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Add MS 89363/7/25
- Record Id:
- 040-004297112
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004296853
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100156353076.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89363/7/25
- Title:
- D. M. Thomas: Letters sent to Penguin Books (United Kingdom)
- Scope & Content:
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Letters sent by D. M. Thomas to the publishers Penguin Books, Ltd. — either Peter Meyer (Chief Executive) or Fanny Torrance (Chief Editor)— regarding the publication of 'The White Hotel' and 'Birthstone'. With proof of cover or dust-jacket, and a 'Penguin Reader's Report' by Gertrude Buckman on 'The White Hotel'.
The contents of this file were originally held in a folder labelled (not in Thomas's hand) 'D. M. Thomas — NOT TO BE CATALOGUED — £175 = 4LS 1PCS — 1 Reader's Report'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004296853
036-004297077
037-004297110
040-004297112 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89363 : D. M. Thomas Archive
Add MS 89363/7 : D. M. Thomas: Correspondence and contracts
Add MS 89363/7/24-25 : D. M. Thomas: Letters sent by D. M. Thomas and later returned
Add MS 89363/7/25 : D. M. Thomas: Letters sent to Penguin Books (United Kingdom) - Hierarchy:
- 032-004296853[0007]/036-004297077[0009]/037-004297110[0002]/040-004297112
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89363
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 8 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1980
- End Date:
- 1982
- Date Range:
- 1980-1982
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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It is not known how or when these letters were returned to D. M. Thomas by Penguin Books Ltd.
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 11079
Deposit 11079, Box 5, file 2, part 2 - Arrangement:
- The typewritten document entitled 'Birmingham reading: D. M. Thomas and Ruth Rosen' has been moved to this file from the file now referenced Add MS 89363/8/16.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)