Helga Greene Literary Agency general correspondence, Jan 1959-Nov 1964

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Business correspondence between Raymond Chandler and Helga Greene. Includes correspondence concerning 'The Pencil' or 'Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate' serialised in The Daily Mail, 1959, and published as 'Wrong Pigeon' in the U.S. magazine Manhunt, [1960] and 'Philip Marlowe's Last Case' in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, 1961.

Comprises:

Folder 1: Jan 1959 (fols. 1-20) correspondents include (fol. 2) William A. Koshland of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., (fols. 4-5, 7-10) Raymond Chandler and Helga Greene concerning 'The Pencil' or 'Marlowe Takes on the Syndicate', English newspaper serialisation, with introductory notes titled 'The Pencil', (fols. 14, 19) Rosemary Robinson of Crime Writers' Association.
Folder 2: Feb 1959 (fols. 21-42) correspondents include (fols. 21, 28) Harold Harris Evening Standard, (fols. 23-25, 30-32) Kay West, (fol. 29) Suspense magazine, (fols. 34, 37) Jugoslovenska Autorska Agencija, (fol. 39) Lena I. Gedin Literary Agency, (fol. 42) Charles Franklin of The Crime Writer.
Folder 3: Mar-Apr 1959 (fols. 43-85) correspondents include (fols. 46, 74) Charles Franklin of Crime Writers' Association, (fol. 47) Joyce Foucard of Suspense magazine, (fol. 50) Edgar Carter of H.N. Swanson, Inc., (fol. 51) Jugoslovenska Autorska Agencija, (fols. 52, 60, 66) Werner Söderström Publishers, (fol. 54) Dorothy Gardiner, (fols. 55, 61, 65) Lena Wickman Literary Agency, (fol. 64) Ullstein Verlag, (fols. 69-70, 73) M. Pope of Daily Mail (fol. 71) W.J. Taylor-Whitehead of Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., (fol. 72) Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.
Folder 4: May-Dec 1959 (fols. 86-160) correspondents include (fols. 87-147 passim) A.J. Simpson, (fols. 88, 98, 104, 108) Frederic Dannay of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, (fols. 90, 101, 107) Edgar Carter of H.N. Swanson, Inc., (fols. 99-141 passim) M. Pope, Kenneth Allsop and C.A. Mackinnon of Daily Mail, (fols. 117, 127) Walton Studios, (fols. 131-133) Felix Jackson of Shepperton T.V. Productions Ltd., (fols. 146, 152, 155-156) Eric Partridge, (fol. 154) Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., (fol. 158) Roy Vickers of the Crime Writers' Association
Folder 5: Jan-Dec 1960 (fols. 161-208) correspondents include (fol. 164) Roy Vickers of the Crime Writers Association, (fols. 166, 174) Daily Express (fols. 168-175 passim) A.J. Simpson, (fols. 172-173) Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., (fols. 178-179, 181, 183) Arthur Barker Limited Publishers, (fols. 193-207 passim) Frederic Dannay of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, (fols. 195-196, 198-199) H.N. Swanson of H.N. Swanson, Inc., (fol. 208) Dorothy Gardiner.
Folder 6: Jan-Nov 1961 (fols. 209-232) correspondents include (fols. 210-213) Dorothy Gardiner, (fols. 214-223 passim) Frederic Dannay of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, (fols. 227-231) Eric Partridge, (fol. 232) H.N. Swanson of H.N. Swanson, Inc.
Folder 7: Feb-Jun 1962 (fols. 233-245) correspondents include (fol. 242) Melvin J. Lasky of Encounter magazine.
Folder 8: Jan-Nov 1963 (fols. 246-278) correspondents include (fols. 249, 256) Macmillan & Co. Ltd. Publishers, (fols. 250-254) Frederic Dannay of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, (fols. 250-253) Philip Durham, correspondence concerning Down These Mean Streets, with part of proofs, 1963, (fols. 263-278 passim) John Brennan.
Folder 9: Mar-Nov 1964 (fols. 279-284) correspondents include (fol. 279) John Brennan.