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Collection Overview
Title: H.G. Wells Papers, 1845-1946
ID: 01/01/MSS00071
Primary Creator: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) (1866-1946)
Other Creators: Wells, Catherine (1872-1927)
Extent: 207.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1954
Subjects: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
Languages: English
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of English novelist and essayist Herbert George Wells. The collection includes correspondence, diaries, drawings, manuscripts and proofs, speeches, and other materials.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Papers of Herbert G. Wells, English novelist and essayist. Includes correspondence about business and legal affairs; letters to the press; engagement books; drawings; publication records; manuscripts and proofs of published works; speeches; unpublished material; and photographs.
The letters contain general family correspondence, communications, from publishers, material regarding the Fabian Society, and letters from politicians and public figures, most notably George Bernard Shaw and Joseph Conrad. A catalog of correspondence, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, is published in Volume 11 of the Catalog of the Rare Book Room, University Library, University of Illinois (G. K. Hall & Co., Boston, 1972, 547 pp.) and in a supplementary 1978 edition.
About forty full-length books, as well as many shorter pieces, are represented by typescripts or manuscripts, often in many drafts, which show the evolution of each work. Among these is an unpublished draft of The Wealth of Mr. Waddy (characterized by biographer David Smith as a “false start,” later becoming Kipps, The Story of a Simple Soul (1905)) and early version of Wells' copies of his printed works. These include first editions, revisions, translations. Among the remaining items is the diary of Wells' mother, begun before his birth, Wells' letters and stories written as a youngster, collections of clippings from newspapers and magazines, account books of his contracts and earning, and other business records.
The main collection was acquired in two parts, labeled WELLS-1 and WELLS-2. WELLS-1 consists of over 2,500 letters from Wells and 65,000 to Wells. WELLS-2, a major collection added in 1990, supplements the extensive book collection from Wells' personal library, personal and business correspondence, and criticism. Wells-3 is the Kennard Collection which includes correspondence between H.G. Wells and Annajane Kennard and Amber Reeves. Wells-9 is a collection of supplementary items purchased separately, on an ongoing basis.
Biographical Note
English novelist and essayist.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Access Restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions:
This collection is the physical property of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, may reside with the materials' creator(s) or their heirs.
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Box and Folder Listing
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Series 6: Wells Short Works],
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Series 7: Facsimiles],
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Series 8: Wells Letters to the Press],
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Series 9: Photographs],
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Series 10: Criticisms],
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Series 11: SEC-W],
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- Series 1: Manuscripts
- File A-001: Anticipations of the Reaction of the Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought
- Location: C14.03.05
- File A-002: Anticipations of the Reaction of the Mechanical and Scientific Progress Upon Human Life and Thought
- Location: C14.03.05
- File AD-001: After Democracy: Addresses and Papers on the Present World Situation
- Location: C14.03.05
- File AE-001: The Atlantic Edition
- Location: C14.03.06
- File 1: The Land Ironclads
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, 1903
- File 2: The Beautiful Suit
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 3: The Gifts of the New Sciences
- Item 1: Magazine reprint (2 copies), undated
- Item 2: Galley proof, 1924
- Item 3: Manuscript, undated
- Item 4: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- File 4: The War Turtles
- Item 1: Manuscript, 1903
- Item 2: Manuscript/typescript with author's annotations, undated
- File 5: The Propaganda Plan
- Item 1: Manuscript, 1918
- Item 2: Magazine reprint, 1941
- File 6: A General Introduction
- Item 1: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Manuscript, undated
- Item 3: Manuscript, undated
- File 7: A Preface to Volume Two
- Item 1: Manuscript, undated
- File 8: What is Success?
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Newspaper reprint (5 copies), 1923
- File 9: The Pearl of Love
- Item 1: Manuscript, undated
- Item 2: Magazine reprint (2 copies), 1925
- Item 3: Typescript (5 copies), undated
- Item 4: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- File 10: The First Men in the Moon
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File AV-001: Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
- Location: C14.03.06
- File AV-001a: Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
- Location: C14.03.06
- File AV-002: Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
- File AV-003: Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
- Location: C14.03.06
- File AV-004: Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story
- Location: C14.03.06
- File B-001: Bealby: A Holiday
- Location: C14.03.05
- File B-001a: Bealby: A Holiday
- Location: C14.03.05
- File BE-001: The Bromley Election
- Location: C14.03.05
- File BN-001: Boon, the Mind of the Race, the Wild Asses of the Devil, and the Last Trump, Being a First Selection...
