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The New York Public Library Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature Guide to the A. P. Watt and Son records 1861-1971 [bulk 1880-1949] Berg Coll MSS Watt Processed by Staff. Summary Creator: A. P. Watt and Son Title: A. P. Watt and Son records Date: 1861-1971 [bulk 1880-1949] Size: ca. 2,468 items Source: This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Abstract: This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, and legal and financial documents. Access: Restricted access. Conditions Governing 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. Processing note: Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider. Creator History A. P. Watt and Son is a British literary agency. It was founded in 1875 by Alexander Pollock Watt. Custodial History The bulk of the materials were received from the files of A. P. Watt and Son. Scope and Content Note This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, and legal and i

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The New York Public LibraryHenry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English andAmerican Literature

Guide to the

A. P. Watt and Son records1861-1971 [bulk 1880-1949]Berg Coll MSS Watt

Processed by Staff.

Summary

Creator: A. P. Watt and Son

Title: A. P. Watt and Son records

Date: 1861-1971 [bulk 1880-1949]

Size: ca. 2,468 items

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

Abstract: This is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, andlegal and financial documents.

Access: Restricted access.

Conditions Governing Use: For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and AlbertA. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.

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

Processing note: Processed by Staff; Machine-readable finding aid created by Lynn Lobash and NinaSchneider.

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

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

Scope and Content NoteThis is a synthetic collection consisting of typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, and legal and

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financial documents. The typescripts and manuscript consist of memoranda and miscellaneous itemsrelating to Marie Corelli, Rudyard Kipling, William Somerset Maugham, and Herbert George Wells. Thecorrespondence 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, thepublishing firm Doubleday & Co., the literary agency of Field, Roscoe & Co., and others, as well as anundated letter relating to the firm from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to Meyrick Jones, and letters drafted forA. P. Watt and Son by Sir Henry Rider Haggard, dated 1887. There are letters to A. P. Watt and Sonfrom Maude Adams, J. W. Arrowsmith (Bristol, England), T. Foster Barham, Benn (Ernest) Ltd., SirWalter 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, SirHenry Rider Haggard, William Heinemann Ltd., Edward Jenkins, Caroline (Balestier) Kipling, RudyardKipling, 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, AmyCatherine (Robbins) Wells, H. G. Wells, Marjorie (Craig) Wells, W. B. Yeats, and others, dating from1878 to 1971.

Key Terms

Genre/Physical CharacteristicCorrespondence

NamesA. P. Watt and SonAdams, Maude, 1872-1953Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973Barham, T. FosterBesant, Walter, Sir, 1836-1901Buchan, John, 1875-1940Chandler, Ernest VCorelli, Marie, 1855-1924Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930Doyle, Jean Leckie, LadyFabulet, Louis, 1862-1933Garvice, Charles, 1850-1920Gillette, William, 1853-1937Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925Jenkins, Edward, 1838-1910Jones, MeyrickKipling, Caroline (Balestier)Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936Little, James Stanley, 1856-1940Lucoque, H. LLytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron, 1803-1873Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956Murray, David Christie, 1847-1907Paget, Harold, 1876-Roberts, Michael, 1902-1948Scott-Moncrieff, William DundasSouthgate, LucienneVyver, BerthaWells, Catherine, 1872-1927

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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946Wells, Marjorie CraigYeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939Benn, Ernest, limited, LondonCassell &CompanyDoubleday, Page & CompanyField, Roscoe & CompanyHeinemann (Firm)J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd.Maffey & BrennallPaget Literary AgencyParamount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)Sampson Low, Marston & CompanyTillotson & Son

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Container List

Manuscripts and TypescriptsManuscript box Copyright novels which belong to me. Holograph (?) 1882 Jan. (5 p) (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 (3 folders) (3 folders)

Manuscript box(Corelli)

14 typed memoranda and 9 miscellaneous pieces relating to Marie Corelli1915 - 1945 (2 folders) (2 folders)

Manuscript box(Collins, Wilkie)

Letters of Charles Dickens to Wilkie Collins. Manuscript list in anunidentified hand. Pages 1-5 written on stationery of A. P. Watt, literaryagent. List in an unidentified hand of letters "I recommend should not besold." n.d. (7 p) (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 HerbertGeorge Wells 1926 - 1932 (3 folders) (3 folders)

Manuscript box(Maugham)

2 typed memoranda, 1 miscellaneous piece relating to William SomersetMaugham 1949 - 1954 (3 items) (3 items)

Financial and Legal Documents

Financial DocumentsManuscript box

(Braddon)Royalty statements (10) made out to Mrs. Maxwell [Mary ElizabethBraddon] 1913 July 31 - 1914 Oct. 14 (1 folder) (1 folder)

Manuscript box [Summary of royalty payments made during April 1898] Typescript 1898 Apr.1 - 1898 Apr. 30 (21 p) (21 p)

Legal DocumentsManuscript box

(Collins, W.)Agreements (5) between Wilkie Collins or A. P. Watt as agent and GeorgeBentley, Richard Bentley, Chatto & Windus and the Illustrated Londonnews for the publication of his works 1861 Mar. 11 - 1889 Nov (1 folder) (1 folder)From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box(Collins, W.)

Agreement between Wilkie Collins and Kelly & Co. for the serial publicationof an unnamed novel. In Collins' hand. Draft of proposed memorandum1883? (2 p) (2 p)From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Manuscript box(Collins, W.)

Agreement between Wilkie Collins and Kelly & Co. for the serial publicationof an unnamed novel. Manuscript copy with Collins' ms. revisions n.d. (3 p)

(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 andWilliam Brimelow for the publication of an unnamed novel [The evilgenius]. In Wilkie Collins' hand. Draft of proposed agreement 1884 (2 p) (2 p)From the files of A. P. Watt & son

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Manuscript box(Collins, W.)

Agreement between Wilkie Collins and William Frederic Tillotson andWilliam Brimelow for the publication of an unnamed novel [The evilgenius]. Manuscript copy of proposed agreement with Collins' ms.revisions n.d. (3 p) (3 p)From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Legal Documents (cont.)Financial and Legal Documents (cont.)

Manuscript box(Collins, W.)

Agreement between Wilkie Collins and William Frederic Tillotson andWilliam Brimelow for the publication of an unnamed novel [The evil genius]1884 Dec. 8 (3 p) (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 registrationmade out to Wilkie Collins for his The victims of circumstantial evidenceand The legacy of Cain 1886 Dec. 16, 1887 Oct. 29 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)From the files of A. P. Watt & son

Correspondence

Outgoing CorrespondenceCased 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 volumeindexed separately at front 1879 Oct. - 1891 June (16 v) (16 v)Partial description and list of correspondents laid in vol. [1]. Includes letters addressed toWalter Besant, Hall Caine, Wilkie Collins, A. C. Doyle, Haggard, Bret Harte, Rudyard Kiplingand Andrew Lang

Manuscript box(Auden)

Auden, W. H. TL (carbon) to. Relates to Oxford book of light verse 1937 Nov.23 (2 p) (2 p)Came with Watt archive

Manuscript box(Yeats)

Chappell & Co, Ltd. 2 TL (copies) to. Relate to W. B. Yeats' The CountessCathleen 1912 Aug. 13, 1912 Aug. 20 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box(Corelli)

