Collection Summary
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin
Woolmer, J. Howard, 1929-
J. Howard Woolmer Collection of
Sebastian Barry and Penelope Fitzgerald
1978-2014
1 document box (.42 linear feet)
Rare book dealer J. Howard Woolmer's
personal and professional files relating to the archives of authors Sebastian Barry
and Penelope Fitzgerald.
English
Manuscript Collection MS-4882
Acquisition:
Gifts, 2001 (G11927), 2016 (16-06-023-G)
Access:
Open for research
Processed by:
Elizabeth E. Preston, 2016
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the files rare book dealer J. Howard Woolmer maintained
on authors Sebastian Barry and Penelope Fitzgerald. The files are primarily
correspondence concerning the sale and transport of the authors' manuscript
collections to the Harry Ransom Center. Woolmer was friendly with both of his
clients and continued to correspond with them after he brokered the sales of their
collections. In the case of Fitzgerald, Woolmer continued to correspond with family
members after her death, and contributed to research for biographies.
One cassette recording of the Somerville London Literary Group discussing Penelope
Fitzgerald, dated 1 October 2003, was transferred to the Ransom Center’s Sound
Recordings Collection.
Container List
Barry, Sebastian
1.1
Correspondence, 2001-2013
1.2
Sale of manuscripts to Harry Ransom Center, 2001
1.3
Sale of manuscripts to Harry Ransom Center, 2005
Fitzgerald, Penelope
1.4-1.8
Correspondence, 1978-2014
1.9
Correspondence between Fitzgerald and Phillip Christensen
(photocopies), 1993-1999
1.10
Memorial service program, 10 October 2000
1.11
Notes for collection appraisal, 1988
1.12
Reviews and articles, 1989-2000