- Location: C14.04.02
- File 1: The Mind of the Race/Chapter the First
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, 1905
- Item 2: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 3: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 4: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 5: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 6: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 7: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 8: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 9: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 10: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 11: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 12: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 13: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 2: The Mind of the Race/Chapter the Second
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, 1905
- Item 2: Typescript with author's annotations (fragment), undated
- Item 3: Manuscript with author's annotations (fragment), undated
- File 3: The Mind of the Race/The Beginnings of the Book
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Typescript, undated
- File 4: The Mind of the World
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 5: The Mind of the Times/Secret of the Desk of Mr. Thomas Brown
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 6: The Great Slump/The Revival of Letters
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, 1905
- Encloses a letter, addressed "Dear C.B."
- File 7: The Wild Asses of the Devil
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 8: Of Not Liking Hallery and the Royal Society for the Discouragement of Literature
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 9: Wilkins makes Certain Objects
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations
- File 10: The Beginning of the Wild Asses of the Devil
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 11: The Hunting of the Wild Asses of the Devil
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 3: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 12: "The Heroic Spirit"
- Item 1: Written by E.B. Osborn, undated
- Annotated by Wells.
- File 13: The Story of the [Lost] Last Trump
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 14: The Mind of the Race and The Back of Miss Bath[w]ick and Boon
- Item 1: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- File 15: Of the Opening of the World/Conference on the Mind of the Race
- Item 1: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 3: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 4: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 16: The Great Slump, the Revival of Letters, and the Garden by the Sea
- Item 1: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- File 17: Boon, the Mind of the Race, the Wild Asses of the Devil, and the Last Trump, Being a First Section...(entire text)
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File BN-001a: Boon, the Mind of the Race, the Wild Asses of the Devil, and the Last Trump, Being a First Selection...
- Location: C14.04.02
- File CA-001: Christina Alberta's Father
- Location: C14.04.02
- File CB-001: The Country of the Blind
- Location: C14.04.02
- File 1: The Country of the Blind
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 3: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 4: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 5: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 6: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 7: Galley proof, undated
- File 2: A Moonlight Fable
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- File 3: On the Art of the Short Story (Introduction)
- Item 1: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Typescript, undated
- File 4: A Discovery of the Future
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Magazine reprint with author's annotations, undated
- File 5: The Empire of the Ants
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 6: The New Masters
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 7: The Door in the Wall
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Manuscript with author's annotations, 1905
- Item 3: Typescript with author's annotations, 1906
- Item 4: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 8: Envelope addressed to "Miss Williams", 1899
- File CO-001: The Common Sense of World Peace: An Address Delivered to the Reichstag
- Location: C14.04.02
- File CPM-001: Certain Personal Matters
- Location: C14.04.02
- File CS-001: The Common Sense of War & Peace: World Revolution of War Unending
- Location: C14.04.03
- File DF-001: The Discovery of the Future: A Discourse Delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24th, 1902
- Location: C14.04.03
- File DM-001: The Dream: a Novel
- Location: C14.04.03
- File EA-001: Experiment in Autobiography: Discoveries and Conclusions of a Very Ordinary Brain
- Location: C14.04.03
- File EL-001: An Englishman Looks at the World
- Location: C14.04.03
- File ER-001: Elements of Reconstruction
- Location: C14.04.03
- File FA-001: The Future in America: A Search After Realities
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FA-002: The Future in America: A Search After Realities
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FA-002a: The Future in America: A Search After Realities
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FA-003a: The Future in America: A Search After Realties
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FF-001: Faults of the Fabian
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FG-001: The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FG-002: The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FG-002a: The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FGM-001: Floor Games
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FH-001: The Fate of Homo Sapiens: An Unemotional Statement of the Things that are Happening to Him Now...
