| Title |
Financial records |
| Reference |
EMF/17 |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
1904–1971 |
| Extent and Medium |
Approximately 800 items; paper |
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| Content and context |
This series contains several files relating to the personal finances of E.M. Forster. They include information about Forster's publications from sources such as translation agreements and royalty statements, as well as information testifying to the author's day-to-day finances, including records of bank transactions; stock, bond and security statements and notes regarding bills. |
| Further information |
Financial information, particularly about publications and proposed publications, may also be found among E.M. Forster's correspondence with various publishers. These letters are in the correspondence sequence (Section 18) under the name of the publisher. |
| King's/PP/EMF/17 contains: |
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1
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Costing of 'The Poems of C.P. Cavafy'. Printer's comparative costing for an English and a dual-text edition of 'The Poems of C.P. Cavafy', possibly for the Hogarth Press. A reference to 'Malarmé' suggests a possible date of 1936. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 17/1/C.
1 sheet in envelope; paper. |
1935–1939 |
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2
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Translation agreements. Memoranda of agreement between E.M. Forster and others to translate and publish his works in foreign languages. Publishers in Argentina, Brazil, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden are represented. Also 1 envelope inscribed by E.M. Forster, 'Foreign Translations' and 1 envelope inscribed 'Letter from Isherwood/Agreements with Charles Mauron' in an unknown hand. The latter formerly contained a letter from Christopher Isherwood to W.J.H. Sprott now filed in the correspondence sequence. . To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/2/C.
Creator: Various.
37 items in envelope; paper. |
1919–1963 |
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3
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Publication and broadcast rights. Correspondence regarding publication and broadcast rights for E.M. Forster's works and dramatisations. Principal correspondents include Lance Sieveking and Edward Arnold. . To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/3/C.
Creator: Various.
38 items in envelope; paper. |
1966–1968 |
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4
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Royalty statements. To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/4/C.
Creator: Various.
74 items in envelope; paper. |
1956–1968 |
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5
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Bank statements from Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd. To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/5/C.
Creator: Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd.
Approximately 340 sheets and 1 statement binder in envelope; paper. |
1942–1969 |
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6
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Checks and debit slips. Cheque book stubs, 1955-70 and cancelled cheques and debit slips, 1967-8. To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/6/C.
Creator: Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd.
69 items in envelope; paper. |
1955–1970 |
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7
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Letter regarding standing orders. 1 typed letter, signed, from Williams and Glyn's Bank to Donald Parry, Vice-Provost, regarding standing-orders made during E.M. Forster's lifetime. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 17/7/C.
Creator: Williams and Glyn's Bank.
1 sheet in envelope; paper. |
18 Oct. 1971 |
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8
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Records of receipt of securities from Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd. With one envelope inscribed by E.M. Forster. To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/8/C.
Creator: Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd.
95 items in envelope; paper. |
1904–1964 |
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9
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Stocks and bonds. Various information regarding stocks and bonds, including records of purchase and sale, as well as reports of dividends and interest earned. To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/9/A.
Creator: Various.
28 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1956–1968 |
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10
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Chiswick flat. Legal notices and correspondence concerning rent on E.M. Forster's London flat at 9, Arlington Park Mansions, Chiswick. To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/10/C.
Creator: The London County Freehold & Leasehold Properties Ltd.; Godden, Holme & Co.
8 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1954–1961 |
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11
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Small notebook containing bills, etc. Made out by the King's College office on behalf of E.M. Forster. To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/11/A.
Creator: King's College, Cambridge.
1 item in envelope; paper. |
1965–1967 |
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12
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Finances and maintenance, 1964-70. Correspondence regarding E.M. Forster's finances and maintenance during his last years, with a few bills, found in a file belonging to the Vice-Provost marked 'E.M. Forster - Before Death'. Principal correspondents include Edward Shire and Donald Parry, successive Vice-Provosts, and Bob and May Buckingham. To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/12/C.
Creator: Shire, Edward; Parry, Donald; Buckingham, R.J.; Buckingham, May.
Approximately 100 sheets in envelope; paper. |
25 Feb. 1964–1970 |
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13
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Early wills. Financial records and agreements made in conjunction with two early wills by E.M. Forster, not in this collection. Includes letters regarding deed of Covenant between E.M. Forster and Mrs. S. Buckingham dated Nov. 1962 by which she is to have £50 per month for the following seven years. To request this file, please use the following call mark: 17/13/C.
Creator: Godden, Holme & Co.; Williams Deacon's Bank Ltd.
6 sheets in envelope; paper. |
1958–1963 |
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14
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Valuation of property after death. Valuation of property at King's College belonging to E.M. Forster. To request this document, please use the following call mark: 17/14/C.
Creator: Gould, (possibly F.E.).
1 item in envelope; paper. |
June 1970 |
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