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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 73186-73484 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [37] SubSeries

1. Add MS 73200-73227

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Add MS 73200-73227
Title:
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOLS. XV-XLII. Correspondence with Messrs. A. P. Watt and Son, literary agents, of London, agents for royalties and rights of reproduction for the works of G. K. and Frances Chesterton, concerning proposals for new work, reprinting, translation, radio, television and theatrical performances; 1907-1982. Partly French, Spanish and German. Mostly signed, partly typewritten copies. From 1907 to 1927 the correspondence is addressed to Frances Chesterton (also occasionally...
Scope & Content:
A. P Watt and Son; literary agents: Correspondence of Frances Chesterton, Dorothy Collins and others with the firm of A. P. Watt and Son regarding publication, etc., of the works of G. K. Chesterton: 1907-1982: Signed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1982
Extent:
34 items

2. Add MS 73231 A-C

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Add MS 73231 A-C
Title:
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XLVI A-C. Correspondence and other papers concerning the preparation and publication of single works by Chesterton and anthologies of his work; 1899-1974. Arranged in order of the dates of first publication or compilation of the works referred to, or in order of the date of proposal or compilation for works not published. Three parts.
Scope & Content:
Dorothy Edith Collins, secretary to G K Chesterton: Correspondence with publishers concerning the preparation and publication of works by G. K. Chesterton: 1931-1974: Partly copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899-1974
Extent:
3 items

3. Add MS 73232 A-B

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Add MS 73232 A-B
Title:
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XLVII A, B. Correspondence requesting contributions from Chesterton for anthologies, periodicals, prefaces and introductions to books, correspondence requesting permission to quote or reprint writings by Chesterton, and correspondence in response to writings offered by Chesterton; [1899]-1981. For the texts of many of the items referred to in this correspondence see Add. 73284-73302. For correspondence with Messrs A. P. Watt and Son see Add. 73200-73227, for tha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1899]-1981
Extent:
2 items

4. Add MS 73233 A-C

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Add MS 73233 A-C
Title:
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XLVIII A-C. Three notebooks and three loose leaves recording work submitted and payments made; [1925-1964]. Mostly in the hand of Dorothy Collins. Three notebooks (ff. iii+70, i+14, i+13).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1925-1964]
Extent:
3 items

5. Add MS 73234 A-B

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Add MS 73234 A-B
Title:
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. XLIX A, B. Correspondence with the British Broadcasting Corporation and notebook regarding broadcast talks and articles for The Listener and Radio Times by Chesterton; 1928-1936. For the scripts of some of the talks see Add. 73283. Two parts. Not fully indexed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1936
Extent:
2 items

6. Add MS 73242-73280

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Add MS 73242-73280
Title:
B. G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOLS. LVII-XCV B. Papers for books written by Chesterton, together with papers for unpublished and posthumously published work and collections; circa 1894-1975. Partly autograph, partly typewritten, partly printed. Printer's copy, particularly for compilations of articles edited by Dorothy Collins, often includes typescripts or extracts or cuttings of published articles, poems or essays, which are thus not retained in their original sequence. For correspondence co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1894-1975
Extent:
68 items

7. Add MS 73287-73302

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Add MS 73287-73302
Title:
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CII-CXVII. Articles, essays, short stories, plays and poems written for publication in periodicals, partly autograph, partly typewritten, partly printed; [1894]-1936. For correspondence concerning the publication of articles, essays, etc., in periodicals see Add. 73232 A, B and the correspondence with Messrs A. P. Watt and Son at Add. 73200-73227. Sixteen volumes in twenty-seven parts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1894]-1936
Extent:
27 items

8. Add MS 73303 A-B

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Add MS 73303 A-B
Title:
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXVIII A, B. Notes and papers concerning the Junior Debating Club of St Paul's School, Hammersmith, of which Chesterton was the founding president; [1890-1925], n.d. Mostly autograph. Chesterton's imperfect set of the printed issues of The Debater, with added drawings and notes by him, together with a photocopy of no. 6 and no. 18, and a further incomplete set, formerly owned by Maurice Solomon, are held in the Library's collections of printed books. See also Ad...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1890-1925]
Extent:
2 items

9. Add MS 73304 A-C

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Add MS 73304 A-C
Title:
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXIX A-C. Poems, articles, essays and drawings made as collections for or by others and not published in his lifetime; circa 1900-1936, n.d. Three parts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1900-1936
Extent:
3 items

10. Add MS 73305 A-B

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Add MS 73305 A-B
Title:
G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CXX A, B. Single poems and small groups of poems not published during Chesterton's lifetime; circa 1891-1936,1952. Mostly autograph. Other poems, in notebooks, and on leaves extracted from the early notebooks up to 1901 are to be found in Add. 73314-73348. Two parts.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886-1952
Extent:
2 items