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Finding Aid for A. P. Watt and Son Records, 1861-1971 bulk (1880-1949).

Guide to the A. P. Watt and Son Records, 1861-1971 bulk (1880-1949).

Berg Coll MSS Watt
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Descriptive Summary Table of Contents

Title
A. P. Watt and Son Records, 1861-1971 bulk (1880-1949).
Creator
A. P. Watt and Son.
Call Number
Berg Coll MSS Watt
Size
ca. 2,468 items
Repository
The New York Public Library.
The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.New York, New York
Abstract
This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, and legal and financial documents.

Administration Information Table of Contents

Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

Custodial History

The bulk of the materials were received from the files of A. P. Watt and Son.

Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

Biography Table of Contents

A. P. Watt and Son is a British literary agency. It was founded in 1875 by Alexander Pollock Watt.

Scope and Content Note Table of Contents

This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, and legal and financial documents. The typescripts and manuscript consist of memoranda and miscellaneous items relating to Marie Corelli, Rudyard Kipling, William Somerset Maugham, and Herbert George Wells. The correspondence consists of letters from the firm, dating from 1879 to 1971, to Wystan Hugh Auden, Marie Corelli, Charles Garvice, Harold Paget, Michael Roberts, Bertha Vyver, H. G. Wells, the publishing firm Doubleday & Co., the literary agency of Field, Roscoe & Co., and others, as well as an undated letter relating to the firm from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Meyrick Jones, and letters drafted for A. P. Watt and Son by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, dated 1887. There are letters to A. P. Watt and Son from Maude Adams, J. W. Arrowsmith (Bristol, England), T. Foster Barham, Benn (Ernest) Ltd., Sir Walter Besant, John Buchan, Cassell & Co., Ernest V. Chandler, Marie Corelli, Doubleday, Page & Co., A. C. Doyle, Lady Jean (Leckie) Doyle, Louis Fabulet, Field, Roscoe & Co., William Hooker Gillette, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, William Heinemann Ltd., Edward Jenkins, Caroline (Balestier) Kipling, Rudyard Kipling, James Stanley Little, Low (Sampson) Marston & Co., H. L. Lucoque, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Maffey & Brennall, W. S. Maugham, A. A. Milne, David Christie Murray, Paget Literary Agency, Paramount Pictures, William Dundas Scott-Moncrieff, Lucienne Southgate, Tillotson & Son, Amy Catherine (Robbins) Wells, H. G. Wells, Marjorie (Craig) Wells, W. B. Yeats, and others, dating from 1878 to 1971.

Container List Table of Contents

   
Manuscripts and Typescripts Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Copyright novels which belong to me. Holograph (?)
[1882 Jan.]
ms.
( 5 p. )

With related holograph notes, 2 p. and ms. copy of a list of his works, 3 p.; From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Kipling)     
44 memoranda relating to Rudyard Kipling
1891 - 1939
ms.
( 3 folders )
Manuscript box (Corelli)     
14 typed memoranda and 9 miscellaneous pieces relating to Marie Corelli
1915 - 1945
typescripts
( 2 folders )
Manuscript box (Collins, Wilkie)     
Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Manuscript list in an unidentified hand. Pages 1-5 written on stationery of A. P. Watt, literary agent. List in an unidentified hand of letters "I recommend should not be sold."
n.d.
ms.
( 7 p. )

Accompanied by 2 ms. receipts, signed by Georgina Hogarth, Feb. 13 and 25, 1890. 1 p.each

Manuscript box (Wells)     
100 typed memoranda, notes of conversations, etc., relating to Herbert George Wells
1926 - 1932
typescripts
( 3 folders )
Manuscript box (Maugham)     
2 typed memoranda, 1 miscellaneous piece relating to William Somerset Maugham
1949 - 1954
typescripts
( 3 items )
   
Financial and Legal Documents Table of Contents
   
Financial Documents Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Braddon)     
Royalty statements (10) made out to Mrs. Maxwell [Mary Elizabeth Braddon]
1913 July 31 - 1914 Oct. 14
financial docs.
( 1 folder )
Manuscript box     
[Summary of royalty payments made during April 1898] Typescript
1898 Apr. 1 - 1898 Apr. 30
financial docs.
( 21 p. )
   
Legal Documents Table of Contents
Manuscript box (Collins, W.)     
Agreements (5) between Wilkie Collins or A. P. Watt as agent and George Bentley, Richard Bentley, Chatto & Windus and the Illustrated London news for the publication of his works
1861 Mar. 11 - 1889 Nov.
legal docs.
( 1 folder )

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Collins, W.)     
Agreement between Wilkie Collins and Kelly & Co. for the serial publication of an unnamed novel. In Collins' hand. Draft of proposed memorandum
[1883?]
legal docs.
( 2 p. )

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Collins, W.)     
Agreement between Wilkie Collins and Kelly & Co. for the serial publication of an unnamed novel. Manuscript copy with Collins' ms. revisions
n.d.
legal docs.
( 3 p. )

Signed for Kelly & Co.; From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Collins, W.)     
Agreement between Wilkie Collins and William Frederic Tillotson and William Brimelow for the publication of an unnamed novel [The evil genius]. In Wilkie Collins' hand. Draft of proposed agreement
[1884]
legal docs.
( 2 p. )

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Collins, W.)     
Agreement between Wilkie Collins and William Frederic Tillotson and William Brimelow for the publication of an unnamed novel [The evil genius]. Manuscript copy of proposed agreement with Collins' ms. revisions
n.d.
legal docs.
( 3 p. )

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Collins, W.)     
Agreement between Wilkie Collins and William Frederic Tillotson and William Brimelow for the publication of an unnamed novel [The evil genius]
1884 Dec. 8
legal docs.
( 3 p. )

Signed by Tillotson. With copyright documents for The evil genius from Stationer's hall, Sept. 26, 1885, and the British museum, Sept. 30, 1885; and 2 related receipts from A. P. Watt. From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box (Collins, Wilkie)     
Stationers' company, London. Two memoranda of copyright registration made out to Wilkie Collins for his The victims of circumstantial evidence and The legacy of Cain
1886 Dec. 16; 1887 Oct. 29
legal docs.
( 1 p. each )

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

   
Correspondence Table of Contents
   
Outgoing Correspondence Table of Contents
Cased     
Letter books. Letters (copies) to various authors and publishers, etc. Vols. Numbered on spines through XXV. Lacking vols. I, V-VI, XII, XIV, XX-XXIV. Vol. [16] contains letters to or relating to H. Rider Haggard. Each volume indexed separately at front
1879 Oct. - 1891 June
corr. out
( 16 v. )

Partial description and list of correspondents laid in vol. [1]. Includes letters addressed to Walter Besant, Hall Caine, Wilkie Collins, A. C. Doyle, Haggard, Bret Harte, Rudyard Kipling and Andrew Lang

Manuscript box (Auden)     
Auden, W. H. TL (carbon) to. Relates to Oxford book of light verse
1937 Nov. 23
corr. out
( 2 p. )

Came with Watt archive

Manuscript box (Yeats)     
Chappell & Co, Ltd. 2 TL (copies) to. Relate to W. B. Yeats' The Countess Cathleen
1912 Aug. 13; 1912 Aug. 20
corr. out
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Corelli, Marie. ALS (draft), 5 AL (drafts), 4 TL (drafts) to
[1906 July 10] - 1911 Feb. 10
corr. out
( 10 letters in 2 folders )
Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Corelli, Marie. 3 TL (carbons) to
1915 Nov. 16 - 1915 Dec. 10
corr. out
( 3 p. each )
Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Correspondence between A. P. Watt & Son and others. Relates to Marie Corelli's charge that George Gray's The people's king infringed the copyright of her Temporal power
1913 Jan. 22 - 1913 Feb. 20
corr. out
( 11 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Graves, R.)     
Doubleday & Co. 18 TLS, 1 telegram. Relates to Robert Graves
1948 Mar. 2 - 1971 Nov. 10
corr. out
( 19 letters in 4 folders )

With carbons of 13 letters, 1 telegram, and 1 memorandum from Doubleday to A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Field, Roscoe & Co. 11 TL (carbons), 6 TN (carbons) and 8 statements of account to. Relate to Marie Corelli
1916 Mar. 22 - 1945 Feb. 20
corr. out
( 25 letters in 2 folders )
Manuscript box (Albanesi)     
Garvice, Charles. TL (copy) to. Relates to agreement between Garvice and Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi
1912 Apr. 1
corr. out
( 1 p. )

With: [Garvice, Charles] TL (carbon) to Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi. May 19, 1910

Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Maffey & Brentnall. 16 TL (carbons), 6 TN (carbons) to. Relate to Marie Corelli
1925 Jan. 12 - 1945 Jan. 9
corr. out
( 22 letters in 2 folders )
Manuscript box (Vachell)     
Paget, Harold. 16 TL (carbons) to. Relate to Horace Annesley Vachell
1913 Nov. 21 - 1915 Jan. 15
corr. out
( 16 letters in 1 folder )

