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Watt, A. P. (Alexander Pollock), 1834-1914. Correspondence of Alexander Pollock Watt [manuscript] 1888-1949.

Title: Correspondence of Alexander Pollock Watt [manuscript] 1888-1949.

Correspondence, cables, and memoranda of sales agreements between Watt, Bret Harte's literary agent in London, and publishers around the world regarding the sale of Harte's writings. The later correspondence was continued by Harte's literary executors: Geoffrey Bret Harte, Francis King Harte, and his wife, Aline Harte.

ArchivalResource: 1,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647942860 View

Pease, Zeph. W. (Zephaniah Walter), b. 1861. Papers, 1891-1915.

Title: Papers, 1891-1915.

Consists primarily of letters from author Frank Thomas Bullen, 1857-1915, to Zephaniah Walter Pease. Other correspondents in the collection are Percy Sutherland Bullen (Frank Bullen's cousin and U.S. foreign correspondent with the London Daily Telegraph), and English literary agent A.P. Watt. The first letter in the file, however, is written to Pease by an apparent hometown friend living and working in London in 1891. Bullen's first letter to Pease is in 1899. The collection also contains an untitled manuscript signed by Frank T. Bullen regarding "... the approaching centenary of the New Bedford Mercury ..."; a newspaper clipping titled "Cape Pigeons and Whalebirds: Superstitions Connected With Them By Sailors ..." written by Bullen; a magazine article about Bullen by Charles Middleton; a pamphlet "Fifty Years on The Morning Mercury: New Bedford, Mass: 1880-1930: A Reminiscence" by Pease; and three photographs.

ArchivalResource: 27 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318361998 View

Engel, Solton and Julia,. Collection of Literary Letters, Manuscripts and Drawings, 1832-1935.

Title: Collection of Literary Letters, Manuscripts and Drawings, 1832-1935.

Correspondence, manuscript, and drawings relating to English and American literature of the 19th and early 20th centuries collected by Solton (1896-1961) and Julia ( -1984) Engel. 1989 addition: A group of Bret Harte manuscripts. Galley proofs, with autograph corrections, of "Artemis in Sierra," "'Crotalus.' Rattlesnake Bar, Sierras," and "The Thought-Reader of Angels"; typescripts, with autograph corrections, of "The Mission Bells of Monterey", "'Prairie Station.' Nebraska 1880," and "A Question of Privilege"; page proof, with autograph corrections, of "The Old Camp Fire"; autograph manuscript, signed, of "'Prairie Station.' Nebraska 1880." 1995 addition: Bound manuscript of "The Ivory Gate" by Sir Walter Besant. 1996 addition: Manuscript of "Cordelia and the Moon" by Harold Frederick. 1997 addition: Manuscripts of "The Shrinking Shoe" & "Beyond the Dreams of Avarice" by Sir Walter Besant and "The True Great" by Charles Kingsley. One letter from Kipling to Mrs George Schofield, fifteen letters from W. Clark Russell and one from Mrs W. Clark Russell. Manuscript of "The Worldlings" by Leonard Merrick. 1998 addition: Five manuscripts by J.G. Huneker and a Mr Dooley essay by Finley Peter Dunne. Kipling letter to G. Delany. 1999 addition: Nine letters and sketches by Rudyard Kipling. One letter from Siegfried Sassoon to Paul Lemperly.

ArchivalResource: 4.5 linear ft. ( 162 items in 4 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309773426 View

A.P. Watt (Firm). A.P. Watt & Son correspondence, 1883-1917.

Title: A.P. Watt & Son correspondence, 1883-1917.

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.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft. (2 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/299029251 View

Harte, Bret, 1836-1902. Papers of Bret Harte [manuscript] 1859-1901.

Title: Papers of Bret Harte [manuscript] 1859-1901.

About 55 autograph manuscripts of works, and some 420 letters written by Harte. Includes manuscripts of At the hacienda, Barker's luck, [an essay on] Bayard Taylor, A blue grass Penelope, Captain Jim's friend, Clarence, Cressy, Dick Boyle's business card, Don Diego of the south, A drift from Redwood Camp, Gabriel Conroy, The goddess of Excelsior, The homecoming of Jim Wilkes, Jeff Brigg's love story, Johnnyboy, The landlord of the Big Flume Hotel. Legend of Cologne, Lord of Fontenelle, A Maecenas of the Pacific Slope, Maruja, Mr. Bilson's housekeeper, The moral and instructive ballad of the good Lord Byron, A Newport romance, A niece of Snapshot Harry's, A night at Hays, On the Dedlow marsh, Peter Schroeder, A pupil of Chesnut Ridge, The reformation of James Reddy, a review of Thomas Wentworth Higginson's "Malbone," a review of Mrs. Hawthorne's "Notes in England and Italy," A romance of the hoardings, The Rose of Tuolumne, Salomy Jane's kiss, See Yup, The sheriff of Siskyou, Snow-bound at Eagle's, Sweet Mary, The twins of Table Mountain, A vision of the fountain, What Miss Edith saw from her window, A yellow dog, The Young America condensed novel (The hoodlum band ; or, Pirate prodigy), 3 reviews, and other works. Recipients of Harte's letters are his wife, Anna Griswold Harte; their son, Francis King Harte; Florence (Mrs. Arthur) Henniker, a novelist; and Rudolph Schneider.

ArchivalResource: 5 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647940411 View

Hodder and Stoughton Records, 1875-1914

Title: Hodder and Stoughton Records, 1875-1914

ArchivalResource: 3 linear ft. (963 items in 6 boxes).

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Pease, Zeph. W. (Zephaniah Walter), b. 1861. Papers, 1891-1908.

Title: Papers, 1891-1908.

Consists primarily of letters from author Frank Thomas Bullen to Zephaniah Pease. Many of the letters discuss works of Bullen's that are to be published or the reception that his works are receiving both in terms of critiques and sales. He also writes about his family, his ill health, and his unfavorable views regarding the rudeness of Americans, especially of the upper classes.

ArchivalResource: 27 items

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/317410058 View

Besant, Walter, Sir, 1836-1901. Papers of Sir Walter Besant [manuscript], 1888-1922 bulk 1888-1901).

Title: Papers of Sir Walter Besant [manuscript], 1888-1922 bulk 1888-1901).

Correspondence of Besant and of his literary agent A.P. Watt concerns publication arrangements for Besant's work. Fourteen letters from Besant to Watt discuss various offers from publishers, mention his collaborator W.H. Pollock, and his [final?] illness. Correspondence between publishers and Watt pertain to the purchase of publication rights to Besant's works by a variety of newspapers and magazines. Specific topics include the higher price paid for a work by Wilkie Collins, competition with H. Rider Haggard, disagreement with the John Jacob Astor estate over American copyright, negotiations for a second edition of his history of Jerusalem, and negotiations over the posthumous publication of his autobiography. Three letters of his nephew P.M. Besant concern publication requests after his uncle's death.

ArchivalResource: 70 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647830897 View