urn:taro:utexas.hrc.00413 Peter Owen Ltd.: A Preliminary Inventory of Its Records in the Manuscript Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Finding aid created by Suzanne Casey Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, 2001 Finding aid encoded by Katy Hill, 23 July 2008 Finding aid written in English. The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Peter Owen (Firm), 1951- Peter Owen Ltd. Records 1977-2000 50 boxes (21 linear feet) This collection of correspondence and production material adds to the Peter Owen Ltd. archive previously received at the Ransom Center. The bulk of the collection is book production material from the mid-1990s including corrected drafts and proofs. The collection also includes correspondence from 1977 to 2000. English Scope and Contents

This collection of correspondence and production material adds to the Peter Owen Ltd. archive previously received at the Ransom Center. Correspondence, 1977-2000, includes letters from Peter Ackroyd, Miguel Asturias, Anna Kavan, Francis King, James Kirkup, Doris Lessing, James Purdy, Jeremy Reed, Muriel Spark, and Peter Vansittart.

The bulk of the collection is book production material from the mid-1990s including corrected drafts and proofs. Authors include Margareta Bergman, Hugo Claus, Albert Cohen, Margaret Crosland, Fabián Dobles, Fakhar Zaman, Salvador Garmendia, Barbara Hardy, Paul Harris, Charles Hobday, Abdullah Hussein, Guy de Maupassant, Jean Métellus, Tim Mitchell, Milorad Pavic, David Powell, James Purdy, Jeremy Reed, Peter Vansittart, Edith Wharton, and Iwo and Pamela Zaluski.

 Acquisition:

Purchase, 2001 (Reg. no.14673)

 Access:

Open for research

 Processed by:

Suzanne Casey, 2001

 Container List Series I. Correspondence, 1977-2000 1 1 Ackroyd, Peter and Ballard, J. G. 1 2 Argyll, Mathilda, Duchess of Argyle 1 3 Asturias, Miguel 1 4 Bangert, Sharon 1 5 Boyson, Rhodes, Sir 1 6 Cicellis, Kay 1 7 Cohen, Bella 1 8 Crosland, Margaret 1 9 De-la-Noy, Michael 1 10 Dobles, Fabián 1 11 Endo, Shusaku 1 12 Farr, Evelyn 1 13 Grafton, Sue 1 14 Halegua, Lillian 1 15 Hardy, Barbara 1 16 Hite, Shere 1 17 Hussein, Abdullah 1 18 Kavan, Anna 1 19 King, Francis 1 20 Kirkup, James 1 21 Lessing, Doris 1 22 Lewis, Roy 1 23-24 Owen, Peter 1 25 Perriam, Wendy 2 1 Purdy, James 2 2 Reed, Jeremy 2 3 Spark, Muriel 2 4 Stuhlmann, Gunther 2 5 Taylor, Elisabeth Russell 2 6 Vansittart, Peter 2 7 Vesaas, Tarjei 2 8 Virtue, Noel 2 9 Willmott, Phyllis 2 10 Withers, Audrey (Kennett) Series II. Works 2 11-12 Bergman, Margareta. Mirror, Mirror 2 Boyson, Rhodes 2 13 Boyson on Education 3 1-2 Boyson on Education, cont'd 3 3-7 Speaking My Mind 4 1 Speaking My Mind, cont'd 4 2-6 Braithwaite, Brian. Women's Magazines: The First 300 Years 5 1 Women's Magazines: The First 300 Years, cont'd 5 2-8 Buckton, Henry. By Royal Command 6 1 By Royal Command, cont'd 6 2-7 Cade, Jared. Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days 7 1-6 Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days , cont'd 8 1-2 Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days , cont'd 8 3-6 Cairns, Adrian. The Making of the Professional Actor 9 1-3 The Making of the Professional Actor, cont'd 9 4-9 Charles II, King of England. My Dearest Minette 10 1-4 My Dearest Minette, cont'd 10 5-8 Claus, Hugo. The Swordfish 10 9 Cohen, Albert. Book of My Mother 11 1-7 Book of My Mother, cont'd 11 8 Crosland, Margaret. The Enigma of Giorgio de Chirico 12 1-3 The Enigma of Giorgio de Chirico, cont'd 12 4-7 De-la-Noy, Michael. The King Who Never Was 13 1-4 The King Who Never Was, cont'd 13 5-9 Dickens, Charles. Hunted Down 14 1-5 Dobles, Fabián. Years Like Brief Days 14 6-8 Donaldson, William. From Winchester to This 15 1-5 From Winchester to This, cont'd 15 6-7 Fakhar Zaman. The Prisoner 15 8-9 Farr, Evelyn. Marie-Antoinette and Count Axel Fersen: The Untold Love Story 16 1-7 Marie-Antoinette and Count Axel Fersen: The Untold Love Story, cont'd 16 8 Friedman, Dennis. Darling Georgie 17 1-7 Darling Georgie, cont'd 18 1-4 Darling Georgie, cont'd 18 5-7 Galanaki, Rhea. The Life of Ismail Ferik Pasha 18 8 Garmendia, Salvador. Memories of Altagracia 19 1-5 Memories of Altagracia, cont'd 19 6-8 Gibson, H. B. Love in Later Life 20 1-7 Love in Later Life, cont'd 20 Hardy, Barbara Nathan 20 8-9 London Lovers 21 1-5 London Lovers, cont'd 21 6-8 Shakespeare's Storytellers 22 1-4 Shakespeare's Storytellers, cont'd 22 5-8 Harris, Paul. The Pantomime Book 22 9 Hobday, Charles. A Golden Ring 23 1-7 A Golden Ring, cont'd 24 1-5 A Golden Ring, cont'd 24 6-8 Hooper, Barbara. Cider with Laurie 25 1-7 Cider with Laurie, cont'd 26 1-5 Cider with Laurie, cont'd 26 6-8 Hussein, Abdullah. The Weary Generations 27 1-4 The Weary Generations, cont'd 27 5 Ingoldby, Grace. Bring Out Your Dead 28 1-4 Bring Out Your Dead, cont'd 28 5-8 Leach, Karoline. In the Shadow of the Dreamchild 29 1-5 In the Shadow of the Dreamchild, cont'd 30 1 In the Shadow of the Dreamchild, cont'd 30 2-7 Levy, M. J. The Mistresses of King George IV 30 Maupassant, Guy de 30 8 Afloat 31 1-4 Afloat, cont'd 31 5-8 A Parisian Bourgeois' Sundays and Other Stories 32 1-7 A Parisian Bourgeois' Sundays and Other Stories, cont'd 32 8 McAlpine, Gordon. The Persistence of Memory 33 1-7 The Persistence of Memory, cont'd 34 1-4 Métellus, Jean. The Vortex Family 34 5-7 Michelangelo. Love Sonnets and Madrigals to Tommaso de'Cavalieri 35 1-6 Mitchell, Tim. Jonathan Richman, Modern Lover 35 7 Owen, Peter. Publishing Now 35 8 Pavic, Milorad. Last Love in Constantinople 36 1-5 Last Love in Constantinople, cont'd 36 6-8 Powell, David. What's Left? 37 1-8 What's Left?, cont'd 38 1-5 Prestwich, P. F. The Translation of Memories 38 6-7 Purdy, James. Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue 39 1-2 Gertrude of Stony Island Avenue, cont'd 39 Reed, Jeremy. 39 3-6 Angels, Divas and Blacklisted Heroes 40 1-5 Bitter Blue 40 6-7 Dorian 41 1-3 Dorian, cont'd 41 4-8 Red Hot Lipstick 42 1-5 Sade, Marquis de. The Crimes of Love 42 6-7 St. Albans, Suzanne, Duchess of. Paradise and Pestilence 43 1 Paradise and Pestilence, cont'd 43 2-6 Vansittart, Peter. Survival Tactics 44 1-4 Survival Tactics, cont'd 44 5-7 Walker, Benjamin. Foundations of Islam 45 1-6 Foundations of Islam, cont'd 46 1-2 Foundations of Islam, cont'd 46 3-7 Wharton, Edith. The Ghost-Feeler 47 Zaluski, Iwo and Pamela. 47 1-9 Chopin's Poland 48 1-7 Mozart in Italy 49 1-2 Mozart in Italy, cont'd 49 3-10 Young Liszt 50 1-3 Young Liszt, cont'd