- Location: C14.04.04
- File FL-001: First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and the Rule of Life
- Location: C14.04.05
- File FL-001a: First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and the Rule of Life
- Location: C14.04.05
- File FM-001: The First Men in the Moon
- Location: C14.04.05
- File FM-002: The First Men in the Moon
- Location: C14.04.05
- File FM-003: The First Men in the Moon
- Location: C14.04.05
- File FN-001: Freedom and the New World
- Location: C14.04.05
- File FT-001: '42-'44: A Contemporary Memoir upon Human Behaviour during the Crisis of the World Revolution
- Location: C14.04.05
- File GI-001: God the Invisible King
- Location: C14.04.06
- File GN-001: Guide to the New World: A Handbook of Constructive World Revolution
- Location: C14.04.06
- File HO-001: History of One
- Location: C14.04.06
- File HP-001: The History of Mr. Polly
- Location: C14.04.06
- File HP-001a: The History of Mr. Polly
- Location: C14.04.06
- File ID-001: The Island of Dr. Moreau
- Location: C14.04.06
- File IDC-001: In the Days of the Comet
- Location: C14.04.06
- File IDC-002: In the Days of the Comet
- Location: C14.04.06
- File IDC-002a: In the Days of the Comet
- Location: C14.04.06
- File IL-001: The Idea of a League of Nations
- Location: C14.05.02
- File IM-001: The Invisible Man
- C14.04.06
- File IMC-001: I Must Confess to a Certain Prejudice
Location: C14.03.05
In Wells 2 Box
- File IMD-001: Immortality of Mr. J. W. Dunne
Location:C14.03.05
In Wells 2 Box
- File IN-001: In the Land of the Cold Dry Winds
- Location: C14.05.02
- File IW-001: Idea of a World Encyclopedia
- Location: C14.05.02
- File JP-001: Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education
- Location: C14.05.02
- File JP-002: Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education
- Location: C14.05.02
- File JP-003: Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education
- Location: C14.05.02
- File JP-004: Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education
- Location: C14.05.02
- File JP-005: Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education
- Location: C14.05.02
- File JP-006: Joan and Peter: The Story of an Education
- Location: C14.05.03
- File JP-007: Joan and Peter: The Story of a Education
- Location: C14.05.03
- File KI-001: The King Who was a King: The Book of a Film
- Location: C14.05.03
- File KI-001a: The King Who was a King: The Book of a Film
- Location: C14.05.03
- File KI-002: The King Who was a King: The Book of a Film
- Location: C14.05.03
- File KP-001: Keeping the Peace
- Location: C14.05.03
- File KS-001: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
- Location: C14.05.03
- File KS-002: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
- Location: C14.05.03
- File KS-003: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
- Location: C14.05.04
- File KS-004: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
- Location: C14.05.04
- File KS-005: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
- Location: C14.05.04
- File KS-006: Kipps: the Story of a Simple Soul
- Location: C14.05.04
- File KS-007: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
- Location: C14.05.04
- File KS-007a: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul
- Location: C14.05.04
- File LL-001: Love and Mr. Lewisham
- Location: C14.05.04
- File LU-001: The Labor Unrest
- Location: C14.05.05
- File LW-001: Little Wars: A Game for Boys from Twelve Years of Age to One Hundred and Fifty...
- Location: C14.05.05
- File MA-001: Marriage
- Location: C14.05.05
- File MA-002: Marriage
- Location: C14.05.05
- File MA-003: Marriage
- Location: C14.05.05
- File MA-004: Marriage
- Location: C14.05.05
- File MB-001: Mr. Britling Sees It Through
- Location: C14.05.05
- File MB-002: Mr. Britling Sees It Through
- Location: C14.05.06
- File MB-003: Mr. Britling Sees It Through
- Location: C14.05.06
- File MB-004: Mr. Briltling Sees It Through
- Location: C14.05.06
- File MB-005: Mr. Britling Sees It Through
- Location: C14.05.06
- File MBO-001: Mr. Belloc Objects to the Outline of History
- Location: C14.05.06
- File MBR-001: Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island
- Location: C14.05.06
- File ME-001: Mind at the End of Its Tether
- Location: C14.06.02
- File ME-002: Mind at the End of Its Tether
- Location: C14.06.02
- File MG-galley: Men Like Gods
- Location: C14.06.02
- File MM-001: Mankind in the Making
- Location: C14.06.02
- File MM-002: Mankind in the Making
- Location: C14.06.02
- File MPA-001: Meanwhile (The Picture of a Lady)
- Location: C14.06.02
- File MR-001: Modern Russian and English Revolutionaries
- Location: C14.06.03
- File MT-001: Memorandum on Telepherage
- Location: C14.06.03
- File MU-001: A Modern Utopia
- Location: C14.06.03
- File MU-002: A Modern Utopia
- Location: C14.06.03
- File MW-001: Meanwhile: The Picture of a Lady
- Location: C14.06.03
- File NM-001: The New Machiavelli
- Location: C14.06.03
- File NM-002: The New Machiavelli
- Location: C14.06.04
- File NM-003: The New Machiavelli
- Location: C14.06.04
- File NM-004: The New Machiavelli
Location: C14.03.05
In Wells 2 Box
- File NWO-001: New Worlds for Old
- Location: C14.06.04
- File NRM-001: Natural Rights of Man
Location: C14.03.05
In Wells 2 Box
- File NT-001: The New Teaching of History; with a reply to some recent criticisms of 'The Outline of History'
- Location: C14.06.04
- File NUA-001: The Need for a Universal Alphabet
Location: C14.03.04
In Wells 2 Box
- File NW-001: The New World Order: Whether It is Obtainable, How It Can Be Attained,...
