Agatha Christie business papers The archive is the sequence of files from the offices of Hughes Massie and Co. Ltd. relating to Agatha Christie's literary estate prior to her death. For this entire period her agent was Edmund Cork, and these files were created by him to reflect his dealings with publishers, film-makers and other professional persons with an interest in the Christie estate, including Agatha Christie herself, and her husband, Professor Sir Max Mallowan. Each file of correspondence relates to a particular year, and may include correspondence between Agatha Christie and Edmund Cork, correspondence between Cork and an American literary agent, Harold Ober, and other interested parties. There are also files relating to the setting up and administering of Agatha Christie Ltd, and family beneficiaries. The total number of letters in the collection is estimated to be in the region of 5,000-6,000. Only three letters predate 1940, and the files for certain years were not deposited. Content Advice: Please note that this collection includes problematic terms, or terms that have changed meaning over times, especially in the titles of books, films or plays, such as the original UK title of 'And Then There Were None'. Where these terms appear in titles, they have been included in our catalogue descriptions in order to provide information about the content and nature of the source and to enable discoverability. 1938-1976