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RC - Richmal Crompton Collection
- 1 - [Richmal Crompton] Documents relating to Richmal Crompton's literary work, her public life, and the management of her literary estate
  - 3 - [Richmal Crompton] Correspondence and documents relating to the publication, re-use and promotion of Richmal Crompton's works
    - 2 - [Richmal Crompton] Correspondence and documents, created and collected by Richmal Ashbee [niece of Richmal Crompton], relating to the publication, re-use and promotion of Richmal Crompton's works

Repository	University of Roehampton: Archives and Special Collections
Level	File
Ref No	RC/1/3/2/17
Creator Name	Richmal Crompton; Richmal Ashbee (niece of Richmal Crompton); and Richmal Ashbee's heirs
Title	[Richmal Crompton] Covering letters that were sent to Richmal Ashbee [niece of Richmal Crompton] with new editions of William books [written by Richmal Crompton]; letters sent from AP Watt and Son, London, [literary agents], and from Macmillan Children's
Date	1977-c2007
Extent	1 file
Description	[The books that were originally sent with the covering letters are not included in the file.] The covering letters are dated 1977-2004. The file also includes the following: - An invitation to the Friends' of Break Ball at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, on 14 November 1992 [it is not known how this relates to Richmal Crompton]. - A book order form from the library at Roehampton Institute [later known as the University of Roehampton] for the book "Dance On '97" ["The Value of Dance in the Contemporary World: Papers and Abstracts" from the International Dance Conference in Hong Kong, 1997; this book is held in the Ann Hutchinson Guest collection (collection reference: AHG)]; the book order form was created in c2007. [It is not known how this order form relates to the Richmal Crompton collection; it may have been misfiled by library staff.] [Note: The title on the file ("The Royal Road Readers") does not appear to relate to the contents of the file.]
Access Status	Open
Copyright	Copyright to be determined.
Related Material	Further correspondence from literary agents can be found in RC 7, RC 20, RC 21, RC 35, RC 46, RC 48, RC 81, RC 105, RC 106, RC 107, RC 108, RC 110, RC test 1, RC test 2, RC test 4, RC 120, RC 121, RC 122, RC 123, RC 124, RC 125, RC 126, RC 127, RC 128, RC 129, RC 131, RC 133, RC 139, RC 200, RC 208, RC 212, RC 217, RC 227, RC 231, RC 275 and RC 337. Further correspondence from publishers can be found in RC 7, RC 40, RC 81, RC 112, RC 119, RC test 1, RC test 2, RC test 3, RC test 4, RC 120, RC 124, RC 128, RC 133, RC 137, RC 138, RC 139, RC 140, RC 141, RC 142, RC 146, RC 147, RC 155, RC 156, RC 159, RC 163, RC 166, RC 167, RC 208, RC 212, RC 213, RC 214, RC 216, RC 217, RC 239, RC 346, RC 351, RC 356 and RC 360.

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