Corelli, Marie. ALS (draft), 5 AL (drafts), 4 TL (drafts) to 1906 July 10] - 1911Feb. 10 (10 letters in 2 folders) (10 letters in 2 folders)

Manuscript box(Corelli)

Corelli, Marie. 3 TL (carbons) to 1915 Nov. 16 - 1915 Dec. 10 (3 p. each) (3 p. each)

Manuscript box(Corelli)

Correspondence between A. P. Watt & Son and others. Relates to MarieCorelli's charge that George Gray's The people's king infringed thecopyright of her Temporal power 1913 Jan. 22 - 1913 Feb. 20 (11 letters in 1 folder)(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 (19 letters in 4 folders) (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 ofaccount to. Relate to Marie Corelli 1916 Mar. 22 - 1945 Feb. 20 (25 letters in 2folders) (25 letters in 2 folders)

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Manuscript box(Albanesi)

Garvice, Charles. TL (copy) to. Relates to agreement between Garviceand Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi 1912 Apr. 1 (1 p) (1 p)With: [Garvice, Charles] TL (carbon) to Effie Adelaide Maria Albanesi. May 19, 1910

Outgoing Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box(Corelli)

Maffey & Brentnall. 16 TL (carbons), 6 TN (carbons) to. Relate to MarieCorelli 1925 Jan. 12 - 1945 Jan. 9 (22 letters in 2 folders) (22 letters in 2 folders)

Manuscript box(Vachell)

Paget, Harold. 16 TL (carbons) to. Relate to Horace Annesley Vachell 1913Nov. 21 - 1915 Jan. 15 (16 letters in 1 folder) (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 ArthurConan Doyle 1923 Jan. 29 - 1928 May 15 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)John D. Gordan bequest

Manuscript box Roberts, Michael. TL to. Relates to W. B. Yeats' inclusion in The Faberbook of modern verse, 1936 1935 May 20 (1 p) (1 p)Signed H. Watt. With envelope; With: Yeats, W. B. TLS to Michael Roberts. Nov. 12, 1935. 1p.

Manuscript box(Cooper, K. S.)

Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Letter to. Relates to Katherine SaundersCooper 1880 Aug. 4 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box(Corelli)

Vyver, Bertha. 4 TL (carbons), 1 TN (carbon) to. Correspondent wassecretary to Marie Corelli 1938 Oct. 17 - 1938 Dec. 21 (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in1 folder)

Manuscript box(Harte)

Ward and Downey. ALS to 1886 Mar. 15 (1 p) (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 (49 letters

in 2 folders) (49 letters in 2 folders)

Incoming CorrespondenceManuscript box Abbott, John Henry Macartney. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. 1904 Jan. 2 (2 p) (2

p)

Manuscript box(Kipling)

Adams, Maude. 3 ALS, 9 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to thefilm productions of Rudyard Kipling's stories 1929 Feb. 14 - 1931 July 11 (12letters in 5 folders) (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 (1leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box(Besant, W.)

Arrowsmith, J. W., firm, publishers, Bristol, England. 11 LS to A. P. Wattand son. Relate to Sir Walter Besant and David Christie Murray 1887 Feb. 11- 1887 July 22 (11 letters in 2 folders) (11 letters in 2 folders)

Manuscript box Bagot, Richard. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1903 Feb. 7, 1908 Dec. 7 (2 p.; 1leaf) (2 p.; 1 leaf)

Manuscript box Baillie-Saunders, Margaret (Crowther). ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] May23 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Bairnsfather, Bruce. LS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1919 Jan. 13; [n.y.] Mar. 18 (1p.; 3 p) (1 p.; 3 p)

Manuscript box Balchin, Nigel. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1944 Feb. 13 (1 p) (1 p)

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Manuscript box Baldwin, Stanley Baldwin, 1st earl. AL to A. P. Watt and son 1943 June 10 (1p) (1 p)Signed Baldwin of Bewdley. With carbons of two letters from Watt, June 8 and 15, 1943.Relate to Lord Halifax

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Balfour, Arthur James Balfour, 1st earl of. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1922May 31, 1929 Feb. 28 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box(Kipling)

Bambridge, Elsie (Kipling). ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to LaurenceHanson's inquiries about her father's (Rudyard Kipling's) books, etc. 1940]Dec. 2 (2 leaves) (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 (2leaves) (2 leaves)

Manuscript box(Besant, W.)

Barham, T. Foster. 7 ALS, 2 TLS, 4 miscellaneous pieces to A. P. Watt andson 1890 June 5 - 1906 Sept. 25 (13 letters in 6 folders) (13 letters in 6 folders)

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

Manuscript box Baring, Maurice. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Mentions Hilaire Belloc 1935May 24 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Becke, Louis. LS to A. P. Watt and son. Mentions Walter Jeffery and T. F.Unwin 1896 May 25 (5 p) (5 p)Encloses "List of payments", "Suggested amended agreement between Louis Becke andWalter Jeffery and Messrs. A. P. Watt and son", etc.; with Becke's holograph note on sale ofcopyrights, 1 p.

Manuscript box Beith, John Hay. 4 TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1933 June 7 - 1935 May 17 (4letters) (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 1913Jan. 25, 1913 Jan. 31 (2 p.; 3 p) (2 p.; 3 p)

Manuscript box Bell, Adrian. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Sept. 24 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Belloc, Hilaire. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1903 July 18, 1903 Aug. 6 (1 p.; 2leaves) (1 p.; 2 leaves)

Manuscript box Benét, Stephen Vincent. TNS to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Wells)

Benn (Ernest) Ltd. 11 TNS, 6 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Essexedition of H. G. Wells 1926 June 8 - 1932 May 12 (17 letters in 3 folders) (17 letters in 3folders)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 HerbertCescinsky 1932 Aug. 23 - 1932 Sept. 7 (2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) (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 May28 (1 leaf; 3 p) (1 leaf; 3 p)

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Manuscript box(Besant, W.)

Besant, Mary (Garrett), lady. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to herhusband, Sir Walter Besant 1901] June 15 - [1901] July 8 (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1leaf; 1 p)

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

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 Palestineexploration fund 1884 Feb. 23 - 1899 Jan. 25 (18 letters in 4 folders) (18 letters in 4folders)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 Collins1890 Feb. 11 (1 p) (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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Bird, Kenneth. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 Nov. 25 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box(Haggard)

Blackett, Spencer C. 5 ALS, 2 LS, 1 note to A. P. Watt and son. Relate toSir H. R. Haggard 1887 Sept. 5 - 1890 July 28 (8 letters in 2 folders) (8 letters in 2folders)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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1918 Feb. 17 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1949 Dec. 13 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Blackwood, Algernon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1950 Mar. 13 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Bland, Edith Nesbit. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 3 p) (1 leaf; 1leaf; 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 (1 card) (1card)Signed Shelley Smith [pseud.]

