Richard Sidney Blaker (1893-1940) was an author. Details are given in Who Was Who.

Literary manuscripts, papers and correspondence of R.S. Blaker, including:

• Letters to Blaker, 1916-40
• Manuscript and typescript drafts of:
  • 'The voice in the wilderness', published in 1922, and 'The liberators'
  • 'Geoffrey Castleton, passenger', published in 1923
  • 'Enter a messenger', published in 1927
  • 'Scabby Dichson', published in 1927
  • 'Medal without bar', published in 1930
  • 'The needle-watcher', published in 1932
  • 'Night-shift', published in 1934
  • 'Here lies a most beautiful lady', published in 1935
  • 'But beauty vanishes', published in 1936
  • 'David of Judah', published in 1937
  • 'Love went a -riding', published in 1938
  • 'I, said the fly', an unpublished novel
  • 'Black Daniel', an unfinished novel
  • Short stories, with a few drafts of plays
  • 'Mr Petrie', a play by Blaker and Sidney Gutman, based on Blaker's novel A voice in the wilderness (London, 1922)
  • Film scripts and scenarios, with related notes, c. 1936-8
• Miscellaneous papers, including details of the sales of Blaker's novels, early essays, and agreements and contracts with publishers and film studios, 1919-42
• Newspaper cuttings, 1912, 1922-38
• Biographical papers
• Photographs of Blaker and his friends

The papers were given to the Library by Blaker's brother-in-law in 1974.

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 42959-43018.

Authors | 20th century

English literature | 20th century

Blaker | Richard Sidney | 1893-1940 | Author