CP/2/7 - Roland Gant
Reference code
CP/2/7
Level of description
File
Title
Roland Gant
Date/s
1965-1993
Quantity & Format
21 items Letters (typescript)
Personal name
Gant, Roland 1919-1993
Subject
Heinemann (firm)
Creator
Gant, Roland
Scope and content
Roland Gant was Editorial Director at Michael Joseph Ltd until 1962, when, with his colleagues Charles Pick and Peter Hebdon he was involved in an abortive attempt to take control of Jonathan Cape Ltd. Gant then worked briefly at Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd before rejoining Heinemann as Editorial Director.
Contains mainly direct correspondence from Gant to CP. Includes a letter (1967) in which Gant describes just how much effort he is putting into his job, he also suggests where he draws the line. An undated letter discusses David Burnett’s possible move to Victor Gollancz Ltd. Further correspondence discusses salaries, various authors and their work, the politics of publishing, and general publishing business. Includes a memo “Thoughts on the Retirement of Charles Pick” by Gant, 1985; and Gant’s obituary in The Independent.
Catalogued to item level.
Contains mainly direct correspondence from Gant to CP. Includes a letter (1967) in which Gant describes just how much effort he is putting into his job, he also suggests where he draws the line. An undated letter discusses David Burnett’s possible move to Victor Gollancz Ltd. Further correspondence discusses salaries, various authors and their work, the politics of publishing, and general publishing business. Includes a memo “Thoughts on the Retirement of Charles Pick” by Gant, 1985; and Gant’s obituary in The Independent.
Catalogued to item level.
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CP - Charles Pick Archive
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CP/2 - [Publishing]
- CP/2/7 - Roland Gant
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CP/2 - [Publishing]
- CP/2/7/4 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, 3 November 19--]
- CP/2/7/1 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, 19/1/67]
- CP/2/7/2 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, 15/12/68]
- CP/2/7/3 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, undated]
- CP/2/7/5 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, 22/6/71]
- CP/2/7/6 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, 17/11/73]
- CP/2/7/7 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, 15/12/73]
- CP/2/7/8 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, 13/2/74]
- CP/2/7/9 - [Letter, C.H.W. Troughton to Anthony Powell, 6/8/74]
- CP/2/7/10 - [Some points on editorial organization]
- CP/2/7/11 - [Postcard, [Paul Scott] to Roland Gant, 19/9/73]
- CP/2/7/12 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, undated]
- CP/2/7/13 - Thoughts on the retirement of Charles Pick by Roland Gant, 28/2/85
- CP/2/7/14 - [Letter, Anthony Powell to Charles Pick, 15/1/88]
- CP/2/7/15 - [Photograph with note on verso, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, 25/2/89]
- CP/2/7/16 - [Letter, Roland Gant to Charles Pick, 10/8/91]
- CP/2/7/17 - [Press cutting, Obituaries: Roland Gant, Independent, 29/3/93]