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Waywiser Press Archive

Archive Collection: MS 1905

Details

Type of record: Archive

Title: Waywiser Press Archive

Level: Collection

Classmark: MS 1905

Creator(s): Between the Lines(); Thwaite, Anthony (1930-)(); Dale, Peter John (1938-)()

Date(s): 1998 - 2015

Language: English

Size and medium: 37 boxes; Typescript papers, manuscript papers, cassette tapes, photographs, manuscript notebooks, books; cassette tapes, dust jackets, manuscript papers, notebooks, photographic material, typescript papers, books

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/56503

Collection group(s): English Literature

Description

The business archive of the Waywiser Press (including the Between The Lines Imprint)

The collection includes substantial files of material relating to the development of many of the 92 texts published by Waywiser. Files may include submitted manuscripts, successive annotated drafts, editorial correspondence, and material relating to the production and reception of texts. Files may also include tapes and transcripts, in the case of published interviews.


The archive also includes copies of books published by Waywiser, separate series of correspondence and submitted but not published manuscripts.

Physical characteristics

Measurement details: 10 archiver boxes and 7 gray boxes

Biography or history

The Waywiser Press is a small independent company, with its main office in the UK, and a subsidiary in the USA. It was founded in late 2001, and started publishing in 2002.'Between the Lines' began publishin extended interviews with Poets in 1998, and would later become an imprint of The Waywiser Press.

Provenance

Special Collections ceased to collect Waywiser Press material in June 2017. Waywiser archive material created after this date will be collected by the Harry Ransom Centre at the University of Texas.

Access and usage

Reproduction

Access

This collection is subject to various access conditions. Please see individual catalogue descriptions for further details on access.

Material in this collection is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can only be supplied by the Library for research or private study within the terms of copyright legislation. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.

Collection hierarchy

Only an overall description is available.

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