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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited: business correspondence., 04 Mar 1943 - 01 Dec 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/708

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Arthur Megaw [Arthur Stanley]; representatives of MacMillan and Company including Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director] (12); [Geoffrey] Mason of Lloyds Bank (5); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (8); Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] (2); John S Churchill; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [solicitors] (6).Subjects include: printing extracts from WSC's works; WSC selling his British and United States rights in the books managed by MacMillan to MacMillan; the effect of this on a settlement for Mary Churchill [later Lady Soames]; the cancellation of the assignment of these rights to MacMillan; the Canadian publication of WSC's works.Also includes: royalty statement for Mary Churchill's Trust; deed selling WSC the rights in volumes 1 and 2 of "The World Crisis" signed by Sinclair and John Churchill; account statements from MacMillan; summary of the world-wide copyright position on various of WSC's titles.

Dates

  • Creation: 04 Mar 1943 - 01 Dec 1943

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (100 loose folios).)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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