Manuscript box Bolitho, Hector. ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Philip Lindsay n.d. (1p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Boyle, Kay. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Oct. 19 (2 p) (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 byher mother, Charlotte Mary Brame 1920 Nov. 30 (3 p) (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 (1 p.;2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) (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 (1 p.each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box Brophy, John. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1934 Feb. 20 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Buchan, John. 5 TLS, 2 TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1916 June 19 - 1934 Oct. 12(7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder)

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Manuscript box Burgin, George Brown. ALS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1921 Dec. 25, 1935May 23 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box.Enclosed in:

Rhodes, Geoffrey.TLS to A. P. Wattand son. Sept. 4,

1937

Burgin, George Brown. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to GeoffreyRhodes 1937 Sept. 2 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Butler, Samuel. TL (copy) to A. P. Watt and son 1894 May 25 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Butler, Samuel. AL (incomplete?) to [A. P. Watt and son] n.d. (1 p) (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 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1887 July (? (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1887 July 12 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Feb. 22 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Feb. 23 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Caine, Sir Hall. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Wilkie Collins 1889Aug. 28 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Campbell, Sir Gilbert Edward, bart. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1891Feb. 25, [n.d (1 p.; 3 p) (1 p.; 3 p)

Manuscript box Campion, Sarah. 2 TLS, 1 postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1937 Feb. 20 - 1937Mar. 24 (1 leaf; 1 p.; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1 p.; 1 p)

Manuscript box Cardew, [--?]. AL, in the third person, to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Feb. 7 (1 leaf)(1 leaf)

Manuscript box Carlile, William Warrand. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1905 Jan. 5 (1 p) (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. (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Carte, Richard D'Oyly. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Feb. 23 (1 p) (1 p)With related note in unidentified hand, Feb. 18, 1891. 1 p.; and two TLS from CharlesHawkins, 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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Haggard)

Cassell & Co., Ltd., London. 12 LS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to SirHenry Rider Haggard 1887 May 24 - 1891 Feb. 5 (12 letters in 2 folders) (12 letters in 2folders)Includes 3 letters written and signed by Sir Thomas Wemyss Reid. Letter of Aug. 2, 1887encloses 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 (5 letters in 1 folder) (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 (2 leaves) (2leaves)

Manuscript box Cescinsky, Herbert. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1932 Sept. 9 (1 p) (1 p)With four TL (carbon) replies and one memorandum

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Manuscript box(Farnol)

Chandler, Ernest V. 10 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Jeffery Farnol1927 Aug. 24 - 1930 Jan. 6 (10 letters in 3 folders) (10 letters in 3 folders)With 6 TL (carbon) and 7 TL (copy) replies, 5 memoranda and 3 misc pieces. Accompaniedby: 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

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Charteris, Leslie. AN, in the third person, to A. P. Watt and son 1932 Jan. 22(1 p) (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 (1 p.; 2 p) (1 p.; 2 p)

Manuscript box Chetwynd, Julia Bosville. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. Mar. 6 (2 leaves) (2leaves)

Manuscript box Chetwynd, Julia Bosville. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. Mar. 16 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box Chetwynd, Julia Bosville. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Mar. 19 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spencer. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1898?]Oct. 27 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Clark, Sir Kenneth McKenzie. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1946 Jan. 2 (1card) (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 (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in 1 folder)

Manuscript box Colles, Richard W. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Dated from received stamp1891 Feb. 3 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Speight, T. W.)

Colles, William Morris. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to ThomasWilkinson Speight 1891 Feb. 6, 1891 Feb. 9 (2 p.; 1 p) (2 p.; 1 p)

Manuscript box(Haggard)

Collier, Peter Fenelon. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1894 Mar. 13 (3 p) (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 (3 p) (3 p)

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

Manuscript box Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1880 Aug. 19 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1880 Aug. 26 (2 leaves) (2leaves)

Manuscript box Collins, Frances (Dunn). ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1880 Oct. 6 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box Cooper, Barbara. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. Jan. 10 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Cooper, Katherine (Saunders). 6 ALS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son1880 Aug. 7 - 1880 Oct. 7 (7 letters in 1 folder) (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 son1904 Oct. 12 - 1921 Dec. 31 (225 letters in 45 folders) (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 theMarie Corelli collection of papers, 1893-1955 bulk (1893-1945)

Manuscript box Cox, Anthony Berkeley. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1942 June 29 (1 p) (1 p)

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Manuscript box(Kipling)

Crandall, C[--?] F[--?]. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to RudyardKipling 1924 Oct. 1, 1924 Oct. 8 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)Letter of Oct. 1, 1924 encloses: Crandall, C. F. 2 TL (copies) to Rudyard Kipling. Sept. 26 andOct. 1, 1924. 2 p.; 1 p. Kipling, Rudyard. TL (copy) to [C. F. Crandall] Sept. 29, 1924. 1 p.

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box(Corelli)

Crauford, Alfred Lane. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to Marie Corelli1896 Aug. 11, 1896 Aug. 13 (3 p.; 2 p) (3 p.; 2 p)

Manuscript box Crawford, David Alexander Robert Lindsay, 28th earl of. TLS to A. P. Wattand son 1940 Apr. 23 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Crawshay-Williams, Eliot. ALS, TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 20, 1935May 24 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box(Wells)

Creasey, C[--? H[--?] TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to H. G. Wells1929 June 22 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Cripps, Sir Stafford. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1942 Jan. 29 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Crofts, Freeman Wills. ANS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1948 Dec. 18 (1 p) (1 p)With carbons of two related letters from Watt, Dec. 20, 1948. 1 p. each

Manuscript box Cronin, Archibald Joseph. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 Oct. 22 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Cunningham, A. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1914 Nov. 19 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Cust, Nina. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1914] Aug. 3 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box D'Abernon, Edgar Vincent, 1st viscount. TN to A. P. Watt and son 1934 Mar.2 (1 p) (1 p)Signed with stamp

Manuscript box(Roberts, M.)

Daily Mail, London. TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Morley Roberts1916 May 25 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Dalrymple, Sir Charles Mark, 3rd bart. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May21 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Dawson, Geoffrey. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1941 Aug. 20 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Deans, Marjorie. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Jan. 27 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box De la Mare, Walter. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1938 Sept. 12 (1 p) (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 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)Signed Elizabeth M. Dashwood

Manuscript box Dell, Ethel May. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1919 Dec. 23 (2 leaves) (2 leaves)

Manuscript box Dennys, Joyce. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 June 24 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Ingelow)

Dickens, Charles (1837-1896). ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to storyby Jean Ingelow 1880 Aug. 25 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Dixey, Marmaduke L. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Mar. 3 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box(Orczy)

Doran, firm, publishers, New York. TL (copy) to A. P. Watt & son. Relates tothe Baroness Orczy 1914 Mar. 9 (2 p) (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 (1 p) (1 p)

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Manuscript box(Kipling)

Doubleday, Page & Co. 11 TL, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son. Relate toRudyard Kipling 1923 Apr. 26 - 1941 Jan. 6 (12 letters in 4 folders) (12 letters in 4folders)Signed Frank Nelson Doubleday, S. A. Everitt, et al...; With 6 TL (carbon) replies and 2memoranda. Letter of July 17, 1935 encloses: [Kipling, Rudyard. A Kipling pageant] Forewordto the publisher [Nelson Doubleday]. Typescript, unsigned and undated. 5 p. PublishedGarden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Doran, 19

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box(Wells)

Doubleday, Page & Co. 23 TL, 1 TL (copy) and 8 telegrams to A. P. Wattand son. Relate to H. G. Wells 1927 Sept. 2 - 1931 Sept. 22 (32 letters in 7 folders)(32 letters in 7 folders)Signed George H. Doran and Nelson Doubleday. With carbons of 21 letters and 5 cables fromWatt to Doubleday

Manuscript box(Doyle, A. C.)

