Manuscripts by Betty Johnson Falconer-Stewart: Manuscript 2 "Britain Did It First", 1951 Apr 27

The papers within the Amy Johnson Collection are organized into three series. Series I, Manuscripts, has several book manuscripts written by Amy Johnson's sister, Betty Falconer-Stewart. Manuscript 1, "My Sister, Amy", is dated Feb. 19, 1943 and runs 1-215 pages. Manuscript 2, a serial article called "Britain Did It First", is dated Apr. 27, 1951 and runs 20 pages. Manuscript 3 is dared May 11, 1953, runs for 14 chapters, and Manuscript 4, no date, runs for 1-245 pages. All of these manuscripts are variations on the same work, Manuscript 1. There is also a grouping of various rewritten chapters and notes. All of these manuscripts are incomplete. There are also two articles written by Amy Johnson contained in this series: "What Next" (August 1938) and "4,000 Miles in a Car" (October 1938)

Series 2, Correspondence, has personal letters from Amy to her parents (1930-1936). It also contains all of Mrs. Falconer-Stewart's correspondence regarding research on Amy's friends, background, and personality (1949), as well as her contact with a London editor, Peter Cattle, in reference to publication of her book (1942-1958). All of these items are arranged chronologically.

Series 3, Miscellaneous, contains such varied items as Mrs. Falconer-Stewart's 1941 marriage certificate and a fan request from Jim Mollison's autograph. The Johnson Family photographs are also in this series, being separated into three dateless categories: 1) Amy Johnson/Aviation Related 2) Family Photographs and 3) Photographs taken during Amy's trip to the United States.