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Bonett Manuscripts

 Fonds
Reference code: 318

Scope and Contents

A collection of both manuscript and printed works by John and Emery Bonett, the literary pseudonyms of John Hubert Arthur Coulson (1906-1989) and his wife, Felicity Winifred Carter Coulson (1906-1995), during the period 1936 to 1984 (where dated).

It consists of a range of both published and unpublished material, including novels, short stories, plays and television and film scripts, written by John and Emery Bonett, both together and individually.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the External Documents section below.

Dates

  • Creation: c1936 - 1984

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment

Copyright

Nick Coulson

Biographical / Historical

Felicity Winifred Carter Coulson, who wrote under the pseudonym Emery Bonett, was born in Sheffield in 1906, daughter of the Carter family, of the firm Carter and Sons (Sheffield) Ltd., manufacturing chemists. She wrote mystery novels, radio plays, television and film scripts, both alone and in co-operation with her husband. Many of the novels were published during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and a number of the plays broadcast on BBC radio or television during the same period. Emery Bonett died in 1995.

Her husband was John Hubert Arthur Coulson, who wrote under the pseudonym John Bonett. He wrote a large number of short stories which were published in a range of newspapers and magazines in the 1950s, and he also published novels both individually and with his wife.

Extent

3 Box(es)

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

By category

Custodial History

The collection was donated to the University of Sheffield Library in 2004 by Mr. Nick Coulson, the son of John and Emery Bonett, himself a graduate of the University of Sheffield.

Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299