Add MS 89209/4/58

Correspondence of Robert Aickman including:

• correspondence regarding his literary works with agents, editors and publishers including London Management (Bertie Van Thal), Kirby McCauley, Charles Scribner's Sons, Richard Davis, Hugh Lamb, Faber and Faber, Victor Gollancz, Carol Smith, Oxford University Press, John Murray Publishers, Ferret Fantasy Ltd, and Taplinger Publishing;
• correspondence with friends and other authors regarding personal and literary matters, including Ramsey Campbell, Cherry Grimm, Peter Underwood, Barbara Ireson, Potocki de Montalk, Jill Lockley, Estelle Palmley, Mike Ashley, Basil Cooper, Jeanne Handzic, Professor Leslie A. Marchand, Jay Gregory, and Marlies Diehl;
• correspondence with the British Fantasy Society regarding the possibility of Aickman becoming president of the society for 1977;
• correspondence regarding letters from Colonel George Lee Le Mesurier Taylor to be deposited with the Society of Psychical Research;
• correspondence with the Sadler's Wells theatre regarding some tapestry donated to the theatre by him in memory of his great uncle;
• correspondence with The Authors Guild regarding Aickman's membership;
• correspondence with George Hay of the H.G. Wells society regarding the World Brain project.

The file also includes the British Fantasy Society bulletin, Jan-Feb 1977, an invitation to the 3rd Annual World Fantasy Convention, and to talk for the Ghost Society, the National Federation of Women's Institutes and the British Fantasy Society.