APW - AP Watt Archive
Reference code
APW
Level of description
Collection
Title
AP Watt Archive
Date/s
1895-1997
Quantity & Format
14 boxes
Corporate name
A.P. Watt (Firm)
Subject
Literary agents
Creator
A.P. Watt (Firm)
Archival history
AP Watt Ltd, founded in 1875, is the oldest literary agency in the world, representing leading British and international writers and illustrators from the 20th century to the present day.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
A collection of papers was purchased by the University of East Anglia from AP Watt Ltd in 2013. Selective series have been made available.
Scope and content
Contains correspondence with individual authors in support of their writing. Administrative files relate to copyright valuations and there is a file on the publication LETTERS TO AP WATT.
Note
The main archive of the AP Watt agency has been deposited with the University of North Carolina.
- APW - AP Watt Archive
- APW/2 - Peter Dickinson
- APW/3 - Martin Gilbert
- APW/5 - Michael Holroyd
- APW/7 - Philip Kerr
- APW/8 - Dick King-Smith
- APW/10 - Timothy Mo
- APW/15 - Barrie and Frances Pitt
- APW/17 - Valuations
- APW/18 - Material for 'Letters Addressed to A.P. Watt'
- APW/19 - Contracts
- APW/20 - J.M. Barrie
- APW/21 - W.B. Yeats