Archives of The Hogarth Press

The Hogarth Press, originally founded by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, was acquired by Chatto & Windus after the Second World War.

The collection includes editorial correspondence to 1975; correspondence of the Woolfs from the pre-war period; stock books 1946-1975; press cuttings 1947-1958; papers on Virginia Woolf's subsidiary rights 1940-1969; records of manuscripts received 1959-1976 and reports books 1957-1976; authors' accounts and statement ledgers 1926-1942; sales ledgers before 1945; financial records 1933-1952; correspondence and memoranda 1923-1943; and correspondence on the acquisition of the firm by Chatto & Windus.

Post-war material from the Hogarth Press is contained in the Chatto & Windus collection.

Readers will need the written permission of Random House publishers before consulting material in this collection.

More information

• Correspondence files 1950-1991 are catalogued on Unicorn as part of the Chatto & Windus collection
• A handlist of the pre-1955 material is available at the Special Collections Service
• A full description is available on our online database
• Manuscript number MS 2750