| Description | Mostly contains articles about Richmal Crompton and Richmal Crompton's William stories.
Some of the articles are cuttings (dated 1946-c2010); some of the articles are photocopies (with the originals dated 1986-2009 and the photocopies made in c1986-c2009); and some of the articles are printouts of articles published online (with the articles dated 2010 and the printouts made in 2010-2011).
Includes the following full magazines:
- "Books for Keeps: The Children's Book Magazine", issue 125, November 2000. (Includes an article about Richmal Crompton by Mary Cadogan; this article is also featured on the cover of the magazine.)
- "Radio Times Extra" magazine, c2010. (Features an image of the new television series "Just William" on the cover, and inside includes a brief article about the series.)
Also included are the following documents:
- An order of service for a service at Bury Parish Church, on 18 November 1990, to celebrate the centenary of Richmal Crompton's birth.
- A leaflet published by Bury Metro [Bury Metropolitan Borough Council] advertising events in Bury and Ramsbottom [to celebrate the centenary of Richmal Crompton's birth]; leaflet created in c1990.
- An annotated, typed, draft copy of an introductory article (written by Richmal Ashbee [niece of Richmal Crompton]) for the exhibition "Images of William" held in Norwich, 2000. This includes an annotated, typed, draft list of the items in the exhibition, which gives prices for some of the items [insurance prices? or sale prices?]. Draft copies created and annotated in 2000.
- Photographs of an exhibition of William books and William-themed memorabilia, titled "Images of William" [held in Norwich, 2000]; photographs taken in 2000. |
| Related Material | Further articles about Richmal Crompton and her creations can be found in RC 17, RC 18, RC 29, RC 86, RC 87, RC 88, RC 89, RC 90, RC 109, RC 110, RC 111, RC 117, RC 143, RC 182, RC 186, RC 201, RC 202, RC 203, RC 204, RC 205, RC 206, RC 207, RC 208, RC 209, RC 210, RC 211, RC 213, RC 216, RC 217, RC 212, RC 224, RC 225, RC 226, RC 227, RC 239, RC 253, RC 264, RC test 11, RC test 12, RC 315, RC 319, RC 347, RC 361, RC 370 and RC 375.
Further documents relating celebrations held in 1990 for the centenary of Richmal Crompton's birth can be found in RC 86, RC 87, RC 88, RC 142, RC 143, RC 216, RC 217, RC 218, RC 221, RC 241, RC 269, RC test 7, RC test 12, RC 279, RC 288 and RC 289. |