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Bertram Rota, Ltd

 Organization

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Martin Secker - Richards Press publishing archive, 1908-1977

 Collection
Identifier: 1979-014
Scope and Contents Contains office copies of books published by Secker into which a variety of materials were laid in, tipped in, or pasted in to many of them. These materials include handwritten and typed cards, letters and royalty receipts; Richards Press and Martin Secker publication announcements; press cuttings of book reviews and articles; photographs and clipped photographic illustrations; handwritten poems and essays; and fragments of dust jackets and dust jacket blurbs.Items which could...
Dates: 1908 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1941

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

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

Vernon Scannell papers, 1948-1971

 Collection
Identifier: 1980-005
Scope and Contents

Consists of 9 handwritten letters from Scannell (written while incarcerated in Brixton Prison, London) to Jo Scannell (his wife) dating from March to April, 1967. Also included are handwritten poems, radio scripts and plays, and an autobiographical piece, A Proper Gentlemen written in 11 notebooks and writing tablets, and individual sheets.

Dates: 1948 - 1971

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Novelists, English -- 20th century. 6
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 4
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Manuscripts 3
Authors, American -- Correspondence -- 20th century 2
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Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography 2
English fiction -- 20th century. 2
Poets, British -- 20th century. 2
Radio scripts. 2
American Literature -- 20th century 1
Arts -- Periodicals 1
Authors and publishers. 1
Authors, American -- 20th century 1
Authors, English -- 21st century 1
Authors, English -- Biography 1
Book reviewing. 1
British -- India -- Fiction. 1
British -- India -- Social life and customs. 1
Censorship. 1
Children's literature, English. 1
English drama -- Women authors. 1
Film posters. 1
Happiness in literature. 1
Literature -- History and criticism. 1
Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Diaries. 1
Publishers and publishing. 1
Sexology. 1
Social advocacy. 1
Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Jameson, Margaret Storm. 1
Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Quennell, Peter. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Andre Deutsch Ltd. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Charles, Edward. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Connolly, Cyril. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Drabble, Margaret. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Hartley, L. P. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Isherwood, Christopher. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Lessing, Doris. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Plante, David. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Quennell, Peter. 1
Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Scannell, Vernon. 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. 1
Special Collections -- Photographs. 1
Women and literature -- Great Britain 1
Women journalists -- Great Britain 1
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