General correspondence files
MS. 7018/3
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
General correspondence files
Shelfmark
MS. 7018/3
Summary
Correspondence files of N. Croom-Johnson (Parker, Garrett & Co. Ltd) regarding the Oscar Wilde estate (original letters and typescript copy replies, including letters from Vyvyan Holland). With original folders. Comprises:
Correspondence regarding sale of Lord Arthur Savile's Crime film rights to St John Legh Clowes, with draft assignment, Sep 1933-Jan 1934 [contract never signed].
Correspondence regarding sale of film rights in Lord Arthur Savile's Crime, The Canterville Ghost, The Ballad of Reading Gaol and The Sphinx Without a Secret by Mrs Royal-Dawson (Mrs Derica Leonard), Jan 1934-May 1935.
Draft Agreement and Power of Attorney between Vyvyan Beresford Holland and Mrs Derica Royal-Dawson (Derica Leonard) to sell film rights in Lord Arthur Saville's Crime, The Canterville Ghost, The Ballad of Reading Gaol and The Sphinx Without a Secret, Jan 1934.
Correspondence regarding request of A.E.W. Mason, biographer of Sir George Alexander, for permission to use Wilde's letters to Alexander, Nov 1934-Mar 1935 [Alexander letter originally in correspondence now in the Clark (William Andrews) Memorial Library, University of California].
Correspondence with William Collins Publishers regarding collected works of Oscar Wilde, Mar 1934-Jun 1935 [newspaper pages kept in separate folder].
Date
1933-1935
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (6 folders)
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