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Cage
4032
Unwin, Sir Stanley
Sir Stanley Unwin
Letters
1888, 1914-1966
1 containers.
.25 linear feet of shelf space.
41 items.
Business and private correspondence
written by noted writers of the twentieth century to Sir Stanley
Unwin.
Collection materials are in
English.
Sir Stanley Unwin (1884-1968) was an author and head of the English
publishing house of George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. which he established in 1914.
A strong proponent of international cooperation in book matters, he served as
president of the International Publishing Association, 1936-1938 and 1946-1957,
and traveled extensively throughout the world collecting information on
organization and publishing techniques from booksellers and publishing houses.
These letters were, for the most part, received through the firm of
George Allen and Unwin Ltd. and concern publishing matters. It may be assumed
that Sir Stanley chose to separate them out from his business files (note, for
example, the pencilled instructions on Priestley's letter to make a copy for
the file) because these were letters from the now or soon-to-be famous and he
wished to keep them in his personal files.
The letters are arranged in a single sequence, alphabetically by the
last name of the writer of the letter.
This collection is open for research use.
[Item Description]. Cage
4032, Sir Stanley Unwin
Letters . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The letters of Sir Stanley Unwin (1884-1968) were acquired by
Washington State University Library by purchase through the Sotheby sale of
July 23, 1976 (lot 24).
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Unwin, Stanley, Sir, 1884-1968--Archives
Unwin, Stanley, Sir, 1884-1968 --
Correspondence
Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974.
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950.
Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), 1898-1963.
Macaulay, Rose, Dame.
Sitwell, Edith, Dame, 1887-1964.
Woolf, Leonard, 1880-1969.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Literature
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
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1
Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962.
Letter, Montpellier, Herault, France, to Sir Stanley Unwin [London] concerning
the publication of his poems by another publishing house and praise of the firm
George Allen and Unwin, Ltd.
June 6 1952
1 l. typescript
signed.
1
2
Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. Letter,
Shipley, Horsham, to Sir Stanley Unwin, London, informing him that he has no
essays on a subject about which Unwin had previously written him.
September 25 1935
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
3
Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931. Letter
[London] to Sir Stanley Unwin, asking for a copy of Union's new translation of
"Oblomov.
November 5 1929
1 l. typescript
signed.
1
4
Blunden, Edmund Charles, 1896.
Letter, Hawstead Nr. Bury St, Edmunds, to Sir Stanley Unwin, concerning
correspondence about a second edition of the Home-Reading Union's List of War
Rooks.
March 14 1930
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
5
Cope-Hennesey, James. Letter
[London] to Sir Stanley Unwin [London] making a luncheon appointment with him
to discuss Cope-Hennesey's new book.
October 30 1959
1 l. typescript
signed.
1
6
de la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956.
Letter, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, to George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., London,
thanking the firm for the two copies of Miss Eileen Duggan's Poems.
December 1 1937
1 l. typescript
signed.
1
7
Dickinson, W N. Postcard, London,
to Sir Stanley Unwin, London, thanking him for his assistance.
December 2 [1915]
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
8
Dunsany, Edward John Moreton Drax
Plunkett, baron, 1878-1957. Letter, Meath, to Sir Stanley Unwin, London, giving
information about George Allen and Unwin, Ltd.'s previous business dealings in
the publishing of Lord Dunsany's books.
May 3 1946
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
9
Ervine, St. John, 1883. Letter,
Seaton, Devonshire, to Sir Stanley Unwin, regarding the manuscript of his play
"The First Mrs. Fraser."
1929
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
10
Forster, Edward Morgan, 1879.
Letter, West Hackhurst, Dunking?, to George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., London,
concerning a quotation which the firm have asked him to identify and which he
does not attribute to Dickinson.
September 3 1946
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
11
Fry, Roger Elliott, 1866-1934.
Postcard, London, to George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., London, thanking the firm
for suggestions regarding the publishing of some materials but stating that he
has already made such arrangements.
December 15 1929
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
12
Galsworthy, John, 1867-1933.
Letter, London, to Sir Stanley Unwin, thanking him for a book which he has
received.
August 16 1925
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
13
Hogben, Lancelot, 1895. Letter,
Birmingham, to Sir Stanley Unwin [London] extending New Year's wishes to
him.
January 1 1951
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
14
Hodgson, Ralph, 1871-1962. Letter,
Madison, Wisconsin, to Sir Stanley Unwin, making arrangements to meet with Sir
Stanley the next time Hogben travels to London.
December 17 1938
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
15
Joad, Cyril Edwin Mitchinson,
1891-1953. Letter [London] to Sir Stanley Unwin, asking if he might invite
friends to use Sir Stanley's tennis court.
undated
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
16
Laski, Harold Joseph, 1893-1950.
Letter, London, to Sir Stanley Unwin, explaining why a pamphlet he had written
for the Fabian Society had not been submitted to George Allen and Unwin, Ltd.
for publication and Leonard Woolf's role in all of this.
August 11 1932
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
17
Lewis, Clive Staples, 1898-1963.
Letter, Cambridge, to Mr. Breckman [London] asking that he not put in a word
for Lewis' work, as people might think it "mutual backscratching, like Shanks
and Squire.
November 6 1962
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
18
Macaulay, Dame Rose, 1889?-1958.
Postcard, London, to Sir Stanley Unwin, London, thanking him for his letter and
accompanying report.
