H. G. Wells collection of papers, 1892-1952 bulk (1896-1939).

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Creator

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 696 items.

Access Restrictions

Restricted access; Berg Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Scope/Contents Notes

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, diaries for 1907 through 1913, legal and financial documents, portraits, and pictorial works. The manuscripts include a short story and essay by Wells, and memoranda from the literary agencyA. P. Watt and Son relating to the author. The typescriptsconsist of stories, film scenarios, descriptive copy for adust jacket, and essays. Also included are agreements between the author and his publishers. The diaries were kept by Sir Sidney Philip Perigal Waterlow recording conversations with the author and others.

The correspondence, dating from 1892 to 1942, include letters from the author to William Maxwell Aitken, C. F. Cazenove of the Literary Agency of London, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, Strickland Gibson, Violet Hunt, John Lane,Morley Roberts, T. Fisher Unwin, the literary agency A. P.Watt and Son, Leonard Woolf, and others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from [1900] to 1952,exchanged between various correspondents including Benn (Ernest) Ltd., Doubleday, Page & Co., Field, Roscoe & Co.,Lucienne Southgate, Amy Catherine Wells, Marjorie Wells, and others. There are letters to Wells from Edward J. Bing,J. M. Dent and Sons, Doubleday, Page & Co., George Gissing,William Heinemann Ltd., Metheun & Co., Ltd., John CollingsSquire, Hugh Walpole, and A. P. Watt and Son, dating from 1902 to 1931.

Biographical/Historical Note

H. G. Wells was a British novelist, short-story writer, journalist, and essayist.

Controlled Access Terms

• Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946.
• Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 -- Portraits.
• Correspondence.
• Diaries.

Additional Creator Names

• Waterlow, Sydney, 1878-1944.
• Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964.
• Bing, Edward J.
• Cazenove, C. F.
• Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924.
• Ford, Ford Madox, 1873-1939.
• Gibson, Strickland, 1877-1958.
• Gissing, George, 1857-1903.
• Hunt, Violet, 1862-1942.
• Lane, John, 1854-1925.
• Roberts, Morley, 1857-1942.
• Southgate, Lucienne.
• Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958.
• Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941.
• Wells, Catherine, 1872-1927.
• Wells, Marjorie Craig.
• Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969.
• A. P. Watt and Son.
• Benn, Ernest, limited, London.
• Doubleday, Page & Company.
• Field, Roscoe & Company.
• Heinemann (Firm).
• J.M. Dent & Sons.
• Metheun & Co.
• T. Fisher Unwin (Firm)
• Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) fmo
• Pforzheimer, Arthur. fmo
• Shorter, Clement King, 1857-1926. fmo
• A. P. Watt and Son. fmo