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

Summary Information

Description

Summary

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.

Arrangement

Cataloged.

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Curtis Brown Ltd. records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accruals

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Correspondence: Source of acquisition--2293B (Rare Book). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--04/04/1994. Accession number--M-94-04-04.

Hall Caine letter: Source of acquisition--2293B (David J. Holmer, Autographs). Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--09/17/1997. Accession number--M-97-09-17.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Correspondence Cataloged HR 04/29/1994.

Hall Caine letter Cataloged HR 09/18/1997.

Biographical / Historical

English literary agency founded in 1899 by the American literary agent, Curtis Brown.

Subject Headings

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Name
Amphion Glee Club	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Arlen, Michael, 1895-1956	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Astor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess, 1879-1964	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Brown, Curtis, 1866-1945	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Browning, Oscar, 1837-1923	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Caine, Hall, Sir, 1853-1931	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Coke, Desmond, 1879-1931	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Dukes, Ashley, 1885-1959	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Graham, Stephen, 1884-1975	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Le Queux, William, 1864-1927	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Mais, S. P. B (Stuart Petre Brodie), 1885-1975	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Malleson, Miles	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Maxwell, W. B (William Babington), 1866-1938	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Nichols, Beverley, 1898-1983	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Roberts, Cecil, 1892-1976	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Thorndike, Russell, 1885-1972	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Trench, Herbert, 1865-1923	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Voronoff, Serge, 1866-1951	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Webb, Mary, 1881-1927	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Yeats-Brown, Francis, 1886-1944	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Subject
Authors and publishers -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Authors, English	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Critics	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Dramatists, English	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
English literature -- 20th century	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Essayists	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Historians	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Journalists	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Literary agents	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Novelists, English	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Orthopedists	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Poets, English	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Theater critics	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Translators	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID
Women novelists, English	CLIO Catalog	ArchiveGRID