Collection, 1905-1962.

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Collection, 1905-1962.

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Consists of miscellaneous letters to various correspondents, including three to Canadian financier, politician, and journalist Max Beaverbrook [i.e. , William Maxwell Aitken Beaverbrook, baron, 1879-1964], one to literary agent W.M. Colles, and one to theatrical agent J. Rumsey. Included also is a letter by Raymond Toole-Stott to Mrs. J.G. Newlands concerning his bibliographical description of the first American edition of Maugham's Of human bondage. The collection also includes typescripts of three manuscripts: The camel's back, an unpublished play by Maugham [192-], Of human bondage, a screenplay by Lester Cohen, 1934, and East of Suez, a screen version by Sada Cowan [1934?].

18 items (1 box)

University of Michigan

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University of Michigan

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Cohen, Lester, 1901-1963

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American novelist and playwright. From the description of Of human bondage : screenplay, 1934 / by W. Somerset Maugham; screen play by Lester Cohen. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364280 Lester Cohen wrote the screenplay for the film, Of Human Bondage, along with other screenplays and novels. From the description of The dam : typescript, ca. 1940. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 48928801 American writer. ...

Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965

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British novelist, playwright, and short story writer, most well-known for his autobiographical novel "Of Human Bondage". From the description of Letter, signed : St. Jean-Cap Ferrat (France), to James R. Parish, Brockton, Mass. 16 June 1961. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 62718967 William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was a British author. From the description of W. Somerset Maugham letters, 1919-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652236 ...

Ginsburg, Mr.

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Singer, Kurt D., 1911-

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Strakosch, Miss.

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Cowan, Sada.

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Brown, Curtis, literary agent.

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Alderson, A. D.

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Toole-Stott, Raymond.

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English freelance writer and bibliographer. From the description of Letter, 1952 June 27 : Godalming, Surrey [England] to Mrs. James G. Newlands, New York. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364289 Raymond Toole-Stott (1910-1982), was a British author, journalist, civil servant and bibliographer of circuses and W. Somerset Maugham. He was author of "Maughamiana"; "The Writings of W. Somerset Maugham ... ";"A Bibliography of the Works of W. Somerset Maugham; seve...

Newlands, James

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Colles, William Morris, 1855-1926

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Colles was born in 1855; he became a prominent literary agent in London; his published works include Literature and the pension list (1889) and Playright and copyright in all countries, showing how to protect a play or a book throughout the world (with Harold Hardy, 1906); he died in 1926. From the description of Letters, 1890-1926. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 39287323 BIOGHIST REQUIRED English literary agent. Colles was the founder and manag...

Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964

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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) ...

Rumsey, John, theatrical agent.

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McLaren, Mrs.

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Best, Mr.

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