- Location: C14.06.04
- File NWN-001: Now We Need Not Agree
Location: C14.03.05
In Wells 2 Box
- File ODK-001: Occasionally No Doubt They Killed
Location: C14.03.05
In Wells 2 Box
- File OH-001: The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
- Location: C14.06.04
- File OH-002: The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
- Location: C14.06.04
- File OH-003: The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
- Location: C14.06.04
- File OH-004: The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
- Location: C14.06.05
- File OH-005: The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
- Location: C14.06.05
- File OH-006: The Outline of History Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
- Location: C14.06.05
- File OSN-001: The Outlook for the Small Nations
Location: C14.03.05
In Wells 2 Box
- File PF-001: The Passionate Friends
- Location: C14.06.05
- File PF-002: The Passionate Friends
- Location:C14.06.05
- File PF-003: The Passionate Friends
- Location: C14.06.06
- File PF-004: The Passionate Friends
- Location: C14.06.06
- File PR-001: Prelude to Revolution
Location: B34.14.01
In Print Quarto under Shelfmark: Q. Wells MS 321.041W46pr
- File PS-001: The Plattner Story and Others
- Location: C14.06.06
- File 1: The Story of the Late Mr. Elvesham
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 2: A Slip Under the Microscope
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 3: The Red Room
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Printed text from The Chap-Book. Volume 4, Number 7 (1895): 314-324, 1895
- File 4: The Purple Pileus
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 5: The Plattner Story
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 6: The Cone
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 7: The Jilting of Jane
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 8: Pollock and the Porroh Man
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 9: Under the Knife
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 10: The Atrium of Death
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 11: A Catastrophe
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 12: The Sad Story of a Dramatic Critic
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File PT-001: The Phantom Tour
- Location: C14.06.06
- File PW-001: The Peace of the World
- Location: C14.06.06
- File RF-001: Reconstruction of the Fabian Society
- Location: C14.06.06
- File RI-001: The Rights of Man or What Are We Fighting For?
- Location: C14.06.06
- File RI-002: The Rights of Man or What Are We Fighting For?
- Location: C14.06.06
- File RI-003: The Rights of Man or What Are We Fighting For?
- Location: C14.06.06
- File RI-004: The Rights of Man or What Are We Fighting For?
- Location: C14.06.06
- File RM-001: The Research Magnificent
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RM-002: The Research Magnificent
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RM-003: The Research Magnificent
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RM-004: The Research Magnificent
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RM-005: The Research Magnificent
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RS-SE-001: Russia in the Shadows
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RS-QB-001: Russia in the Shadows
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RS-PS-001: Russia in the Shadows
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RS-DS-001: Russia in the Shadows
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RS-CE-001: Russia in the Shadows
- Location: C14.07.02
- File RS-DK-001: Russia in the Shadows
- Location: C14.07.02
- File SB-001: The Soul of a Bishop: A Novel (with Just a Little Love in It) about Conscience and Religion...
- Location: C14.07.03
- File SB-002: The Soul of a Bishop: A Novel (with Just a Little Love in It) about Conscience and Religion...
- Location: C14.07.03
- File SBY-001a: The Stolen Body
- Location: C14.07.03
- File SBO-001: The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
- Location: C14.07.02
- File 1: The Stolen Bacillus
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 2: The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 3: A Deal in Ostriches
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 4: Through the Window
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 5: The Temptation of Harringay
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 6: The Flying Man
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Magazine reprint, undated
- File 7: Aepyornis Island
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 8: The Moth (genus novo)
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 9: The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 10: The Lord of the Dynamos
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 11: The Hammerpond Park Burglary
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 12: The Treasure in the Forest
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Typescript title page, undated
- File SC-001: The Salvaging of Civilization
- Location: C14.07.03
- File SCU-001: Select Conversations with an Uncle, Now Extinct, and Two Other Reminiscences
- Location:C14.07.03
- File 1: A Misunderstood Artist
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 2: Bagshot's Mural Decorations
- Item 1: Newspaper reprints, 1894
- File 3: The Art of Being Photographed
- Item 1: Newspaper reprint, 1893
- File 4: Objections to Social Music
- Item 1: Newspaper reprint, 1894
- File SF-001: Socialism and the Family
- Location: C14.07.03
- File SG-001: The Story of a Great Schoolmaster Being a Plain Account of the Life and Ideas of Sanderson of Oundle
- Location: C14.07.04
- File SH-001: A Short History of the World
- Location: C14.07.04
