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William Somerset Maugham Collection M0013 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8j49p01r No online items Guide to the Bertram Alanson - William Somerset Maugham Collection M0013 Department of Special Collections and University Archives 1999 ; revised 2020 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Guide to the Bertram Alanson - M0013155 1 William Somerset Maugham Collection M0013 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Bertram Alanson - William Somerset Maugham collection Creator: Alanson, Bertram E., 1877-1958 Creator: Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset) Identifier/Call Number: M0013 Identifier/Call Number: 155 Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet(600 items) Date (inclusive): 1921-1979 Date (bulk): 1921-1958 Paging Page from library catalog: https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082926 Biographical / Historical Bertram E. Alanson was born January 8, 1877 in San Francisco, California. He was an investment broker and served as President of the San Francisco Stock Exchange. Alanson was a personal friend of Maugham as well as his stockbroker. He collected first editions of Maugham's work and other materials about Maugham. Alanson died May 25, 1958. William Somerset Maugham was born in Paris, France January 25, 1874. He studied medicine, but gave it up for literature. He wrote short stories, essays, and novels. He died in Nice, France December 15, 1965. Scope and Contents This collection consists mainly of W. Somerset Maugham's correspondence with Bertram Alanson, dating from 1921 through 1958 when Alanson died. Alanson was Maugham's investment consultant, but more importantly he was Maugham's friend. The letters are very revealing about Maugham's activities, his philosophy, his works. There is additional correspondence to Alanson; some concerning Maugham and some are written by members of Maugham's family. Preferred Citation [Identification of item] Bertram Alanson - William Somerset Maugham collection, M0013, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Immediate Source of Acquisition Gift of Bertram E. Alanson, 1957 and 1958. Conditions Governing Use While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. Conditions Governing Access Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use. box 1, folder 1 1921-1924 112829 Container Summary: 21 letters 1. S. S. Wolverine State, Pacific Mail S.S.G. 112871 [1921] February 26 Container Summary: ANS 1p. + envelope Scope and Contents note Thank you for stay in San Francisco. 2. Singapore 112869 1921 April 25 Container Summary: TLS 2pp. Scope and Contents note Excursions in the jungle, infant daughter. Guide to the Bertram Alanson - M0013155 2 William Somerset Maugham Collection M0013 3. Hotel Sanatorium Tosari [India] 112867 1921 August 23 Container Summary: TLS 2pp. Scope and Contents note San Francisco, German films, WSM had been hoping to write pictures, Malay cruise. 4. Garoet 112865 1921 November 18 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. (2) Scope and Contents note Dedication of The Trembling of a Leaf. 5. [London] 112863 [1922] January 28 Container Summary: ALS 4pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Legal problems. 6. [London] 112861 [1922] July 25 Container Summary: ALS 4pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Going to N. Y. for play of "East of Suez". 7. Upper Burma 112859 1922 October 25 Container Summary: TLS 1p. Scope and Contents note Pony trip from Mandalay to Bangkok, story in Christmas Good Housekeeping. 8. Shanghai 112857 1923 March 8 Container Summary: TNS 1p. Scope and Contents note Will be sailing to Vancouver, B.C., wants reservations at St. Francis in San Francisco. 9. Hollywood 112855 1923 April 30 Container Summary: TLS ANS Scope and Contents note San Francisco, rodeo. 10. New York 112853 [1923] May 8 Container Summary: ALS 4pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note A "thank you" for kidness, etc. in San Francisco. 11. RMS "Aquitania" 112851 [1923] May 25 Container Summary: ALS 4pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Investment, agency fee on "Rain", Haxton to have made it into play, drinking. 12. Rangoon, Burma 112849 [1923] August 17 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. Scope and Contents note To produce play at once. Guide to the Bertram Alanson - M0013155 3 William Somerset Maugham Collection M0013 13. [London] 112847 [1923] August 24 Container Summary: TLS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Rehearsing, Gerald. 14. New York 112845 1923 October 6 Container Summary: TLS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note English production of "The Camel's Back", Charles Chaplin, success of play "Rain". 