Where are A. A. Milne’s original Winnie-the-Pooh manuscripts held?

A. A. Milne’s original Winnie-the-Pooh manuscripts are held at the Wren Library.

The Wren Library is part of Trinity College, Cambridge, the college Milne attended. Milne bequeathed the original English manuscripts of his Pooh works to the library, preserving the handwritten source material associated with the stories.

The manuscripts are different from Christopher Robin Milne’s childhood toys. Those toys, which inspired several characters, are held by the New York Public Library. The manuscripts belong to the literary history of the books, while the toys represent their personal and material origins.

The Wren Library is one of Cambridge’s most important historic libraries. Designed by Christopher Wren, it was completed in 1695. Its connection with Winnie-the-Pooh links Milne’s university life with the surviving documents behind the famous books.