- File SH-002: A Short History of the World
- Location: C14.07.04
- File SL-001: The Science of Life: A Summary of Contemporary Knowledge about Life and its Possibilities
- Location: C14.07.04
- File SL-002: The Science of Life: A Summary of Contemporary Knowledge about Life and its Possibilities
- Location: C14.07.04
- File SLD-001: The Sea Lady: A Tissue of Moonshine
- Location: C14.07.04
- File SO-001: Sandenson of Oundle
- Location: C14.07.04
- File SP-001: The Secret Places of the Heart
- Location: C14.07.05
- File SS-001: The Short Stories of H.G. Wells
- Location: C14.07.05
- File SS-002: The Short Stories of H.G. Wells
- Location: C14.07.05
- File ST-001: The Shape of Things to Come: The Ultimate Revolution
- Location: C14.07.05
- File SW-001: Science and the World Mind
- Location: C14.07.05
- File SWT-001: Stalin-Wells Talk
- Location: C14.07.05
- File TA-001: Tales of Space and Time
- Location: 14.07.05
- File 1: Stories of the Day to Come
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 2: Vacant Country (anno domini 2100)
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 3: The Ruined Town
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 4: The Ways of the City (anno domini 2090-2095)
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 5: Underneath (anno domini 2098)
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 6: The Revolt (anno domini 2097)
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 7: The Magnanimity of Bindon (anno domini 2097)
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 8: A Story of Days to Come
- Item 1: Manuscript fragment with author's annotations, undated
- File 9: The Crystal Egg
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 10: The Man Who Could Work Miracles
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Newspaper reprint, undated
- File 11: The Star
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Newspaper reprint, 1937
- File TA-001a: Tales of Space and Time
- Location: 14.07.05 [Galley Proof - Same box as TA-001]
- File TC-001: Things to Come
- Location: C14.07.05
- File TH-001: Two Hemispheres or One World
- Location: C14.07.06
- File TM-001: This Misery of Boots
- Location: C14.07.06
- File TO-001: Tono-Bungay
- Location: C14.07.06
- File TO-002: Tono-Bungay
- Location: C14.07.06
- File TO-003: Tono-Bungay
- Location: C14.07.06
- File TO-004: Tono-Bungay
- Location: C14.07.06
- File TO-005: Tono-Bungay
- Location: C14.07.06
- File TO-006: Tono-Bungay
- Location: C14.08.03
- File TR-001: Travels of a Republican Radical in Seartch of Hot Water
- Location: C14.08.03
- File TS-001: Thirty Strange Stories
- Location: C14.08.03
- File 1: The Reconciliation
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 2: The Rajah's Treasures
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File TSD-001: Twelve Stories and a Dream
- Location: C14.08.03
- File 1: The Truth about Pyecraft
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, 1903
- File 2: The Magic Shop
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 3: The New Accelerator
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 4: Miss Winchelsea's Heart
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 5: Jimmy Goggles the God
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- File 6: Mr. Brisher's Treasure
- Item 1: Manuscript/typescript with author's annotations, undated
- File 7: The Valley of Spiders
- Item 1: Galley proof with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- File 8: A Dream of Armageddon (anno domini 2100)
- Item 1: Manuscript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 2: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 3: Typescript with author's annotations, undated
- Item 4: Manuscript insertion with author's annotations, undated
- Item 5: Manuscript/typescript with author's annotations, undated
- File TSD-001a: Twelve Stories and a Dream
- Location: C14.08.03
- File TT-001: The Time Machine: An Invention
- Location: C14.08.02
- File TT-001a: The Time Machine: An Invention
- Location: C14.08.02
- File UF-001: The Undying Fire
- Location: C14.08.03
- File UL-001: University of London Elections: An Electoral Letter
- Location: C14.08.03
- File WA-001: The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared while It Lasted
- Location: C14.08.03
- File WA-002: The War in the Air and Particularly How Mr. Bert Smallways Fared while It Lasted
- Location: C14.08.03
- File WB-001: World Brain
- Location: C14.08.03
- File WC-001: War and Common Sense
- Location: C14.08.03
- File WE-001: The World Set Free
- Location: C14.08.04
- File WE-001a: The World Set Free
- Location: C14.08.04
- File WF-001: War and the Future
- Location: C14.08.04
- File WH-001: The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman
- Location: C14.08.04
- File WHC-001: The Wheels of Chance: A Holiday Adventure
- Location: C14.08.04
- File WHCH-001: The Wheels of Chance: A Holiday Adventure
- Location: C14.08.04
- File WI-001: What is Coming?: A Forecast of Things After the War
- Location: C14.08.04
- File WIL-A: Wells in Love
- Location:C14.08.05
- File WIL-B: Wells in Love
- Location: C14.08.05
- File WIL-C: Wells in Love
- Location: C14.08.05
- File WIL-F: Wells in Love
- Location: C14.08.05
- File WM-001: Whither Mankind?
Location: C14.03.05
In Wells 2 Box
- File WM-002: Whither Mankind? - A File of the Future
Location: C14.03.05
In Wells 2 Box
- File WMB-001: Wells - Manuscript Bibliography
- Location: C14.08.04
- File WMW: The Wealth of Mr. Waddy: A Novel
- Location: C14.08.06
- File WO-001: The World of William Clissold: A Novel at a New Angle
- Location: C14.08.06
- File WOW-001: The War of the Worlds
- Location: C14.08.06
- File WOW-001a: The War of the Worlds
- Location: C14.09.01
- File WP-001: Washington and the Hope of Peace
- Location: C14.08.06
- File WS-001: Will Socialism Destroy the Home?
