Bertram Rota, Ltd
Organization
Found in 42 Collections and/or Records:
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
Edward Charles (E.C.E. Hemsted) papers, 1921-1961
Collection
Identifier: 1979-010
Scope and Contents
The collection is organized into three series: Series 1: Correspondence consists of letters between Charles and various publishers, his literary agent, fellow authors (including E.M. Forster, John Strachey, and H.G. Wells), colleagues and scientists, and Left Book Club groups; the correspondence dates from 1931-1961 and is arranged alphabetically by surname. Also within the correspondence is an autograph draft short story by Edith Charles and the typescript draft of Cecil I.B. Voge’s book,...
Dates:
1921 - 1961
Eliot Bliss diaries, 1959-1980
Collection
Identifier: 1995-001
Scope and Contents
The Eliot Bliss diaries, housed in five legal-sized document boxes, consist of 19 volumes of daily diaries dating from January 1959 to December 1960, and January 1963 to August 1980. Additional notes, correspondence, poems, photographs, and sales receipts are laid into many of the diaries, all of which have been noted in the inventory. Please refer to "Notes on my Diaries", written by Bliss.
Dates:
1959 - 1980
Elizabeth Coles Taylor papers, 1946-1973
Collection
Identifier: 1985-002
Scope and Contents
The novels, the first and largest section, are arranged in chronological order by date of publication and include manuscripts, some typescripts, and, in three cases, corrected proof copies. The manuscript versions are, for the most part, the clean copies from which Mrs. Taylor's typist worked and, therefore, reflect the finished product more than the work in progress, though they do contain some additions, deletions, and emendations. In those instances where a manuscript is actually a...
Dates:
1946 - 1973
Elizabeth Jennings manuscripts, 1973-1992
Collection
Identifier: 1986-001
Scope and Contents
The Elizabeth Jennings manuscripts consist of 39 notebooks and loose sheets of handwritten working drafts of approximately 2,225 poems, many with handwritten revisions, written between 1973 and 1992. The poems were said to be unpublished at the time of acquisition and cover a wide range of topics including artists, composers, and writers. They are arranged chronologically by the date provided by Elizabeth Jennings. They are also indexed alphabetically by title. This collection...
Dates:
1973 - 1992
Ewart Milne papers, 1949-1969
Collection
Identifier: 1984-009
Scope and Contents
The Ewart Milne papers are arranged in to 2 series, Series 1: Correspondence and Series 2: Writings. Series 1: Correspondence consists primarily of handwrittten and typed letters from Milne to Patrick “Paddy…." Galvin. The remaining Milne correspondence consists of letters from Milne to colleagues, reviewers, and publishers (Barbara Howard, John Montague, Denys Val Baker, Gordon Whar ton, Jon Wynne-Tyson) as well as carbon copy typed letters to various newspaper editors. Other...
Dates:
1949 - 1969
Factory House Library of 19th Century Fiction, 1800-1898
Collection
Identifier: 1982-001
Content Description
In 1982 McFarlin Library added a most unusual collection of nineteenth century fiction. In the early 1820s the merchants and wine-traders from Britain who had settled in Oporto, Portugal, felt the need for a library of English books to serve the increasing number of British families living in and near the city. A small library had existed earlier, but had been destroyed during the Peninsular War and had not been replaced. A librarian was appointed who used an agent in London to supply books...
Dates:
1800 - 1898
Give, oh give me back my heart: final chapters in the autobiography of Jack Jones, ca. 1950.
Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 1977-010
Ivy Compton-Burnett to Sybille Bedford, 1949 - 1969
Item
Identifier: 1981.010.2
Scope and Contents
3 letters, 8 postcards.
Dates:
1949 - 1969
Kenneth Hopkins ephemera
Item
Identifier: 1981-025-1
Content Description
A small memory book with 12 bound-in poetry and drawings. A photocopy of the original index sheet is laid in.
Spine title: "Album."
Dates:
1882-1900s
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- Collection 36
- Unprocessed Material 4
- Archival Object 2
- Subject
- Authors, English -- 20th century 10
- Novelists, English -- 20th century. 7
- Poetry, Modern -- 20th century. 5
- Authors, American -- 20th century 4
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 4
- Poets, British -- 20th century. 4
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Manuscripts 3
- Women and literature -- Great Britain 3
- Authors and publishers. 2
- Authors, American -- Correspondence -- 20th century 2
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography 2
- English fiction -- 20th century. 2
- English literature -- Irish authors. 2
- Paris (France) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. 2
- Private presses. 2
- Publishers and publishing. 2
- Radio scripts. 2
- Scorpion Press. 2
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Plante, David. 2
- Special Collections -- Photographs. 2
- Women journalists -- Great Britain 2
- American Literature 1
- American Literature -- 20th century 1
- Arts -- Periodicals 1
- Authors, American -- Correspondence 1
- Authors, English -- 21st century 1
- Authors, English -- Biography 1
- Authors, French -- 20th century -- Posters 1
- Book reviewing. 1
- British -- India -- Fiction. 1
- British -- India -- Social life and customs. 1
- Censorship. 1
- Children's literature, English. 1
- Criticism -- United States. 1
- Dadaism. 1
- Drama -- 20th century. 1
- English drama -- Women authors. 1
- English poetry -- Irish authors. 1
- Experimental drama -- History and criticism. 1
- Family -- England -- London -- Fiction. 1
- Family -- India -- Fiction. 1
- Family -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. 1
- Feminism and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century. 1
- Film posters. 1
- France -- Intellectual life. 1
- Gurus -- Fiction. 1
- Happiness in literature. 1
- India -- Fiction. 1
- Irish in literature. 1
- Irish literature -- 20th century. 1
- Literary prizes -- Great Britain. 1
- Literature -- History and criticism. 1
- Motion pictures -- Awards. 1
- Novelists, American -- 20th century. 1
- Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Diaries. 1
- Paris (France) -- Intellectual life. 1
- Poetry -- 18th century 1
- Poetry -- 19th century 1
- Poets, English -- Correspondence. 1
- Poets, Irish -- Correspondence. 1
- Salons -- France. 1
- Screenplays. 1
- Screenwriters. 1
- Sexology. 1
- Social advocacy. 1
- Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Barney, Natalie Clifford. 1
- Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Brooks, Romaine. 1
- Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Jameson, Margaret Storm. 1
- Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Joyce, James. 1
- Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Leon, Paul. 1
- Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Milne, Ewart. 1
- Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Quennell, Peter. 1
- Special Collections -- Diaries -- Bliss, Eliot. 1
- Special Collections -- Ephemera -- Leon, Paul and Lucie. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Auden, W. H. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Charles, Edward. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Connolly, Cyril. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Drabble, Margaret. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Eliot, T. S. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Hartley, L. P. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Isherwood, Christopher. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Jennings, Elizabeth. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Joyce, James. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Lessing, Doris. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Milne, Ewart. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- O'Keeffe, Timothy. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Quennell, Peter. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Rolph, John. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Scannell, Vernon. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Scorpion Press, The. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Scott, Paul. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Secker, Martin. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Spark, Muriel 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Taylor, Elizabeth Coles. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Taylor, Simon Watson. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Toklas, Alice B. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Trevor, William. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- West, Rebecca. 1
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