With two related memoranda

Manuscript box (Conrad)     
Pinker, J. B., & son. 4 TLS to. Relate to Joseph Conrad and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1923 Jan. 29 - 1928 May 15
corr. out
( 1 p. each )

John D. Gordan bequest

Manuscript box     
Roberts, Michael. TL to. Relates to W. B. Yeats' inclusion in The Faber book of modern verse, 1936
1935 May 20
corr. out
( 1 p. )

Signed H. Watt. With envelope; With: Yeats, W. B. TLS to Michael Roberts. Nov. 12, 1935. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Cooper, K. S.)     
Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Letter to. Relates to Katherine Saunders Cooper
1880 Aug. 4
corr. out
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Vyver, Bertha. 4 TL (carbons), 1 TN (carbon) to. Correspondent was secretary to Marie Corelli
1938 Oct. 17 - 1938 Dec. 21
corr. out
( 5 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Harte)     
Ward and Downey. ALS to
1886 Mar. 15
corr. out
( 1 p. )

Encloses Stationers' Hall copyright permit for Britain of Bret Harte's Snow bound at Eagles, March 15, 1886

Manuscript box (Wells)     
Wells, Herbert George. 49 TL (carbons) to
1917 Jan. 26 - 1931 Sept. 7
corr. out
( 49 letters in 2 folders )
   
Incoming Correspondence Table of Contents
Manuscript box     
Abbott, John Henry Macartney. ALS to A. P. Watt and son.
1904 Jan. 2
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Adams, Maude. 3 ALS, 9 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to the film productions of Rudyard Kipling's stories
1929 Feb. 14 - 1931 July 11
in. corr.
( 12 letters in 5 folders )

With 13 TL (carbon) replies and related material including five TLS from Field Roscoe & Co. to Watt enclosing 3 draft agreements

Manuscript box     
Albanesi, Effie Adelaide Maria. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son]
1935 May 23
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box (Besant, W.)     
Arrowsmith, J. W., firm, publishers, Bristol, England. 11 LS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir Walter Besant and David Christie Murray
1887 Feb. 11 - 1887 July 22
in. corr.
( 11 letters in 2 folders )
Manuscript box     
Bagot, Richard. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1903 Feb. 7; 1908 Dec. 7
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Baillie-Saunders, Margaret (Crowther). ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] May 23
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Bairnsfather, Bruce. LS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1919 Jan. 13; [n.y.] Mar. 18
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Balchin, Nigel. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1944 Feb. 13
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, 1st earl. AL to A. P. Watt and son
1943 June 10
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed Baldwin of Bewdley. With carbons of two letters from Watt, June 8 and 15, 1943. Relate to Lord Halifax

Manuscript box     
Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1922 May 31; 1929 Feb. 28
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Bambridge, Elsie (Kipling). ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Laurence Hanson's inquiries about her father's (Rudyard Kipling's) books, etc.
[1940] Dec. 2
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )

With TL (carbon) reply and memorandum; TLS from Mrs. Bambridge's secretary, Mary e. Walford, Feb. 13, 1945

Manuscript box     
Bannerman, Sir Alexander, bart. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1920 June 29
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box (Besant, W.)     
Barham, T. Foster. 7 ALS, 2 TLS, 4 miscellaneous pieces to A. P. Watt and son
1890 June 5 - 1906 Sept. 25
in. corr.
( 13 letters in 6 folders )

With TL (carbon) reply, Jan. 6, 1911 and five statements of account from the Executors of Sir Walter Besant to Barham and son

Manuscript box     
Baring, Maurice. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Mentions Hilaire Belloc
1935 May 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Becke, Louis. LS to A. P. Watt and son. Mentions Walter Jeffery and T. F. Unwin
1896 May 25
in. corr.
( 5 p. )

Encloses "List of payments", "Suggested amended agreement between Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery and Messrs. A. P. Watt and son", etc.; with Becke's holograph note on sale of copyrights, 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Beith, John Hay. 4 TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1933 June 7 - 1935 May 17
in. corr.
( 4 letters )

With two TL (carbon) replies

Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Bell, A[--?] H[--?]. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Marie Corelli
1913 Jan. 25; 1913 Jan. 31
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Bell, Adrian. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Sept. 24
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Belloc, Hilaire. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1903 July 18; 1903 Aug. 6
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Benét, Stephen Vincent. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.d.]
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Benn (Ernest) Ltd. 11 TNS, 6 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Essex edition of H. G. Wells
1926 June 8 - 1932 May 12
in. corr.
( 17 letters in 3 folders )

With carbons of 18 letters from Watt to Benn

Manuscript box (Cescinsky)     
Benn (Ernest) Ltd. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Herbert Cescinsky
1932 Aug. 23 - 1932 Sept. 7
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p. )

With TL (carbon) reply

Manuscript box     
Benson, Edward Frederic. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 18; 1935 May 28
in. corr.
( 1 leaf; 3 p. )
Manuscript box (Besant, W.)     
Besant, Mary (Garrett), lady. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to her husband, Sir Walter Besant
[1901] June 15 - [1901] July 8
in. corr.
( 1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Besant, Sir Walter. 1 ALS, 9 ANS, 1 TLS, 7 miscellaneous pieces to A. P. Watt and son. Several letters written as secretary to the Palestine exploration fund
1884 Feb. 23 - 1899 Jan. 25
in. corr.
( 18 letters in 4 folders )

ANS of Feb. 10, 1885 is at bottom of p. 2 of letter from Chatto & Windus to Watt, Feb. 6, 1885; With two letters from Watt, Feb. 26, 1884 and Aug. 19, 1898

Manuscript box     
Besant, Sir Walter. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Wilkie Collins
1890 Feb. 11
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Encloses receipt, ms., signed and dated Feb. 11, 1890. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Binyon, Laurence. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1941 Aug. 13
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Bird, Kenneth. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 Nov. 25
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box (Haggard)     
Blackett, Spencer C. 5 ALS, 2 LS, 1 note to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir H. R. Haggard
1887 Sept. 5 - 1890 July 28
in. corr.
( 8 letters in 2 folders )

With seven printers' certificates and Catalogue of books published by Spencer Blackett & Hallam. London, Sept. 1889

Manuscript box     
Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1915 Oct. 28
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1918 Feb. 17
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1949 Dec. 13
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1950 Mar. 13
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Bland, Edith Nesbit. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.d.]
in. corr.
( 1 leaf; 1 leaf; 3 p. )

With enclosures of quotations from Shakespeare and others, 7 p.

Manuscript box     
Bodington, Nancy. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son
1945[?] May 31
in. corr.
( 1 card )

Signed Shelley Smith [pseud.]

Manuscript box     
Bolitho, Hector. ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Philip Lindsay
[n.d.]
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Boyle, Kay. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 Oct. 19
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

With carbon of letter from Watt, Oct. 14, 1936

Manuscript box (Brame)     
Brame, May. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to copyright of novels by her mother, Charlotte Mary Brame
1920 Nov. 30
in. corr.
( 3 p. )

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
Brindley, Martin. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[1886] July 17 - [1886] July 23
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p. )

With ALS from Henry Jeula, July 21, 1886

Manuscript box     
Bromfield, Louis. ANS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son
[1935 May]; 1938 Mar. 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box     
Brophy, John. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1934 Feb. 20
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Buchan, John. 5 TLS, 2 TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1916 June 19 - 1934 Oct. 12
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box     
Burgin, George Brown. ALS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1921 Dec. 25; 1935 May 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box. Enclosed in: Rhodes, Geoffrey. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Sept. 4, 1937     
Burgin, George Brown. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Geoffrey Rhodes
1937 Sept. 2
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Butler, Samuel. TL (copy) to A. P. Watt and son
1894 May 25
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Butler, Samuel. AL (incomplete?) to [A. P. Watt and son]
[n.d.]
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Encloses his: The life and letters of Dr. Samuel Butler. [London, 1894?] 22 cm. Prospectus. With the author's ms corrections

Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
C[--?], A[--?] L[--?]. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Mar. 9
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[1887 July (?)]
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1887 July 12
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1891 Feb. 22
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1891 Feb. 23
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Wilkie Collins
1889 Aug. 28
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Campbell, Sir Gilbert Edward, bart. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1891 Feb. 25; [n.d.]
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Campion, Sarah. 2 TLS, 1 postcard to A. P. Watt and son
1937 Feb. 20 - 1937 Mar. 24
in. corr.
( 1 leaf; 1 p.; 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Cardew, [--?]. AL, in the third person, to A. P. Watt and son
1891 Feb. 7
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Carlile, William Warrand. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1905 Jan. 5
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Encloses letter to Watt of same date, 3 p.

