Bertram Rota, Ltd
Organization
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
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
Timothy O'Keeffe papers, 1948-1982
Collection
Identifier: 1983-017
Scope and Contents
London publisher of Irish (and other) authors. Mainly correspondence between O'Keefe and the writers with whom he worked as director of MacGibbon & Kee Publishers (London) and later as partner in Martin, Brian, & O'Keefe; authors include Brian O'Nolan, Hugh MacDiarmid, and Patrick Kavanaugh.The Timothy O'Keeffe papers consists of correspondence between O'Keeffe and the writers and poets (Brian O'Nolan, Hugh MacDiarmid, John Montague, Patrick Kavanaugh, e.e. cummings, and...
Dates:
1948 - 1982
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
William Trevor corrected typescripts, 2000-2009
Collection
Identifier: 2009-017
Scope and Contents
Original ribbon typescripts on blue paper, heavily re-worked and/or revised in ink and pencil, and signed by the author; including, in some cases, photocopies of the ribbon typescript and/or word processed typescripts, either lightly or heavily revised. Typescripts include: the dramatisation, Sacred Stories; short stories, The Crippled Man, The Children, Cheating at Canasta, Men of Ireland, Faith, An Afternoon, A Perfect Relationship, The Dressmaker's Child, Folie a Deux,...
Dates:
2000 - 2009
Wystan Hugh Auden manuscripts, 1936-1960
Collection
Identifier: 1982-003
Scope and Contents
The W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden papers include a production copy of the script for The Ascent of F6 used for the 26 Feb 1937 production at the Mercury Theatre; a portion of the script written in the hand of actor Evan John who portrayed the Abbot to be used as a director's prompt copy, together with Stuart Latham's explanation of the above; a musical score for voices; a letter from Auden to Latham, press cuttings and other material relating to the play. Also included in the collection is a...
Dates:
1936 - 1960
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- Poets, British -- 20th century. 3
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- 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
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- Scorpion Press. 2
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Plante, David. 2
- Special Collections -- Photographs. 2
- Women and literature -- Great Britain 2
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- Book reviewing. 1
- British -- India -- Fiction. 1
- British -- India -- Social life and customs. 1
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- Children's literature, English. 1
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- Dadaism. 1
- Drama -- 20th century. 1
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- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Charles, Edward. 1
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- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Hartley, L. P. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Isherwood, Christopher. 1
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- 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
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts. 1
- Surrealism. 1
- Theater -- 20th century. 1
- Theater -- Production and direction. 1
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 20th century 1
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