Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the Martin Secker Papers
1938-1975
Cage 377
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
- Creator
- Secker, Martin, 1882-1978
- Title
- Martin Secker Papers
- ID
- Cage 377
- Date [inclusive]
- 1938-1975
- Extent
- 0.25 Linear feet, 1 box.
- Language
- Languages
- Materials are in English.English
- Abstract
- This collection consists of publisher Martin Secker's correspondence from and about author Richard Blake Brown, including a large fragment of Brown's autobiography.
Preferred Citation
[Item description] Martin Secker papers, 1938-1975
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Washington State University Libraries Pullman, WA
Biography/History
Martin Secker was founder of the Martin Secker Ltd. publishing house which operated in London between 1910 and 1935, and became one of the most important literary publishers of the twentieth century. The firm was best known for its publication of literary fiction, literary criticism, translations of foreign literature, and reprints of literary classics. Secker was responsible for producing the work of a distinguished group of literary authors, including D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Norman Douglas, and Henry James. Secker's firm was purchased in 1936 and renamed Secker and Warburg. He stayed with the new company for two years. Ultimately, Secker purchased Richards Press and continued his work in publishing until 1962.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of correspondence from and about author Richard Blake Brown, including a large fragment of Brown's autobiography.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series.
Series 1: Letters from or about Richard Blake Brown, 1938-1975.
Series 2: Richard Blake Brown autobiography, chapters 1-23, undated.
Series 3: Other letters, 1938-1975.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries 2013
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Acquisition Information
Washington State University Libraries purchased this collection in 1978.