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Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)LAdd/6024-6043
TitleLetters and post-cards to Harold Williams (1880-1954 1964, literary critic), Aspenden House, Buntingford, Hertfordshire and 43 Albert Court, Kensington [London] SW 7, together with typescript drafts and printed proofs of his reviews of publications and associated material
Extent20 items
Date1946-1954
DescriptionThe above material relates to both invitations to Williams to review books for publication in 'The Modern Language Review' and to his writing of the reviews

The correspondence includes letters and post-cards from [H] Winifred Husbands (Assistant Editor, 'The Modern Language Review'), D[avid] N[ichol] S[mith] (1875-1962, literary critic), Maureen Crocker, Oxford University Press, and Charles [J] Sisson (1885-1966, literary critic). Williams produced reviews of several volumes in the series of publications, 'The Letters of Thomas Percy', and the above material includes his typescript drafts (with manuscript corrections and additions) and printed proofs of reviews of vols 1, 2 and 4
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryThe above items LAdd/6024-6032 were found loose in 'The Percy Letters. Vol 2: The Correspondence of Thomas Percy and Richard Farmer', ed. Cleanth Brooks, (1946)

The above items LAdd/6033-6043 were found loose in 'The Percy Letters. Vol 1: The Correspondence of Thomas Percy and Edward Malone', ed. Arthur Tillotson, (1944).

Both volumes are held at the Shakespeare Institute, PR 3618.P5

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