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Alan Alexander Milne letters, 1918-1919

1 box
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Letters of Milne to his agent Curtis Brown, relating largely to Milne's plays, particularly MR. PIM PASSES BY and BROXOPP.

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Bernard Shaw papers on "The Future of Political Science in America", 1933-1940

1 box
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Manuscripts, correspondence, and documents relating to George Bernard Shaw's speech"The Future of Political Science in America" which he delivered to the Academy of Political Science at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, April 11, 1933. The collection contains a typescript of Shaw's address containing his emendations and corrections in ink, which he did in preparation for publication by Dodd, Mead & Company. Also, letters and documents relating to the book publication, the radio broadcast by Station WJZ, reservations for the address itself, and a rough proof of the English edition of the published speech entitled THE POLITICAL MADHOUSE IN AMERICA AND NEARER HOME.

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Enid Bagnold Letters to Robin Maugham, 1963-1979, bulk 1979

0.21 linear feet
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English author and playwright, Enid Bagnold developed a close personal and professional relationship with fellow English writer Robin Maugham. This collection consists of her letters to him, primarily in the year 1979.
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Marie Carmichael Stopes letters, 1916-1958

1 box
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Letters of Stopes written to the novelist Mollie Stanley-Wrench and to her daughter Margaret Stanley-Wrench, a poet and dramatist. They discuss her medical and literary work and the writings of the Stanley-Wrenches.

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A. E. Housman letters, 1922-1958

2 boxes
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Correspondence by and relating to Housman and to his brother, Laurence Housman. Nearly all of the letters were written to Cyril Clemens, who was working on a proposed biography of A.E. Housman. The collection includes six letters from A.E. Housman and an important group of 94 letters from Laurence Housman, which contain comments on his brother's life and activities, religious beliefs, reading, and manuscripts. There are 45 letters from relatives and persons closely related to A.E. Housman, among them his sisters, Clemence Housman and Katharine E. Symons, his publisher, Grant Richards, and his associates at Oxford University, James T. Nance and Alfred W. Pollard. Also included in the collection are twelve manuscripts, the most noteworthy of which are two signed poems by Laurence Housman and a 4-line verse in Lord Dunsany's holograph entitled "A. E. Housman.".

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Curtis Brown Ltd. (London) records, 1907-1935, bulk 1917-1935

0.5 linear feet
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Correspondence from clients about placing their work. Among the authors are: Michael Arlen, Nancy Astor, Beverley Nichols, Cecil Roberts, and Alec Waugh. There is also a typescript concert program for The Amphion Glee Club in 1907, signed by 58 members who were orthopedic surgeons.

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Ronald Firbank papers, 1896-1976

3 linear feet
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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, art work, and printed material of and concerning Ronald Firbank. Included are nine letters from poet Alfred Douglas, seven from artist Albert Rutherston, four from Rollo Talboys, then schoolmaster at Wellington College, and forty-two letters from Firbank himself to his publisher Grant Richards and his manager George Wiggins. There are four letters from his mother, Lady Harriet, to the publisher and one letter from his father, Joseph Thomas Firbank, while serving in the House of Commons, 1897. Manuscripts include drafts and notebooks for his works: THE ARTIFICIAL PRINCESS, A DISCIPLINE FROM THE COUNTRY, THE RYTHUM, PRANCING N***, THE PRINCESS ZOUBAROFF, TRUE LOVE, and VAINGLORY. There is an inscribed photograph of Firbank from 1904; a pen-and-ink drawing by C.R.W. Nevinson used as a book illustration; and Albert Rutherston's watercolor drawing for the dust jacket of Firbank's novel, INCLINATIONS (London, 1916). There are also cataloged correspondence and manuscripts collected collected by Ifan Kyrle Fletcher for his book, RONALD FIRBANK; A MEMOIR.. (London, 1930).

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Giles Cooper Papers, 1945-1984

16.5 linear feet
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Playscripts, correspondence about his scripts, poems, notebooks and other manuscripts including drafts, typescripts, notes, photographs, mimeographed scripts and printed materials, re. Cooper's plays, radio and television scripts, short stories, and novels.

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John Hall papers, 1950-1997

23 linear feet
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Correspondence and manuscripts including drafts, typescript, notes, photographs, mimeographed scripts and printed materials, re. Hall's plays, radio and television scripts, short stories, and novels. Among the cataloged correspondents are: Alan Ayckbourn, Robert Bolt, Christopher Fry, Sir John Gielgud, and Harold Pinter.

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A. P. Watt & Son letters, 1883-1917

1 linear feet
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Mostly testimonial letters from satisfied clients of A.P. Watt, praising his services. Many of the letters were published in promotional brochures. Two of these books, COLLECTION OF LETTERS ADDRESSED TO A.P. WATT BY VARIOUS WRITERS (London, 1893) & LETTERS ADDRESSED TO A.P. WATT (London, 1894), are included in the collection. There were other editions published in 1889, 1898, 1899, 1924, 1929, etc.

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