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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
J. Howard Woolmer collecton of Poetry Bookshop research and bibliographic materials, 1913-1988
Collection
Identifier: 1988-007
Scope and Contents
J. Howard Woolmer collecton of Poetry Bookshop research materials consists largely of Woolmer's research materials and pre-publication drafts of the bibliography but includes PBS manuscripts and ephemeral printing. The collection is organized into two series: Series 1: Correspondence: Joy Grant: letters from British writers and collegues of Harold Monro in reply to Grant as she wrote Harold Monro and the Poetry Bookshop (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967) including correspondents...
Dates:
1913 - 1988
Margaret Crosland correspondence, 1955-1969
Collection
Identifier: 1991-003
Scope and Contents
The Margaret Crosland correspondence consists of approximately 250 handwritten letters, postcards and typed letters from Crosland to Peter Owen and /or the associates of Peter Owen Ltd. (Elizabeth Moore, Elfreda "Freda" Powell, and Michael Levien); approximately 265 carbon copy typed letters from Peter Owen and/or his associates to Crosland; and other occasional related typed letters between Crosland and/or Peter Owen Ltd. With other publishers, translators, authors, etc. Please note that...
Dates:
1955 - 1969
Miscellaneous literary manuscripts, correspondence and photographs
Collection
Identifier: 1981-010
Scope and Contents
An artificial collection that consists of single and/or small groups of letters, small groups of related literary materials, individual or small groups of manuscripts such as poems and similar individual pieces which were deemed at one time to be of sufficient bulk to be placed into separate collections. These materials were acquired independently of larger collections. The period covered is primarily the first half or so of the twentieth century, but there are selected items dating well...
Dates:
1862 - 1989; Majority of material found within 1925 - 1970
PEN archive
Collection
Identifier: 1984-004
Scope and Contents
Approximately 28,300 letters addressed to the London Centre of the PEN Club complemented by carbon copies of approximately 23,200 letters from the General Secretaries and their respective assistants. The correspondence spans roughly the years 1940 to 1980, bridging Herman Ould's administrative command which ended wih his death in 1951, the years 1951-1974 in which David Carver was International Secretary, Tresurer, and General Secretary of the London Centre, and more recentlly Pater...
Dates:
1932 - 1983
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
William Trevor - Viking Press editorial correspondence, 1980-1998
Collection
Identifier: 2011-058
Scope and Contents
Editorial correspondence spanning nearly 20 years from William Trevor to Corlies Smith, Kathryn Court, and Amanda Vaill at Viking. Additional letters to Trevor are from John Irving and Doris Grumbach. Also included is 1 b/w publicity photo of Trevor.
Dates:
1980 - 1998