Finding Aid to the C.S. Forester Papers, 1940-1964
Finding Aid written by Arcadia Falcone
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University of California, Berkeley
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Finding Aid to the C.S. Forester Papers, 1940-1964
Collection Number: BANC MSS 72/250 c
The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
- Finding Aid Written By:
- Arcadia Falcone
- Date Completed:
-
August 2010
© 2010 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Collection Title: C.S. Forester papers
Date (inclusive): 1940-1964
Collection Number: BANC MSS 72/250 c
Creators :
Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott), 1899-1966
Extent:
Number of containers: 3 cartons, 1 box, 5 volumes, 2 oversize folders
Linear feet: 6.2 linear feet
Repository: The Bancroft Library
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California, 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The C.S. Forester Papers (1940-1964, bulk undated) contain
manuscripts for Forester's writings in a variety of genres, both published and unpublished.
Most materials appear to be final typescripts, although some works exist in multiple or
corrected drafts.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite
and advance notice may be required for use. For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Materials in this collection may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17,
U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of
University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and
publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of
the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited
without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively
with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See:
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], C.S. Forester Papers, BANC MSS 72/250 c, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Alternate Forms Available
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
Related Collections
Sylvanus Griswold Morley papers, 1896-1969, BANC MSS 77/85 c
Armchair Strategists Society records, [ca.1941-1946], BANC MSS 79/20 c
Separated Material
Photographs have been transferred to the Pictorial Collections of The Bancroft Library
(BANC PIC 19xx.062--AX). Recording of an interview with George R. Stewart transferred to
the Phonotape Collections of The Bancroft Library.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
library's online public access catalog.
Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott),
1899-1966--Archives
Hornblower, Horatio (Fictitious
character)--Fiction
Authors, English--20th century
Clippings.
Manuscripts for publication.
Galley proofs (Printing)
Administrative Information
Accruals
No additions are expected.
System of Arrangement
Arranged to the folder level.
Processing Information
Processed by Arcadia Falcone in 2009.
Biographical Information
C.S. Forester (1899-1966) was an author and historian best known for his tales of seafaring
life. His most famous works are the 11-volume Horatio Hornblower series, set during the era
of the Napoleonic Wars, and the novel
The African Queen,
adapted into a film by John Huston in 1951. Born in Cairo to British parents and educated in
England, Forester settled in California at the end of World War II, where he lived until his
death.
Scope and Content of Collection
The C.S. Forester Papers (1940-1964, bulk undated) contain manuscripts for Forester's
writings in a variety of genres, both published and unpublished. Most materials appear to be
final typescripts, although some works exist in multiple or corrected drafts.
Fiction writings represented comprise novels and short stories, including the published
works
Hornblower and the Atropos (1953),
Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962), and
The
Nightmare
(1954). The collection also includes manuscripts of what appear to be
two unpublished novels:
The Perfect Lady and
Tranquil God.
Non-fiction writings in the collection include book-length texts and articles. Present are
multiple typescript drafts and galley proofs for
The Age of Fighting
Sail
(1956), as well as related correspondence; drafts and proofs for
The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck (1959); and drafts and notes
for an unpublished piece,
Leyte Gulf, with correspondence
regarding a possible film adaptation.
The collection also contains autobiographical pieces in which Forester reflects upon his
own experiences and writings, including a draft and proofs for
The
Hornblower Companion
(1964). Writings in other genres include several drafts of a
play entitled
The Furies, apparently unproduced; short works
of criticism, mainly in the form of book reviews and introductions; and a series of
"Ballades", with related correspondence.
General materials include clippings; a small amount of correspondence with publishers and
others; notes and research materials; a screenplay and publicity material for two films
adapted from Forester's texts; a program from
Nurse Cavell
(1933), a play co-written by Forester; works by other writers sent to Forester; and an
artfully aged page from a "diary" attributed to Horatio Hornblower.