Manuscript box     
Carstairs, John Paddy. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
n.d.
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Carte, Richard D'Oyly. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1891 Feb. 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With related note in unidentified hand, Feb. 18, 1891. 1 p.; and two TLS from Charles Hawkins, Carte's secretary, Feb. 20 and 24, 1891. 1 p. each

Manuscript box     
Carter, Philip Youngman. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] May 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Haggard)     
Cassell & Co., Ltd., London. 12 LS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard
1887 May 24 - 1891 Feb. 5
in. corr.
( 12 letters in 2 folders )

Includes 3 letters written and signed by Sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. Letter of Aug. 2, 1887 encloses royalty statement, dated June 30, 1887

Manuscript box (Wells)     
Cassell & Co., Ltd., London. 5 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to H. G. Wells
1928 Nov. 1 - 1931 Mar. 5
in. corr.
( 5 letters in 1 folder )

Signed Newman Flower and Guinivere Davies. With carbons of 4 letters from Watt to Cassell

Manuscript box     
Cassels, Gilbert Robert. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 17
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Cescinsky, Herbert. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1932 Sept. 9
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With four TL (carbon) replies and one memorandum

Manuscript box (Farnol)     
Chandler, Ernest V. 10 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Jeffery Farnol
1927 Aug. 24 - 1930 Jan. 6
in. corr.
( 10 letters in 3 folders )

With 6 TL (carbon) and 7 TL (copy) replies, 5 memoranda and 3 misc pieces. Accompanied by: Blanckensee (J.S.) & Co., London. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Jan. 19-May 19, 1930. With 4 TL (carbon) replies and 2 memoranda

Manuscript box     
Charteris, Leslie. AN, in the third person, to A. P. Watt and son
1932 Jan. 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With carbon of letter from Watt, Jan. 20, 1932

Manuscript box     
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith. LS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1904 Dec.; [1922] Feb. 23
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Chetwynd, Julia Bosville. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Mar. 6
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Chetwynd, Julia Bosville. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Mar. 16
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Chetwynd, Julia Bosville. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Mar. 19
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[1898?] Oct. 27
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Clark, Sir Kenneth McKenzie. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son
1946 Jan. 2
in. corr.
( 1 card )
Manuscript box     
Clifford, Lucy (Lane) ["Mrs. W. K. Clifford"]. 3 ALS, 2 postcards to A. P. Watt and son
[1891] Feb. 16 - [1891] Mar. 3
in. corr.
( 5 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box     
Colles, Richard W. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Dated from received stamp
1891 Feb. 3
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Speight, T. W.)     
Colles, William Morris. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Thomas Wilkinson Speight
1891 Feb. 6; 1891 Feb. 9
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Haggard)     
Collier, Peter Fenelon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1894 Mar. 13
in. corr.
( 3 p. )

With copies of 4 letters of related correspondence between C. J. Longman and C. J. Mills, Apr. 5 - May 15, 1894. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard

Manuscript box     
Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1880 Aug. 10
in. corr.
( 3 p. )

Encloses list of works, 2 p.; and title page of Mortimer Collins' Thoughts in my garden, with her ms corrections

Manuscript box     
Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1880 Aug. 19
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1880 Aug. 26
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1880 Oct. 6
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Cooper, Barbara. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Jan. 10
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Cooper, Katherine (Saunders). 6 ALS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son
1880 Aug. 7 - 1880 Oct. 7
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )

With ms copy of telegram from Watt, Aug. 9, 1880. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Corelli, Marie. 198 ALS, 17 ANS, 2 TLS, 8 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son
1904 Oct. 12 - 1921 Dec. 31
in. corr.
( 225 letters in 45 folders )

With letters to and from Corelli in folders 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 21, and 22. See Guide to the Marie Corelli collection of papers, 1893-1955 bulk (1893-1945)

Manuscript box     
Cox, Anthony Berkeley. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1942 June 29
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Crandall, C[--?] F[--?]. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Rudyard Kipling
1924 Oct. 1; 1924 Oct. 8
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

Letter of Oct. 1, 1924 encloses: Crandall, C. F. 2 TL (copies) to Rudyard Kipling. Sept. 26 and Oct. 1, 1924. 2 p.; 1 p. Kipling, Rudyard. TL (copy) to [C. F. Crandall] Sept. 29, 1924. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Crauford, Alfred Lane. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Marie Corelli
1896 Aug. 11; 1896 Aug. 13
in. corr.
( 3 p.; 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Crawford, David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th earl of. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1940 Apr. 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Crawshay-Williams, Eliot. ALS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 20; 1935 May 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Creasey, C[--? H[--?] TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to H. G. Wells
1929 June 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Cripps, Sir Stafford. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1942 Jan. 29
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Crofts, Freeman Wills. ANS to [A. P. Watt and son]
1948 Dec. 18
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With carbons of two related letters from Watt, Dec. 20, 1948. 1 p. each

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Cronin, Archibald Joseph. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1937 Oct. 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Cunningham, A. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1914 Nov. 19
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Cust, Nina. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[1914] Aug. 3
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
D'Abernon, Edgar Vincent, 1st viscount. TN to A. P. Watt and son
1934 Mar. 2
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed with stamp

Manuscript box (Roberts, M.)     
Daily Mail, London. TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Morley Roberts
1916 May 25
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Dalrymple, Sir Charles Mark, 3rd bart. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 21
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Dawson, Geoffrey. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1941 Aug. 20
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Deans, Marjorie. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Jan. 27
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
De la Mare, Walter. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1938 Sept. 12
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With Watt's TL (carbon) reply. Accompanied by his: TL (copy) to Hellé Felcker. Aug. 24, 1938. 1 p. Relates to tuse of J. E. Flecker's poem Stillness in an anthology; with Flecker's Sept. 1, 1938 ALS to Watt & son and Watt's TL (carbon) reply

Manuscript box     
[De La Pasture, Edmé Elizabeth Monica]. 2 AN to A. P. Watt and son
1929 Mar. 15; 1929 Apr. 6
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

Signed Elizabeth M. Dashwood

Manuscript box     
Dell, Ethel May. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1919 Dec. 23
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Dennys, Joyce. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 June 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Ingelow)     
Dickens, Charles (1837-1896). ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to story by Jean Ingelow
1880 Aug. 25
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Dixey, Marmaduke L. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 Mar. 3
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box (Orczy)     
Doran, firm, publishers, New York. TL (copy) to A. P. Watt & son. Relates to the Baroness Orczy
1914 Mar. 9
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

With TL (copy) reply, April 9, 1914. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Dorling, Henry Taprell. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1916 May 7
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Doubleday, Page & Co. 11 TL, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Rudyard Kipling
1923 Apr. 26 - 1941 Jan. 6
in. corr.
( 12 letters in 4 folders )

Signed Frank Nelson Doubleday, S. A. Everitt, et al...; With 6 TL (carbon) replies and 2 memoranda. Letter of July 17, 1935 encloses: [Kipling, Rudyard. A Kipling pageant] Foreword to the publisher [Nelson Doubleday]. Typescript, unsigned and undated. 5 p. Published Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 19

Manuscript box (Wells)     
Doubleday, Page & Co. 23 TL, 1 TL (copy) and 8 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to H. G. Wells
1927 Sept. 2 - 1931 Sept. 22
in. corr.
( 32 letters in 7 folders )

Signed George H. Doran and Nelson Doubleday. With carbons of 21 letters and 5 cables from Watt to Doubleday

Manuscript box (Doyle, A. C.)     
Doyle, Adrian Conan. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Classic Comics edition of Sir A. C. Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles
1943 Oct. 30 - 1944 May 12
in. corr.
( 1 leaf each )

With 3 TL (carbon) replies; 2 TL, signed Arthur L. Kantor, from Gilberton Corp. to Watt, and TL (carbon) reply

Manuscript box     
Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir. 6 ALS, 3 ANS (1 mutilated), 3 letters (signed for Doyle) to A. P. Watt and son
[1893 Oct.] - 1922 Feb. 24
in. corr.
( 12 letters in 3 folders )

With ALS from Doyle's secretary, Charles Terry, to Watt, June 25 [1900] 1 p.; and 4 U.S. copyright office renewal forms for Doyle's books, 1924

Manuscript box (Doyle, A. C.)     
Doyle, Denis Conan. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1931 Mar. 13; 1931 Mar. 16
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 1 p. )

With 6 TL (carbon) replies. Relate to National Broadcasting Company's use of Sir. A. C. Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories

Manuscript box (Doyle, A. C.)     
Doyle, Jean (Leckie), Lady. 10 TLS and 4 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to use of Sir A. C. Doyle's stories by Leon M. Lion and the National Broadcasting Co.
1930 Sept. 27 - 1933 Jan. 30
in. corr.
( 14 letters in 3 folders )

With 28 TL (carbon) replies

Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Dreadnought Productions, Ltd., Liverpool. 2 TN and 6 typed statements to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to film of Marie Corelli's Sorrows of Satan
1917 Jan. 20 - 1918 Sept. 16
in. corr.
( 8 letters in 1 folder )

2 TN signed C[--?] A[--?] Watson

Manuscript box (Balfour)     
Dugdale, Blanche Elizabeth Campbell (Balfour). 12 ALS, 1 TLS, 1 postcard to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to her biography of her uncle, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour
1930 Apr. 4 - 1932 May 4
in. corr.
( 14 letters in 3 folders )

