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Letters relating to Howard Biggs' writing career.

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Letter from Merchant Navy Comforts Service returning manuscript of story to Biggs.

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Letter from Herbert Jenkins Ltd returning manuscript with title 'Lee-Oh'.

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Letter regarding possible markets for writing.

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Letter regarding writing for publication.

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Undated letter from Sheila Dickinson regarding the possibility of writing for a junior encyclopedia. Mention is made in the letter of Howard Biggs already having a book published.

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List of published works by Howard Biggs.

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Howard Biggs's diary/notes on his life story. Also includes notes enclosed in the diary, plus transcriptions of part of the diary.

Scope and Contents Black notebook, which had been previously used by another person as for a notebook relating to a business (undated, but c1890s-1910s). Contains Howard Biggs' notes from the 1930s on subscriptions to 'Action', and other accounts information (pp3-10); Biggs' notes from the 1930s, including an OUFA membership lists and accounts information, (pp.21-26); text of Howard Biggs' autobiography, started January 1938, covering the first 10 years of his life (pp 27-138); Biggs' notes on his 'Seekers...

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Howard Biggs' notes on his early life.

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Howard Biggs' notes on "The legion of the seekers after true life".

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Transcription by Frank Love of Howard Biggs' diary from pages 27-138 in the notebook. 2 copies, the second retyped with annotations.

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Letter from J. McEvely sent from Stone House School.

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Letter regarding possible employment as a tractor driver.

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Letter from Stone House School, regarding the difficulties of getting a teaching job, plus transcription by Frank Love.

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Letter from school friend Herbert C. Buck (now a lieutenant in an Indian regiment).

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Letters to Howard Biggs.

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Letter from A.W. Cockburn regarding 18B regulations. NB This letter is quoted in a letter Howard Biggs wrote from Kingwell Court School (ref code: 435/7/1).

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Addressed to Howard Biggs at Weston-Super-Mare, postmarked 11 November 1949.

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Letter from J. R. H. Hutchinson, Conservative MP for Glasgow during the 1940s and 1950s. Postscript concerns his son Peter (who may have been a pupil of Howard Biggs?).