Macmillan and others
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 37
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Title
Macmillan and others
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 37
Summary
Correspondence with Macmillan relating to A Constitutional History of British Guiana (published 1937), with related statements of account and reviews from newspapers and journals, 1936-1946. There is also a letter returning Clementi's manuscript 'Far Eastern Illusions' saying that they cannot publish it.
Other correspondents include:
The National Review, including drafts of articles by Clementi entitled 'Hong Kong's Vital Problem' and 'China's Sorrow' (about the Yellow River flood), 1938-1939
Oxford University Press (and Clarendon Press), letters and accounts relating to the manufacture of Chinese type; statements of sale for Cantonese Love-Songs; letters about the possibility of publishing a book on the constitutional history of British Guiana, 1913-1921, 1934-1938
Plate Ltd., with manuscript draft of the foreword Clementi wrote for their book, the Handbook of Ceylon Information, 1924
The Times, including a draft article by Clementi entitled 'Hong Kong's Vital Problem', 1938-1939
Date
1907-1946
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Additional papers of Sir Cecil Clementi
Personal papers
Publications, papers and speeches
Correspondence with publishers
Macmillan and others