Letter of Feb. 14, 1932 encloses 2 draft agreements

Manuscript box (Chesterton)     
Elliott, H[--?] B[--?]. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to G. K. Chesterton and others
1912 Nov. 25
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Ellis, G[--?] U[--?]. TLS to [A. P. Watt and son]
1937 Mar. 31
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Weyman)     
English Illustrated Magazine. Letter to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Stanley John Weyman
1891 Mar. 17
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed A[--?] G[--?] Gilbert

Manuscript box     
Eyre-Lloyd, [--?]. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son]
[n.d.]
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Fabulet, Louis. 22 ALS, 13 postcards to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to his translations of Rudyard Kipling
1900 Feb. 7 - 1908 June 15
in. corr.
( 35 letters in 7 folders )

With TL (copy), translation only, of letter of April 18, 1906

Manuscript box     
Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1902 Sept. 27; 1902 Oct. 21
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Farnol, Jeffery. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1927 Sept. 19 - 1930 Jan. 6
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p. )

With carbon of letter from Watt, Jan. 8, 1930

Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 53 TLS, 24 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Marie Corelli
1915 Apr. 14 - 1945 Feb. 21
in. corr.
( 77 letters in 8 folders )
Manuscript box (Doyle, A. C.)     
Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 17 TL, 2 TN to A. P. Watt and son
1921 Feb. 14 - 1933 Feb. 7
in. corr.
( 19 letters in 4 folders )

2 TN signed C. D. Medley. With 7 TL (carbon) replies. Relate to use of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories by Leon M. Lion and the National Broadcasting Co., etc.

Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 20 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to E. W. Martindell's bibliography of Rudyard Kipling and to Canadian copyright infringements of Kipling's works
1923 Nov. 28 - 1931 Sept. 29
in. corr.
( 20 letters in 6 folders )

Signed C. D. Medley. With 8 TL (carbon) replies and 7 related memoranda

(Wells)     
Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 16 TL, 5 TN to A. P. Watt and son
1927 May 16 - 1931 Oct. 20
in. corr.
( 21 letters in 1 envelope )

Signed C. D. Medley. With 5 TL (carbon) replies and 5 documents relating to the Doran-Wells-Huxley corporation formed to publish The Science of Life

Manuscript box (Farnol)     
Field, Roscoe & Co., London. 7 TL, 5 TN to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Jeffery Farnol
1927 June 11 - 1931 Apr. 28
in. corr.
( 12 letters )

With 6 TL (carbon) replies and 3 memoranda

Manuscript box     
Findlater, Jane Helen. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[1905] Mar. 10
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )
Manuscript box     
Fisher, Margaret. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] July 22
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Flecker, Hellé. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to film version of J. E. Flecker's Hassan
1938 Sept. 1
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

With Watt's TL (carbon) reply; also with De la Mare, Walter. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Sept. 12, 1938

Manuscript box (Maugham)     
Fleming, Ian. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to William Somerset Maugham
1954 May 14; 1954 May 24
in. corr.
( 1 leaf; 1 p. )

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box     
Frankau, Gilbert. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 21
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Frankau[?], Pamela. AL to A. P. Watt and son
n.d.
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed "Pamela"

Manuscript box     
Freeman, Richard Austin. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With 2 receipts from Chatto & Windus, Feb. 18, 1927

Manuscript box     
Garvice, Charles. ALS, 2 TLS, 2 TL (carbons) to A. P. Watt and son
1910 Mar. 9 - 1919 Nov. 11
in. corr.
( 5 letters in 1 folder )

On versos of Nov. 7 and 11, 1919: typescript, paginated 2 and 10, from unidentified novels. With holograph quotation signed, 1 p. and TLS from Watt, Oct. 16, 1905, 1 p., with enclosure, 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Gaskell, Charles Milnes. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 Oct. 7
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Geikie, Cunningham. 5 ALS, 1 postcard to A. P. Watt and son
1878 June 3 - 1880 June 8
in. corr.
( 6 letters in 1 folder )

With ms extract from letter to "L.D.C." [of A. P. Watt and son?], June 4, 1880, and two printed selections of reviewers' notices

Manuscript box     
Gielgud, Sir John. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1937 Oct. 30
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gillette, William Hooker. 5 ALS, 3 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Letter of Sept. 5, 1887 annotated by Sir H. R. Haggard
1887 Sept. 5 - 1887 Nov. 17
in. corr.
( 8 letters in 2 folders )

Enclosed in Nov. 17, 1887: Agreement (draft) between Sir Haggard and Gillette for dramatization of She. 1 p., with copy, 1 p.; From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box     
Godber, Noël, TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1937 May 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Murray, D. C.)     
Good Words. Letter to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to David Christie Murray
1886 Oct. 25
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Gorell, Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd baron. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 17
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gow, Ronald. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Graves, Robert. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[1921] Apr. 3
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Graves, Robert. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son
1921 Aug. 18
in. corr.
( 1 card )
Manuscript box     
Graves, Robert. ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to W. S. Maugham
1947 Nov. 18
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Gregory, Isabella Augusta Persse, Lady. ALS (draft) to A. P. Watt and son
[1923] Apr. 16
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )

With reply from A. P. Watt, July 12, 1923. 1 p.; and with her ALS (copy) to Watt. Sept. 13, 1923. 1 leaf. Removed from: Gregory. Journal, vol. 23, p. 2100

Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Gurlitz, Augustus T. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to law suit between Rudyard Kipling and G. P. Putnam's sons
1901 Jan. 9
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

Encloses: Waugh, Arthur. [Affidavit in case of Rudyard Kipling v. G.P. Putnam's sons and others]. Typescript (carbon), unsigned, dated London, Nov. 16, 1900. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Gurlitz, Augustus T. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1905 Nov. 17
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

With 17 items relating to the printing and copyright of Marie Corelli's Old-fashioned fidelity, including a copy of the story

Manuscript box     
Haggard, Sir Henry Rider. 25 ALS, 5 TLS, 3 LS, 8 miscellaneous pieces to A. P. Watt and son
1885 Nov. 15 - 1920 Nov. 13
in. corr.
( 41 letters in 8 folders )

With ms extract from Watt's letter to Haggard, May 13, 1887 and three ANS from haggard's secretary, Ida Hector, to Wattd

Manuscript box     
Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[1902] Dec. 17
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[1908] Dec. 8
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] July 3
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1930 Feb. 14
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Hall, James Norman. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 20
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hamilton, Lord Ernest William. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Mar. 25
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )

Published in Letters to A. P. Watt and his sons, 1883-1924. London, 1924, p. 84

Manuscript box     
Hannay, James Owen. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Kipling, R.)     
Hanson, Laurence. 5 ALS, 2 ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1940 Nov. 27 - 1941 Apr. 28
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )

With 3 enclosures relating to Rudyard Kipling's books, and five TL (carbon) replies

Manuscript box     
Hardy, J[--?] L--?]. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 Apr. 18
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hardy, Thomas. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1891 Sept. 7
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Harraden, Beatrice. 3 ALS, 1 ANS, 1 LS to A. P. Watt and son
[1896] Nov. 25 - [1908] Dec. 6
in. corr.
( 5 letters in 1 folder )

With TLS from Watt, Sept. 3, 1895. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Harte, Bret. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1886 Mar. 13
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Harwood, Sir Ralph. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 June 17
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1901 Jan. 9 - 1921 Oct. 2
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

Letter of Oct. 2, 1921 encloses ALS printed in Letters to A. P. Watt and his sons 1883-1924. London, A. P. Watt & son, 1924, p. 100-101

Manuscript box (Douglas, A. B.)     
Head, A[--?] M[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to Lord Alfred Douglas
1908 Apr. 28
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Heinemann, William, Ltd., London. 6 TL, 1 TN to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to H. G. Wells
1926 Nov. 4 - 1931 June 30
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )

TL signed Charles Seddon Evans; TN signed Theodore Byard. With carbons of 12 letters from Watt to Heinemann

Manuscript box     
Henderson, Sir Nevile. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1940 Jan. 7
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Henty, George Alfred. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Letter of Aug. 23, 1881 relates to story by Jules Verne
1880 Aug. 21; 1881 Aug. 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box     
Hewart, Gordon Hewart, 1st viscount. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 20
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hichens, Robert Smythe. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1905 Jan. 2
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hichens, Robert Smythe. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1905 Jan. 10
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hichens, Robert Smythe. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1905 Jan. [12?]
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hichens, Robert Smythe. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 20
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Albanesi)     
Hodder & Stoughton, firm, publishers, London. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to E. A. M. Albanesi's copyrights
1914 July 14
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Hodder & Stoughton, firm, publishers, London. 4 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to illustration of Rudyard Kipling's poems by Sir Frank Brangwyn
1923 Nov. 9 - 1936 Mar. 12
in. corr.
( 4 letters )

Signed Ernest Hodder-Williams and Ralph Hodder-Williams. With 2 TL (carbon) replies and four memoranda. Accompanied by: Brangwyn, Sir Frank. TL (copy) to [Rudyard Kipling] [1924?] 1 p.; From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Hole, Samuel Reynolds. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1902 Jan. 10
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box (Doyle, A. C.)     
Holland, Constance. 4 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to Lady Conan Doyle
1932 Nov. 15 - 1933 Feb. 10
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

With TL (carbon) reply, Sept. 23, 1931. 1 p.; Enclosed in Jan. 13, 1933: Lion, Leon M. 6 TL (copies) to Lady Leckie Doyle. Aug. 24-Dec. 29, 1932. Relate to play based on Sir A. C. Doyle's Sherlock Holmes

Manuscript box     
Horder, Thomas Jeeves Horder, baron. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son]
1935 Oct. 20
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )

With related letter from Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. to Watt, Oct. 8, 1935

Manuscript box     
Horler, Sydney. 3 ALS, 1 TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 19 - 1939 Jan. 5
in. corr.
( 4 letters )

With 2 related Watt memoranda, May 24, 1935

Manuscript box     
Housman, Laurence. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1941 June 28
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Humphreys, Eliza Margaret J. (Gollan). 2 AL to A. P. Watt and son
1916 June 28; 1921 Apr. 9
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 1 leaf )

With letter from her secretary to Watt, July 5, 1916. 2 p.

