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Reference NumberP/MIS/144
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TitleManuscript of 'Bethnal Green' by Francis Le May kept by William Heinemann Limited, publishers
Date(s)[c1951]
Description"Bethnal Green" comprises a short introductory section on the history of Bethnal Green, followed by a more personal 'Reminiscences' section [this latter part was reprinted in East London Record no.4 (1981), pp. 30-35]. With publishers compliment slip
Extent1 volume of 16 sheets
CategoryLiterary manuscripts
FormatManuscript
AdminHistoryFrancis Le May was born in Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, and lived there for the first ten years of his life, attending Cranbrook Road School in the 1880s. He later lived in Walthamstow, and died in 1954.
CustodialHistoryDonated by William Heinemann Ltd., publishers, of 99 Great Russell Street, London WC1 [date not known]; transferred from the Local History Library, Jul. 1992.
Formerly stocked as LP.3082. For a typed transcript, see LP.4148, LC6304 class 040 box 2, pamphlet, in the Local History Library.
RelatedMaterialThe University of Reading holds the Heinemann Educational Books archive which was transferred in 1987 and then subsequent deposits were accepted. Visit: https://collections.reading.ac.uk/special-collections/collections/heinemann-educational-books-archive/

The William Heinemann archive is held by Random House.
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