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 |
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.
The Bates mss., 1926-1932, are writings and letters of English author Herbert Ernest Bates, 1905-1974.
The collection is arranged chronologically, followed by a list of items mounted in books.
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[Item], Bates mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Purchase: 1958
Physical Description: (16 items)