Bertram Rota, Ltd
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Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Muriel Spark papers, 1957-1988
Collection
Identifier: 1983-003
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts, dead material, press cuttings and business correspondence of British writer and author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie.Masterfile note: The Muriel Spark papers consist of handwritten and typed manuscripts, dead material, and press cutting of reviews of Muriel Spark's major works dating from 1957-1988, as well as collected short stories and poetry. Business correspondence dating from 1942-1988 includes letters to and from Muriel Spark, her publishers, editors, and...
Dates:
1957 - 1988
Natalie Clifford Barney - Romaine Brooks correspondence, 1920-1969
Collection
Identifier: 1987-005
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the correspondence between Natalie Clifford Barney and Romaine Brooks (Goddard), beginning in 1920 and continuing until 1969. There are a total of 633 letters, most of which are at least two pages in length and accompanied by the original mailing envelopes. There are 271 letters from Brooks to Barney, and 362 from Barney to Brooks. Brooks and Barney spent the war years together in Florence, Italy, thus accounting for the gap in the correspondence at that time. The...
Dates:
1920 - 1969
Paul and Lucie Léon collection of James Joyce, 1920-1971
Collection
Identifier: 1984-005
Scope and Contents
Consists of correspondence between Paul and/or Lucie Léon and James Joyce and other friends, colleagues, and fellow Joyceans; page proofs for Finnegan’s Wake and page proofs for James Joyce and Paul Léon (listed separately in the McFarlin bibliographic catalog), the Story of a Friendship by Lucie Léon Noël; over 60 photographs and photo-negatives of James Joyce, the Léons, colleagues and friends, and Joyce family members; and a blue/white striped tie once belonging to James Joyce, a...
Dates:
1920 - 1971
Paul Scott papers
Collection
Identifier: 1979-003
Scope and Contents
Consists of over 5700 pieces of correspondence to Scott along with carbon file copies of approximately 6000 letters written by him; manuscripts including Staying On and My Appointment with the Muse; commissioned reader's reports and book reviews; personal items including military records and photographs of Paul Scott and Paul Scott with family and/or colleagues.
Scott was a British novelist and visiting University of Tulsa visiting professor in 1977.
Dates:
1940 - 1978
Peter Quennell manuscripts, 1988
Collection
Identifier: 1988-009
Scope and Contents
The Peter Quennell manuscripts consist of handwritten manuscripts, in seven notebooks, of The Pursuit of Happiness. It includes typescript drafts, galley proofs, and corrected page proofs. Also housed with the manuscript material is the Peter Quennel - Dorothea Gould correspondence, 1997.003.
Dates:
1988
Rebecca West collection
Collection
Identifier: 1986-002
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection of materials consisting of correspondence, writings, and other personal papers of the British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer Rebecca West.
Dates:
Late 1800s-1987
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala manuscripts, 1975-1976
Collection
Identifier: 1980-004
Scope and Contents
Consist of handwritten drafts of the short stories, "Desecration" and "How I Became a Holy Mother," published in How I Became a Holy Mother and Other Stories, 1976; the play, "A Lost Cause," [date unknown]; and the novel, Heat and Dust, (1975), all written in three manuscript notebooks with multiple notes and draft fragments clipped to the pages and notes laid in.
Dates:
1975 - 1976
Scorpion Press archive, approximately 1958-1969
Collection
Identifier: 1988-015
Scope and Contents
The Scorpion Press archive contains correspondence concerning the author's work(s) including letters, permissions, publishing agreements, royalties statements, and, in some cases, galley or page proofs. A complete set of books published, or co-published, by the Scorpion Press, totaling 53 volumes, was accessioned with the archive and can be searched by title on the online catalogue. Also included are financial-related papers such as ledgers, stock lists, files of contracts, and 36 small...
Dates:
circa 1958-1969
Simon Watson Taylor 'Pataphysical' & Surrealist collection, 1935-1965
Collection
Identifier: 1974-002
Scope and Contents
Consists of publications, posters, manuscripts, correspondence, documents , photographs, and memorabilia by or relating to the College de Pataphysique; texts by and about Alfred Jarry; books and documents by and about Andre Breton and the surrealists; books by and about Jacques Herold; and materials by and about Marcel Duchamp. (Refer also to the inventory from Bertram Rota which accompanied the collection).Administrative/Biographical History: Books and periodicals have been...
Dates:
1934 - 1975
T. S. (Thomas Stearns) Eliot collection
Collection
Identifier: 1978-009
Scope and Contents
The collection is grouped into 4 series:Correspondence dating from 1918-1954 consisting of 23 autograph and typescript letters and 3 signed Christmas cards from Eliot to friends and colleagues including Stuart Latham and John Lehmann; 2 typescript letters from Mrs. S.K. Gussow to Eliot; and a photocopy typescript letter from Valerie Eliot to Garnerstone Press Ltd. in reference to T.S. Eliot: A Memoir, by Robert Sencourt. Writings dating from 1950-1959 consisting of...
Dates:
1918 - 1959
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