| Description | Stephen Spender typescript:
Typescript of an article by Stephen Spender about nervous breakdowns in wartime [intended for John Lehmann's 'Penguin New Writing'?], n.d. Possibly first draft of article with handwritten annotations by Stephen Spender.
Leaving party for H.L. Beales:
Menu card for a meal held at The Hind's Head, Bray on 8 March 1939 to mark H.L. Beales leaving the Pelican editorial team "to preach the gospel of the true Penguin faith" in the USA. The hand-drawn card is illustrated on the cover with sketches of a pelican, penguin, St Paul's cathedral and the New York skyline. The card is signed on the back by W.E. Williams, [Barry Randle?], Edward Young, H.L. Beales, R.G.W. Lane, and Eunice Frost.
Penguin Books Ltd. sales:
Penguin Books Ltd. daily sales figures, February 1959-June 1959, January 1960-April 1961. Includes home sales, export sales, number of books invoiced, daily invoices, consignment stock dispatches to subsidiary companies in Australia and the USA, and final monthly sales figures. The final monthly sales figures for November 1960, December 1960 and January 1961includes sales figures for Lady Chatterley's Lover. The figures were compiled by Miss J. Belcher.
Sales manager's report, January/February 1959.
Memorandum from J.B.C. concerning the monthly list, 3 April 1959.
Provisional list for April 1959.
Minutes of a joint meeting between the board and group editors, 23 April 1959.
Report covering the first twelve months' operation of the new organization for coverage of the Home Trade, from 1 March 1958-28 February 1959. Includes a comparison of production and sales by series 1957-1959, representatives' area results 1958-1959, and representatives' earnings and costs.
Agenda for a sales meeting on 7-8 May 1959.
Details of titles for publication on 24 September 1959.
Memorandum for R.S.N. to Eunice Frost, 21 October 1959. Concerning Uys Krige, 'South African Verse', 'The Way Out', a proposed volume of Afrikaans and English stories.
First reprint list for April-June 1961.
50th anniversary of Penguin Books Ltd., 1985:
Letters to Eunice Frost from Penguin Books Ltd concerning Penguin's 50th anniversary, August-September 1985.
Loan form of material loaned by Eunice Frost to the Penguin Books Ltd. for the 50th anniversary of Penguin Books, 10 September 1985.
Brochure: 'The Penguin 50th Anniversary Promotion'. (4 copies)
Flyer: 'Fifty Penguin Years: an exhibition celebrating 50 years of Penguin Books', Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London, 21 September-27 October 1985. (3 copies)
1985 calendar of anniversary events.
Newspaper cuttings about Penguin Books Ltd., 1985.
Nine black and white photographs loaned by Eunice Frost to Penguin Books Ltd. for their 50th anniversary, with covering letter from Linda Lloyd Jones, 50th anniversary co-ordinator, 9 August 1985. Includes photographs of a Penguin staff party at the Arts Council Offices, featuring Allen Lane, Eleanor Graham, E.V. Rieu, M.L. Johnson, Mace, A.S.B. Glover, E.F. Hazlett, Michael Abercrombie, Nikolaus Pevsner, Bill Williams, R.B. Fishenden, Noel Carrington, J.E. Morpurgo, Eunice Frost; photograph of Moynihan's painting of the Penguin editorial staff. These photographs are not dated, but from style of dress I would suggest that they date from the 1950s.
Personal correspondence:
Letters from Harry and Eileen Paroissien to Eunice Frost, 1978, 1885-1986.
Two postcards from Jane Aiken Hodge to Eunice Frost, n.d. [1985?].
Letter from William to Eunice Frost, 9 December 1985.
Two letters from Mrs. J. Dyson Taylor to Eunice Frost, April , August 1985.
Letter from Vera to Eunice Frost, 23 October 1985.
Letter from Isabel Quigly to Eunice Frost, 5 January 1984.
Letters from Elizabeth David to Eunice Frost, March 1985, September 1985 (these provide a useful insight into the Penguin cookery list).
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