Manuscript box     
Humphreys, H[--?] R[--?]. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1931 Sept. 25
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Hunloke, Sir Philip. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 July 4
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
Hunter, William. 11 ALS, 1 LS, 35 letters, and 3 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to the sale of Strahan & co. publications, especially those of R. W. Buchanan, George MacDonald, C. J. Vaughan, and George Douglas Campbell, 8th duke of Argyll
1886 May 18 - 1887 Dec. 1
in. corr.
( 50 letters in 10 folders )

35 letters signed for Hunter. With 38 pieces of related correspondence with various publishers, etc., and 16 miscellaneous pieces

Manuscript box (Haggard)     
Hunter, Rose & co., Toronto. 4 LS, 2 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Canadian publication of Sir H. R. Haggard's Allan Quatermain
1887 Apr. 16 - 1887 June 8
in. corr.
( 6 letters in 1 folder )

With telegram to Longman and Co., London, March 14, 1887

Manuscript box     
Hutchinson, Graham Seton. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Huxley, Aldous. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.d.]
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Written at bottom of Watt's TLS to Huxley, May 26, 1941; with TL (carbon) from Watt, Jan. 17, 1941

Manuscript box (Wells)     
Huxley, Marie Juliette (Baillot). ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Written for her husband, Julian Sorell Huxley, who collaborated with H. G. Wells on The science of life
[1929] Sept. 6
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Accompanied by: Coombs, Phyllis M. TLS to A. P. Watt, Jan. 11, 1930. 1 p. Written as secretary to Julian Huxley. With carbons of three letters from Watt to Huxley

Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers, London. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Marie Corelli
1915 Dec. 7
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
James, Henry (1843-1916). 2 ALS, 1 telegram (mutilated) to A. P. Watt and son
1890 Apr. 2 - 1890 Apr. 9
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 3 p. 1 letter )
Manuscript box     
Jay, Harriett. 4 ALS, 3 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son
1880 July 26 - 1881 Jan. 28
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box     
Jenkins, Edward. 7 ALS, 9 ANS, 2 AN, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son
[1880?] Jan. 27 - 1881 Mar. 3
in. corr.
( 19 letters in 4 folders )

With his holograph outline of proposed book on Hungary, 3 p., and copy, 3 p.

Manuscript box     
Jerome, Jerome Klapka. 2 ALS, 4 LS, 1 letter (copy) to A. P. Watt and son
1904 Dec. 17 - 1923 Dec. 22
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 2 folders )

Letter of Sept. 26, 1914 encloses: The Daily Chronicle, London. TL, signed Robert Donald, to Jerome Klapka Jerome. July 30, 1914. 2 p. Relates to Today. With enclosures, 2 p. and ms copy of Jerome's reply, 2 p.

Manuscript box (Garvice)     
Johnston, Edith. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Charles Garvice and Charlotte Mary Brame
1920 Apr. 19 - 1920 Dec. 20
in. corr.
( 1 p. ; 1 p. ; 2 p. )

Letter of Dec. 20, 1920, encloses "First list of titles suitable for films," 1 p.; With related Watt memorandum, "Books [of Charles Garvice] sold for the films," 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Johnston, Sir Harry Hamilton. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1902 July 9; 1902 July 9
in. corr.
( 1 leaf; 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Kelly, Sir Gerald Festus. TLS, TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Letter of June7 quotes letter from William Somerset Maugham to Kelly
1938 June 7; 1938 June 13
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

With carbons of two letter from Watt and three related memoranda

Manuscript box     
Kenyon, Sir Frederic George. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 Mar. 14
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Kipling, Caroline (Balestier). 2 ALS (1 incomplete), 14 TLS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Rudyard Kipling
1909 May 4 - 1936 Feb. 23
in. corr.
( 17 letters in 4 folders )

With extracts of 9 letters from Mrs. Kipling to Watt. Dec. 22, 1924-Mar. 23, 1937. 1 p. each; 37 TL (carbon) replies and 3 related memoranda; Thalberg, Irving. TLS to R. Kipling, July 9, 1931; Noyes, A. TL to Times editor, Feb. 15, 1936

Manuscript box     
Kipling, Rudyard. 2 ALS, 3 ANS, 3 TLS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son
1889 May 12 - 1935 May 21
in. corr.
( 9 letters in 2 folders )

With Watt's "Notes of conversation with Mr. and Mrs. Kipling, Jan. 24, 1929." 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Knox, Ronald A. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] May 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Konstam, Edwin Max. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1902 Aug. 8
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

Accompanied by: Bunting, Percy Wiliam. ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Aug. 1, 1902. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Lang, Louisa Lockhart (Steuart). ALS to [A. P. Watt and son]
[1908] Aug. 8
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
László de Lombos, Phlip Alexius. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 Jan. 16
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Law, Richard Kidston. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1939 Nov. 2
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Leacock, Stephen Butler. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1916 Oct. 1
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Oliphant)     
Leisure Hour. 3 letters to A. P. Watt and son
1885 Oct. 26 - 1885 Oct. 29
in. corr.
( 3 leaves; 3 p.; 1 leaf )

Signed William Stevens. With related letter to Watt from The Religious tract society, Oct. 23, 1885. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Le Queux, William Tufnell. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1900 Mar. 12; [1913] May 23
in. corr.
( 3 leaves; 3 p. )

With Watt's TL (copy) reply, May 22, 1913. Letter of May 23 [1913] encloses ANS from F. V. White to Le Queux, May 22, 1913

Manuscript box (Balfour)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Blanche Elizabeth Campbell Balfour Dugdale. Relate to Mrs. Dugdale's biography of her uncle, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of Balfour
1931 - 1935
in. corr.
( 39 letters in 1 folder )

Includes TLS from Harold Macmillan, May 17, 1935. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Baring-Gould)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Sabine Baring-Gould
1886 - 1887
in. corr.
( 11 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Beith)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for John Hay Beith
1933
in. corr.
( 35 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Besant, W.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Walter Besant
1884 - 1909
in. corr.
( 48 letters in 4 folders )
Manuscript box (Besant, W.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various correspondents, not listed separately, to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for the Palestine Exploration Fund. Sir Walter Besant was secretary of the Palestine Exploration Fund
1885 - 1886
in. corr.
( 25 letters in 1 folder )

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box (Blouet)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Max O'Rell [pseudonym of Paul Blouet]
1887
in. corr.
( 2 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Buchan)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for John Buchan
1916
in. corr.
( 2 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Churchill, W. S.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Winston Churchill
1944
in. corr.
( 4 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Collins, F. D.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Frances Dunn Collins
1880
in. corr.
( 6 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Collins, Wilkie)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Wilkie Collins
1881 - 1898
in. corr.
( 120 letters in 8 folders )
Manuscript box (Crockett)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Samuel Rutherford Crockett
1899 - 1916
in. corr.
( 2 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (De la Ramé)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Louise de la Ramé
1884 - 1885
in. corr.
( 4 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Doyle, A. C.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
1896 - 1914
in. corr.
( 4 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Garvice)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Charles Garvice
1920 - 1926
in. corr.
( 11 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Haggard)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Henry Rider Haggard
1887 - 1914
in. corr.
( 12 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Harte)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Bret Harte
1885 - 1886
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Hawkins, A. H.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins
1914
in. corr.
( 2 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as publisher of Health
1888
in. corr.
( 3 letters in 1 folder )

With 7 statements to Health accounts, April - June 1886

Manuscript box (Ingelow)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Jean Ingelow
1880
in. corr.
( 19 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Jay, H.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Harriet Jay
1880 - 1881
in. corr.
( 11 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Jenkins, E.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Edward Jenkins
1880 - 1881
in. corr.
( 26 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Johnston, H. H.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston
1902
in. corr.
( 1 letter )
Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Rudyard Kipling
1899 - 1940
in. corr.
( 20 letters in 1 folder )

