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Records of Chatto & Windus Ltd

Catalogue reference: CW

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This record is about the Records of Chatto & Windus Ltd dating from 1863 - 1997.

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Reference
CW
Title
Records of Chatto & Windus Ltd
Date
1863 - 1997
Description

The collection consists of correspondence files 1915-1990s, out letter books 1873-1990s, author’s accounts 1872-1945, stock books1862-1995, profit and loss ledgers 1920-1947, reader’s reports 1915-1990s, newspaper cutting albums of reviews 1909-1965, newspaper cutting albums of advertisements 1914-1960; 1963-1966, artwork files including some original artwork 1940s-1990s, and author publicity photographs 1940s-1980s. The bulk of early correspondence files were lost when they were sent for salvage in 1915 to help with the war effort.
Some material comes from the subsidiary firms John Camden Hotten, Saunders Otley & Co., Sussex University Press, and Christopher’s.

Held by
University of Reading: Special Collections
Creator(s)
Chatto and Windus Limited
Physical description
926 boxes, 33 oversized boxes, 1255 bound volumes (363 linear metres)
Access conditions

Prior permission from Random House is required. Please contact Special Collections for further information.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b0321abf-0477-4ef4-9aaf-5756079e1819/

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Records of Chatto & Windus Ltd