REYNOLDS, Paul Revere (1864-1944), literary agent. A collection of approx 665 typed letters and correspondence cards (a few handwritten, many with secretarial signatures) to the Literary Agency of London (a few addressed personally to George H. Perris), 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, 1902-1907, discussing publishing projects for writers including H.G. Wells (also with discussions for a U.S. lecture tour), Joseph Conrad, Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll, Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw and others, with approx 70 telegrams, and a few bills and other enclosures.
The Paul R. Reynolds agency, founded in 1893, is thought to have been the first literary agency in the United States.
REYNOLDS, Paul Revere (1864-1944), literary agent. A collection of approx 665 typed letters and correspondence cards (a few handwritten, many with secretarial signatures) to the Literary Agency of London (a few addressed personally to George H. Perris), 70 Fifth Avenue, New York, 1902-1907, discussing publishing projects for writers including H.G. Wells (also with discussions for a U.S. lecture tour), Joseph Conrad, Tolstoy, Lewis Carroll, Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw and others, with approx 70 telegrams, and a few bills and other enclosures.
The Paul R. Reynolds agency, founded in 1893, is thought to have been the first literary agency in the United States.
