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Draft of the short story Heather Wine, mostly in typescript, but the last two pages handwritten. Alterations. Pagination.

Draft handwritten reply to Williams by Walsh, stating that the story is original and that he owns the ‘world copyright’ of it, which he is now selling to them. His fee of 100 guineas ‘is much less than my current rate in the U.S.A.’, where the Saturday Evening Post pays him $1500 for five thousand words.

Hardback notebook labelled ‘II Over the Border’ containing handwritten draft of part of the novel Sons of the Swordmaker beginning upside down from the back. Opens: ‘In their own time the numerous stories of the sword fights’ (pages 1-29). Also contains draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Thirty Pieces of Copper (11-14 September 1935), pages 1-8; draft of the short story Over the Border (begun 8 October 1934), beginning at the front with chapter one and continuing on right hand pages, 1-49; draft of the short story Prudent Dan (14-30 October 1935), pages 1-28; draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Canary Bird (pages 1-10); untitled piece beginning: ‘This “Somewhere to the Sea” is a novel about Dublin by a Dublin man’ (2 pages). Alterations. Each text is paginated separately.

Loose pages from notebooks with handwritten draft of most of the novel The Man in Brown upside down on the ‘back’. Handwritten drafts of parts of The Road to Nowhere, on the ‘front’ of the text, described as ‘Nameless at present’ and beginning: ‘South by east the early sun’ (pages 1-42); further on, section beginning: ‘Ch. VII’ opening: ‘Two hours had elapsed before Paddy Joe appeared…’ (pages 55-127). ‘Front’ also contains partial draft of the short story The Red Girl (pages 8-27) beginning: ‘…of laughter. Mickeen Oge drank his glass of stout quickly’; and complete draft of the same story (pages 1-46), finished 27 April 1932. The draft of novel The Man in Brown begins ‘Chapter I – Choose Your Murderer’ which opens: ‘The big, loosely built man lounged back in his cane chair’. Alterations. Each text is paginated separately.

Hardback notebook ‘supplied for the public service’ and labelled: ‘Face of Stone. Thirty Pieces of Copper. Prudent Dan. Thomasheen James and the Canary Bird’. Some pages have been removed and some are loose. Contains handwritten draft of the short story Thomasheen James and the Thirty Pieces of Copper which begins: ‘Thomasheen James was poor; he was as poor as a church mouse’ (pages 1-10). Also draft of the short story Face of Stone (24-29 October 1935) which begins: ‘In their own time, the rumours of the sword-fights of Urnal’ (pages 1-33); draft of Thomasheen James and the Canary Bird (14-21 January 1936) which begins: ‘“Begor!”, said Thomasheen James, his head through the French window’ (pages 1-12); draft of Thomasheen James and the Professor (26 February-4 March 1937) which begins: ‘“You are going to miss that bus”…’ which continues upside down from the back (pages 1-19); on the inside of front cover a piece ‘From “The Lectures of Professor John Fletcher”’ beginning: ‘The geologists insist that no civilisation’. Alterations. Each piece paginated separately.

Typescript of essay/article entitled ‘Ireland – America – and the war: Maurice Walsh hits back’. Pagination.

This sub-series contains drafts of essays, articles and stories written by Maurice Walsh.

Extract from 'The Times Literary Supplement' advertising 'Green Rushes' with a note written on the bottom by ‘A. T.’ (A. Turnbull), ‘26/9/35’.

Extract from an unidentified publication with quotations from Walsh about his life and work and some biographical information.

This sub-series contains letters from Faber and Faber publishers.