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Roberts Brothers

Roberts Brothers (1857-1898) was a bookbinding and publishing firm based in Boston, USA. Roberts Brothers was prominent as publishers of women’s writing and became especially well-known after it published Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women in 1868. Roberts Brothers published a number of Schreiner’s writings in the US and was negotiating with her regarding the publication of her Stray Thoughts on South Africa, when the firm was bought out in 1898 by Little, Brown and Company. This precipitated the publishing dispute between Schreiner, Roberts Brothers and Little, Brown & Co which erupted in 1899-1900. The details of this dispute can be traced across Schreiner’s letters to both publishers, their replies to her, and also her letters to Hudson Findlay.

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 Cullen Library, Historical Papers, University of Witwatersrand: Historical Papers in the Cullen Library is a leading location for accessing archival papers across many periods, organisation... Show/Hide Collection Letters

 Findlay Family A1199/B Documents: Box 7/1:Copy, Address: c/o W.P. Schreiner Esq, Lyndall Newlands C.T., Hanover, Cape Colony, November 9th 1900, Messrs Little, Brown &...

 Findlay Family A1199/B Documents: Box 7/2:Hanover, Oct 17 / 00, Dear Hud, Thank you very much for the letter I got that I this morning. I enclose the documents, all I ...

 Findlay Family A1199/B Documents: Box 7/3:Hanover, Oct 9 / 0, Dear Hud, I have kept a copy of the enclosed letter. When you have carefully read it if you are so good a...

 Findlay Family A1199/B Documents: Box 7/6:There should have been no printer's bill if they had kept their terms in our agreement, & published the articles in newsp...

 Findlay Family A1199/B Documents: Box 7/8:Keep the letter & make a copy of my answer before sending it., Understand well, Brown Little & Co shall never touch m...

 Findlay Family A1199/B Documents: Box 7/12:Address: - Olive Schreiner, c/o Hon. W.P. Schreiner Q.C., Lyndall, Newlands, Cape Colony,, South Africa, 5th Oct. 1900, Messr...

 Findlay Family A1199/B Documents: Box 7/16:Stray Thoughts - Roberts Bros, Memorandum of Agreement, made the twenty fifth day of November 1895; between Olive Schreiner o...

 Findlay Family A1199/B Documents: Box 7/17:Peter Halket - Roberts Bros, Memorandum of Agreement, made the fourth day of February 1897; between Olive Schreiner, of Kimbe...

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 HRC/UNCAT/OS-136:Matjesfontein , Aug 30 / 90 , My Havelock , I’m glad you are having such a good time down at that country place. I hope...

 HRC/UNCAT/OS-138:Matjesfontein , Sep Oct 1st 1890 , My Havelock, it was the most beautiful letter you ever sent me. All the MS. has come but t...

 HRC/CAT/OS/4b-viii:Matjesfontein , Nov 22 / 90 , My Havelock, You write me much more kind letters ?that than you did at first. Thank you. I am v...

 HRC/OliveSchreinerUncatLetters/OS-TFisherUnwin/15:Please write & say that I know nothing whatever of that allegory. It is evidently a forgery; several such have been circu...

 HRC/OliveSchreinerUncatLetters/OS-TFisherUnwin/16:Matjesfontein, April 16 / 91, Dear Mr Unwin, Thanks much for the two copies of Book. Please pay any money due to me to Mr Ell...

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 Olive Schreiner: John & Mary Brown MSC 26/2.2.5A:Will you, please, send to Robert Brothers, the large full face photo you have? It's the only copy. They'll send it back all r...

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 Olive Schreiner BC16/Box1/Fold1/1891/1:Dear Will, Fruit arrived fine condition. How much cost? Please order two more of melons. The dryness of the land has eaten th...