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Loan 96 RLF 1/3657
James Leo Phelan (or Jim Phelan), and Kathleen Margaret Phelan, his widow

James Leo Phelan

Applications

5 (4 successful)

Date period

8 Sep 1939-15 Jan 1967

Awards

  • 16 Sep 1939 (rejected - grant of £50 cancelled on the advice of James H Blackwood)
  • 14 Mar 1949 (£250)
  • 1 Nov 1952 (£300
  • in two instalments)
  • 6 Nov 1956 (£200
  • in three instalments)
  • 2 Dec 1966 (£200 - to Kathleen Margaret Phelan)

Other author name(s)

(aka) Jim Phelan

Author's career

 - 

Author's works published

Fiction : Novels, Stories; also Journalism, Non-Fiction, Politics, Autobiography

Also named in file

Kathleen Margaret Phelan (dependent)

More information

Timeline

1939

Application Form, James Leo Phelan

16 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/1
 

James Leo Phelan to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

8 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/2
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to Hugh John Cole Marshall

14 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/3
 

James Leo Phelan to Hugh John Cole Marshall

15 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/4
 

James Leo Phelan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

29 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/5
 

Copy of a letter from W Hillier Hennessey to the Committee of the Literary Fund

17 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/6
 

Leonard Alfred George Strong to the Committee of the Literary Fund

Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/7
 

Copy of a letter from Leonard Alfred George Strong to the Committee of the Literary Fund (original: Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/7)

Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/8
 

D Griffin, of the Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers, to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

27 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/9
 

Margaret R Cunningham to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

28 Sep 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/10
 

Frank Arthur Swinnerton to Hugh John Cole Marshall, reporting on a book by Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

4 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/11
 

James Leo Phelan to Hugh John Cole Marshall

7 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/12
 

James Leo Phelan to Hugh John Cole Marshall

10 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/13
 

Notes by Hugh John Cole Marshall on the case of James Leo Phelan

Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/14
 

James Leo Phelan to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/15
 

James H Blackwood to Hugh John Cole Marshall

13 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/16
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to James Leo Phelan

16 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/17
 

J H, for James Leo Phelan, to Hugh John Cole Marshall

Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/18
 

James Leo Phelan to Hugh John Cole Marshall

27 Oct 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/19
 

Hugh John Cole Marshall to James Leo Phelan

9 Nov 1939
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/20
1949

Application Form, Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

14 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/21
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, with note by John G Broadbent

6 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/22
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

9 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/23
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

22 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/24
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

26 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/25
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to the Committee of the Literary Fund

26 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/26
 

Statement by Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) of his financial position at the end of March 1949

Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/27
1948

[?] Ellis, of the Inland Revenue, to James Leo Phelan

18 Nov 1948
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/28
1949

Jim Birdie to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

18 Jan 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/29
 

George H Capstick, of Barclays Bank (Tring), to James Leo Phelan

11 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/30
 

Gertrude Holt Gerlack to the Committee of the Literary Fund

15 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/31
 

Elizabeth Bowen to the Committee of the Literary Fund

16 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/32
 

George H Capstick, of Barclays Bank (Tring), to James Leo Phelan

16 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/33
 

John Baker to the Committee of the Literary Fund

22 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/34
 

Covering note by Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) for correspondence with Gainsborough Pictures

Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/35
1948

Sydney Box, of Gainsborough Pictures, to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

23 Nov 1948
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/36
 

Sydney Box, of Gainsborough Pictures, to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

17 Dec 1948
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/37
1949

Sydney Box, of Gainsborough Pictures, to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

24 Jan 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/38
 

P A Rhodes, secretary to Sydney Box, of Gainsborough Pictures, to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

14 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/39
 

Vivian Cox, of Gainsborough Pictures, to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

17 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/40
 

J S Knapp-Fisher to the Secretary of the Literary Fund, with note by John G Broadbent

31 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/41
 

J S Knapp-Fisher to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

1 Apr 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/42
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

3 Apr 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/43
1948

J S Knapp-Fisher, of Sidgwick & Jackson, to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

17 Nov 1948
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/44
1949

J S Knapp-Fisher, of Sidgwick & Jackson, to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

10 Feb 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/45
 

J S Knapp-Fisher, of Sidgwick & Jackson, to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

2 Mar 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/46
 

Leonard Alfred George Strong to John G Broadbent, reporting on books by Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

9 Apr 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/47
 

Alec Waugh to John G Broadbent

9 Apr 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/48
 

Report by Alec Waugh on books by Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

9 Apr 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/49
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

16 Apr 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/50
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 May 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/51
 

Notes by John G Broadbent on payments made on behalf of James Leo Phelan

5 May 1949- May 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/52
 

Note by James Leo Phelan on his ‘immediately pressing debts’, with notes by John G Broadbent on payments

May 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/53
 

Note by James Leo Phelan on correspondence regarding finances with note by John G Broadbent

May 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/54
 

Haye & Scard Morgan to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

19 May 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/55
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

11 Jun 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/56
 

John Lehmann to John G Broadbent

11 Jul 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/57
 

Final Income Tax notice for Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan), sent to John G Broadbent

30 Aug 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/58
 

E [D?], at the Office of the Collector of Taxes, to [sec](John G Broadbent)

25 Nov 1949
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/59
1950

Haye & Scard Morgan to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

19 Jul 1950
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/60
 

Copy of a letter from Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to Haye & Scard Morgan

17 Jul 1950
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/61
 

Haye & Scard Morgan to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

12 Aug 1950
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/62
1952

Application Form, Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

1 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/63
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

5 Oct 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/64
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

18 Oct 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/65
 

The Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

21 Oct 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/66
 

List of enclosures for an application to the Literary Fund by Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/67
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