Series 1
Fiction
1940-circa 1961,
undated
Physical Description:
Carton 1, folders 1-64
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by U.S. publication title, if known; otherwise, arranged by
manuscript title
Scope and Content Note
Primarily drafts of short stories and novels, with a small amount of related materials;
includes typescripts, galley proofs, drawings; some annotated
Carton 1, Folder 1
"The Bedchamber Mystery"
Undated
Boon Stories
Undated,
circa 1961
Carton 1, Folder 2
"Borrowing from the British"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 3
"The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 4
"Can Dead Men Vote Twice"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 5
"The Giant Refreshed"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 8
Untitled fragments
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 11
"The Course of True Love"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 12
"Eleven Deck Chairs"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 14
"The Girls at the Star"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 14a
The Good Shepherd
Undated
Additional Note
Corrected galleys
Carton 1, Folder 15
"The Goose and the Gander"
1945
Carton 1, Folder 17
"Hornblower and His Majesty"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 18
"Hornblower and Noah's Ark"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 19-22
Hornblower and the Atropos
Undated
Additional Note
MSS title:
The Captain of the Atropos
Carton 1, Folder 23-26
Hornblower and the Atropos - serial version
Undated
Additional Note
Includes additional changes by editor
Carton 1, Folder 27-31
Hornblower and the Hotspur
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 31a
"Hornblower and the Man Who Felt Queer"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 32
"Hornblower and the Temptation of the Devil"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 33
"Hornblower's Charitable Offering"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 34
"The Hybrid Convertible"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 36
"Lieutenant Hornblower and the Hand of Destiny"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 37
"The Maestro at Sixty"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 38
"The Man Who Will See F.D.R."
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 39
"Marjorie is Still Waiting"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 40
"Modernity and Maternity"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 41
"National Service"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 42
"The Dragon's Castle"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 44
"Miriam's Miracle"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 45
"The Physiology of Fear"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 46
"To Be Given to God"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 47
"The Wandering Gentile"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 50
Poo-Poo and the Dragons
1942
Additional Note
Copies of original drawings
Carton 1, Folder 55
"Souvenirs of His Late Wife"
1947
Carton 1, Folder 60
"Value for Money"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 61
"A Week-end in the Country"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 62
"When? Where? How?"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 63
"'You Are Welcome!'"
Undated
Carton 1, Folder 64
"You Can Warm a Ship Up"
Undated
Oversize Folder 2C
Maps charting Hornblower's fictional travels
Undated
Series 2
History
1944-1961,
undated
Physical Description:
Carton 2, folders 1-52
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by U.S. publication title, if known; otherwise, arranged by
manuscript title
Scope and Content Note
Primarily drafts of articles and book-length pieces, with a small amount of related
materials; includes typescripts, proofs; some annotated
The Age of Fighting Sail
1954-1956,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 1
Typescript
Undated
Scope and Content Note
May be early draft of chapter 1, or different work on same topic; original folder
labeled "1812"
Carton 2, Folder 2-5
Carbon typescript
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 6-9
Annotated typescript
1955
Carton 2, Folder 10
Notes, index, proofs
1956
Carton 2, Folder 13
Correspondence re: publication
1954-1956
Carton 2, Folder 14
"The April Fool Ship"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 15
"The Battle of the Saintes Passage"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 16
"Bloodshed in Bladensburg"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 17
"The Bombardment of Normandy"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 18
"Carrying the War to the Japanese"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 19
"Chapter Seven: The Thirteen New States"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 20
"The Constitution Story"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 21
"Could Napoleon Have Done More"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 22
"Drama in Everyday Life"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 24
"Fatal Fascination"
Undated
Additional Note
MSS title: "William Joyce"
Carton 2, Folder 25
"The Fifty Destroyers"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 26
"Fighting U-Boats"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 28
"The Horn of Plenty"
1944
The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck
Undated
Additional Note
MSS title:
Hunting the Bismarck
Carton 2, Folder 30
Typescript #1
Undated
Additional Note
Annotated in another hand
Carton 2, Folder 32
Emendations and proofs
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 33
Galley proofs
Undated
Additional Note
Annotated
Leyte Gulf
1944-1961,
undated
Carton 2, Folder 36
Final typescript with handwritten corrections
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 37
Story material
1944
Scope and Content Note
Transcripts of San Francisco Chronicle coverage
Carton 2, Folder 38
Correspondence re: film adaptation
1960-1961
Carton 2, Folder 39
