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4771. Add MS 88903/1

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Title:
Publishing papers: legal documents and agreements
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to Charles Dickens's dealings and negotiations with his publishers. Also includes papers relating to the posthumous publication of The Letters of Charles Dickens. In addition to the drafts of legal agreements, items include letters, financial documents, notices and memoranda assoc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1837-1879
Extent:
17 folders

4772. Add MS 88903/2

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Title:
Domestic papers
Scope & Content:
Includes insurance policies and financial documents. Also includes property documents relating to 1 Devonshire Terrace, which the Dickens family moved into in November 1839 after living at 48 Doughty Street since March 1837.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1838-1870
Extent:
2 folders

4773. Add MS 88903/3

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Title:
Estate of Charles Dickens: executors' papers, inventories and accounts
Scope & Content:
Items relate to financial and probate matters. Some relate to financial matters of Dickens's children, connected to his estate. John Forster and Georgina Hogarth were the executors of his estate.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870-1896
Extent:
2 folders

4774. Add MS 88903/4

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Title:
Estate of Mary Dickens and related family papers
Scope & Content:
Mary Dickens died 23 Jul 1896. Items mainly relate to financial and probate matters, some relate to the estates of other members of the Dickens family.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1862]-1896
Extent:
2 folders

4775. Add MS 88904/1

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Title:
Author / Editor Files
Scope & Content:
Files relate to all aspects of preparing a book for publication. Files include correspondence between authors, editors, introducers, agents, executors, translators, other publishers, the general public and Virago Press, memoranda of agreement and contracts, book proposals and synopses, reader rep...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1954-2008
Extent:
472 files

4776. Add MS 88904/2

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Title:
Publication Series and Subject Files
Scope & Content:
Files relate either to series of books that were published by Virago or are broader subject files. A few relate to the Virago Modern Classics series, launched in 1978 with the aim of republishing forgotten works by women writers. Files include correspondence, notes, reviews and reports.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-2001
Extent:
17 files

4777. Add MS 88904/3

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Title:
General Administration Files
Scope & Content:
Files include a business plan, minutes, agendas, those relating to other publishers or publishing organisations, general correspondence, book proposals and web design papers.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-2006
Extent:
10 files

4778. Add MS 88904/4

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Title:
Photographs
Scope & Content:
Includes photographs of authors and editors, Virago directors, from publications, from film adaptations of Virago publications and of book cover designs and displays.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1975-2008]
Extent:
10 files

4779. Add MS 88904/5

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Title:
Publicity Materials
Scope & Content:
Files include articles about Virago Press, printed promotional materials, author publicity forms and information about bestselling publications.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1999
Extent:
5 files

4780. Add MS 88904/6

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Title:
Virago Anniversary Papers
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981-1998
Extent:
4 files

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