- Location: C14.08.06
- File WSW-001: When the Sleeper Wakes: A Story of the Years to Come
- Location: C14.08.06
- File WT-001: The War That Will End War
- Location: C14.08.06
- File YC-001: You Can't Be Too Careful
- Location: C14.09.02
- File YP-001: A Year of Prophesying
- Location: C14.09.02
- Series 2: Picshuas (Cartoons)
- Box 1
- Box 2
- Box 3
- Box 4
- Series 3: Correspondence to Wells
- Boxes are currently undergoing renumbering (10/2024). RBML staff: see Wells renumbering spreadsheet.
- Box 5
- A-1 Abingdon Press – A-45 Ahern, John H.
- Box 6
- A-48 Air League of the British Empire – A-104 The American Magazine
- Box 7
- A-109 Amery, Underwood J. – A-199 Austin, F. Britten
- Box 8
- A-203 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science – B-60 Bantock, (Helen F.) Lady
- Box 9
- B-61 Baptist, James & Otto – B-171 Bell, Lady Florence
- Box 10
- B-172 Bell, Gertrude – B-239 Biggar, J.L.
- Box 11
- B-240 Bigland, Eileen – B-359 Bostock, L.W.
- Box 12
- B-361 Bott, Alan – B-4581 British Ass'n for Advancement of Science
- Box 13
- B-4582 British Ass'n for Advancement of Science – B-470 British Labour Council for Chinese Freedom
- Box 14
- B-472 British Monomarks Ltd. – B-5187 Curtis Brown Ltd.
- Box 15
- B-5188 Curtis Brown Ltd. – B-518 W2-1 Curtis Brown Ltd.
- Box 16
- B-521 Brown, G. – B-600 Burns, C. Delisle
- Box 17
- B-601 Burns, Thomas – C-72 Canterbury University College (N.Z.)
- Box 18
- C-731 Jonathan Cape Limited (1923-1929) – C-1223 Cassell & Co. (1918-1920)
- Box 19
- C-1224 Cassell & Co. (1921-1925) – C-155 Chaldjian, G.H.
- Box 20
- C-1582 Chambrun (Jacques) Inc. Agency (1932-1936) – C-185 Chase, Beatrice (Olive Katherine Parr)
- Box 21
- C-186 Chase National Bank – C-240 Churchill, Winston (American)
- Box 22
- C-241 Churchill Club – C-330 Coit, Stanton
- Box 23
- C-331 Coit, Adela (Mrs. Stanton) – C-3633 W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. (1933)
- Box 24
- C-3634 W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. (1934) – C-399 Conrad, Jessie (Mrs. Joseph)
- Box 25
- C-400 Conrad, Joseph (on Master Neg. Film-Reel 4 of 79-0229/4) – C-4435 Cosmopolis
- Box 26
- C-444 Cosmopolitan Magazine – C-5201 Crewe House
- Box 27
- C-5202 Crewe House – D-13 Daily Mirror
- Box 28
- D-14 Daily News – D-86b-1 Joseph, Day & Sons
- Box 29
- D-87 Day, George – D-152 Diaghileff, Serge
- Box 30
- D-153 Dial, The – D-2106 Doubleday Doran & Co.
- Box 31
- D-2107 Doubleday Doran & Co. – D-241 Duff, Lady Juliet
- Box 32
- D-242 Duff, Ursula Grant (Mrs. Adrian Grant Duff) – D-292 Duthil, R.
- Box 33
- D-293 Dutt, R. Palme – E-110 Erwood, Walter
- Box 34
- E-111 Esdaile, Ernest – E-153 Exhibition of 20th Century German Art
- Box 35
- E-154 Experimenter Publishing Co. – F-60 Finer, Harman
- Box 36
- F-61 Finer, Mrs. Harman (Sophie) – F-160 Franklin, G.D.
- Box 37
- F-161 Franklin Press (Tarsulat) – G-41 Garnett, Edward
- Box 38
- G-43 Garnett, Richard – G-103 Giddings, Franklin H.
- Box 39
- G-107 Gilbert, Bernard – G-1744 Gollancz Ltd. Victor Misc. Material
- Box 40
- G-175 Goodchild, George – G-260 Gregory, John Walter
- Box 41
- G-2611 Gregory, Sir Richard A. – G-317 Guedalla, Philip
- Box 42
- G-318 Guedalla, Mrs. Philip (Nellie) – H-38 Hall, Howard J.
- Box 43
- H-39 Hall, Julian – H-1074 Harper & Bros. Financial Material (1)
- Box 44
- H-1075 Harper & Bros. Financial Material (2) – H-177 Hayward, F.H.
- Box 45
- H-178 Hayward, Henry J. – H-207e W2-1 Heinemann + Zsolnay
- Box 46
- H-209 Helle, Andre – H-279 Higgs-Walker, J.A.
