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John Lane Company. Records of the John Lane Company, 1856-1933 (bulk, 1894-1930).

Title: Records of the John Lane Company, 1856-1933 (bulk, 1894-1930).

The records of the John Lane Company comprise correspondence, readers' reports, manuscripts and proof copies, financial records, documents, and autobiographical materials. Series I of the John Lane Company Records comprises the correspondence and other records reflecting the activities of this firm, its officers and authors from 1856 to 1933, with the majority dating from 1894 to 1930. The correspondence is largely business-related, although the personal correspondence of John Lane is intermixed. Correspondents include Francis P. Barnard, Horace Bleackley, John Buchan, Walter Crane, Arthur Dasent, Richard and Edward Garnett, Kenneth Grahame, Constance Hill, Stephen Leacock, Vernon Lee, Richard Le Gallienne, William J. Locke, Alice and Wilfrid Meynell, Stephen Phillips, Margaret W. Roberts, Clement K. Shorter, Edward P. Stebbing, A. Francis Steuart, Frank Swettenham, Silvanus P. Thompson, Katrina Trask, William Watson, Theodore Watts-Dunton, and M. P. Willcocks. In addition to the large body of incoming correspondence, there is in the series a quantity of intramural correspondence by members of the firm covering the years 1898 to 1920. A small group of financial records and miscellaneous materials complete the series. The smaller Series II "Creative Work" embraces in the main a large number of readers' reports prepared for the firm between 1894 and 1930. There are no reports for the years 1909 to 1914 nor for 1917 to 1920, but otherwise the coverage appears comprehensive. Also present in this subseries is a small number of manuscripts by Lascelles Abercrombie, William Watson and others. Series III contains a small amount of material relating to John Lane the man. A short autobiographical sketch and notes which appear to be the beginning of a projected history of British art in India are contained in the series, along with fragments relating to Lane. As noted above, a significant amount of his personal correspondence is scattered through Series I.

ArchivalResource: 76 boxes (32 linear feet).

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Adams, William Davenport, 1851-1904. William Davenport Adams papers, 1882-1904.

Title: William Davenport Adams papers, 1882-1904.

Concerns a collection of 71 letters from several well known British authors and poets. The letters are addressed to both William Davenport Adams as well as to Mrs. Adams. They are mainly responses to requests made by Adams, to either grant him permission to publish some of their works, or to quote them in his various dictionaries to English literature and authors and their works.

ArchivalResource: .29 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

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John Lane Company Records TXRC00-A11., 1856-1933, bulk 1894-1930

Title: John Lane Company Records 1856-1933, bulk 1894-1930

The records of the John Lane Company, 1856-1933, are comprised mainly of incoming correspondence. Also present are manuscripts and proof copies, financial records, notes, documents, and autobiographical materials of John Lane. In addition, there are readers' reports prepared for manuscripts submitted to the firm between 1894 and 1930. The reports are a valuable source of information on the firm's publishing guidelines and on the kinds of manuscripts submitted during that period.

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Joseph Ishill papers, 1888-1966.

Title: Joseph Ishill papers, 1888-1966.

Consists of correspondence of printer and publisher Joseph Ishill together with letters, manuscripts, and printed ephemera of various social and political radicals in whom Ishill was interested.

ArchivalResource: 20 boxes (10 linear ft.)

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Marriott, Charles, 1869-1957. Correspondence to Morley Roberts, 1908-1921.

Title: Correspondence to Morley Roberts, 1908-1921.

In two letters of April 1908, Marriott responds to letters from Roberts on topics that include Marriott's novel The kiss of Helen, and general questions of marriage, instincts, and relations between men and women. In September of that year, Marriott asks Roberts's permission to dedicate his new novel to him; that letter has a pencilled sketch of a windmill. A letter of November 1908 is a response to Roberts's novel David Bran. Six letters written in 1912 all concern Roberts's book The private life of Henry Maitland, both before and after publication. The last item, in 1921, contains Marriott's response to a request from Roberts for advice about selling a collection of art by Frank Brangwyn; as well as news about his family life and his literary work.

ArchivalResource: 11 items (18 leaves)

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Whyte, Frederic, 1867-1941. Frederic Whyte correspondence : ALS, 1894-1905.

Title: Frederic Whyte correspondence : ALS, 1894-1905.

Most letters are addressed to Whyte, mainly as editor for Cassell and Company. Correspondents are Winifred Ashton (Clemence Dane), Sir S.B. Bancroft, Charles Marriott, Neil Munro, Sir F. C. Gould, E. W. Hornung, and Barry Pain. One letter, undated, is written by Whyte.

ArchivalResource: 8 items in portfolio.

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Gilchrist, Murray, 1868-1917. Correspondence concerning publication of British writers : ms., 1894-1908.

Title: Correspondence concerning publication of British writers : ms., 1894-1908.

Letters and postcards from British writers concerning publication of their works. The bulk of the letters are addressed to a Mr. Metcalfe, Mr. Bowles, G. Johnson, and a publication titled The Reader. Writers are Morley Roberts, Ernest William Hornung, Mrs. Edith Nesbit Bland, Robert Murray Gilchrist, William Michael Rossetti, Reginald John Campbell, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Henry William Lucy, Charles Marriott, William Edward Norris, Leonard Merrick and Linsley Sanbourne.

ArchivalResource: 24 items in 1 box.

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