"The Naval Battles of the Philippines"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 41
"One Hundred Years of Consular Correspondence"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 42
"Part of a Battle"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 45
"Torpedoing the Tirpitz"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 46
"Tripoli"
Undated
Additional Note
Original folder labeled "Barbary Pirates"
Carton 2, Folder 48
"The Warspite - Aged Thirty-Two"
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 49
"Wooden Walled Hygiene"
Undated
Young Winston Churchill
Undated
Carton 2, Folder 52
Partial draft with additions
Undated
Series 3
Memoir
1940-1964,
undated
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 1-21
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by U.S. publication title, if known; otherwise, arranged by
manuscript title
Scope and Content Note
Primarily drafts of articles and book-length pieces, with a small amount of related
materials; includes typescripts, galley proofs, maps, map proofs, printed matter
Carton 3, Folder 1
"The African Queen and I"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 2
"A Best Seller in Germany"
1940
Carton 3, Folder 4
"The First Moment of Success"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 5
"Hornblower and I"
1957
Scope and Content Note
As published in
Saturday Evening Post, May 11,
1957
Carton 3, Folder 14
General
1964,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, corrections, blurb
Carton 3, Folder 15
"The Last of Hornblower"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 16
"London Revisited"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 17
"Notes on Niven Busch"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 18
"October Revisited"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 19
"This Travel Business"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 20
"Writing About Hornblower"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 21
"Writing 'The Ship'"
Undated
Series 4
Drama
Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 22-31
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title
Scope and Content Note
Primarily drafts of play
The Furies, plus draft of
screenplay; includes manuscript in holograph, typescripts; some annotated
Carton 3, Folder 22
Holograph copy
Undated
Additional Note
Includes sheets of typescript
Carton 3, Folder 24
Act I
Undated
Scope and Content Note
Three different drafts
Carton 3, Folder 25
Act II
Undated
Scope and Content Note
Three different drafts
Carton 3, Folder 26
Act III and epilogue
Undated
Scope and Content Note
Three different drafts
Carton 3, Folder 27
Complete, some revision
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 28
Complete, stage directions and descriptive passages underlined in red
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 29
Act I, completely revised
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 30
Acts II-III and epilogue, completely revised
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 31
"The Tigers Are Loose (A Play for Television)"
Undated
Series 5
Criticism
Undated
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 32-38
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title
Scope and Content Note
Includes introductions, book reviews, and other critical essays in typescript
Carton 3, Folder 32
"The Future of the Screen"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 33
"Introduction to Dreadnought (by Richard Hough)"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 34
"Introduction to Sindbad the Sailor"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 35
"Introduction to 'The Life and Letters of David, Earl Beatty'"
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 36
"The Letters of Private Wheeler, 1809-1828" - review
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 38
General - Book Reviews
Undated
Series 6
Poetry
1956,
undated
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 39-40
Arrangement
Arranged by subject
Scope and Content Note
Includes poems by Forester with related correspondence, in typescript
Series 7
General
1945-1964,
undated
Physical Description:
Carton 3, folders 41-54
Arrangement
Arranged by subject
Scope and Content Note
Comprises general clippings, correspondence, and notes; includes typescripts, printed
matter, manuscripts in holograph, photocopies
Carton 3, Folder 41-43
Clippings
1954-1963,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Primarily reviews of and advertisements for Forester's works; photocopies of
originals
Carton 3, Folder 44
The Commandos
Undated
Scope and Content Note
Screenplay by Irwin Shaw from the story by C.S. Forester
Carton 3, Folder 45
American Heritage
1956-1964
Carton 3, Folder 46
Atlantic Monthly
1948-1952
Carton 3, Folder 48
"Diary" by H. Hornblower
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 50
Nurse Cavell - program
Undated
Original folder arrangement
Undated
Carton 3, Folder 52
Numbered covers
Undated
Additional Note
Photocopies of originals
Carton 3, Folder 53
The Pride and the Passion pre-production
information folder
1956
Carton 3, Folder 54
U.S. Navy Ship Histories
1957-1959,
undated
Oversize Folder 1A
Republic Aviation advertisement featuring Forrester; document in French
(possibly a travel visa) dated 1810 and signed by Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess
Wellesley
1810,
undated
Series 8
Gift Books
1939-1960
Physical Description:
Box 1
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by title
Scope and Content Note
Comprises works by other authors given to Forester; includes typescripts, proofs,
published book
Box 1, Folder 1-3
Boon Island by Kenneth Roberts
1955
Box 1, Folder 4
The Proudest Day: MacDonough on Lake Champlain
by Charles G. Muller
1960
Additional Note
Uncorrected proof
Box 1, Folder 5
Take Your Bible in One Hand: The Life of William Henry
Thomas
by George R. Stewart
1939
Scope and Content Note
Inscribed to Forester by author
Series 9
Scrapbooks
Undated
Physical Description:
Volumes 1-5
Arrangement
Original arrangement
Scope and Content Note
Scrapbooks containing clippings, playbills, etc.
