Inventory of the Victor Gollancz Ltd. miscellaneous records
Finding aid prepared by Kayla Anderson
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Victor Gollancz Ltd. miscellaneous records
Date (inclusive): 1962-1999
Collection Number: 2015C18
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Victor Gollancz Ltd. miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library
& Archives.
Historical Note
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russian literature
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Solzhenit͡syn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008
box 1, folder 13
1999
Scope and Contents note
Includes reversion of rights agreement returning all legal publishing rights to Solzhenitsyn.
