| Level | Item |
| Ref No | RBO/1/2/3 |
| Title | Letters to Richard Boston, 1970s |
| Date | 1970-1979 |
| Extent | 2 files |
| Creator Name | Boston, Richard (1938-2006), journalist |
| Description | File 1:
Correspondence dated 1970-1971. Letters are mostly personal but cover a range of topics including personal affairs; research and subjects for books and articles; legal action against the Guardian taken by a friend of Boston's; approach to Dr F R Leavis about an article; articles for the Sunday Times; extended visit to France to write a book; book reviews; details life in Tanzania from Boston's friend; Flat Earth Society; book on humour commissioned by Collins; and reference for Anthony Carson to the Royal Literary Fund.
File 2:
Correspondence dated 1972-1979. Letters refer to a range of topics including grant awarded to Peter Brooke from the Arts Council of Great Britain; lectureship at Sandford University; personal affairs; book reviews; book proposals; typographic errors in publication of An Anatomy of Laughter by Boston; Granada Television Limited and BBC programmes; arrangements with publishers and literary agents; Oxford Dictionary of Quotations; and the Guardian.
Correspondents include Richard Boston, E P Thompson, Iain Macleod, Patrick Moore, Anne Scott-James, Sir Bernard Miles, Anthony Howard, Tony Benn, and John Murray. |
| System Of Arrangement | Chronological |
| Access Status | Open(part) |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Typescript |
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