Hanff, Helene. Papers, 1931-1995. 1 linear ft. (124 items in 3 boxes) Biography. Helene M. Hanff, 1916-1997, author and playwright wrote television scripts in the 1950s, American history books for children in the 1960s, and other books in the 1970s and 1980s. Her best known work was 84, Charing Cross Road, published in 1970, which was drawn from her correspondence with Frank P. Doel of Marks & Co. in London, Booksellers. She later did a monthly broadcast for the BBC from 1978 to 1985. Summary: Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, reviews, clippings, and other printed materials about Hanff, as well as books by and relating to her. Organization: Box 1: Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, clippings, miscellaneous; Box 2: Books by and about H. Hanff & plaque. Box 3: Books by Hanff Finding aids: Contents list, 3p. Donor Bequest of the estate of Helene Hanff, 1997. Available for faculty, students, & researchers engaged in scholarly or publication projects. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Librarian for Rare Books and Manuscripts. 1. Doel, Frank. 2. Marks & Co. 3. Authors, American--2Oth century. 4. Booksellers and bookselling—Great Britain. 5. Advertisements. 6. Albums. 7. Awards. 8. Handbills. 9. Itineraries. 10. Lists. 11. Menus. 12. Notes. 13. Photographs. 14. Playbills. 15. Programs 16. Puzzles. 17. Reviews. 18. Scrapbooks. 19. Scripts. 20. Authors, American. 21. Booksellers. 22. Dramatists. 23. Women authors, American. 24. Women dramatists. ID: NYCR97-A1 Disk 2 MR - 7/97 Hanff 1 Helene Hanff Papers Correspondence Apple of My Eye: Award plaque 84, Charing Cross Road: Copies of original letters in a binder Miscellaneous Reviews Scrapbook of clippings The House In the Glnko Tree: Carbon copy playscript in a binder Photograph album from Ruth Engelbert Photograph album of an English tour Woodblock initial "H" Miscellaneous Books by Helene Hanff: Apple of my eye. Garden City, NY, Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1978. Apple of my eye. Mt. Kisco, NY, Moyer Bell Limited [1988] [Apple of my eye. Japanese translation] [Tokyo, Sanrio, 1985?] Battle for New Orleans. Garden City, NY, Nelson Doubleday [c.1961] (The Living History Program) The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street. Edited with Notes by Kaoru Haga Takeo Hikichi Norikazu Sato. Tokyo, Kaibunsha Ltd [c.1981] 84 Charing Cross Road. Adapted for the Stage by James Roose-Evans. Garden City, NY, Nelson Doubleday, Inc. [c.1983] 84, Charing Cross Road. Edited with notes by Kaoru Hage Takao Ota Yukimasa Satoh. Tokyo, Jaibunsha Ltd [c.1978] [84, Charing Cross Road. Introduction by Anne Bancroft] {Mount Kisko, NY, Moyer Bell Limited, n.d. (Title-page torn out) [84, Charing Cross Road. Japanese translation] [Chuokoron-Sha, Inc., c.1984] 84, Charing Cross Road and The Duchess of Bloomsbury Street. New York, The Viking Press and Harper & Row [c.1973] Hanff 2 Books by Helene Hanff (cont): 84 Charing Cross Road [ea 2a. parte] "A Duquesa de Bloomsbury". Traducao de Raymundo de Araujo. {Rio de Janeiro] Casa-Maria Editorial [1988] Letter from New York; BBC "Woman's Hour" broadcasts. Oxford, Isis Large Print [1993] [Letter from New York] Brev fran New York. [Stockholm] Bokforlaget Trevi [1993] The movers and shakers; the young activists of the sixties. New York, S.G. Phillips [c.1970] Q's legacy. Boston, Little, Brown and Company {c.1985] Q's legacy. New York, Penguin Books [1986] Q's legacy. Bath, Chivers Press [1986] (Large print edition) Queen of England; the story of Elizabeth I. Garden City, Doubleday & Company, Inc. [c.1969] The signing of the Constitution. Garden City, NY, Nelson Doubleday, Inc. [c.1961] (The Living History Program) Underfoot in show business. New York, Harper & Row [c.1962] Underfoot in show business. Boston, Little, Brown and Company [c.1980] Underfoot in show business. Mt. Kisco, NY, Moyer Bell Limited [c.1989] Books relating to Helene Hanff: Beckham, Rex, comp. Lit a la carte; favorite recipes of famous authors; a cookbook in support of library budgets. Soquel, CA, Bay Side Press [ 1995] (Helene Hanff, Devilled crabs, p. 87) Haga, Kaoru, ed. [a volume of bio-bibliographies of several American authors including: "Helene Hanff and Anglophilism", p. 111-125] [1992] Haga, Kaoru, ed. Colloquium: Helene Hanff. [In Japanese] [Helene Hanff. A Japanese bio-bibliography of Hanffj [1980] Hanff 3 [Helene Hanff. A Japanese bio-bibliography of Hanff] [1983] Books relating to Helene Hanff: The Holy Scriptures; according to the Masoretic text... Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America [1928] (With a presentation bookplate to Helene Hanff, 22 May 1931) New York; verhalen van een stad. Amsterdam, Meulenhoff [cl983] Including: "Helene Hanff Zondag, 16 Mei", p. 131-141. Soames, Sally. Writers; photographs by Sally Soames preface by Norman Mailer. [London] Andre Deutsch {cl995].