2 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/68
 

Statement of financial position by Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

2 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/69
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/70
 

W J Bailey to the Committee of the Literary Fund

21 Oct 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/71
 

Copy of a letter from W J Bailey to the Committee of the Literary Fund (original: Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/70)

21 Oct 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/72
 

L D Gibbin to the Committee of the Literary Fund

20 Oct 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/73
 

Court summons for Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

28 Apr 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/74
 

Stilgoes to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

24 Sep 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/75
 

Receipt, signed James Leo Phelan

15 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/76
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

15 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/77
 

List by Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) of his debts in order of urgency, with notes by John G Broadbent on payments made

Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/78
 

John G Broadbent to W J Bailey

20 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/79
 

John G Broadbent to A Finch

20 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/80
 

John G Broadbent to Jack Hargreaves

20 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/81
 

John G Broadbent to L D Gibbin

21 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/82
 

John G Broadbent to Kenneth Green

21 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/83
 

John G Broadbent to Grahame Miller

21 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/84
 

John G Broadbent to William Norman Pickard

21 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/85
 

John G Broadbent to Stilgoes

21 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/86
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

21 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/87
 

Receipt, signed W J Bailey

22 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/88
 

Receipt, signed A Finch

22 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/89
 

Receipt, signed L D Gibbin

22 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/90
 

Receipt, signed Kenneth Green

22 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/91
 

Receipt, signed Jack Hargreaves

22 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/92
 

Receipt, signed Grahame Miller

22 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/93
 

Receipt, signed William Norman Pickard

22 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/94
 

John G Broadbent to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

25 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/95
 

John G Broadbent to the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue

25 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/96
 

Stilgoes to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

27 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/97
 

Receipt, signed Stilgoes

22 Nov 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/98
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

3 Dec 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/99
 

John G Broadbent to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

8 Dec 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/100
 

John G Broadbent to Edna Gane

8 Dec 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/101
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

20 Dec 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/102
 

Receipt, signed [?] Phelan

12 Dec 1952
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/103
1953

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

2 Jan 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/104
 

John G Broadbent to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

15 Jan 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/105
 

John G Broadbent to the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue

15 Jan 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/106
 

John G Broadbent to A Finch

15 Jan 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/107
 

Receipt, signed A Finch

16 Jan 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/108
 

A Jennings, Assistant to John G Broadbent to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

6 Feb 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/109
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

8 Feb 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/110
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

15 Feb 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/111
 

A Jennings, Assistant to John G Broadbent to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

19 Feb 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/112
 

Receipt, signed Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

19 Feb 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/113
 

John G Broadbent to the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue

18 Apr 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/114
 

John G Broadbent to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

8 Jun 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/115
 

John G Broadbent to the Clerk to the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue

8 Jun 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/116
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

3 Aug 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/117
 

The Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

6 Aug 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/118
 

John G Broadbent to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

14 Sep 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/119
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

16 Sep 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/120
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

28 Sep 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/121
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

28 Oct 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/122
 

John G Broadbent to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

11 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/123
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

12 Nov 1953
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/124
1956

Application Form, Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

6 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/125
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

3 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/126
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to the Committee of the Literary Fund

6 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/127
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

9 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/128
 

W R Penhaglion to the Committee of the Literary Fund

7 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/129
 

H O K Pope to the Committee of the Literary Fund

8 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/130
 

Extract from the Minutes of the Literary Fund concerning James Leo Phelan

14 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/131
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

20 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/132
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

29 Nov 1956
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/133
1957

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

27 Aug 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/134
 

The Assistant to the Secretary of the Literary Fund to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

29 Aug 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/135
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

8 Sep 1957
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/136
1958

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

16 Aug 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/137
 

Augustus John to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

19 Aug 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/138
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

24 Oct 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/139
 

Augustus John to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

17 Oct 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/140
 

John G Broadbent to Augustus John

31 Oct 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/141
 

Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan) to John G Broadbent

1 Nov 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/142
 

John G Broadbent to Augustus John

13 Nov 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/143
 

John G Broadbent to Rex Patterson

13 Nov 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/144
 

John G Broadbent to Jim Phelan (James Leo Phelan)

13 Nov 1958
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/145
1966

Application Form, Kathleen Margaret Phelan

2 Dec 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/146
 

Charles Osborne, Assistant Literature Director of the Arts Council, to the Secretary of the Literary Fund

11 Nov 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/147
 

Copy of a letter from Kathleen Margaret Phelan to Jennie Lee

30 Oct 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/148
 

Copy of a letter from Nicholas Summers, Private Secretary to Jennie Lee, to M J McRobert, of the Arts Council

Nov 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/149
 

Copy of a letter from Nicholas Summers, Private Secretary to Jennie Lee, to Kathleen Margaret Phelan

Nov 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/150
 

Frances Minto Cowen to Kathleen Margaret Phelan

15 Nov 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/151
 

Kathleen Margaret Phelan to Victor Bonham-Carter

20 Nov 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/152
 

Victor Bonham-Carter to Kathleen Margaret Phelan

23 Nov 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/153
 

Kathleen Margaret Phelan to Victor Bonham-Carter

2 Dec 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/154
 

Kathleen Margaret Phelan to the Committee of the Literary Fund

2 Dec 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/155
 

Financial statement by Kathleen Margaret Phelan

Dec 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/156
 

Victor Bonham-Carter to Kathleen Margaret Phelan

6 Dec 1966
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/157
1967

Notes by Victor Bonham-Carter on the case of Kathleen Margaret Phelan

Jan 1967
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/158
 

Kathleen Margaret Phelan to Victor Bonham-Carter

15 Jan 1967
Loan 96 RLF 1/3657/159
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