With 17 TL (carbon) replies and 4 memoranda

Manuscript box (Le Queux)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for William Tufnell Le Queux
1899 - 1913
in. corr.
( 3 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Lytton, E. R. B.-L.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton
1891 - 1892
in. corr.
( 5 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (MacDonald, G.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for George MacDonald
1882 - 1887
in. corr.
( 3 letters )
Manuscript box (Maugham)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for William Somerset Maugham
1947 - 1956
in. corr.
( 14 letters )
Manuscript box (Mercer)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son relating to Cecil William Mercer
1935 - 1937
in. corr.
( 4 letters )
Manuscript box (Perth)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for James Eric Drummond, 16th earl of Perth
1939
in. corr.
( 2 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Ruskin)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for the Literary Trustees of John Ruskin
1914
in. corr.
( 14 letters in 2 folder )
Manuscript box (Scott-Moncrieff, W. D.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for William Dundas Scott-Moncrieff
1880 - 1881
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Verne)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Jules Verne. Letter of Aug. 16, 1880 mentions G. A. Henty
1880
in. corr.
( 2 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for unidentified authors
1880 - 1937
in. corr.
( 72 letters in 3 folders )
Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from unidentified authors to the firm of A. P. Watt and son
1908 - 1935
in. corr.
( 8 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from miscellaneous correspondents, not listed separately, to the firm of A. P. Watt and son
n.d.
in. corr.
( 4 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Letters, ALS, telegrams, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for Herbert George Wells
1926 - 1931
in. corr.
( 13 letters in 1 folder )

With carbons of 12 related letters from Watt

Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Lewis, Randolph. 2 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to film versions of Rudyard Kipling's works
1924 Oct. 16; 1924 Oct. 25
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

With Watt's two carbon replies and four memoranda, and four TLS from Field Roscoe & Co. to Watt

Manuscript box     
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1937 June 4
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Lindsay, Philip. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1934 Mar. 7
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Lindsay, Sir Ronald Charles. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1939 May 10
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With carbons of two letters from Watt, April 25 and May 19, 1939. 2 p.; 1 p.

Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
Little, James Stanley. 15 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1886 Feb. 30 - 1886 Dec. 23
in. corr.
( 15 letters in 3 folders )
Manuscript box (Kipling, R.)     
Livingston, Flora V. 4 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to her Rudyard Kipling bibliography
1924 Jan. 4 - 1924 July 5
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p. )

With related TLS from Field, Roscoe & co. to Watt, Jan. 12, 1925, and TL (copy) from Watt to Livingston, Dec. 3, 1940

Manuscript box     
London, Jack. 2 TLS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son
1906 June 24 - 1907 June 9
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 telegram )

With typed copy of letter from Watt, May 10, 1907

Manuscript box (Haggard)     
Longman, Charles James. 2 ALS, 1 ANS, 1 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard
1887 May 5 - 1894 Mar. 16
in. corr.
( 3 p.; 2 leaves; 1 p.; 2 p. )

With TL (carbon) reply, Nov. 24, 1898

Manuscript box (Farnol)     
Low (Sampson) Marston & co., Ltd. 13 TL, 3 TN to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Jeffery Farnol
1926 Jan. 27 - 1930 Aug. 29
in. corr.
( 16 letters in 4 folders )

With 8 TL (carbon) replies and 14 miscellaneous pieces

Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
Lucoque, H[--?] L[--?]. 10 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to T. A. Guthrie, Sir W. A. Raleigh, Sir F. C. Burnand and others
1914 Jan. 3 - 1914 July 21
in. corr.
( 10 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Lytton, E. R. B.-L.)     
Lytton, Edith (Williers) Bulwer-Lytton, countess of. 3 ALS to [A. P. Watt and son]. Relate to her husband, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of Lytton
1890 May 5 - [1892] Mar. 24
in. corr.
( 1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of. 35 ALS, 1 LS, 2 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son
1889 Jan. 18 - 1891 Feb. 7
in. corr.
( 38 letters in 8 folders )

With A. S. Watt's ALS (copy) reply, Aug. 15, 1889. 3 p.

Manuscript box (Scott-Moncrieff, W. D.)     
Macbeth, Robert Walker. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to W. D. Cott-Moncrieff's The abdication
1881 Jan. 22; 1881 Feb. 24
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
MacDonald, George. 2 ALS, 1 ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Feb. 28, 1898 letter dated from received stamp
[1888] Nov. 10 - [1898 Feb. 28]
in. corr.
( 3 p.; 2 leaves; 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
MacDonald, Greville. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Writer is the son of George MacDonald
1908 Dec. 5; 1935 May 18
in. corr.
( 2 leaves; 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Kindersley, Emily Grace (Seely). TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 July 25
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With: MacDonald, James Ramsay. TL, signed with stamp, to John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st baron Mottistone, July 22, 1936. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Macdonald, Malcolm. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 Feb. 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
McKenna, Reginald. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 Sept. 21
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Macmillan, Harold. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1927 Mar. 8
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

With 2 related Watt memoranda, Feb. 25, 1927; April 5, 1935. 1 p. each. Relate to Medici Society publication of Rudyard Kipling's works

Manuscript box (Maugham)     
Macmillan, Harold. TLS, TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to W. S. Maugham's proposed selection of Rudyard Kipling's stories
1951 Feb. 6; 1951 Feb. 21
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box (James, H.)     
Macmillan & Co., Ltd., London. Letter to A. P. Watt & son. Relates to Henry James' The Tragic Muse
1890 Apr. 2
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
McNeile, Herman Cyril. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1916 May 11
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
McNeile, Herman Cyril. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Feb. 19
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
McNeile, Herman Cyril. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] May 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Maffey & Brennall, solicitors, London. 37 TLS, 5 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Marie Corelli and Bertha Vyver
1925 July 28 - 1945 Feb. 16
in. corr.
( 42 letters in 4 folders )
Manuscript box     
Mann, Mary E. (Rackham). ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1904 Mar. 26
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Marchmont, Arthur Williams. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1901 Oct. 4
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box     
Marks, Henry Kingdon. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 Nov. 4
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With carbons of two letters from Watt, Oct. 23 and Nov. 5, 1936. 1 p. each

Manuscript box     
Marriott, Charles. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1909 Mar. 24
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Marshall, Archibald. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1928 Oct. 2 - 1929 Dec. 19
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

With 2 TL (copy) replies and 2 related memoranda. Relate to filming stories by Rudyard Kipling

Manuscript box     
Masefield, John. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1919 June 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1917 Mar. 13; [n.y.] Nov. 4
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 p. )
Manuscript box     
Mathews, Basil Joseph. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Maugham, Frederic Herbert Maugham, 1st viscount. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1937 Feb. 8
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
Manuscript box     
Maugham, William Somerset. 10 ALS, 123 TLS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son
1947 Jan. 18 - 1964 May 9
in. corr.
( 134 letters in 27 folders )

Enclosed in July 12, 1953: Ferry, Felix. TLS to Maugham. July 1, 1953. 2 p.; With AL (draft), signed W. P. Watt, TL, signed Patricia Butler, and 15 TL (carbons) from Watt to Maugham

Manuscript box (Braddon)     
Maxwell, Edward H. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to the estate of writer's mother, Mary Elizabeth Braddon
1915 Mar. 11 - 1915 Apr. 16
in. corr.
( 2 leaves; 3 p.; 2 p.; 3 p. )

With 2 TLS from M. M. Westcott; TNS from Hodder & Stoughton, enclosing "List of plates of Miss Braddon's novels"; Watt's notes on an interview with Maxwell; and notes "Re valuation of Miss Braddon's copyrights [etc]".

Manuscript box (Maxwell, W. B.)     
Maxwell, Henry. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to The Naked truth by the writer's father, W. B. Maxwell
1942 Nov. 7
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
Manuscript box (Haggard)     
Maxwell, J. & R., firm, publishers, London. 2 LS, 2 NS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir H. R. Haggard
1886 Feb. 23 - 1887 May 24
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p.; 1 p. )

With Watt's reply (copy), Oct. 12, 1886. 1 p.

