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Loan MS 129/4/60
- Record Id:
- 040-003371635
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003367166
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100042086111.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Loan MS 129/4/60
- Title:
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P.G. Wodehouse to William Townend - Part 8
- Scope & Content:
-
Photocopies of 45 letters from P.G. Wodehouse to Townend, 31 Jan 1947 to 3 Dec 1949.
The letters concern Wodehouse's latest work, plots of his stories, his American income tax trouble and his financial affairs, reaction to the Berlin Broadcasts, his arrival in New York, his new American editor Scott Meredith, his move from Doubleday to Didier as publishers, the New York theatrical business, paper shortage after the War, Townend's stories and his publishers, publication and sales of their work, the work of other contemporary authors, latest shows in New York, the state of American magazines, cricket and the Dulwich College football team, personal news and news about their dogs.
The file also includes a photocopy of a letter from the editor of Ladies' Home Journal to Scott Meredith rejecting Birth of a Salesman for the magazine, 27 Apr 1949.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003367166
036-003368535
037-003367353
038-003371468
040-003371635 - Is part of:
- Loan MS 129 : P.G. Wodehouse Archive
Loan MS 129/4 : P.G. Wodehouse Archive: Correspondence
Loan MS 129/4/1-105 : Correspondence to and from P.G. Wodehouse
Loan MS 129/4/53-68 : P.G. Wodehouse Correspondence: Townend, William
Loan MS 129/4/60 : P.G. Wodehouse to William Townend - Part 8 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003367166[0004]/036-003368535[0003]/037-003367353[0025]/038-003371468[0008]/040-003371635
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Loan MS 129
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1947-1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former External References:
- BL253
BL256 - Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)