Bertram Rota, Ltd
Organization
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
Additional Papers of John Rolph and the Scorpion Press, approximately 1958-1967
Collection
Identifier: 2007-030
Scope and Contents
The Additional Papers of John Rolph and the Scorpion Press consist of correspondence, business documents, publication notices, financial records, etc relating to the Press.
Dates:
approximately 1958-1967
Alice B. Toklas correspondence, 1933-1961
Collection
Identifier: 1977-001
Scope and Contents
Consists of 89 handwritten letters and postcards, and 1 telegram to John E. Dobbin, Brion Gysin, and Sir Francis and Frederica Rose. Also included is one typed letter (as secretary to Gertrude Stein) to John Hinsdale Thompson.
Dates:
1933 - 1961
Andre Deutsch archive, 1952-1995
Collection
Identifier: 1988-013
Scope and Contents
Consists of editorial, production and publicity files for approximately 2000 books published by this London firm. Includes correspondence with Jean Rhys, Stevie Smith, and V.S. Naipaul, among many others. Also represents a great deal of the work of Deutsch editor Diana Athill who influenced women's writing in Britain.
Dates:
1952 - 1995
Arthur Crook - Edmund Blunden papers, 1948-1974
Collection
Identifier: 1996-005
Content Description
3 short manuscripts and over 130 letters, notes and post cards, most handwritten by Blunden.
Dates:
1947 - 1974
Bertram Rota Ltd., 1959 - 1969
File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series 1 is the primary sequence for Ellmann's correspondence and research files. In addition to name, possibly useful information about correspondents or about the contents of the file has been recorded as a note indicated by brackets [ ].[ n ] indicates either that only a first name is present (or was decipherable) or that there is uncertainty about the correctness of our transcription. We are grateful to readers for correcting and extending both names and bracketed information, and we...
Dates:
1959 - 1969
Christopher Isherwood papers, 1909-1954
Collection
Identifier: 1979-012
Scope and Contents
The papers are comprised of correspondence to and from Isherwood's mother, Kathleen Bradshaw-Isherwood, and his brother, Richard, dating from 1936 through 1954. Other correspondence includes letters (most of which contain references to Isherwood) from various individuals to Kathleen or to Richard dating from 1915 through 1978. There is also miscellaneous material belonging to Kathleen which includes her handwritten notes and transcriptions of reviews and articles pertaining to Isherwood and his...
Dates:
1909 - 1954
Cyril Vernon Connolly papers, 1912-1974
Collection
Identifier: 1976-002
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection was begun in 1976 with the acquisition of Connolly's library, which contained some manuscript materials. Gradually, further manuscripts and Connolly specific books were added. Literary critic, editor of Horizon magazine, and writer, these papers document Connolly's life and career
Dates:
1912 - 1974
David Plante manuscripts
Unprocessed
Identifier: 2011-046
David Plante papers, 1963-1982
Collection
Identifier: 1981-007
Scope and Contents
Consist of handwritten, typed, carbon copy typed and photocopied typescripts, galley proofs and page notes, of short stories, television scripts, and novels including The Family and The Woods (2 novels in the trilogy, The Francoeur Novels) and one segment, “Jean" in Difficult Women; also included are handwritten notes and typescripts from Plante’s collaboration with Jean Rhys for Smile Please, 2 manuscript notebooks, 67 carbon copy typescript reader’s reports submitted by Plante (each including...
Dates:
1963 - 1982
Doris Lessing manuscripts, 1974-1985
Collection
Identifier: 1976-010
Scope and Contents
Consists of the typescript, carbon copy typescript, photocopied typescript, and galley proofs for the novel, Memoirs of a Survivor; typescript and carbon copy typescript of the novella, the Temptation of Jack Orkney; and the typesetter's copy and master galleys of The Good Terrorist.
Dates:
1971 - 1985