Doyle, Adrian Conan. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to ClassicComics edition of Sir A. C. Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles 1943 Oct.30 - 1944 May 12 (1 leaf each) (1 leaf each)With 3 TL (carbon) replies; 2 TL, signed Arthur L. Kantor, from Gilberton Corp. to Watt, andTL (carbon) reply

Manuscript box Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir. 6 ALS, 3 ANS (1 mutilated), 3 letters (signed forDoyle) to A. P. Watt and son 1893 Oct.] - 1922 Feb. 24 (12 letters in 3 folders) (12letters 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 (2p.; 1 p) (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 NationalBroadcasting Co. 1930 Sept. 27 - 1933 Jan. 30 (14 letters in 3 folders) (14 letters in 3folders)With 28 TL (carbon) replies

Manuscript box(Corelli)

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

Manuscript box(Balfour)

Dugdale, Blanche Elizabeth Campbell (Balfour). 12 ALS, 1 TLS, 1 postcardto A. P. Watt and son. Relate to her biography of her uncle, Arthur JamesBalfour, 1st earl of Balfour 1930 Apr. 4 - 1932 May 4 (14 letters in 3 folders) (14 lettersin 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. Chestertonand others 1912 Nov. 25 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Ellis, G[--?] U[--?]. TLS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1937 Mar. 31 (1 p) (1 p)

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Manuscript box(Weyman)

English Illustrated Magazine. Letter to A. P. Watt and son. Relates toStanley John Weyman 1891 Mar. 17 (1 p) (1 p)Signed A[--?] G[--?] Gilbert

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Eyre-Lloyd, [--?]. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son] n.d. (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box(Kipling)

Fabulet, Louis. 22 ALS, 13 postcards to A. P. Watt & son. Relate to histranslations of Rudyard Kipling 1900 Feb. 7 - 1908 June 15 (35 letters in 7 folders)(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, 1902Oct. 21 (1 p.; 2 p) (1 p.; 2 p)

Manuscript box Farnol, Jeffery. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1927 Sept. 19 - 1930 Jan. 6 (1 p.; 2 p.;1 p.; 1 p) (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 (77 letters in 8 folders) (77 letters in8 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 (19 letters in 4 folders) (19 letters in 4 folders)2 TN signed C. D. Medley. With 7 TL (carbon) replies. Relate to use of Sir Arthur ConanDoyle'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 copyrightinfringements of Kipling's works 1923 Nov. 28 - 1931 Sept. 29 (20 letters in 6 folders)(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 (21 letters in 1 envelope) (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 toJeffery Farnol 1927 June 11 - 1931 Apr. 28 (12 letters) (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 (2 leaves) (2leaves)

Manuscript box Fisher, Margaret. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] July 22 (1 leaf) (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 (2 p) (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 SomersetMaugham 1954 May 14, 1954 May 24 (1 leaf; 1 p) (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 (1 p) (1 p)

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Manuscript box Frankau[?], Pamela. AL to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (1 p) (1 p)Signed "Pamela"

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Freeman, Richard Austin. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 22 (1 p) (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 1910Mar. 9 - 1919 Nov. 11 (5 letters in 1 folder) (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 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Geikie, Cunningham. 5 ALS, 1 postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1878 June 3 -1880 June 8 (6 letters in 1 folder) (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 printedselections of reviewers' notices

Manuscript box Gielgud, Sir John. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 Oct. 30 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Gillette, William Hooker. 5 ALS, 3 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Letter ofSept. 5, 1887 annotated by Sir H. R. Haggard 1887 Sept. 5 - 1887 Nov. 17 (8letters in 2 folders) (8 letters in 2 folders)Enclosed in Nov. 17, 1887: Agreement (draft) between Sir Haggard and Gillette fordramatization 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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Murray, D. C.)

Good Words. Letter to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to David Christie Murray1886 Oct. 25 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Gorell, Ronald Gorell Barnes, 3rd baron. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935May 17 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Gow, Ronald. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 23 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Graves, Robert. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1921] Apr. 3 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Graves, Robert. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1921 Aug. 18 (1 card) (1 card)

Manuscript box Graves, Robert. ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to W. S. Maugham1947 Nov. 18 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Gregory, Isabella Augusta Persse, Lady. ALS (draft) to A. P. Watt and son1923] Apr. 16 (1 leaf) (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 betweenRudyard Kipling and G. P. Putnam's sons 1901 Jan. 9 (2 p) (2 p)Encloses: Waugh, Arthur. [Affidavit in case of Rudyard Kipling v. G.P. Putnam's sons andothers]. 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 (2 p) (2 p)With 17 items relating to the printing and copyright of Marie Corelli's Old-fashioned fidelity,including a copy of the story

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Manuscript box Haggard, Sir Henry Rider. 25 ALS, 5 TLS, 3 LS, 8 miscellaneous pieces toA. P. Watt and son 1885 Nov. 15 - 1920 Nov. 13 (41 letters in 8 folders) (41 letters in 8folders)With ms extract from Watt's letter to Haggard, May 13, 1887 and three ANS from haggard'ssecretary, Ida Hector, to Wattd

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1902] Dec. 17 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1908] Dec. 8 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. July 3 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Hall, Evelyn Beatrice. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1930 Feb. 14 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Hall, James Norman. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 20 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Hamilton, Lord Ernest William. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Mar. 25 (1 leaf)(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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Kipling, R.)

Hanson, Laurence. 5 ALS, 2 ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1940 Nov. 27 - 1941

Apr. 28 (7 letters in 1 folder) (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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Hardy, Thomas. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1891 Sept. 7 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Harraden, Beatrice. 3 ALS, 1 ANS, 1 LS to A. P. Watt and son 1896] Nov. 25 -[1908] Dec. 6 (5 letters in 1 folder) (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 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box Harwood, Sir Ralph. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 June 17 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Hawkins, Sir Anthony Hope. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1901 Jan. 9 - 1921Oct. 2 (1 p. each) (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 toLord Alfred Douglas 1908 Apr. 28 (1 p) (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 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1folder)

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

Manuscript box Henderson, Sir Nevile. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1940 Jan. 7 (1 p) (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 (1 p. each) (1 p.each)

Manuscript box Hewart, Gordon Hewart, 1st viscount. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May20 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Hichens, Robert Smythe. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1905 Jan. 2 (1 p) (1 p)

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Manuscript box Hichens, Robert Smythe. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1905 Jan. 10 (2 p) (2 p)

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Hichens, Robert Smythe. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1905 Jan. [12? (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Hichens, Robert Smythe. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 20 (1 p) (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 (1 p) (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 Brangwyn1923 Nov. 9 - 1936 Mar. 12 (4 letters) (4 letters)Signed Ernest Hodder-Williams and Ralph Hodder-Williams. With 2 TL (carbon) replies andfour 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 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box(Doyle, A. C.)

Holland, Constance. 4 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written as secretary toLady Conan Doyle 1932 Nov. 15 - 1933 Feb. 10 (1 p. each) (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] 1935Oct. 20 (1 leaf) (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(4 letters) (4 letters)With 2 related Watt memoranda, May 24, 1935

Manuscript box Housman, Laurence. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1941 June 28 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Humphreys, Eliza Margaret J. (Gollan). 2 AL to A. P. Watt and son 1916 June28, 1921 Apr. 9 (2 p.; 1 leaf) (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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Hunloke, Sir Philip. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 July 4 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Watt, A. P.)

