Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Abstract:
- Correspondence and publication agreements relating to publication of an English-language edition of the novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Victor Gollancz Ltd. miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Victor Gollancz Ltd. miscellaneous records contain correspondence and publication agreements relating to the publication of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
The correspondence consists of incoming and outgoing letters between publishers in Russia, Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States regarding royalty payments for publications, copyright permissions for educational use, and authorization for extracting certain passages. Correspondents include Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Victor Gollancz, Ralph Parker, and James MacGibbon.
The collection also includes legal contracts covering expected payments and guidelines for the republishing of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Of particular note are the original contract and early correspondence about securing the first English language publication of the work, as well as the last reversion of rights, which gave legal ownership of the title back to Solzhenitsyn.
- Biographical / historical:
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Victor Gollancz Ltd. was a major British book publishing house founded in 1927 by Victor Gollancz (1893-1967) and acquired by Houghton Mifflin in 1989. The company was the original publisher for a number of well-known authors, including George Orwell, Hilde Meisel, and Alfred Ayer.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2015.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Victor Gollancz Ltd. miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563