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Strachey/Holroyd Papers. Vol. xlvi (ff. 252). Correspondence relating to Michael Holroyd’s editing and writing prefaces to other works by Lytton Strachey; 1968-2001. Includes correspondence on the anthologies edited by Michael Holroyd, The Shorter Strachey (with Paul Levy), Lytton Strachey by Himself, a proposed edition (with Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky) of Strachey’s correspondence with John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes, of which a working copy of the text is above, and prefaces contributed by him to new editions of Ermintrude and Esmeralda, Eminent Victorians, Elizabeth and Essex and Queen Victoria, and proposals by others to publish Strachey’s play ‘A Son of Heaven’ and his essay on Madame du Deffand, with typewritten (or photocopied typewritten) texts of the prefaces to Eminent Victorians, Elizabeth and Essex and Queen Victoria, and an autograph by Michael Holroyd of the text of the article ‘Madame du Deffand’. Partially indexed.

includes:

• ff. 1-3 Alix Strachey, née Sargant-Florence; wife of J B Strachey: Desmond Briggs, of Anthony Blond, publishers: Anthony Blond; publishers: Letters from D. Briggs and another, of Anthony Blond, publishers, to A. Strachey, copied to M. Holroyd: 1968, 1969: Typewritten copies.
• f. 4 Derek Maggs, of the Galahad Press: Letter to M. Holroyd: 1969: Signed.
• ff. 5-14 William Heinemann; publishers: Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of M. Holroyd's biography 'Lytton Strachey' and other works: 1961-1984: Signed, copies, photocopies.
• f. 15 Alix Strachey, née Sargant-Florence; wife of J B Strachey: Letter from M. Holroyd: 1970: Photocopy.
• f. 16 Holt, Rinehart and Winston; publishers: Contract with M. Holroyd: 1970: Photocopy.
• f. 22 Thomas C. Wallace, of W W Norton & Co, publishers: Norton, W. W; publishers: Letters from T. C. Wallace, sometime of W. W. Norton & Co, to M. Holroyd: 1971-1995: Signed.
• f. 23 British Broadcasting Corporation: Tim King, of the British Broadcasting Corporation: Letter from T. King, of the B.B.C., to M. Holroyd: 1972: Signed.
• ff. 24, 86, 88, 113-151 Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky: Sir Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson, Kt.; provost of King's College, Cambridge: Correspondence of R. Skidelsky and M. Holroyd, some enclosing correspondence between Skidelsky and P. P. G. Bateson, Provost, and other officers of King's College, Cambridge, with further correspondence of Skidelsky and Holroyd, relating to publication of: 1966-1991: Partly signed.
• ff. 25-30 Strachey Trust: Correspondence and papers rel. to agreements to publish works by G. L. Strachey: 1978, 1979: Partly signed, partly typewritten or photographic copies.
• ff. 26-84, passim Oxford; Oxford University Press: Correspondence, papers and contracts rel. to the publication of works by G. L. Strachey edited by M. Holroyd: 1979-1981: Partly signed, partly photocopies.
• f. 36 A. P Watt and Son; literary agents: Robert Lescher, literary agent: Hilary Rubinstein, of A P Watt Ltd: Letter from H. Rubinsatein, of A. P. Watt Ltd, to R. Lescher, copied to M. Holroyd: 1980: Photocopy.
• ff. 87, 89-98 Penguin Books; publishers: Letters to M. Holroyd relating to the publication of his biographies of Augustus John and Lytton Strachey and other works by Strachey: 1984-1987: Signed.
• ff. 99-100, 111-112 Jane Havell, of the Albion Press: Albion Press; publishers: Neil Philip, of the Albion Press: Letters from J. Havell and Neil Philip, of the Albion Press, to M. Holroyd: 1987: Signed.
• ff. 101-110, 154-162, 166 A. P Watt and Son; literary agents: Letters to M. Holroyd, with contracts for his rewritten biography of Lytton Strachey and other works: 1987-1997: Signed.
• f. 151 Ann Wilson, of the Strachey Trust: Hermione Lee, Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford; of the Strachey Trust: Letter: 1993: Photocopy.
• ff. 152-153, 163-165, 167 Random House; publishers: Correspondence of M, Holroyd with Random House, publishers: 1993-1996: Partly signed, partly photocopy.
• ff. 169-176, 182-183, 185, 187 Society of Authors: Correspondence of the Society of Authors and M. Holroyd: 1997, 2001: Signed.
• ff. 177-179 Folio Society; publishers: Letters to M. Holroyd: 1999: Signed.
• ff. 180-181 Patricia Laurence, of the City College of New York: Letters to M. Holroyd: 2000: Partly signed.
• ff. 184, 186, 190 Cecil Nathan Sidney Woolf, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge: Correspondence of C. Woolf and M. Holroyd: 2001: Partly signed, partly photocopy.
• f. 188 Society of Authors: Julie Jackson, of Madison, Wis: Letter: [2001]: Photocopy.
• f. 191 Margaret Drabble, CBE; author: Letter from M. Holroyd: 2001: Photocopy.
• ff. 197-199 Gottwalt Pankow: Correspondence of G. Pankow and M. Holroyd: 2001: Partly sined, partly photocopy.