- Box 47
- H-280 Higham, C.F. – H-380 Holt, Oliver L.S.
- Box 48
- H-381 Holt, Warren W. – H-511 Humphreys, Gordon S.
- Box 49
- H-512 Humphreys, Jane – I-11a Incorporated Society of Authors (1896-1912)
- Box 50
- I-11b Incorporated Society of Authors (1913-1919) – I-11 W2-3 Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights & Composers 3
- Box 51
- I-11 W2-4 Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights & Composers 4 – I-55 Internat'l Press Service
- Box 52
- I-57 Internat'l Student Service – J-24 Photostat (1-53) cop. 2 James, Henry
- Box 53
- J-24 Photostat (1-53) cop. 3 James, Henry – J-106 Johnston, James
- Box 54
- J-110 Johnstone, Harcourt – K-50 Kennard, A.
- Box 55
- K-50e Kennard, Mrs. Allington (formerly D-66) – K-76 Keynes, Helen
- Box 56
- K-77 Keynes, John Maynard (1st Baron) – K-170 W2-1 Kultura Konyvkiado
- Box 57
- K-172 Kustannusosakeyhtio Kirja – L-554 Lankester, Sir (E.) Ray m.d. + 2 pamphlets
- Box 58
- L-56 Lankester, Owen (brother of Sir Edwin Ray) – L-120 Lee, Vernon (Paget, Violet)
- Box 59
- L-121 Lee-Oldfield, F.M. – L-2262 Literary Agency July-Sept. (1906)
- Box 60
- L-2263 Literary Agency Oct.-Dec. (1906) – L-246 Livingstone, Adelaide
- Box 61
- L-247 Livingstone, Sir Richard Winn – L-307 Low, Ernest W.
- Box 62
- L-308 Low, Frances – M-13 McCarthy, Justin Huntly
- Box 63
- M-14 McCarthy, Lillah (Lady Keeble or Mrs. H.G. Grenville Barker) – M-803 Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London
- Box 64
- M-804 Macmillan & Co. Ltd. London – M-814 Macmillan & Co. Ltd. NYC
- Box 65
- M-815 Macmillan & Co. Ltd. NYC – M-115 Maguire, D.L.
- Box 66
- M-116 Maguire, T.M. – M-183 Marriage Law Reform League
- Box 67
- M-1841 Marriott-Watson (Mr. & Mrs. Henry Brereton) to H.G. Wells – M-254 Maxwell, Henry
- Box 68
- M-255 Maxwell, J.H. – M-3154 Methuen & Co. Ltd. Fin. Material 1
- Box 69
- M-3155 Methuen & Co. Ltd. Fin. Material 2 – M-400 Moltens, Malcolm
- Box 70
- M-401 Monaghan, Frank – M-505 Muspratt, Edmund
- Box 71
- M-506 Muspratt, Eric – N-41 National Peace Council (London)
- Box 72
- N-41 W2-1 "A New International Order" – N-105 New Yorker, The
- Box 73
- N-106 New Zealand Broadcasting Board – N-150 Nobile, Umberto
- Box 74
- N-151 Noel, Conrad – O-71 Osgood, Margaret (Mrs. Hamilton Osgood)
- Box 75
- O-73 Ossietzky, Rosalinde V. – P-5 Pafford, J.H.
- Box 76
- P-6 Page, B.S. – P-81 Paul, Elinor
- Box 77
- P-81a W2-1 Paul Zsolnay Verlag – P-121 Penguin Books Ltd.
- Box 78
- P-121 W2-1 Penguin – P-179N Pinero, Sir Arthur
- Box 79
- P-179O1 Pinker, J.B. – P-179O3 Pinker, J.B.
- Box 80
- P-179O4 Pinker, J.B. – P-206 Pollard, Alan Faraday Campbell
- Box 81
- P-210 Pond Lyceune Bureau – P-286 Procter, George
- Box 82
- P-287 Procter, Ronald – R-37 Rationalist Press Ass'n Literary Guide, The
- Box 83
- R-38 Ravensdale – R-102 Reynolds News
- Box 84
- R-103 Reynolds, Paul – R-1392 "Rights of Man"
- Box 85
- R-1392 "Rights of Man" – R-159 Roberts, D. Kilham
- Box 86
- R-162 Roberts, Geo. H. – R-267 Rothenstein, Sir William
- Box 87
- R-268 Rothenstein, Lady Alice Mary – R-340a Ryman H.V., Ltd.
- Box 88
- S-1s W2-1 S.S. Koppe & Co., Ltd. – S-66 Sawyer, E.T.
- Box 89
- S-67 Sawyer, Philip – S-127c 1,2 Scrimgeour
- Box 90
- S-127c (1-53) Scrimgeour, J & A to Wells, H.G. – S-169et W2-1 Seth, K.B.L.
