Patrick White correspondence with his Viking Press editors, 1940-1977
Patrick White correspondence with his Viking Press editors, 1940-1977
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1940-1977
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SAFE/MLMSS 9508/Folders 1-2
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0.1 metres of textual material (2 folders) - manuscript and typescript
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The collection comprises 54 original letters from Patrick White (PW) to his editors at Viking Press, New York: Benjamin W. Huebsch (BWH) (15), Marshall Best (MAB) (22), Alan D Williams (ADW) (16) and Edwin Kennebeck (1). PW’s letters are in his original handwriting or typescript.
Also included in the collection are carbon copies of the editor’s...
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Patrick White correspondence with his Viking Press editors, 1940-1977
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Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, September 2013
Administrative / Biographical history
Viking Press was established in New York in 1925 by Harold K. Guinzburg and George S. Oppenheimer with a founding creed to publish 'a limited list of good non-fiction' and 'distinguished fiction with some claim to permanent importance rather than ephemeral popular interest'. Benjamin W. Huebsch, a renowned publisher of avant-garde literature includ...
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SAFE/MLMSS 9508/Folders 1-2
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9yM6gzE9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9yM6gzE9
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1136904
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