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- 1953-1982 (Creation)
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Includes letters and copy letters between Terry Kilmartin and Tynan on syndication rights, Tynan's reviews and articles, Tynan's work for the New Yorker.
Also includes correspondence with: Ken Obank, Colin Young and Lawrence Hammond of Curtis Brown Limited, David Astor, Hugh Massingham, Elaine Tynan, Penelope Bennett, Peter Gibbings, Michael Davie, and Kathleen Tynan; and Joyce Egginton, Richard Findlater, Truman Capote, Joseph P Jenkins, Roger Machell of Hamish Hamilton Ltd, Leonard Boudine, Arval A Morris, Herb Greer, Aaron R Frosch, Joseph Satten, and Estela D'Accurzio on Tynan's review of Capote's 'In Cold Blood'.
Also includes: photostats of a 'controversy' between Tynan and Eugene Ionescu; cuttings on the Capote controversy; a sworn affidavit by Frosch; copy of Capote's cheque to the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Terry Kilmartin
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- Kilmartin; Terence Kevin (1922-1991); literary editor (Subject)
- Tynan; Kenneth Peacock (1927-1980); theatre critic (Subject)
- Obank; Kenneth Pounds (1915-1991); managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Astor; Hon; Francis David Langhorne (1912-2001); editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Massingham; Hugh (c1904-1971); journalist (Subject)
- Gibbings; Sir; Peter Walter (1929-2021); chairman of the Guardian and Manchester Evening News plc (Subject)
- Davie; Michael (1924-2005); journalist and writer (Subject)
- Capote; Truman (1924-1984); author (Subject)
- Ionescu; Eugene (1912-1994); playwright (Subject)
- Young; Colin; of Curtis Brown Ltd (Subject)
- Hammond; Lawrence; director of Curtis Brown Ltd (Subject)
- Curtis Brown Ltd; literary agents (Subject)
- Tynan; Elaine; wife of Kenneth Tynan (Subject)
- Phillips; Penelope Ann; secretary to Terry Kilmartin (Subject)
- Tynan; Kathleen; wife of Kenneth Tynan (Subject)
- Bain; Kenneth Bruce Findlater (1921-1985); critic and writer as Richard Findlater (Subject)
- Egginton; Joyce; journalist (Subject)
- Jenkins; Joseph P; US attorney (Subject)
- Machell; Roger; of Hamish Hamilton Ltd. (Subject)
- Boudine; Leonard (1912-1989); US lawyer (Subject)
- Morris; Arval A; professor of law (Subject)
- Frosch; Aaron R; US lawyer (Subject)
- Satten; Joseph; criminologist (Subject)
- D'Accurzio; Estela; psychiatrist (Subject)
- New Yorker (1921-); magazine (Subject)