Manuscript box     
Maxwell, William Babington. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1916 Feb. 17
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Maxwell, William Babington. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 17
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Maxwell, William Babington. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 21
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Meeûs, Marie Louise (Egerton Castle), comtesse de. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 18; [n.d.]
in. corr.
( 1 leaf; 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Menzies, Allan. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1900 Oct. 3
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box     
Mercer, Cecil William. 3 TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 Aug. 11 - 1937 Oct. 31
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

With 3 TL (carbon) replies

Manuscript box     
Merrick, Leonard. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1920 June 27
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

Printed in Letters addressed to A. P. Watt and his sons 1883-1924. London: A. P. Watt and sons, 1924, p. 140-141

Manuscript box (Gostling)     
Methuen, Sir Algernon Methuen Marshall, 1st bart. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Frances Marion Parkinson Gostling
1908 Feb. 28
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Harraden)     
Methuen & Co., Ltd., London. 2 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Beatrice Harraden and others
1905 Sept. 25; 1906 Sept. 19
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

Signed Sir Algernon Methuen Marshall Methuen

Manuscript box (Hichens)     
Methuen & Co., Ltd., London. TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Robert Smythe Hichens
1907 July 15
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed Sir Algernon Methuen Marshall Methuen. With Methuen & Co., ltd., London. 2 TN to A. P. Watt and son. March 2 and 4, 1908

Manuscript box (Hichens)     
Methuen & Co., Ltd., London. TN to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Robert Smythe Hichens
1908 Mar. 2
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed George E. Webster. With Methuen & Co., ltd., London. TL and TN to A. P. Watt and son. July 15, 1907 and March 4, 1908

Manuscript box (Hichens)     
Methuen & Co., Ltd., London. TN to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Robert Smythe Hichens. Mentions Maurice Hewlett
1908 Mar. 4
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed George E. Webster. With Methuen & Co., ltd., London. TL and TN to A. P. Watt and son. July 15, 1907 and March 2, 1908

Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Methuen & Co., Ltd., London. TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Marie Corelli
1916 Feb. 10
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed George Webster

Manuscript box     
Milne, Alan Alexander. 4 ALS, 1 ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1915 Sept. 20 - 1928 Dec. 15
in. corr.
( 5 letters in 1 folder )

With 2 ANS from his secretary, Celia Brice, to Watt

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Milner, Violet. TLS, TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1933 Feb. 11; 1935 May 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
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[Montgomery, Leslie Alexander]. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son
[1921 Dec. 21]
in. corr.
( 1 card )

Signed Lynn Doyle [pseud.]

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Montgomery-Massingberd, Sir Archibald Armar. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Archibald Percival Wavell
[1941] Dec. 6
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With carbons of two letters from Watt, Dec. 4 and 9, 1941. 1 p. each

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Morrison, Herbert Stanley. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 Dec. 4
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Haggard)     
Morten, Cutler & Co., London. 5 LS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir H. R. Haggard and W. A. Wills
1894 Apr. 26 - 1894 May 31
in. corr.
( 5 letters in 1 folder )
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Munro, Neil. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1900 June 26 - 1902 July 1
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
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Murray, David Christie. 5 ALS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son
1886 Oct. 13 - 1887 Feb. 7
in. corr.
( 6 letters in 1 folder )
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Murray, David Leslie. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Kathleen Muriel Eyles
1935 May 23
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Newbolt, Sir Henry John. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1922 Apr. 10; 1935 May 24
in. corr.
( 1 leaf; 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Newnes, George, Ltd., London. TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Marie Corelli
1905 Sept. 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Encloses royalty statement for period ending June 30, 1905. 1 p.; From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box (Clarke, I. C.)     
Nicholson, Ivor. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Isabel Constance Clarke
1932 Feb. 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Noyes, Alfred. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1913 Sept. 22
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
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Noyes, Alfred. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 20
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
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Noyes, Alfred. AL (incomplete) to A. P. Watt and son
1938 Mar. 10
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )

Encloses his: ALS to Herbert Edward Palmer. March 10, 1938. 1 leaf; with carbon of letter from Watt, Sept. 18, 1913. 1 p.

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O'Brien, Kate. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1932 Mar. 11
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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O'Connor, Frank. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
[1931] Oct. 10
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[1885] Nov. 13
in. corr.
( 4 letters in 1 folder )
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Onions, Oliver [pseud.]. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1904 Mar. 28
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1909 July 25
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son
1917 Nov. 5
in. corr.
( 1 card )
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Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1918 Aug. 13
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Orwell, George. TNS to [A. P. Watt and son]
1939 June 21
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

With carbon of letter from Watt, June 19, 1939

Manuscript box (Burgin, G. B.)     
Paget, Harold. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to G. B. Burgin
1910 Mar. 21
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Yeats, W. B.)     
Paget Literary Agency, New York. 2 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to W. B. Yeats' "A prayer for my daughter"
1919 Oct. 29
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 1 p. )

Signed C[--?] Paget; In folder with: Monroe, Harriet. ALS to [C--?] Paget. Aug. 17, 1919

Manuscript box (Doyle, A. C.)     
Paget Literary Agency, New York. 14 TL, 10 telegrams, 1 telegram (copy) to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to use of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories by the National Broadcasting Company
1930 Aug. 20 - 1932 Mar. 17
in. corr.
( 25 letters in 6 folders )

14 TL signed David Lloyd and A. G. Glidden. With 6 TL (carbon), 7 telegram (copy) replies

Manuscript box (Kipling)     
Paramount Pictures, Inc. 7 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Rudyard Kipling
1926 July 22 - 1931 Nov. 17
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 2 folders )

Signed J[--?] C[--?] Graham and E[--?] Chester. With 3 TL (copy) replies and 4 related memoranda. Accompanied by: Kerly, sons & Karuth. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Aug. 13, 1926. 1 p. Encloses draft Assignment and Agreement

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Pemberton, Sir Max. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 20
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Perth, James Eric Drummond, 16th earl of. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1939 Apr. 27
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )

With Watt's typed memorandum, dated Aug. 18, 1939. 1 p.

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Playfair, Giles. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1937 Oct. 12
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Powell, Anthony. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1939 Feb. 10
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Press, Gertrude F[--?] L[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to H. G. Wells
1927 Oct. 28
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Press, Gertrude F[--?] L[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to H. G. Wells
1927 Nov. 3
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Press, Gertrude F[--?] L[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to H. G. Wells
1928 Mar. 15
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Press, Gertrude F[--?] L[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to H. G. Wells
1928 Mar. 30
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Priestley, John Boynton. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 June 16
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Pritchard, Arthur. 2 ALS, 3 ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1906 Jan. 8 - 1906 Mar. 1
in. corr.
( 5 letters in 1 folder )

On verso of March 1, 1906 is draft of Watt's reply

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Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1908 July 26; 1908 Dec. 11
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
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Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, baron. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1915 Nov. 4
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Maxwell, W. B.)     
Renaissance Film Co. 4 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to W. B. Maxwell's The guarded flame
1916 Jan. 27 - 1916 May 30
in. corr.
( 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p.; 1 p. )
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Reynolds, Gertrude M. (Robins). ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Rhodes, Geoffrey. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1937 Sept. 4
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Encloses: Burgin, George Brown. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Sept. 2, 1937. 1 p.; with Watt's TL (carbon) reply

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Rhodes, Kathlyn. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1913 Sept. 1 - 1913 Sept. 17
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box (Chester, G. R.)     
Richards, Grant, publisher, London. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to George Randolph Chester
1914 June 5
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Glass, M. M.)     
Richards, Grant, publisher, London. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Montague Marsden Glass
1918 Aug. 22
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Roberts, Morley. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1935 May 18
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Ruck, Berta. AN to [A. P. Watt and son]
[n.d.]
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Accompanied by 2 watercolor drawings of flowers, one dated Sept. 1916

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Sabatini, Rafael. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1910 Dec. 21
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Saer, Ethel. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Two letters dated July 29, 1935 and relate to Elizabeth Kenny
1935 July 29; [n.d.]
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 leaves; 2 leaves )
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Scott-Moncrieff, William Dundas. 5 ALS, 2 ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1881 Jan. 29 - 1881 Mar. 22
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )

With "Extract from the minutes of the meeting held at 9 Barton Street, Westminster, on the 12th Feb. 1881," holograph, 2 p.

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Sharp, Margery. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son. Date from postmark
1932 Sept. 1
in. corr.
( 1 card )
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Silberrad, Una Lucy. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1904 Mar. 24
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )

Published in Letters to A. P. Watt and his sons, 1883-1924. London, 1924, p. 191

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Simpson, Bertram Lenox. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1909 July 18
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Smith, Ernest Bramah. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1933 Jan. 18 - 1935 May 23
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box (MacDonald, G.)     
Smith, Robert Pearsall. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to George MacDonald's The elect lady
1887 Dec. 8
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 p. )

Letter beginning "I enc. The Xn Union acceptance" encloses: Mabie, Hamilton Wright. Letter (copy) to Robert Pearsall Smith. Dec. 6, 1887. 2 p.

Manuscript box (Wells)     
Southgate, Lucienne. ANS, 9 TLS, 4 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to H. G. Wells
1928 Oct. 20 - 1931 Aug. 20
in. corr.
( 14 letters in 3 folders )

With carbons of 6 letters from Watt to Miss Southgate, Feb. 26, 1930-Sept. 7, 1931. Enclosed in Mar. 21, 1931: Wells, H.G. 2 TL (copies) to Newman Flower [of Cassell * Co., Ltd., London] Mar. 14, 1931. 1 p.; Mar. 19, 1931. 2 p.

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[Southwold, Stephen]. 2 AL to A. P. Watt and son
1935 Oct. 15; 1935 Oct. 27
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

Signed Neil Bell [pseud.]

