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Add MS 89408/2/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003469857
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003463667
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100091071851.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89408/2/3
- Title:
- Margaret Forster: Letters to do with Publishing
- Scope & Content:
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Letters to Margaret Forster relating to the publications of her books, mainly from editors and literary agents, including:
- From Peter Schwed at Simon & Schuster turning down Mother Can You Hear Me for publication in the U.S., 11 May 1979.
- From Tessa Sayle regarding the publication date of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's biography, including a photocopy of a letter to Tessa from Alfred A Knopf turning down publication in the U.S., Aug 1987.
- From Valerie Grove congratulating her on the character of Wilson in Lady's Maid, 8 May 1990.
- From Martyn Goff thanking her for her letter to The Guardian about the Booker shortlist, 14 Oct 1993.
- From Jonathan Burnham at Chatto & Windus with very positive comments on Mother's Boys, 1 Nov 1993.
- From The Daily Mail about their publication of an extract of her book in their magazine Weekend which she Margaret was not happy about, 31 Aug 1995.
- From Carmen Callil with editorial comments about her books, 1987-1996, including a postcard stating 'Terrific idea...I really do love the Du Maurier idea', sent two days before Du Maurier's death, 17 Apr 1989.
- From Becky Hardie at Chatto & Windus regarding The Unknown Bridesmaid, 2010-2012.
- From Rachel Calder at the Sayle Literary Agency about Margaret leaving the agency, 29 May 2010.
- Postcard from Alison Samuel regarding her idea about the book about Carr's, 3 Nov [1995].
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003463667
036-003469572
040-003469857 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89408 : Margaret Forster Archive
Add MS 89408/2 : Margaret Forster: Correspondence
Add MS 89408/2/3 : Margaret Forster: Letters to do with Publishing - Hierarchy:
- 032-003463667[0002]/036-003469572[0013]/040-003469857
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89408
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1979
- End Date:
- 2012
- Date Range:
- 1979-2012
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
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Found at the time of cataloguing inside a folder labelled by Margaret Forster as: 'Misc. Letters fr summers in Loweswater. Tessa's Obit. Diary Letters. Susan Morris Corres. Brit Bk News Profile'.
- Names:
- Alfred A Knopf, American publishing house, 1915-
Burnham, Jonathan, editor and publisher, fl 1979-2019
Calder, Rachel, literary agent, fl 1980-2019
Callil, Carmen Thérèse, publisher, b 1938
Chatto and Windus, publishers, of London, 1855-
Daily Mail, newspaper, Great Britain and Ireland, 1896-
Goff, Martyn, literary administrator, author, bookseller, 1923-2015
Grove, Valerie, née Smith, biographer and journalist, b 1946
Hardie, Becky, editor, fl 2010-2019
Schwed, Peter, American editor and publisher, 1911-2003
Simon & Schuster, publishers, 1924-
Stockert, Maria Teresa von, literary agent, 1932-1993
Tessa Sayle Agency, literary agency, 1896-1993
The Sayle Literary Agency, literary agency, 1993-