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Add MS 88987/1/15
- Record Id:
- 040-002236296
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002225976
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000037
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88987/1/15
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence, papers and press cuttings relating to The Bodley Head and Penguin Books. Includes correspondence and papers relating to the acquisition of Penguin by the Longman Group and a possible merger of the two companies in 1969-1970. Correspondents include Max Reinhardt, Graham C. Greene, E. James B. Rose, Quentin Hockliffe, Roger M. Hardisty, Peter Mayer, Eric O. Parrott, Betty Hartel, David Machin, Gillon Aitken and Mathew Prichard (both relating to publication of works of Agatha Christie), Louis Albert Hart, Christopher Dolley, Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, Sir Hugh Greene, David Eccles, Viscount Eccles, John T. Boon, of Mills and Boon, Peter Calvocoressi and Archibald Somerset Clowes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002225976
036-002225979
037-002226374
040-002236296 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88987 : Max Reinhardt papers
Add MS 88987/1 : Correspondence and papers of Max Reinhardt relating to his publishing companies
Add MS 88987/1/9-22 : Correspondence and papers relating to The Bodley Head, publishing company acquired, as John Lane The Bodley Head, by…
Add MS 88987/1/15 : Correspondence, papers and press cuttings relating to The Bodley Head and Penguin Books. Includes correspondence and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002225976[0002]/036-002225979[0003]/037-002226374[0006]/040-002236296
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88987
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1967
- End Date:
- 1986
- Date Range:
- 1967-1986
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Boon, John Trevor, of Mills and Boon, publishers, 1916-1996 (Correspondent)
Boyle, Edward Charles Gurney, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, 1923-1981 (Correspondent)
Calvocoressi, Peter, historian and writer, 1912-2010 (Correspondent)
Christie, Agatha, author, 1890-1976 (Subject)
Clowes, Archibald Somerset, stockbroker, 1923-2011 (Correspondent)
Dolley, Christopher, managing director, Penguin Books, 1931-2004 (Correspondent)
Eccles, David McAdam, 1st Viscount Eccles, 1904-1999 (Correspondent)
Greene, Graham Carleton, publisher, 1936-2016 (Correspondent)
Greene, Hugh Carleton, Knight, journalist and Director-General of the BBC, 1910-1987 (Correspondent)
Hardisty, Roger Michael, haematologist, 1922-1997 (Correspondent)
Hart, Louis Albert, of Henry Ansbacher & Co, bankers, 1905-1978 (Correspondent)
Hartel, Betty, of Penguin Books, fl 1967-1986 (Correspondent)
Hockliffe, Quentin, 1929-2012 (Correspondent)
Machin, David, of A P Watt and Son literary agents, b 1934 (Correspondent)
Mayer, Peter Michael, publisher, 1936-2018 (Correspondent)
Parrott, Eric Oakley, 1924-1990 (Correspondent)
Penguin Books, publishers, 1935- (Correspondent)
Rose, Eliot Joseph Benn, publisher, of Penguin Books, 1909-1999 (Correspondent)