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Spence, Edward Fordham. 3 ALS, 4 ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1886 July 13 - 1886 Sept. 3
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )

Manuscript box (Besant, W.)     
Sprigge, Sir Samuel Squire. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1901 Nov. 15
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Receipt on conjugate leaf for his work as editor of Sir Walter Besant's Autobiography

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Stannard, Arthur. 6 ALS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Henrietta Eliza Vaughn Stannard
1887 May 25 - 1887 June 25
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )
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Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son]
1887 June 5
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Strong, Leonard Alfred George. 3 ALS, 2 TLS, 1 TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1931 Aug. 21 - 1932 Apr. 4
in. corr.
( 6 letters in 1 folder )
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Sutcliffe, Halliwell. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1904 Mar. 26
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Swinton, Sir Ernest Dunlop. ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1940 Jan. 29
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Terry, Ellen. ALS, LS to A. P. Watt and son
1908 Jan. 25; 1908 Oct. 18
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 p. )
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Thring, George Herbert. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Marguerite O'Key Labori
1936 Jan. 6
in. corr.
( 3 p. )

With related typed memorandum by Watt, Jan. 9, 1936. 1 p.

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Thurston, Ernest Temple. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1915 Nov. 17
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Encloses: Nash's Magazine. TL, signed Perriton maxwell, to Ernest Temple Thurston. July 21, 1914. 1 p.

Manuscript box (Gibbon, C.)     
Tillotson & Son, Ltd. Note to [A. P. Watt and son]. Relates to Charles Gibbon
1884 Nov. 17
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Stannard)     
Tillotson & Son., Ltd. 3 letters, 1 TL to A. P. Watt and son. One letter undated. Relate to Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard
1887 June 14 - 1887 June 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

Signed William Frank Tillotson

Manuscript box (Haggard)     
Tillotson & Son, Ltd. 4 TLS, 1 LS, postcard and telegram to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard and Wilkie Collins
1884 Nov. 27 - 1887 May 24
in. corr.
( 7 letters in 1 folder )
Manuscript box (Garnett)     
Untermeyer, Louis. 4 TL (carbons) to A. P. Watt and son as literary agent for David Garnett
n.d.
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

Also: 6 TLS of related correspondence

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Vaughan, Charles John. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son?]
1886 Sept. 13
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

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Villiers, Alan John. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
1937 Aug. 25
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Vowles, Hugh Pembroke. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to writer's collaboration with H. G. Wells on The work, wealth and happiness of mankind
1929 Mar. 25 - 1929 Sept. 24
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
Manuscript box (Corelli)     
Vyver, Bertha. 3 ALS, 3 ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Writer was secretary to Marie Corelli
1915 Dec. 14 - 1938 Dec. 29
in. corr.
( 6 letters in 1 folder )
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Walker, Ethel. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1899 July 13
in. corr.
( 5 p. )
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Walker-Smith, Sir Derek. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1936 July 28
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Wall, Caroline Heron. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son]
1886 Sept. 10
in. corr.
( 2 p. )

With related ALS from Arthur Blackett to Watt, July 16, 1886. 2 p.

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Wallace, Edgar. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son
1914 Feb. 18
in. corr.
( 1 card )
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Walston, Sir Charles. TLS, TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1925 Aug. 7; 1926 mar. 27
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )
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Watson, Rev. John W. Letter and ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1899 July 14; 1899 July 20
in. corr.
( 1 p. each )

Letter signed for Watson

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Watson, Margaret. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1899 July 20
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st earl. ALS, ANS to [A. P. Watt and son]
1937 Aug. 7; 1937 Feb. 5
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 1 leaf )

With carbons of three letters from Watt and one memorandum, Aug. 5, 1936 - Feb. 9, 1937

Manuscript box (Wells)     
Wells, Amy Catherine (Robbins). 7 ALS (1 incomplete), 2 ANS, 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Writer is wife of H. G. Wells
1926 Oct. 12 - [1927] Mar. 2
in. corr.
( 11 letters in 3 folders )

With carbons of 10 letters from Watt to Catherine Wells

Manuscript box (Wells)     
Wells, George Philip. Telegram to A. P. Watt and son. Writer is the son of H. G. Wells
1929 Jan. 19
in. corr.
( 1 letter )

With carbons of 3 letters from Watt to G. P. Wells

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Wells, Herbert George. 32 ALS, 1 TLS, 5 TLS to A. P. Watt and son
[1917 Jan.] - 1937 Jan. 22
in. corr.
( 38 letters in 8 folders )
Manuscript box (Wells)     
Wells, Marjorie (Craig). 9 TLS, 4 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary to H. G. Wells
1926 Nov. 29 - 1931 Oct. 16
in. corr.
( 13 letters in 3 folders )

With carbons of 12 letters from Watt to Marjorie Wells

Manuscript box (Spence, E. F.)     
White, F. V., and Co., firm, publishers, London. 4 letters to A. P. Watt and son. Two letters dated July 30, 1886. Relate to E. F. Spence
1886 July 30 - 1886 Aug. 17
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 leaves; 2 p.; 2 leaves )
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White, Fred Merrick. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son
1899 July 12; 1899 July 19
in. corr.
( 1 p.; 2 p. )
Manuscript box (Haggard)     
White, Richard C. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to his dramatization of Sir H. R. Haggard's She in collaboration with J. O. Barrows
1887 Sept. 2
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )
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Wild, Roland. TLS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Dec. 29
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Williamson, Emma Sara. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.y.] Mar. 18
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
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Wilson, Andrew. 1 ALS, 2 ANS, 3 telegrams (1 mutilated) to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to advertisements in Health, of which Watt was publisher and Wilson editor
1888 Feb. 22 - [1899] July 20
in. corr.
( 6 letters in 1 folder )

Letter of Feb. 22, 1888, encloses his: ALS to C[--?] B[--?] Harness. Feb. 22, 1888. 3 p.

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Wolfe, Humbert. TL (carbon) to A. P. Watt and son
1916 Feb. 21
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed U. Wolff. On verso is holograph line from his "The Drift of the lute" from London sonnets

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Woods, Mary. ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1906 Apr. 5
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Wright, H. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
[n.d.]
in. corr.
( 3 p. each )
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Wyatt, Stanley Porter (?) ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1911 Nov. 27
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Yeats, William Butler. 6 ALS, 2 TLS, 2 LS to A. P. Watt and son. Letter of April 27, 1924 mentions Thomas Hardy
[1918] Dec. 2 - 1924 Apr. 27
in. corr.
( 10 letters in 2 folders )
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Yeats-Brown, Francis Charles Claypon. TNS to A. P. Watt and son
1934 Apr. 25
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
Manuscript box (Vachell)     
Yorkshire Cine Co., Ltd., London. TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to H. A. Vachell's The hill
1916 Apr. 27
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

Signed J. G. R. Hughes

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Young, Emily Hilda. 5 ALS to A. P. Watt and son
1931 Jan. 17 - 1931 June 3
in. corr.
( 5 letters in 1 folder )

Signed Emily H. Daniell; Accompanied by: Henderson, R. G. ANS to [A. P. Watt and son], April 1, 1931. 1 p.

   
Incoming Correspondence related to A. P. Watt and Son Table of Contents
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Champion de Crespigny, Rose (Key). ALS to [Alexander Strahan] Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
[1908] Dec. 16
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
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Crockett, Samuel Rutherford. ALS to [Alexander Strahan] Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
[1909] Jan. 17
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
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Harvey, George. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
1908 Dec. 6
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
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Hinkson, Katherine (Tynan). ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
1908 Dec. 10
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Le Feuvre, Amy. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
1908 Dec. 20
in. corr.
( 3 p. )
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Leighton, Marie (Connor). ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
1908 Dec. 8
in. corr.
( 2 leaves )
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Moore, Frank Frankfort. ALS to [Alexander Strahan] Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
1908 Dec. 8
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Nash, J. [--?] Eveleigh. ANS to ALS to [Alexander Strahan] Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
1908 Dec. 8
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Smith, Annie S[--?] (Swan). AL to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
[1908] Dec. 12
in. corr.
( 3 p. )

Signed Annie Burnett Smith

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Vachell, Horace Annesley. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
[1908] Dec. 15
in. corr.
( 1 leaf )
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Wallace, William. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
[1908]
in. corr.
( 1 p. )
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Weyman, Stanley John. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt
1908 Dec. 8
in. corr.
( 2 p. )
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Seldes, Gilbert Vivian. TL (carbon) to H. Watt. Relates to W. B. Yeats
1922 July 25
related corr.
( 1 p. )

With: Seldes, Gilbert Vivian. 9 TLS, 1 telegram, 1 postcard to James Sibley Watson, Jr. April 3, 1922-[June 1, 1970] 2 folders. Came with J. S. Watson's papers

Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
MacLehose, Hamish A.(?). ALS to William Watt
1931 Sept. 8
in. corr.
( 1 p. )

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box (Watt, A. P.)     
M[--?], F[--?] F[--?]. Postcard to W[--?] P[--?] Watt
[1912] Dec. 27
in. corr.
( 1 card )

From the files of A. P. Watt and son

   
Other Related Correspondence Table of Contents
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Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. ALS to Meyrick Jones. Mentions A. P. Watt & Son
[n.y.] Feb. 5
related corr.
( 1 p. )
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Haggard, Sir Henry Rider. 3 AL (drafts), telegram (holograph copy) to Richard C. White. Drafted for A. P. Watt & son. First letter addressed jointly to White and James O. Barrows
1887
related corr.
( 1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p.; 2 leaves )

From the files of A. P. Watt & son

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