- Box 91
- S-171 "Seventieth Birthday" – S-200a Shearns
- Box 92
- S-201 Sheed & Ward – S-260 Simpson, William
- Box 93
- S-261 Simpson, William (Broadmoor) – S-359e W2-1 Société D'Éditions Littéraires & Artistiques
- Box 94
- S-360 W2-1 Société des Gens Lettres. Gt. Britain auteurs et compositeurs dramatique – S-470 Steiger, E.
- Box 95
- S-471 Stein, Ernest – S-561 Sunday Graphic
- Box 96
- S-562 Sunday Pictorial – T-251 Tauchnitz, Bernhard & Albatross
- Box 97
- T-252 Tauchnitz, Bernhard & Albatross – T-91 Thompson, Sylvia
- Box 98
- T-93A Thompson, W.H. – T-160 Treble, H.A.
- Box 99
- T-161 Tredegar, 1st Viscount (C.F. Evan Morgan) – T-226 Tzvetanoff, Gavril
- Box 100
- U-1 U., M. – U-39 University Tutorial Press
- Box 101
- U-41 Unwin, T. Fisher – V-41 Victoria and Albert Museum
- Box 102
- V-42 Victorian Teachers' Union – W-50a Walpole Brothers Ltd.
- Box 103
- W-51 Walsh, E.H. – W-98 Watson-Baker, W.E.
- Box 104
- W-99A Watt, and Son, A.P. – W-99G1 Watt, and Son, A.P.
- Box 105
- W-99G2 Watt, and Son, A.P. – W-99L Watt, and Son, A.P.
- Box 106
- W-99M Watt, and Son, A.P. – W-99U Watt, and Son, A.P.
- Box 107
- W-99V Watt, and Son, A.P. – W-99x Watt, and Son, A.P.
- Box 108
- W-100 Watt, James – W-140 Weir, William. 1st Viscount
- Box 109
- W-141 Weiss, Francis – W-171 W2-1 Wells, Francis Richard
- Box 110
- W-172 Wells, Mrs. F.R. ("Peggy") – W-185 Wells, Joseph (Cousin)
- Box 111
- W-186 Wells, Kate (Mrs. Arthur?) – W-216 Westhope, Richard
- Box 112
- W-216a-1 Westminster Bank (Account Books) – W-216a-16 Westminster Bank (Account Books)
- Box 113
- W-216a-17 Westminster Bank (Wandsworth) – W-260b Wm. Whiteley Inventory & Valuation
- Box 114
- W-261 Whitelock, William W. – W-364 Winslow, Henry
- Box 115
- W-365 Winslow, Henry W. – Z-6 Zangwill, Israel
- Box 116
- Z-7 Zangwell – Z-23b Z-Publishers Royalties
- Series 4: Wells Letters
- Boxes are currently undergoing renumbering (10/2024). RBML staff: see Wells renumbering spreadsheet.
- Box 117
- Formerly Box 41.
- Box-Folder WA-001-WB30
- Box 118
- Fomerly Box 42.
- Box-Folder WB-31-WD40
- Box 119
- Fomerly Box 43.
- Box-Folder WD41-WL10
- Box 120
- Fomerly Box 44.
- Box-Folder WL-11-WP20
- Box 121
- Fomerly Box 45.
- File WP21-WS40
- Box 122
- Fomerly Box 46.
- Box-Folder WS41-WZ10
- Box 123
- Fomerly Box 47.
- Box-Folder WZ11-WZ16
- Series 5: Periodical Publications
- Boxes are currently undergoing renumbering (10/2024). RBML staff: see Wells renumbering spreadsheet.
- Box 124
- Fomerly Box 47.
- Box-Folder Per1-Per80
- Box 125
- Fomerly Box 48.
- Box-Folder Per81-Per279
- Box 126
- Fomerly Box 49.
- Box-Folder Per280-Per382
- Series 6: Wells Short Works
- Boxes are currently undergoing renumbering (10/2024). RBML staff: see Wells renumbering spreadsheet.
- Box 127
- Fomerly Box 49.
- Box-Folder WSW1-WSW55
- Box 128
- Fomerly Box 49a.
- Box-Folder WSW56-WSW115
- Series 7: Facsimiles
- Boxes are currently undergoing renumbering (10/2024). RBML staff: see Wells renumbering spreadsheet.
- Box 129
- Formerly Box 50.
- Box 130
- Formerly Box 51.
- Series 8: Wells Letters to the Press
- Boxes are currently undergoing renumbering (10/2024). RBML staff: see Wells renumbering spreadsheet.
- Box 131
- Formerly Box 51.
- Box-Folder WLP1-WLP150
- Series 9: Photographs
- Series 10: Criticisms
- Series 11: SEC-W
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- Box 3
- Box 4
- Box 5
- Series OS: Oversize materials
- Note: 6 boxes in Oversize
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