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Peter Owen Ltd.:

A Preliminary Inventory of an Addition to Its Records at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator: Peter Owen (Firm)
Title: Peter Owen Ltd. Records (Addition)
Dates: 1977-2000
Extent: 50 boxes (21 linear feet)
Abstract: This collection of correspondence and production material adds to the Peter Owen Ltd. Records previously received at the Ransom Center. The bulk of the collection is book production material from the mid-1990s including corrected drafts and proofs. The collection also includes correspondence from 1977 to 2000.
Call Number: Manuscript Collection MS-03239
Language: English
Access: Open for research

Administrative Information


Acquisition: Purchase, 2001 (R14673)
Processed by: Suzanne Casey, 2001
Repository:

Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Scope and Contents


This collection of correspondence and production material adds to the Peter Owen Ltd. archive previously received at the Ransom Center. Correspondence, 1977-2000, includes letters from Peter Ackroyd, Miguel Asturias, Anna Kavan, Francis King, James Kirkup, Doris Lessing, James Purdy, Jeremy Reed, Muriel Spark, and Peter Vansittart.
The bulk of the collection is book production material from the mid-1990s including corrected drafts and proofs. Authors include Margareta Bergman, Hugo Claus, Albert Cohen, Margaret Crosland, Fabián Dobles, Fakhar Zaman, Salvador Garmendia, Barbara Hardy, Paul Harris, Charles Hobday, Abdullah Hussein, Guy de Maupassant, Jean Métellus, Tim Mitchell, Milorad Pavic, David Powell, James Purdy, Jeremy Reed, Peter Vansittart, Edith Wharton, and Iwo and Pamela Zaluski.

Peter Owen Ltd. Records (Addition)--Folder List