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Additional authors

1. Adams, Maude, 1872-1953
2. Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973
3. Barham, T. Foster
4. Besant, Walter, Sir, 1836-1901
5. Buchan, John, 1875-1940
6. Chandler, Ernest V.
7. Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924
8. Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
9. Doyle, Jean Leckie, Lady
10. Fabulet, Louis, 1862-1933
11. Garvice, Charles, 1850-1920
12. Gillette, William, 1853-1937
13. Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925
14. Jenkins, Edward, 1838-1910
15. Jones, Meyrick
16. Kipling, Caroline (Balestier).
17. Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936
18. Little, James Stanley
19. Lucoque, H. L.
20. Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, 1803-1873
21. Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965
22. Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956
23. Murray, David Christie, 1847-1907
24. Paget, Harold, 1876-
25. Roberts, Michael, 1902-1948
26. Scott-Moncrieff, William Dundas
27. Southgate, Lucienne
28. Vyver, Bertha
29. Wells, Catherine, 1872-1927
30. Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
31. Wells, Marjorie Craig
32. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
33. Benn, Ernest, limited, London
34. Cassell & Company
35. Doubleday, Page & Company
36. Field, Roscoe & Company
37. Heinemann (Firm)
38. J. W. Arrowsmith
39. Maffey & Brennall
40. Paget Literary Agency
41. Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
42. Sampson Low, Marston & Company
43. Tillotson & Son

Description

1. ca. 2,468 items.

Summary

1. 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.
2. 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, as well as letters relating to the Watt family. 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.

Subject

1. Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924.
2. Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.
3. Maugham, W. Somerset 1874-1965.
4. Wells, H. G. 1866-1946.
5. A. P. Watt and Son.

Genre/Form

1. Correspondence.

Call number

1. Berg Coll MSS Watt

Language

1. English

Biography (note)

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

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

1. This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. The bulk of the materials were received from the files of A. P. Watt and Son.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

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