Hunter, William. 11 ALS, 1 LS, 35 letters, and 3 telegrams to A. P. Wattand son. Relate to the sale of Strahan & co. publications, especially thoseof R. W. Buchanan, George MacDonald, C. J. Vaughan, and GeorgeDouglas Campbell, 8th duke of Argyll 1886 May 18 - 1887 Dec. 1 (50 letters in 10folders) (50 letters in 10 folders)

35 letters signed for Hunter. With 38 pieces of related correspondence with variouspublishers, 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 Quatermain1887 Apr. 16 - 1887 June 8 (6 letters in 1 folder) (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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Huxley, Aldous. ANS to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (1 p) (1 p)Written at bottom of Watt's TLS to Huxley, May 26, 1941; with TL (carbon) from Watt, Jan. 17,1941

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Manuscript box(Wells)

Huxley, Marie Juliette (Baillot). ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Written for herhusband, Julian Sorell Huxley, who collaborated with H. G. Wells on Thescience of life 1929] Sept. 6 (1 p) (1 p)Accompanied by: Coombs, Phyllis M. TLS to A. P. Watt, Jan. 11, 1930. 1 p. Written assecretary to Julian Huxley. With carbons of three letters from Watt to Huxley

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box James, Henry (1843-1916). 2 ALS, 1 telegram (mutilated) to A. P. Watt andson 1890 Apr. 2 - 1890 Apr. 9 (2 p.; 3 p. 1 letter) (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 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder)

Manuscript box Jenkins, Edward. 7 ALS, 9 ANS, 2 AN, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son1880?] Jan. 27 - 1881 Mar. 3 (19 letters in 4 folders) (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 son1904 Dec. 17 - 1923 Dec. 22 (7 letters in 2 folders) (7 letters in 2 folders)Letter of Sept. 26, 1914 encloses: The Daily Chronicle, London. TL, signed Robert Donald, toJerome Klapka Jerome. July 30, 1914. 2 p. Relates to Today. With enclosures, 2 p. and mscopy of Jerome's reply, 2 p.

Manuscript box(Garvice)

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

Letter of Dec. 20, 1920, encloses "First list of titles suitable for films," 1 p.; With related Wattmemorandum, "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 (1 leaf;1 p) (1 leaf; 1 p)

Manuscript box Kelly, Sir Gerald Festus. TLS, TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Letter of June7quotes letter from William Somerset Maugham to Kelly 1938 June 7, 1938 June13 (1 p. each) (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 (1 p) (1p)

Manuscript box Kipling, Caroline (Balestier). 2 ALS (1 incomplete), 14 TLS, 1 telegram toA. P. Watt and son. Relate to Rudyard Kipling 1909 May 4 - 1936 Feb. 23 (17letters in 4 folders) (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 son1889 May 12 - 1935 May 21 (9 letters in 2 folders) (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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Konstam, Edwin Max. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1902 Aug. 8 (2 p) (2 p)Accompanied by: Bunting, Percy Wiliam. ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Aug. 1, 1902. 1 p.

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Manuscript box Lang, Louisa Lockhart (Steuart). ALS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1908] Aug. 8 (1leaf) (1 leaf)

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box László de Lombos, Phlip Alexius. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Jan. 16 (1 p)(1 p)

Manuscript box Law, Richard Kidston. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1939 Nov. 2 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Leacock, Stephen Butler. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1916 Oct. 1 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Oliphant)

Leisure Hour. 3 letters to A. P. Watt and son 1885 Oct. 26 - 1885 Oct. 29 (3leaves; 3 p.; 1 leaf) (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 (3 leaves; 3 p) (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 BalfourDugdale. Relate to Mrs. Dugdale's biography of her uncle, Arthur JamesBalfour, 1st earl of Balfour 1931 - 1935 (39 letters in 1 folder) (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 (11 lettersin 1 folder) (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 (35 letters in 1 folder) (35letters 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 (48 letters in 4folders) (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 PalestineExploration Fund. Sir Walter Besant was secretary of the PalestineExploration Fund 1885 - 1886 (25 letters in 1 folder) (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 (2 letters in 1 folder) (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 (2 letters in 1 folder) (2letters 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 (4 letters in 1folder) (4 letters in 1 folder)

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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 (6 letters in 1folder) (6 letters in 1 folder)

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

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 (120 letters in 8folders) (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 (2letters in 1 folder) (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 (4 letters in 1folder) (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 (4letters in 1 folder) (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 (11 letters in 1folder) (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 (12letters in 1 folder) (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 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7letters 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 (2 lettersin 1 folder) (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 (3 letters in 1 folder) (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 (19 letters in 1 folder) (19letters 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 (11 letters in 1 folder)(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 (26 letters in 1folder) (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 (1 letter)(1 letter)

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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 (20 letters in 1folder) (20 letters in 1 folder)With 17 TL (carbon) replies and 4 memoranda

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

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 (3letters in 1 folder) (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 ofLytton 1891 - 1892 (5 letters in 1 folder) (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 (3 letters) (3letters)

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(14 letters) (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 (4 letters) (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 ofPerth 1939 (2 letters in 1 folder) (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(14 letters in 2 folder) (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 (7 letters in 1 folder) (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, 1880mentions G. A. Henty 1880 (2 letters in 1 folder) (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 (72 letters in3 folders) (72 letters in 3 folders)

Manuscript box(Watt, A. P.)

Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from unidentified authors to the firm of A. P. Wattand son 1908 - 1935 (8 letters in 1 folder) (8 letters in 1 folder)

Manuscript box(Watt, A. P.)

Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from miscellaneous correspondents, not listedseparately, to the firm of A. P. Watt and son n.d. (4 letters in 1 folder) (4 letters in 1folder)

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 (13letters in 1 folder) (13 letters in 1 folder)With carbons of 12 related letters from Watt

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Manuscript box(Kipling)

Lewis, Randolph. 2 telegrams to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to film versionsof Rudyard Kipling's works 1924 Oct. 16, 1924 Oct. 25 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)With Watt's two carbon replies and four memoranda, and four TLS from Field Roscoe & Co.to Watt

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Lindbergh, Charles Augustus. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 June 4 (1 p) (1p)

Manuscript box Lindsay, Philip. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1934 Mar. 7 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Lindsay, Sir Ronald Charles. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1939 May 10 (1 p) (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(15 letters in 3 folders) (15 letters in 3 folders)

Manuscript box(Kipling, R.)

Livingston, Flora V. 4 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to her RudyardKipling bibliography 1924 Jan. 4 - 1924 July 5 (2 p.; 2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) (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 toLivingston, Dec. 3, 1940

Manuscript box London, Jack. 2 TLS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son 1906 June 24 - 1907June 9 (2 p.; 1 p.; 1 telegram) (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 (3 p.; 2 leaves; 1 p.; 2p) (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 (16 letters in 4 folders) (16 lettersin 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 July21 (10 letters in 1 folder) (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 andson]. Relate to her husband, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl ofLytton 1890 May 5 - [1892] Mar. 24 (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p)

Manuscript box Lytton, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st earl of. 35 ALS, 1 LS, 2telegrams to A. P. Watt and son 1889 Jan. 18 - 1891 Feb. 7 (38 letters in 8 folders)(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 (1 p.; 2 p) (1 p.; 2 p)

Manuscript box MacDonald, George. 2 ALS, 1 ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Feb. 28, 1898letter dated from received stamp 1888] Nov. 10 - [1898 Feb. 28 (3 p.; 2 leaves; 1 p)(3 p.; 2 leaves; 1 p)

Manuscript box MacDonald, Greville. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Writer is the son ofGeorge MacDonald 1908 Dec. 5, 1935 May 18 (2 leaves; 1 p) (2 leaves; 1 p)

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Manuscript box Kindersley, Emily Grace (Seely). TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 July 25 (1 p)(1 p)With: MacDonald, James Ramsay. TL, signed with stamp, to John Edward Bernard Seely, 1stbaron Mottistone, July 22, 1936. 1 p.

