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Letter from Anne St John Cooper to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/301 · Item · 02-Nov-34
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press, The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
‘The Directors have sanctioned the advance to you of the sum of £250 (Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds) on account of second or other rights of serial stories written by you which I may decide to purchase from time to time in the near future.
It is understood that I have first option on your reprints, and that when using the reprints I am allowed to cut to my requirements and credit the advance accordingly, as, for instance, 'His Convict Bride'. Of this story I can only use 50,000 words.
Immediately I receive your confirmation of this arrangement, a cheque will be forwarded to you.'
Letter from F.W. Blackmore to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/302 · Item · 05-Nov-34
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press, The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
'On behalf of Mrs Cooper, I send you herewith the Firm's cheque for £250 (Two Hundred and Fifty Pounts) on account of one use of Reprints as per Mrs Cooper's letter to you dated November 2nd., and your confirmation in letter dated November 3rd. and received here to-day.
Mrs. Cooper has gone back to Broadstairs, and I am sending your 6th instalment of 'Deserted' to her tonight. Perhaps you will send the next instalment direct to Broadstairs?'
Letter from J. H. Cotterill to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/303 · Item · 09-Nov-34
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: Cotterill & Cromb, Literary Agents, Lennox House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London WC2. Signed.
'Very sorry I mised you to-day. Why didn't you let me know you were going to call? Davidson was in London last week and asking about you; but perhaps you saw him after he called here. He feels your desertion of Dundee very much; doesn’t think they deserve it. I told them we would do our best to bring the straying sheep back to the fold. No, it is not going to be a case of leading a lamb to the slaughter. Now get busy on that story you started for Harvey, like the good chap you are and let us have you writing regularly again for Leng’s.
Meanwhile, as requested we shall send you by parcel post all your reprints, and hope to hear in due course that you have sold some of them to the Amalgamated Press.’
Draft letter from Herbert Allingham to William Harvey
ALL/11/304 · Item · [c1934]
Part of Herbert Allingham

'Dear Mr Harvey, You will be surprised to hear from me after my long neglect of you.
Early last week in clearning up my desk I came across the opening (abt 1000 words) of a story I began for you & then had to put aside. Mr Davidson gave me the plot you may remember. Something induced me to finish the instalment and here it is. If you like it I could go on with it slowly - say an instalment every fortnight. I am sorry to appear to be making conditions and I would not bother you with the [?] at all only the plot is yours which precludes me from offering it elsewhere.
Another alternative - If you like the story but want to have it written yourself I would agree to you getting some other author to continue it - just buying the first no. from me. Any way I know from experience that [?] my past derelect[?] you will give the story your careful and [unbiased] consideration.'

Attached: two pages of manuscript entitled 'Madge' [opening plot of story]

Attached: one page of manuscript notes entitled 'Dundee': One Scotch B-d. James, th' Allingham's bairn's another book out. Seven an' six. It's dedicated to her father. We could buy it out right for five [?] ten. Other S-B. It looks awful dry D[?]. She hasna' got her father's gift. [...]

Attached: one page of manuscript notes entitled 'Out To-Day. The Best of the Best. A Cheerful Paper for Cheerful People & for People who Want to be Cheerful. No. 1., Vol. 1, January Twopence. [mock-up cover of imaginary journal]
Letter from Sydney Carroll to Herbert Allingham [and draft letter from HJA to Carroll]
ALL/11/306 · Item · 03-Dec-34
Part of Herbert Allingham

Headed notepaper: Syndey W. Carroll, 18 Charing Cross Road, London WC2. Signed.
'Thank you for your interesting letter with its suggestion that the entertainment tax should be abolished from all theatres where the gross takings are less than £250. a week. I do not think there is the remotest hope of persuading the Chancellor of the Exchequer to agree to such an ideas, desirable though it may from the point of view of the Repertory Companies [...]

Attached: draft manuscript letter from Allingham to Sir suggesting the abovementioned abolition. Signed.

Manuscript figures on verso.
Account for typewriting
ALL/11/307 · Item · Apr-35
Part of Herbert Allingham
Statement of account for typewriting from: April 2nd-25th. Handwritten list of story titles, word count and costs - including original and carbon copies. Stamped received May 28th 1935. Signed F. Allingham.
Account for typewriting
ALL/11/308 · Item · May-35
Part of Herbert Allingham
Statement of account for typewriting from: May 2nd-30th. Handwritten list of story titles, word count and costs - including original and carbon copies. Stamped received 8th June 1935m. Signed F. Allingham.
Letter from Anne Cooper to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/309 · Item · 14-Nov-35
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Amalgamated Press, The Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London EC4. Signed.
‘I enclose herewith a cheque for £200 (Two Hundred Pounds). We are making this payment to you in consideration of your granting us the right to reprint once only material from such stories of yours which have already been published, as we may select to the value of this amount, payment being calculated at the rate of One Guinea per thousand words.
It is understood that we shall be entitled to make such alterations to the material as we think fit.
It is further understood that this payment shall include payment for the serial entitled: He was a Scamp but He Loved Her, at present running in the Family Journal.
With every good wish for your early recovery.’
Postcard from [A C M], The Aldine Publishing Company to Herbert Allingham
ALL/11/31 · Item · 6 Feb 1905
Part of Herbert Allingham
Headed notepaper: The Aldine Publishing Company Limited, 1, 2, and 3 Crown Court, Chancery Lane. Addressed to H J Allingham, 5 Broughton Road, Ealing. Stamped and Signed. [A C M?]. Annotated with jottings.
‘Can you let us have some more serial at once. We are leading rather a hand to mouth existence as far as it is concerned and would like to have a more comfortable margin.’
Letters 1932
ALL/11/310 · Item · [1932]
Part of Herbert Allingham
Handwritten summary of letters:
Rambout - asking [app] for Saturday
Vera - Sending her Mother [...] and asking her to [?] stay [?]
Tabor - Thanking her
Eve - Enclosing Tabor's letter
Bank - For cheque
Joyce - Asking her to come for week-end
T Partridge - Asking for account