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Mcgahern, John2
Andrews, Sir William Linton1
Ball, Sir George Joseph1
Beckwith, Frank1
Conrad, Joseph (Formerly Joseph Conrad Korzeniowski)1
Drummond-Wolff, Henry Maxence Cavendish1
Foley, Francis Edward1
Inspector-General, Passport Control1
Pinker, Eric1
Pyper, Rachel At Penguin Books1

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.