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Macdonald, Malcolm. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Feb. 22 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box McKenna, Reginald. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Sept. 21 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Kipling)

Macmillan, Harold. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1927 Mar. 8 (2 p) (2 p)With 2 related Watt memoranda, Feb. 25, 1927; April 5, 1935. 1 p. each. Relate to MediciSociety 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, 1951Feb. 21 (1 p. each) (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 HenryJames' The Tragic Muse 1890 Apr. 2 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box McNeile, Herman Cyril. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1916 May 11 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box McNeile, Herman Cyril. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Feb. 19 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box McNeile, Herman Cyril. TLS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] May 22 (1 p) (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 (42 letters in4 folders) (42 letters in 4 folders)

Manuscript box Mann, Mary E. (Rackham). ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1904 Mar. 26 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Marchmont, Arthur Williams. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1901 Oct. 4 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box Marks, Henry Kingdon. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 Nov. 4 (1 p) (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 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Marshall, Archibald. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1928 Oct. 2 - 1929 Dec. 19 (1 p.each) (1 p. each)With 2 TL (copy) replies and 2 related memoranda. Relate to filming stories by RudyardKipling

Manuscript box Masefield, John. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1919 June 22 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1917 Mar. 13;[n.y.] Nov. 4 (1 p.; 2 p) (1 p.; 2 p)

Manuscript box Mathews, Basil Joseph. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 24 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Maugham, Frederic Herbert Maugham, 1st viscount. ALS to A. P. Watt andson 1937 Feb. 8 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Maugham, William Somerset. 10 ALS, 123 TLS, 1 telegram to A. P. Wattand son 1947 Jan. 18 - 1964 May 9 (134 letters in 27 folders) (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

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Manuscript box(Braddon)

Maxwell, Edward H. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to the estate ofwriter's mother, Mary Elizabeth Braddon 1915 Mar. 11 - 1915 Apr. 16 (2 leaves; 3p.; 2 p.; 3 p) (2 leaves; 3 p.; 2 p.; 3 p)With 2 TLS from M. M. Westcott; TNS from Hodder & Stoughton, enclosing "List of plates ofMiss Braddon's novels"; Watt's notes on an interview with Maxwell; and notes "Re valuationof Miss Braddon's copyrights [etc]".

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box(Maxwell, W. B.)

Maxwell, Henry. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to The Naked truth bythe writer's father, W. B. Maxwell 1942 Nov. 7 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box(Haggard)

Maxwell, J. & R., firm, publishers, London. 2 LS, 2 NS to A. P. Watt andson. Relate to Sir H. R. Haggard 1886 Feb. 23 - 1887 May 24 (2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) (2p.; 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 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Maxwell, William Babington. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 17 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Maxwell, William Babington. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 21 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Meeûs, Marie Louise (Egerton Castle), comtesse de. ALS, ANS to A. P.Watt and son 1935 May 18, [n.d (1 leaf; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1 p)

Manuscript box Menzies, Allan. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1900 Oct. 3 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Mercer, Cecil William. 3 TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 Aug. 11 - 1937 Oct. 31(1 p. each) (1 p. each)With 3 TL (carbon) replies

Manuscript box Merrick, Leonard. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1920 June 27 (2 p) (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 andson. Relates to Frances Marion Parkinson Gostling 1908 Feb. 28 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Harraden)

Methuen & Co., Ltd., London. 2 TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relate toBeatrice Harraden and others 1905 Sept. 25, 1906 Sept. 19 (1 p. each) (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 RobertSmythe Hichens 1907 July 15 (1 p) (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 RobertSmythe Hichens 1908 Mar. 2 (1 p) (1 p)Signed George E. Webster. With Methuen & Co., ltd., London. TL and TN to A. P. Watt andson. July 15, 1907 and March 4, 1908

Manuscript box(Hichens)

Methuen & Co., Ltd., London. TN to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to RobertSmythe Hichens. Mentions Maurice Hewlett 1908 Mar. 4 (1 p) (1 p)Signed George E. Webster. With Methuen & Co., ltd., London. TL and TN to A. P. Watt andson. July 15, 1907 and March 2, 1908

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Manuscript box(Corelli)

Methuen & Co., Ltd., London. TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to MarieCorelli 1916 Feb. 10 (1 p) (1 p)Signed George Webster

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Milne, Alan Alexander. 4 ALS, 1 ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1915 Sept. 20 -1928 Dec. 15 (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in 1 folder)With 2 ANS from his secretary, Celia Brice, to Watt

Manuscript box Milner, Violet. TLS, TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1933 Feb. 11, 1935 May 24 (1 p.each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box [Montgomery, Leslie Alexander]. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1921 Dec. 21(1 card) (1 card)

Signed Lynn Doyle [pseud.]

Manuscript box Montgomery-Massingberd, Sir Archibald Armar. ALS to A. P. Watt and son.Relates to Archibald Percival Wavell 1941] Dec. 6 (1 p) (1 p)With carbons of two letters from Watt, Dec. 4 and 9, 1941. 1 p. each

Manuscript box Morrison, Herbert Stanley. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 Dec. 4 (1 p) (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 (5 letters in 1 folder) (5 lettersin 1 folder)

Manuscript box Munro, Neil. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1900 June 26 - 1902 July 1 (1 p. each) (1p. each)

Manuscript box Murray, David Christie. 5 ALS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son 1886 Oct. 13- 1887 Feb. 7 (6 letters in 1 folder) (6 letters in 1 folder)

Manuscript box Murray, David Leslie. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to KathleenMuriel Eyles 1935 May 23 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Newbolt, Sir Henry John. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1922 Apr. 10, 1935

May 24 (1 leaf; 1 p) (1 leaf; 1 p)

Manuscript box(Corelli)

Newnes, George, Ltd., London. TL to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to MarieCorelli 1905 Sept. 22 (1 p) (1 p)Encloses royalty statement for period ending June 30, 1905. 1 p.; From the files of A. P. Wattand son

Manuscript box(Clarke, I. C.)

Nicholson, Ivor. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to Isabel ConstanceClarke 1932 Feb. 23 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Noyes, Alfred. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1913 Sept. 22 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box Noyes, Alfred. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 20 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Noyes, Alfred. AL (incomplete) to A. P. Watt and son 1938 Mar. 10 (2 leaves) (2leaves)Encloses his: ALS to Herbert Edward Palmer. March 10, 1938. 1 leaf; with carbon of letterfrom Watt, Sept. 18, 1913. 1 p.

