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Minutes of Group Editor's Meetings, with related extracts from the minutes of Board Meetings, December 1958-May 1959, including:
Discussions about which titles to include in the special 25th Jubilee publication and the style/content of the Jubilee booklet.
Discussions concerning the proposed new Peacock series, with reports from editors giving their individual views on the project, as requested by the Board.
Discussions on a proposed but ultimately aborted series of pocket art books.
Two-page memo on House Style.
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Internal memos and reports concerning titles under contract, reprint programmes (some showing print runs and average monthly sales figures), blurbs, reviews, 1959.
Analysis of sales v. stock, with stock values and depreciation, 1958-59.
Reports on the proposed Peacock series, 12 November 1958, 18 December 1959 and 8 January 1959.
Letter from Richard Leacroft to Eunice Frost regarding his proposed Puffin Picture Book on Historic Houses of Great Britain (PP118, August 1962), 4 September 1958.
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Envelope containing various memos and notes by Eunice Frost concerning staff and other internal matters, 1958-59.
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Envelope marked 'Staff', principally containing letters of application for jobs at Penguin and related memos, 1957-58.
Letter from Harry Paroissien to Allen Lane concerning staff for Penguin Baltimore (USA), 22 January 1958.
Letter from Alan Glover to J.M. Cohen concerning internal responsibilities and editorial arrangements concerning Penguin Classics, 7 June 1957, and related memos.
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Typescript and various materials for The Amateur's Workshop, with copy of the original hardback edition.
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Typescript of God and the Church or God and Human Progress by John Hadham, published as God and Human Progress (Penguin Special S141, February 1944)
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