The Penguin Archive comprises more than 2,300 boxes of letters, notes and other papers spanning the history of the company from its establishment in 1935, by Bristol-born Allen Lane, to the present day.

The archive is one of the Special Collections held by the University Library.

The four-year project is led by Dr John Lyon of the Department of English with co-investigators George Donaldson (English), Dr Hugh Pemberton (Historical Studies) and Dr Ika Willis (Classics).

Read more in the Summer 2008 issue of Podium magazine.