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Joseph McCrindle papers, 1895- 2003, bulk 1928-1985

27 linear feet

Collection contains both personal and professional papers of Joseph McCrindle. The professional papers are centered around the records of his literary agency, while the personal papers include photographs, correspondence, and ephemera related to McCrindle and his family, particularly his maternal grandmother Edith Feder.

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Westgate Press records, 1929-1931

1 box

Correspondence, manuscripts, proofs, and miscellaneous documents relating to the Westgate Signed Editions, a series of signed first editions of American and British authors, published in 1929-1930 by the Westgate Press, San Francisco, under the direction of Oscar Lewis. The collection contains correspondence from Sherwood Anderson, Havelock Ellis, Zona Gale, Lewis Mumford, Bertrand Russell, Wilbur Daniel Steele, Ruth Suckow, Frank Swinnerton, Rebecca West, and Virginia Woolf, as well as carbon copies of Oscar Lewis' replies.

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Malcolm X Project Records, 1960-2008, bulk 2001-2008

68 linear feet

The Malcolm X Project (MXP) records represent nearly 25 years of research, constituting the most in-depth scholarly examination of the life and legacy of Malcolm X to date. The collection consists of the research that Dr. Manning Marable used to write his Pulitzer-Prize winning biography, Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention.

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William Morris Colles papers, 1888-1928

2.5 linear feet

Files dealing with publishers, the editing of manuscripts, serial rights, copyright, translation rights, financial accounts, and the like. Among the correspondents are A.P. Graves, Thomas Hardy, Frederick T. Jane, W.E. Norris, Alfred Ollivant, John Pendleton, William H. Rideing, Hall Caine, Prince Peter Kropotkin, Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes, Douglas Sladden, and Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Humphry Ward).

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Macfall, Haldane. Autograph note signed, one page, 8vo, on printed letterhead of 1 Perham Crescent, West Kensington, London, W. 14, 12 March 1918. To literary agent [J.W.] Gilmer [at the Authors' Syndicate, founded by the literary agent, William Morris Colles (1855-1926), who was its managing director] Box 81, Folder 2

, West Kensington, London, W. 14, 12 March 1918. To literary agent [J.W.] Gilmer [at the Authors
' Syndicate, founded by the literary agent, William Morris Colles (1855-1926), who was its managing director]

Writing: "Here you are! British Serial rights for L7.7.0 of 'When & How will the War End?"'. With the agency's customary filing number in blue editor's pencil at the upper left, and with the purple ink stamp indicating date of receipt. Haldane Macfall (1860-1928); British novelist and art historian. His first book, The Wooings of Jezebel Pettyfer. Being the personal history of Jehu Sennacherib Dyle, commonly called Masheen Dyle; together with an account of certain things that chanced in the House of the Sorcerer; here set down .... was first published in 1898. See Wolff 4329 who states of Jezebel Pettyfer: "Was it George Meredith who said it was the best book of the period but he wished it had never been written?"

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  2. Colles, William Morris. Correspondence:

Payn, James. Autograph letter signed, one page, 8vo, on crested letterhead of The Cornhill Magazine, n.d. To literary agent [William Morris] Colles Box 81, Folder 2

, n.d. To literary agent [William Morris] Colles

Sending thanks for an illegible author's story, suggesting that its title be changed, and replying that it" ... would not suit the Cornhill. .... [A]s for Mr Philpotts' 'scenario'; it is well enough {though I can see no reason why it should end badly[?]) ... but I can say nothing of course without seeing the Book."

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Allingham, E.G. Autograph letter signed, 2pp, 4to, 4 Burlington Road, Cheshire, 18 August 1924. To the literary agent, [William Morris] Colles Box 81, Folder 2

the literary agent, [William Morris] Colles

Apologizing for having forgotten to send him proofs of her current work in progress (presumably Romance of the Rostrum: being the business life of Henry Stevens and the history of Thirty-eight King Street, together with some account of famous sales held there), and explaining: "I sent the proofs to Mr Stock ... when I wrote to him respecting the illustrations .... Thirteen of the corrections were printer's errors -- the others were merely spelling errors. . . . The correction I made in one chapter (only a few words) took up exactly the same space as the words taken out. ... There was the question of footnotes. That was all. I only inserted an occasional odd word where there was plenty of space. I shall have finished the Index in a day or two & could send on that proof to you if you would care to see it. .... "

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John Schaffner papers, 1940-1989

102 linear feet

Archives of Schaffner's literary agency, including correspondence and financial records, 1948-1975. The material is divided into four sections, cataloged material; general correspondence; specific files with authors who were clients of the agency; and correspondence with other literary agents and editors, appointment books, and financial papers.

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Harold Ober Associates letters, 1933-1977

4.5 linear feet
This collection consists of correspondence between Harold Ober and Paul Gallico. It includes correspondence concerning Gallico and his work.
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William Aspenwall Bradley papers, 1900-1966

2 linear feet
This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, clippings, periodicals, and books of William Aspenwall Bradley, 1878-1939.
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Alan Alexander Milne letters, 1918-1919

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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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Irving Stone papers, 1945-1985

.5 linear feet
This collection consists of correspondence between Irving Stone and his literary agency, Laurence Pollinger, Ltd. Also included is correspondence between Lucy Moorehead (Alan Moorehead's wife and executor of Moorehead's estate) and Laurence Pollinger, Ltd.
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Jenny S. Bradley papers, 1964-1983

0.5 linear feet
The collection consists of monthly correspondence from Jenny S. Bradley to poet and playwright Susan Sherman from 1964 to Bradley's death in 1983. Bradley, a literary agent and scout, is best known for her work in sponsoring James Joyce's career, as well as introducing notable French authors such as André Gide, Albert Camus to an American audience. Her letters include reflections on the later period of her life, personal anecdotes, and commentary on Sherman's literary work.
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