In addition he wrote, with lightning speed, small limericks and verses which he threw away but were often gathered up by others and returned. Materials in this series were vandalised in a burglary prior to being transferred to the Archives and it was not possible to restore the original order. A rough chronological order has been attempted but if verses were found in folders together, apparently in an order established by Daniells, they have been left together. During the burglary some of Daniells' teaching materials were mixed in with his own poetry, and it is possible that even after processing a few may still be in this collection. 51 cm of textual records.
Series consists of prose manuscripts.
Daniells customarily wrote first drafts in long hand, second drafts were usually typed. Revisions were often made by cutting and pasting. Files were frequently kept under the name of the person or journal for whom the work was being done. The first part of the series includes university essays, articles for periodicals, contributions to books etc., as well as a short piece which he wrote a few hours before his death as a farewell statement. The second part consists of drafts, in manuscript and typescript, of Milton, Mannerism and Baroque and the completed, but not revised, manuscript of Daniells' planned book on mannerism in English literature.