15. New York 112843 1923 October 15 Scope and Contents note Thanks for present, "opening postponed". 16. New York 112841 1923 October 25 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Flask, rehearsals of [The Camel's Back], other plays. 17. Washington, D.C. Gerald Haxton to BA 112839 1923 November 7 Container Summary: TL 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Thanks for sympathy, opening of "Camel's Back". 18. [London] 112837 [1924] January 14 Container Summary: ALS 4pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Producers, plays, etc., trip to Central America, horse, London. 19. London 112835 [1924] January 30 Container Summary: TNS 1p. + envelope Scope and Contents note Thanks, to go to Paris, working on a novel. 20. [London] 112833 1924 June 19 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. Scope and Contents note Alanson's marriage, finished novel, to New York in autumn, translations of work. 21. New York 112831 1924 October 1 Container Summary: TLS 2pp. Scope and Contents note Planning Central American trip, wedding present, hotel prices. box 1, folder 2 1925-1937 112771 Container Summary: 28 letters 1. New York Tel. 112827 1925 March 13 Scope and Contents note Rehearsals of "Rain", sailing on "Aquitania". Guide to the Bertram Alanson - M0013155 4 William Somerset Maugham Collection M0013 2. [Paris] 112825 1925 May 17 Container Summary: TLS with ms. corrections. 2pp. Scope and Contents note Rehearsals of "Rain", Tallulah Bankhead, production, Margaret Bannerman, "The Letter", legal problems, "The Painted Veil", wife building house, Natoma. 3. [Brides-Les-Baines] 112823 1925 July 9 Container Summary: TLS 4pp. with half page ANS Scope and Contents note Taking a cure, "Natoma", finances, Circles Dramatics, Inc. "The Letter", sending withdrawn edition of "Painted Veil", daily routine, catastrophe at Santa Barbara, Mr. Latham. 4. London 112821 [1926] May 20 Container Summary: ALS 4pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Death, houses, arrangement with his wife. 5. New York 112819 [1927] March 15 Container Summary: ALS 4pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Collected a trunk of stories in the East, Saigon to Marseilles, personal, Latham. 6. Cap Ferrat 112817 [1927] August 1 Container Summary: TLS 1p. + envelope Scope and Contents note House, invitation, workmen. 7. New York 112815 [1927 October 11] Container Summary: TLS 1p. Scope and Contents note Rehearsals, interviews, plays "The Letter" and "The Constant Wife", villa. 8. Cap Ferrat 112813 1928 February 4 Container Summary: TLS 1p. + envelope Scope and Contents note House finances, book on his travels in the Far East. 9. Cap Ferrat 112811 [1930] June 15 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. Scope and Contents note Alanson, Pres. of S. F. Stock Exchange, Palm Beach, Honolulu memories, The Gentleman in the Parlour, " Notomas", finances. 10. Cap Ferrat 112809 [1930] July 15 Container Summary: TLS 1p. Scope and Contents note Book, "Natomas", financial questions. 11. London 112807 [1930] October 31 Scope and Contents note New car, successful play ["The Breadwinner?"], America too unsettled for him. Guide to the Bertram Alanson - M0013155 5 William Somerset Maugham Collection M0013 12. Cap Ferrat 112805 [1931] April 24 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Financial situation, wants to go to Constantinople. 13. Cap Ferrat 112803 [1932] January 27 Container Summary: TLS 1p. + envelope Scope and Contents note Finances, Riviera. 14. London 112801 [1932] November 18 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Sending new novel, Mrs. G. B. Storm, an author, Prohibition. 15. Cap Ferrat 112799 [1933] January 22 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Prohibition, book on Spain. 16. Cap Ferrat 112797 1933 May 30 Container Summary: TLS 1p. with ANS. Scope and Contents note Peter Stern market. 17. London 112795 [1933] October 24 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Germany. 18. London 112793 [1933] November 13 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note A celebration for Alanson. 19. Cap Ferrat 112791 1934 January 27 Container Summary: TLS 1p. Scope and Contents note Thanks for "cheeque", cost of living in France, film arrived. 20. Paris 112789 [1934] April 29 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note Returned from six weeks in Spain, machine gun firing in Madrid. 21. Cap Ferrat 112787 [1934] July 16 Container Summary: ALS 2pp. + envelope Scope and Contents note "Natomas Co.", financial, work. Guide to the Bertram Alanson - M0013155 6
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