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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
  - 9 - [Richmal Crompton] Published articles about Richmal Crompton and her work

Repository	University of Roehampton: Archives and Special Collections
Level	File
Reference Number	RC/1/9/19
Alternate Reference Number	RC/1/2/1/1/4/2
Creator Name	Richmal Crompton; Richmal Ashbee (niece of Richmal Crompton); and Richmal Ashbee's heirs
Title	[Richmal Crompton] Articles [collected by Richmal Ashbee, niece of Richmal Crompton] about Richmal Crompton and about Richmal Crompton's William and Jimmy stories
Date	1974-2008
Extent	1 file
Description	The file contains articles about Richmal Crompton and about Richmal Crompton's William and Jimmy stories. Some of the articles are cuttings (dated 1990-2008), and some of the articles are photocopies (with the originals dated 1990-2000 and the photocopies made c1990-c2000). Some of the articles include covering letters sent to Richmal Ashbee [niece of Richmal Crompton]; the covering letters are from AP Watt Ltd., London, [literary agents], Macmillan Children's Books, London, [publishers], and the author of one of the articles; covering letters dated c1993-c1999. The file also contains the following: - A photocopy of a fax (fax dated 1992 and photocopy made in c1992) to "The Guardian" from Macmillan Children's Books, London, [publishers], in response to a published letter (present in the file) which complained about Macmillan's decision not to publish the story "William and the Nasties". - A press release from Macmillan Children's Books, [publishers], advertising publications to mark the 80th anniversary of the William stories; press release dated 1998. - A letter to Richmal Ashbee [niece of Richmal Crompton] from "The Sunday Times", discussing the creation of an article about the William stories; letter written in the c1980s. - A letter to Richmal Ashbee [niece of Richmal Crompton] from "This England", discussing the creation of an article about Richmal Crompton; letter written in 1974.
Access Status	Open
Copyright	Copyright to be determined.
Related Material	Further articles about Richmal Crompton and her creations can be found in RC 17, RC 18, RC 29, RC 86, RC 87, RC 88, RC 89, RC 90, RC 109, RC 110, RC 111, RC 117, RC 143, RC 182, RC 186, RC 201, RC 202, RC 203, RC 204, RC 205, RC 206, RC 207, RC 209, RC 210, RC 211, RC 212, RC 213, RC 216, RC 217, RC 224, RC 225, RC 226, RC 227, RC 239, RC 253, RC 264, RC test 11, RC test 12, RC 315, RC 319, RC 324, RC 347, RC 361, RC 370 and RC 375. 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 212, RC 217, RC 227, RC 231, RC 275, RC 337 and RC 350. 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 142, RC 146, RC 141, RC 147, RC 155, RC 156, RC 159, RC 163, RC 166, RC 167, RC 212, RC 213, RC 214, RC 216, RC 217, RC 239, RC 346, RC 350, RC 351, RC 356 and RC 360.

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