Manuscripts by Betty Johnson Falconer-Stewart: Manuscript 4, Undated

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.