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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Letters to William Morris Colles
Creator:
Colles, William Morris
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2007
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1890-1926
Abstract: William Morris Colles (1855-1926) was a prominent literary agent in London, and a author. The collection consists of letters
from various authors to Colles and his associates. Correspondents include
Sir James Barrie, Arnold Bennett, E.F. Benson, Ford Madox Ford, Rider Haggard, and Somerset Maugham.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Winifred A. Myers, purchase, 1972.
[Identification of item], Letters to William Morris Colles (Collection 2007). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
999644843606533
Colles was born in 1855; he became a prominent literary agent in London; his published works include
Literature and the pension list (1889) and
Playright and copyright in all countries, showing how to protect a play or a book throughout the world (with Harold Hardy, 1906); he died in 1926.
Collection consists of letters from various authors to literary agent William Morris Colles and his associates. Correspondents
include Sir James Barrie, Arnold Bennett, E.F. Benson, Ford Madox Ford, Rider Haggard, and Somerset Maugham.
Arranged in the following series:
- A - B (Box 1).
- C - G (Box 2).
- H - O (Box 3).
- P - Z (Box 4).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Literary agents -- England -- London -- Correspondence.
Colles, William Morris, 1855-1926--Archives.