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| | The British Library and Conan Doyle Papers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Amidst the controversy generated by the auction of Conan Doyle material held yesterday, 19 May 2004, the Library acted decisively in the national interest to secure ten significant lots, comprising over 1,000 documents in all. |
 | | Altogether the Library acquired over 1,200 Conan Doyle documents in the sale, an important addition to the 900 documents received by the Library under the terms of the bequest of his daughter, Dame Jean Conan Doyle, Lady Bromet. |
 | | I believe we have taken the first serious steps to creating the nucleus of a public archive of Conan Doyle material which we shall be able to build on through a continuing process of purchase, donations and bequests in the future. |
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