and publishing full-time. His best-known works include My Uncle Silas (1939), Fair Stood the Wind for France (1944), The Scarlet Sword (1950), Love for Lydia (1952), and The Darling Buds of May (1958). Many of his stories portray rural life in the English Midlands, particularly Northamptonshire, where Bates grew up. Some of Bates' work was adapted for film and television, including The Purple Plain (1947) and The Darling Buds of May (1958), adapted as The Mating Game (1959). Bates was also a gardener and wrote many books on flowers. He died in Canterbury on January 29, 1974.

Scope and Contents

The Bates mss., 1926-1932, are writings and letters of English author Herbert Ernest Bates, 1905-1974.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged chronologically, followed by a list of items mounted in books.

Restrictions

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Related Materials

Bates mss. II, 1968-1980, also located at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item], Bates mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchase: 1958

Collection Inventory

Series:

Writings and Correspondence , 1905-1974
box 1
The Lesson , 1926
box 1
The Mother , 1926
box 1
Alexander , 1929, June-July.
box 1
Letters from Bates to Barbara McClenaghen, including one letter from McClenaghen to Bates, Dec. 9, 1931. , 1930, Jan. 16-1933, Feb. 6

Physical Description: (16 items)

box 1
Obadiah , 1930?
box 1
A Threshing Day for Esther , 1930?
box 1
On the Road , 1931, Jan.
box 1
The Mower , 1931, Mar.
box 1
A German Idyll – first draft , 1931
box 1
A German Idyll , 1931
box 1
The Pink Cart , 1932, Dec.
box 1
The Russian Dancer , 1932
box 1
A Speculation in the Angelic , 1932
box 1
The Black Boxer , undated.
box 1
The Dove , undated.
box 1
Fishing , undated.
box 1
Never , undated.

Series:

Mounted in books
The Country Dctor (fragment- p.5) in Bates: The Story Without an End and Country Doctor (Lilly PR6003.A86 S81 copy 2)
Mrs. Esmond's Life, chapter III (p. 26) in Bates: Mrs. Esmond's Life (Lilly PR 6003.A86 M61).