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Cyril Trevor Pinch Papers, 1910-1955, undated

Cyril Trevor Pinch papers, 1910-1955

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Cyril Trevor Pinch Papers, 1910-1955, undated

Clippings

These files primarily contain clippings with examples of Pinch's work, particular for his verses about news and other items. Many of the clippings are quite small, but the majority are dated.


Box 1 Folder 1 Verse Examples, 1910-1911, undated

Primarily manuscripts and typescripts; one clipping.

Box 1 Folder 2-4 Verse Examples--Clippings, 1913, 1915-1918

Box 1 Folder 5 Everyweek--Clippings, 1918 July - 1919 January

Box 1 Folder 6 The National News Sunday--Clippings, 1920-1921

Verse examples from the The Whirigig

Box 1 Folder 7 Favourite Weekly--Clippings, 1938

"Umptygaloop" carbon character and other feature writing

Box 1 Folder 8-14 Compere and Rhymes from the "News"--Clippings, 1940

Box 1 Folder 15-23 Rhymes from the "News", Yorkshire Evening News--Clippings, 1940-1942

Correspondence and Examples

These files contain primarily examples or "specimens" of Pinch's work, primarily typescripts, that could be sent to publishers. The files also contain related correspondence, handwritten drafts, notes, and other materials.

Box 1 Folder 24 Advertising Campaigns--Work Suggestions and Correspondence, 1933

Box 1 Folder 25-26 Verse Examples--Typescripts, 1929-1954, undated

Primarily typescripts, with some correspondence and handwritten pages.

Box 1 Folder 27 Verse Examples--Typescripts, 1933-1935

Box 1 Folder 28 Verse Examples--Typescripts, 1935-1938

Box 1 Folder 29 Verse Examples--Typescripts, 1937-1938, undated

Box 1 Folder 30 Syndicated Verse Examples and Correspondence, 1939

Typescripts


Box 2 Folder 1-4 Examples, primarily verse, 1930s

Files contain typescripts, handwritten pieces, and a few clippings.

Box 2 Folder 5-6 Verse Examples, 1936, 1952-1954

Includes clippings, typescripts, and notes. Many are "It Happened This Week" examples. Includes drafts, copies, and notes for Pinch's poem on Winston Churchill's 80th birthday.

Box 2 Folder 7 Rhyming Crosswords, 1953-1954, undated

Examples published in the Ipswich Star by Ivor Pinch.

Box 2 Folder 8 The Carmelite Brothers (Short Story), undated

Box 2 Folder 9-10 Centepede City, also New Verse and New Articles, 1932-1938, undated

Primarily typescripts. Includes additional pages related to Cinderella and The Isle of Woo-Away.

Box 2 Folder 11 Cinderella's Fella and The Isle of Woo-Away, undated

File contains Cinderella's Fella, and drafts of The Isle of Woo-Away.

Box 2 Folder 12-14 The Isle of Woo-Away, 1931, undated

Box 2 Folder 15 Stark India , circa 1930

Two sets of pages related to Pinch's book.

Notebooks and Notes

These files contain ideas, notes, clippings, and other materials.


Box 3 Folder 1-4 Writing - Ideas, Notes, Correspondence, 1929-1944

Files contains ideas and memos, as well as some correspondence, contacts and address, and clippings and notes. It is unclear if all the clippings are Pinch's (although his grandson's description implies that some of writing is Pinch's) or if they are items Pinch cut out and took notes on. Many from Yorkshire Post and Allied. Clippings and notes are usually dated.

Box 3 Folder 5-7 Notebooks and Notes, 1930s-1955

Dorothy S. Pinch Writing

Dorothy S. Pinch was the sister of Cyril Trevor Pinch. This file contains examples of her work. Some of the pieces were published and contain publication information.

Box 3 Folder 8 Dorothy S. Pinch--Short Stories, Poems, and Articles, 1937-1944, undated