July 30 1942
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
19
McCarthy, Desmond. Letter, London,
to Sir Stanley Unwin [London] thanking him for the check and asking what he
thinks about a new preface.
June ? 1941
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
20
MacDonald, George, 1824-1905.
Letter, Ewill, to S. Unwin, responding to a request that he lecture on October
6, delineating his fees, and indicating that he would prefer not to lecture in
England in October.
July 4 1888
2 l. holograph
signed.
1
21
Mackenzie, Compton, 1883. Letter,
Berkshire, to Sir Stanley Unwin (London] thanking him for his letter to
congratulations.
June 9 1952
1 l. in part typescript and
holograph signed.
1
22
Masefield, John, 1878-1967. Letter,
Berkshire, to [George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., London] regarding "sacrificing
2000 copies of the American edition of Shakespeare, in the Home University
Library.
September 20 1914
1 1. holograph
signed.
1
23
Montague, Charles Edward,
1867-1928. Letter, Burford, Oxfordshire, to Sir Stanley Unwin, in which he
stresses that he will keep in mind Sir Stanley's offer to publish what he may
write.
December 30 1925
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
24
Muir, Edwin, 1887-1959. Letter,
Dalkeith, Midlothian, to Sir Stanley Unwin, thanking him for his letter of
congratulations.
June 5 1953
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
25
Murray, Gilbert, 1866-1957. Letter,
, to Mr. Beard, indicating what corrections need to be made in the references
of Murray's manuscript.
September 14 1947
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
26
Nehru, Jawaharlal, 1889-1964.
Letter, New Delhi, to Sir Stanley Unwin, London, thanking him for sending a
copy of Lord Beveridge's book.
April 19 1948
1 l. typescript
signed.
1
27
Nevinson, Henry W. Letter, London,
to Sir Stanley Unwin, London, thanking him for his letter which commented
favorably on some of Nevinson's writing.
January 7 1940
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
28
Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968.
Letter, London, to Sir Stanley Unwin [London] concerning a Mr. Baldwin who had
been chastized by Nicolson for not showing an interest in "foreign
politics.
November 5 1958
1 l. typescript
signed.
1
29
Ollivant, Alfred, 1874-1927.
Letter, London, to Sir Stanley Unwin, concerning a scandal, possibly connected
with The Athenaeum, with a postscript about a manuscript which he was sending
under separate cover.
1926
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
30
Phillpotts, Eden, 1862-1960.
Letter, Broadclyst, Devonshire, to Sir Stanley Unwin [London] thanking Unwin
for his letter and deploring the conditions under which young writers have to
endure.
January 13 1951
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
31
Priestley, John Boynton, 1894.
Letter, Stratford-on-Avon, to Sir Stanley Unwin, London, thanking him for his
letter and the book On Crowing Old by Dr. Vischer.
August 27 1966
1 l. typescript
signed.
1
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Rajagopalachari, Chakravarti, 1879.
Letter, Madras, to George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., London, acknowledging receipt
of the book Sermon on the Mount by Swami Prabhavananda.
December 30 1964
1 l. typescript
signed.
1
33
Sitwell, Dame Edith, 1887-1964.
Letter, Renishaw, Nr. Sheffield, Derbyshire, to George Allen and Unwin, Ltd.,
London, asking permission to quote from Ernest Boyd's translation of Jean
Cocteau's Opium in her book A Poet's Notebook.
December 1 1942
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
34
Squire, Sir John Collings,
1884-1958. Letter, London, to Sir Stanley Unwin, concerning a publishing
matter.
September 22 1919?
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
35
Stacpoole, H. de Vere. Postcard,
Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, to Sir Stanley Unwin [London] thanking him for his
previous letter.
November 13 1947
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
36
Swinnerton, Frank Arthur, 1884.
Letter, Cranleigh, Surrey, to Sir Stanley Unwin, thanking him for his kind
remarks and for the book Cuckoo Narrow. He mentions Viola Garvin choosing books
for him to review.
April 17 1937
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
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Tagore, Sir Rabindranath,
1861-1941. Letter, Bengal, to Mr. Bhabani Bhattacharyna, London, giving
permission to publish the volume of poems which Bhattacharyna translated into
English from the original Bengali.
December 24 1931
1 l. in part typescript and
holograph signed.
1
38
Toynbee, Arnold Joseph, 1889.
Letter, Westmorland, to Sir Stanley Unwin [London] expressing thanks for Sir
Stanley's "settling [his] query so promptly ...
August 27 1960
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
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Trevelyan, S M. Letter, Cambridge,
to Sir Stanley Unwin [London] apologizing for the "fuss" over the sale, which
has turned out to be on most generous terms, of something, possibly a
manuscript, belonging to Janet.
May 2 1956
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
40
Walpole, Sir Hugh, 1884-1941.
Letter, London, to Sir Stanley Unwin, London, in which he politely refuses to
do a book on a topic suggested by Sir Stanley because he has certain novels,
belles lettres, and criticism in mind to write in the time he has
left.
November 18 1940
1 l. holograph
signed.
1
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Woolf, Leonard, 1880. Letter,
London, to Sir Stanley Unwin, London, in which he asks that his writings, if
possible, not be included in a book which George Allen and Unwin, Ltd. intend
to publish.
December 12 1931
1 l. typescript
signed.
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Sotheby Sale Catalogue, page 9,
containing description of Lot 24.
July 23 1976
1 p.
photocopy.