The Kingsley Amis collection, 1933-1968, consists of typescript and holograph drafts and notes for his works. The works in the collection are arranged in chronological order, beginning with two upublished works, an essay book written by Amis at age 11 and his rejected B. Litt. Thesis (1947), followed by material relating to ten of the seventeen books Amis published between 1954 and 1968. Included are corrected typescripts of two of his satiric novels, Lucky Jim (1954) and One Fat Englishman (1963); two mysteries The Egyptologists (1965) and The Anti-Death League (1966), and his James Bond novel Colonel Sun (1968). Each of these manuscripts is accompanied by notes and outlines. Other Amis titles are represented by notes and fragments. Among this material is a notebook full of notes and outlines for Take A Girl Like You (1960) and copious notes, lists, and drafts for his two James Bond studies: The James Bond Dossier (1956) and The Book of Bond (1965). The collection offers extensive material for examining Amis' method of composition and editing: it reveals Amis' propensity for creating lists, outlining scenes, and taking notes on whatever scrap of paper was at hand. There is no material in the collection relating to his personal life, and there is only one piece of correspondence: a note dated 29 September 1968, from Anthony Hobson to Mrs. Kingsley Amis.
