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The same man : George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in love and war
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Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. "A Warning:" [suggested Forward for The Loved One]
Manuscripts
The collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera, the majority written by Evelyn Waugh and related to his later works. The manuscripts include Decline and fall, Ninety-Two days, and material related to Basil Seal rides again, A Little learning and The Loved one. The majority of the correspondence is with Chapman and Hall, is business-related and covers the years 1961-1968; other business correspondents include A.D. Peters, Associated Book Publishers Ltd, Methuen & Co., and Penguin. Other correspondents in the collection include: Robert Murray Davis, Anne Adelaide Ford, Hugh Heckstall-Smith, James G. Hepburn, Marie-Jacqueline Lancaster, Sir Victor Mallet, Alfred Robert McIntyre, Howard Irwin Ross, Christopher Sykes, Arthur Waugh, Laura Waugh and Joel Wells. The ephemera includes Inter-Office business correspondence, compact disks, clippings, photographs, including an original Carl Van Vechten photograph, printed material and original storage boxes; the oversize folder contains one LP phonograph record.
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Waugh Estate, Evelyn
Manuscripts
The collection contains over three hundred folders of correspondence that are arranged alphabetically by correspondent in fifty-eight boxes. The collection ranges from 1878 to 1972, with the bulk of the correspondence being from the years 1900 to 1979. The correspondence includes letters, telegrams, postcards, photographs and one record disc (box 26). The correspondence is mainly related to the library collection itself or to the library as an institution. The letters include commentary on the collection, the acquisition and transfer of items, inquiries about the holdings of the library, letters of thanks and congratulations from visitors, financial transactions, and letters between members of the staff. Box 52 contains miscellaneous files labeled as crank files which are often unsolicited.
HIA 31.1