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Total number of records: 6
Top 10: People and organisations
People and organisations | Count |
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Mcgahern, John | 2 |
Andrews, Sir William Linton | 1 |
Ball, Sir George Joseph | 1 |
Beckwith, Frank | 1 |
Conrad, Joseph (Formerly Joseph Conrad Korzeniowski) | 1 |
Drummond-Wolff, Henry Maxence Cavendish | 1 |
Foley, Francis Edward | 1 |
Inspector-General, Passport Control | 1 |
Pinker, Eric | 1 |
Pyper, Rachel At Penguin Books | 1 |
Sender: McGahern, John
Recipient: Pyper, Rachel at Penguin Books
Letters: 1
Date(s): 16 Oct 1984
Location: BC MS 20C Firebird Author File 16 Firebird 4 Corrected Page Proofs
Note: Returns proofs for "Like All Other Men" with corrections. The story was published in Firebird 4 page 173.
Sender: Foley, Francis Edward
Recipient: Inspector-General, Passport Control
Letters: 1
Date(s): 14 Jan 1941
Location: SC MS 708/17.4
Note: This copy letter was sent to Dr A.C. Reid and enclosed with item
17.3. TS. cc. 4 ff.
Sender: Conrad, Joseph (formerly Joseph Conrad Korzeniowski)
Recipient: Pinker, Eric
Letters: 1
Date(s): 30 Jun 1922
Location: BC MS 20c Conrad. In portfolio on Conrad's play "The Secret Agent"
Note: Concluding sheet only, numbered 2 or 3 and dated in pencil Published in Aubry, "Life and Letters", 1927, vol.2, p.173-4, which omit lines 2-14 of this sheet.
Sender: Robertson, Robin at Penguin Books
Recipient: McGahern, John
Letters: 4
Date(s): 22 May 1984; 12 Jun 1984; 28 Jun 1984; 2 Jul 1984
Location: BC MS 20C Firebird Author File 44 John McGahern
Note: Letter of 22 May requests something for Firebird 4. Letter of 12 Jun acknowledges receipt of "Old Fashioned" and "Parachutes" but there is a problem with "Parachutes". Requests McGahern to send "The New Yorker" stories. Letter of 28 Jun acknowledges receipt of "Crossing the Line", "High Ground" and "Like All Other Men", which Robertson likes - "or Parachute". Requests biographical note. Final letter says that Robertson has settled on "Like All Other Men" for Firebird 4. ("Like All Other Men" was published in Firebird 4 Page 173)
Sender: Ball, Sir George Joseph
Recipient: Drummond-Wolff, Henry Maxence Cavendish
Letters: 7
Date(s): 15 Jun 1938 - 28 Aug 1951
Location: SC 709/74, 80-82, 85, 173, 174
Note: 1) Acknowledgment of HDW's help in obtaining Rechnitzer's support. 2) Encirclement of Germany. 3) Encouragement to leave for Germany. Photocopy. 4) HDW's visit to Germany. 2 ff. 5) Acknowledgment. 6) Renewed search for missing records. 7) Believes his help could damage HDW's prospects.
Sender: Andrews, Sir William Linton
Recipient: Beckwith, Frank
Letters: 11
Date(s): 7 April 1942 - 12 July 1965
Location: SC 622/173, 176, 487, 515, 551, 648, 821, 822, 826, 993, 998
Note: 1) Reminiscence of C.P. Scott. On a note from FB to WLA about C.P. Scott, dated 7 April 1942. 2) Invites FB to take part in a literary Brains Trust. TS. 3) Thanks for notes on the Thoresby Society and Kirkstall. TS. 4) Payment for FB's piece on "Leeds Intelligencer" for "Yorkshire Post". 5) Appreciation of a gift. TS. 6) Personal. TS. 7) Enclosing material about his father 8) A cartoon of his father. 9) Illustrations of his father for Yorkshire Bookmen's "Broadsheet". TS. 10) Copy for the "Broadsheet"; Phyllis Bentley and his view of her attitude to the Brontë Society. 11) Tracts with Brontë associations; controversy on qualifications needed of candidates for curatorship of Brontë Parsonage Museum and Library. TS.