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Add MS 63351
- Record Id:
- 040-001964055
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001963884
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000905.0x00039f
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- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 63351
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SOCIETY OF AUTHORS ARCHIVE. Vol. CXLVI (ff. 136).
1. ff. 1-31. Humbert Wolfe (while at the Ministry of Labour); 1939.
2. ff. 32-59. Virginia Woolf, the letters from her being written by Leonard Woolf and Margaret West, manager of the Hogarth Press, on her behalf; 1934-1937. A document signed by her, authorizing the Society to act on her behalf, was sold at Sotheby's, 30 June 1982, lot 423, and is here replaced by a photograph (f. 50).
3. ff. 60-81. 'Dornford Yates' (Cecil William Mercer); 1928-1948.
4. ff. 82-136. Francis Brett Young; 1934-1957.
includes:
- ff. 1-31 Humbert Wolfe, Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Labour; writer: Correspondence, etc., with Soc. of Authors: 1939: Typewritten and printed.
- ff. 32-59 Margaret West, of The Hogarth Press: Leonard Sidney Woolf, author and publisher: Adeline Virginia Woolf, née Stephen; novelist: Hogarth Press: Correspondence of Soc. of Authors with Margaret West and Leonard Sidney Woolf, on behalf of Virginia Woolf: 1934-1937: Mostly typewritten and signed. Partly photograph.
- ff. 60-81 Cecil William Mercer, alias 'Dornford Yates': Correspondence, etc., with Soc. of Authors: 1928-1948: Typewritten and signed.
- ff. 82-136 Francis Brett Young, novelist: Correspondence, etc., with Soc. of Authors: 1934-1957: Partly typewritten and signed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001963884
036-001963885
040-001964055 - Is part of:
- Add MS 63206-63463 : Correspondence and papers of the Society of Authors and League of Dramatists; 1907-1982, n.d. (but mostly 1920s-1950s).…
Add MS 63206-63351 : A.. SOCIETY OF AUTHORS
Add MS 63351 : SOCIETY OF AUTHORS ARCHIVE. Vol. CXLVI (ff. 136). 1. ff. 1-31. Humbert Wolfe (while at the Ministry of Labour); 1939. 2. ff.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001963884[0001]/036-001963885[0111]/040-001964055
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 63206-63463
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1928
- End Date:
- 1957
- Date Range:
- 1928-1957
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hogarth Press, 1917-
Mercer, Cecil William, alias 'Dornford Yates'
West, Margaret, of The Hogarth Press
Wolfe, Humbert, Deputy Sec Ministry of Labour, writer, 1885-1940
Woolf, Adeline Virginia, novelist, 1882-1941
Woolf, Leonard Sidney, author and publisher, 1880-1969
Young, Francis Brett, novelist