Manuscript box O'Brien, Kate. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1932 Mar. 11 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box O'Connor, Frank. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1931] Oct. 10 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson. 4 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1885] Nov.13 (4 letters in 1 folder) (4 letters in 1 folder)

Manuscript box Onions, Oliver [pseud.]. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1904 Mar. 28 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness. ALS toA. P. Watt and son 1909 July 25 (2 p) (2 p)

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Manuscript box Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness.Postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1917 Nov. 5 (1 card) (1 card)

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara, baroness. ALS toA. P. Watt and son 1918 Aug. 13 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Orwell, George. TNS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1939 June 21 (1 p) (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 (1 p) (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 (2 p.; 1 p) (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 bythe National Broadcasting Company 1930 Aug. 20 - 1932 Mar. 17 (25 letters in 6folders) (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 RudyardKipling 1926 July 22 - 1931 Nov. 17 (7 letters in 2 folders) (7 letters in 2 folders)Signed J[--?] C[--?] Graham and E[--?] Chester. With 3 TL (copy) replies and 4 relatedmemoranda. Accompanied by: Kerly, sons & Karuth. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Aug. 13,1926. 1 p. Encloses draft Assignment and Agreement

Manuscript box Pemberton, Sir Max. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 20 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Perth, James Eric Drummond, 16th earl of. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1939Apr. 27 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)With Watt's typed memorandum, dated Aug. 18, 1939. 1 p.

Manuscript box Playfair, Giles. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 Oct. 12 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Powell, Anthony. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1939 Feb. 10 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Wells)

Press, Gertrude F[--?] L[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written assecretary to H. G. Wells 1927 Oct. 28 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Wells)

Press, Gertrude F[--?] L[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written assecretary to H. G. Wells 1927 Nov. 3 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Wells)

Press, Gertrude F[--?] L[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written assecretary to H. G. Wells 1928 Mar. 15 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Wells)

Press, Gertrude F[--?] L[--?]. TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written assecretary to H. G. Wells 1928 Mar. 30 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Priestley, John Boynton. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 June 16 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Pritchard, Arthur. 2 ALS, 3 ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1906 Jan. 8 - 1906 Mar. 1(5 letters in 1 folder) (5 letters in 1 folder)On verso of March 1, 1906 is draft of Watt's reply

Manuscript box Quiller-Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1908 July 26,1908 Dec. 11 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box Redesdale, Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, baron. ANS to A. P. Wattand son 1915 Nov. 4 (1 p) (1 p)

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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 (2 p.; 1 p.; 1 p.; 1 p) (2 p.; 1p.; 1 p.; 1 p)

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Reynolds, Gertrude M. (Robins). ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 23 (1 p)(1 p)

Manuscript box Rhodes, Geoffrey. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 Sept. 4 (1 p) (1 p)Encloses: Burgin, George Brown. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Sept. 2, 1937. 1 p.; with Watt'sTL (carbon) reply

Manuscript box Rhodes, Kathlyn. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1913 Sept. 1 - 1913 Sept. 17 (1 p.each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box(Chester, G. R.)

Richards, Grant, publisher, London. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates toGeorge Randolph Chester 1914 June 5 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Glass, M. M.)

Richards, Grant, publisher, London. TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates toMontague Marsden Glass 1918 Aug. 22 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Roberts, Morley. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1935 May 18 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Ruck, Berta. AN to [A. P. Watt and son] n.d. (1 p) (1 p)Accompanied by 2 watercolor drawings of flowers, one dated Sept. 1916

Manuscript box Sabatini, Rafael. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1910 Dec. 21 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Saer, Ethel. 3 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Two letters dated July 29, 1935and relate to Elizabeth Kenny 1935 July 29, [n.d (1 p.; 2 leaves; 2 leaves) (1 p.; 2leaves; 2 leaves)

Manuscript box Scott-Moncrieff, William Dundas. 5 ALS, 2 ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1881Jan. 29 - 1881 Mar. 22 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder)With "Extract from the minutes of the meeting held at 9 Barton Street, Westminster, on the12th Feb. 1881," holograph, 2 p.

Manuscript box Sharp, Margery. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son. Date from postmark 1932Sept. 1 (1 card) (1 card)

Manuscript box Silberrad, Una Lucy. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1904 Mar. 24 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)Published in Letters to A. P. Watt and his sons, 1883-1924. London, 1924, p. 191

Manuscript box Simpson, Bertram Lenox. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1909 July 18 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Smith, Ernest Bramah. 2 TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1933 Jan. 18 - 1935 May 23(1 p. each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box(MacDonald, G.)

Smith, Robert Pearsall. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to GeorgeMacDonald's The elect lady 1887 Dec. 8 (1 p.; 2 p) (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 assecretary to H. G. Wells 1928 Oct. 20 - 1931 Aug. 20 (14 letters in 3 folders) (14 lettersin 3 folders)

With carbons of 6 letters from Watt to Miss Southgate, Feb. 26, 1930-Sept. 7, 1931. Enclosedin 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.

Manuscript box [Southwold, Stephen]. 2 AL to A. P. Watt and son 1935 Oct. 15, 1935 Oct. 27 (1p. each) (1 p. each)Signed Neil Bell [pseud.]

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

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box(Besant, W.)

Sprigge, Sir Samuel Squire. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1901 Nov. 15 (1 p) (1 p)Receipt on conjugate leaf for his work as editor of Sir Walter Besant's Autobiography

Manuscript box Stannard, Arthur. 6 ALS, 1 telegram to A. P. Watt and son. Relate toHenrietta Eliza Vaughn Stannard 1887 May 25 - 1887 June 25 (7 letters in 1 folder)(7 letters in 1 folder)

Manuscript box Stannard, Henrietta Eliza Vaughan. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1887 June 5(2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Strong, Leonard Alfred George. 3 ALS, 2 TLS, 1 TNS to A. P. Watt and son1931 Aug. 21 - 1932 Apr. 4 (6 letters in 1 folder) (6 letters in 1 folder)

Manuscript box Sutcliffe, Halliwell. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1904 Mar. 26 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Swinton, Sir Ernest Dunlop. ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1940 Jan. 29 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Terry, Ellen. ALS, LS to A. P. Watt and son 1908 Jan. 25, 1908 Oct. 18 (1 p.; 2 p)(1 p.; 2 p)

Manuscript box Thring, George Herbert. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to MargueriteO'Key Labori 1936 Jan. 6 (3 p) (3 p)With related typed memorandum by Watt, Jan. 9, 1936. 1 p.

Manuscript box Thurston, Ernest Temple. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1915 Nov. 17 (1 p) (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 CharlesGibbon 1884 Nov. 17 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Stannard)

Tillotson & Son., Ltd. 3 letters, 1 TL to A. P. Watt and son. One letterundated. Relate to Henrietta Eliza Vaughan Stannard 1887 June 14 - 1887 June24 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)Signed William Frank Tillotson

Manuscript box(Haggard)

Tillotson & Son, Ltd. 4 TLS, 1 LS, postcard and telegram to A. P. Watt andson. Relate to Sir Henry Rider Haggard and Wilkie Collins 1884 Nov. 27 - 1887May 24 (7 letters in 1 folder) (7 letters in 1 folder)

Manuscript box(Garnett)

Untermeyer, Louis. 4 TL (carbons) to A. P. Watt and son as literary agentfor David Garnett n.d. (1 p. each) (1 p. each)Also: 6 TLS of related correspondence

Manuscript box Vaughan, Charles John. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son?] 1886 Sept. 13 (1 leaf) (1leaf)From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Manuscript box Villiers, Alan John. TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1937 Aug. 25 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box(Wells)

Vowles, Hugh Pembroke. 3 TLS to A. P. Watt and son. Relate to writer'scollaboration with H. G. Wells on The work, wealth and happiness ofmankind 1929 Mar. 25 - 1929 Sept. 24 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box(Corelli)

Vyver, Bertha. 3 ALS, 3 ANS to A. P. Watt and son. Writer was secretary toMarie Corelli 1915 Dec. 14 - 1938 Dec. 29 (6 letters in 1 folder) (6 letters in 1 folder)

Manuscript box Walker, Ethel. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1899 July 13 (5 p) (5 p)

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Manuscript box Walker-Smith, Sir Derek. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1936 July 28 (1 p) (1 p)

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Wall, Caroline Heron. ALS to [A. P. Watt and son] 1886 Sept. 10 (2 p) (2 p)With related ALS from Arthur Blackett to Watt, July 16, 1886. 2 p.

