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Description: | One file containing letters and associated material addressed to Webb from various correspondents, and copies of her replies. Early correspondence, principally from Ron Blas, Peter Mayer and Tony Lacey, was sent after Webb had retired from her role as editor at Puffin, and concerns several subjects, including Webb's position as a director on the Penguin company board, her later work as a consultant, and the conditions of her employment and pension. Early letters also discuss the estate of Jill McDonald.
The file includes correspondence, mainly with Liz Attenborough, Susan Brent and Eunice McMullen, concerning the further development of the Puffin list and the Puffin Club and its eventual demise. Letters also discuss Webb's work on 'I Like this Story'.
The file also contains obituaries and related material for several of Webb's former colleagues, including notes for a speech given by Webb at Ron Blass' memorial service. Also included are a transcript of an interview between Webb and Blass, describing a trip taken with Allen Lane in Kenya in 1962, where both men were stranded overnight in a game reserve; copies of press cuttings describing the incident; and related correspondence between Allen Lane and the Royal East African Automobile Association, and Chief Ismael Kenga, of Malindi. The file also contains an obituary written by Webb for Harry Pariossien in 1992, and later published in Publishing News. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Rights holder: | Seven Stories | Subjects: | Seven Stories | Source: | Seven Stories | Identifier: | KW/07/02 | Go to resource |
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