Manuscript box Wallace, Edgar. Postcard to A. P. Watt and son 1914 Feb. 18 (1 card) (1 card)

Manuscript box Walston, Sir Charles. TLS, TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1925 Aug. 7, 1926 mar.27 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)

Manuscript box Watson, Rev. John W. Letter and ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1899 July 14,1899 July 20 (1 p. each) (1 p. each)Letter signed for Watson

Manuscript box Watson, Margaret. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1899 July 20 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st earl. ALS, ANS to [A. P. Watt andson] 1937 Aug. 7, 1937 Feb. 5 (1 p.; 1 leaf) (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 (11letters in 3 folders) (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 ofH. G. Wells 1929 Jan. 19 (1 letter) (1 letter)With carbons of 3 letters from Watt to G. P. Wells

Manuscript box Wells, Herbert George. 32 ALS, 1 TLS, 5 TLS to A. P. Watt and son 1917Jan.] - 1937 Jan. 22 (38 letters in 8 folders) (38 letters in 8 folders)

Manuscript box(Wells)

Wells, Marjorie (Craig). 9 TLS, 4 TNS to A. P. Watt and son. Written assecretary to H. G. Wells 1926 Nov. 29 - 1931 Oct. 16 (13 letters in 3 folders) (13 lettersin 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 andson. Two letters dated July 30, 1886. Relate to E. F. Spence 1886 July 30 -1886 Aug. 17 (1 p.; 2 leaves; 2 p.; 2 leaves) (1 p.; 2 leaves; 2 p.; 2 leaves)

Manuscript box White, Fred Merrick. ALS, ANS to A. P. Watt and son 1899 July 12, 1899 July 19(1 p.; 2 p) (1 p.; 2 p)

Manuscript box(Haggard)

White, Richard C. ALS to A. P. Watt and son. Relates to his dramatizationof Sir H. R. Haggard's She in collaboration with J. O. Barrows 1887 Sept. 2 (2leaves) (2 leaves)

Manuscript box Wild, Roland. TLS to A. P. Watt and son n.y.] Dec. 29 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Williamson, Emma Sara. ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.y. Mar. 18 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box Wilson, Andrew. 1 ALS, 2 ANS, 3 telegrams (1 mutilated) to A. P. Watt andson. Relate to advertisements in Health, of which Watt was publisher andWilson editor 1888 Feb. 22 - [1899] July 20 (6 letters in 1 folder) (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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Manuscript box Wolfe, Humbert. TL (carbon) to A. P. Watt and son 1916 Feb. 21 (1 p) (1 p)Signed U. Wolff. On verso is holograph line from his "The Drift of the lute" from Londonsonnets

Incoming Correspondence (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box Woods, Mary. ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1906 Apr. 5 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Wright, H. 2 ALS to A. P. Watt and son n.d. (3 p. each) (3 p. each)

Manuscript box Wyatt, Stanley Porter (?) ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1911 Nov. 27 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Yeats, William Butler. 6 ALS, 2 TLS, 2 LS to A. P. Watt and son. Letter ofApril 27, 1924 mentions Thomas Hardy 1918] Dec. 2 - 1924 Apr. 27 (10 letters in 2folders) (10 letters in 2 folders)

Manuscript box Yeats-Brown, Francis Charles Claypon. TNS to A. P. Watt and son 1934 Apr.25 (1 p) (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 (1 p) (1 p)Signed J. G. R. Hughes

Manuscript box Young, Emily Hilda. 5 ALS to A. P. Watt and son 1931 Jan. 17 - 1931 June 3 (5letters in 1 folder) (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 SonManuscript box Champion de Crespigny, Rose (Key). ALS to [Alexander Strahan] Watt.

Letter of condolence on death of Mrs. Watt 1908] Dec. 16 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Crockett, Samuel Rutherford. ALS to [Alexander Strahan] Watt. Letter ofcondolence on death of Mrs. Watt 1909] Jan. 17 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box Harvey, George. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence ondeath of Mrs. Watt 1908 Dec. 6 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Hinkson, Katherine (Tynan). ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter ofcondolence on death of Mrs. Watt 1908 Dec. 10 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Le Feuvre, Amy. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence ondeath of Mrs. Watt 1908 Dec. 20 (3 p) (3 p)

Manuscript box Leighton, Marie (Connor). ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter ofcondolence on death of Mrs. Watt 1908 Dec. 8 (2 leaves) (2 leaves)

Manuscript box Moore, Frank Frankfort. ALS to [Alexander Strahan] Watt. Letter ofcondolence on death of Mrs. Watt 1908 Dec. 8 (2 p) (2 p)

Manuscript box Nash, J. [--?] Eveleigh. ANS to ALS to [Alexander Strahan] Watt. Letter ofcondolence on death of Mrs. Watt 1908 Dec. 8 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Smith, Annie S[--?] (Swan). AL to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter ofcondolence on death of Mrs. Watt 1908] Dec. 12 (3 p) (3 p)Signed Annie Burnett Smith

Manuscript box Vachell, Horace Annesley. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter ofcondolence on death of Mrs. Watt 1908] Dec. 15 (1 leaf) (1 leaf)

Manuscript box Wallace, William. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter of condolence ondeath of Mrs. Watt 1908 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Weyman, Stanley John. ALS to Alexander Strahan Watt. Letter ofcondolence on death of Mrs. Watt 1908 Dec. 8 (2 p) (2 p)

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Manuscript box Seldes, Gilbert Vivian. TL (carbon) to H. Watt. Relates to W. B. Yeats 1922July 25 (1 p) (1 p)With: Seldes, Gilbert Vivian. 9 TLS, 1 telegram, 1 postcard to James Sibley Watson, Jr. April3, 1922-[June 1, 1970] 2 folders. Came with J. S. Watson's papers

Incoming Correspondence related to A. P. Watt and Son (cont.)Correspondence (cont.)

Manuscript box(Watt, A. P.)

MacLehose, Hamish A.(?). ALS to William Watt 1931 Sept. 8 (1 p) (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 (1 card) (1card)From the files of A. P. Watt and son

Other Related CorrespondenceManuscript box Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. ALS to Meyrick Jones. Mentions A. P. Watt & Son

n.y. Feb. 5 (1 p) (1 p)

Manuscript box Haggard, Sir Henry Rider. 3 AL (drafts), telegram (holograph copy) toRichard C. White. Drafted for A. P. Watt & son. First letter addressed jointlyto White and James O. Barrows 1887 (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1 p.; 2 leaves) (1 leaf; 1 leaf; 1p.; 2 leaves)

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