Murray, Alexander Henry Hallam (publisher, London) (1854-1934)
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Dates
- Existence: 1854 - 1934
Found in 139 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Prothero, Hope to Prothero, Rowland., ? 1888-1922.
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Identifier: MS.40981
Scope and Contents
Prothero, Hope. Letters, [?1888] and [?1898]. Folios 1-3.Prothero, Mary Frances. Letters, [1899]-1922, and undated. Folios 4-21.[Note] Folio 12. Wet-press copy of a letter, 21 ?February 1922, of John Murray IV to Mary Prothero.Prothero, Michael. Letter, 1917. Folio 22.Prothero, Rowland Edmund. Letters, 1890-1894, with related papers. The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern, mostly, Prothero’s editorship of the...
Dates:
? 1888-1922.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Williams, L. to Williams, O., 1871-1911.
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Identifier: MS.41284
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Williams, Llewellyn Paganus.Three letters, [1893], of Llewellyn Williams to John Murray IV. Two are written on behalf of Williams’s son, Philip, requesting that Murray recommend someone to assess Philip’s literary endeavours. The other acknowledges a gift of books by Murray to Williams for a bazaar to raise funds for the restoration work on his church. Folios 1-6.Williams, Monier Monier-...
Dates:
1871-1911.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames Holland, Helen to Holland, Herbert., 1829-1913.
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Identifier: MS.40566
Scope and Contents
This manuscript principally includes letters, 1875-1913 and uncertain dates, of Henry Scott Holland to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern works of Holland’s published by the Murrays, including “Memoir of Madame Jenny Lind-Goldschmidt", co-authored with W. Rockstro. There is mention also of the “Lux mundi” series, and discussion of political and social events. The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Holland,...
Dates:
1829-1913.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Edith Beaumont., 1894-1898.
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Identifier: MS.40072
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1894-November 1898, of Edith Beaumont to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters concern the biography by William Butler of her first husband, Sir George Pomeroy-Colley. The letters are arranged in date order.
1894-1895: folios 1-16;
1898, January-November: folios 17-111.
Dates:
1894-1898.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Edith Beaumont., 1899-1903.
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Identifier: MS.40073
Scope and Contents
Letters, December 1898-1900, of Edith Beaumont to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related papers. The letters concern the biography by William Butler of her first husband, Sir George Pomeroy-Colley. The letters are arranged in date order.1898, December: folios 1-68;1899-1900: folios 69-88;1903: folios 89-90;undated papers, mostly notes and corrections: folios 91-102:includes typescript copy of letter, 1897, of George...
Dates:
1899-1903.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Edmund Spencer Eardley Childers., 1896-1919.
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Identifier: MS.40215
Scope and Contents
The letters and telegram concern mostly the preparation and publication of Edmund Spencer Eardley Childers’ `Life and Correspondence of Right Hon. Hugh Culling Eardley Childers` (1901). The letters also contain family news due to the fact that the wives of Childers and John Murray IV were sisters – Matilda Florence Childers and Katherine Evelyn Murray respectively. Childers commonly used his middle name of Spencer and most of his letters are signed Spencer Childers. The letters are arranged...
Dates:
1896-1919.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Edward Rae., 1874-1923.
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Identifier: MS.40997
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern, among other subjects, the publication of “The Land of the North Wind”, “The Country of the Moors”, and “The White Sea Peninsula”.A number of the letters are written on behalf of, and others concern, George Rae, Edward’s father, and relate to the publication of “The Country Banker”. The letters are arranged chronologically.1874-1875, 1877-1879: folios 1-43 [Note 1];...
Dates:
1874-1923.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Elizabeth Gordon., 1893-1912.
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Identifier: MS.40462
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1893-1912, of Elizabeth Gordon to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters. They concern her memoir of her father, “The life and correspondence of William Buckland”, published by the Murrays. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1893: folios 1-10.1894, January-June: folios 11-74; (1) July-December: 75-97; undated: folios 98-99;?1894: folios 100-102.1895-1897: folios 103-120....
Dates:
1893-1912.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Emma Caillard., 1887-1916.
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Identifier: MS.40183
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1887-1916, of Emma Caillard to John Murray IV, with some letters to John Murray III and Hallam Murray. They concern works of hers published by the Murrays including “Invisible powers of nature”, “Electricity, the science of the nineteenth century”, “Progressive revelation”, and “Individual immortality”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1887-1888: folios 1-35; (1)1889-1890: folios 36-54; (2)1891-1892: folios 55-67;...
Dates:
1887-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Frances Elliot., 1875-1892.
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Identifier: MS.40372
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1875-1892, of Frances Elliot to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They mostly concern her work “Diary of an idle woman in Constantinople”, published by the Murrays, with some mention of other works in that series. The letters are arranged in chronological order as far as possible, though some letters are undated within their year or the year is estimated.1875: folios 1-2;1891: folios 3-15;1892 (in date order): folios 16-106; (1)1892...
Dates:
1875-1892.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Frances Elliot., 1893-1897.
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Identifier: MS.40373
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1893-1897, and uncertain dates, of Frances Elliot to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern reviews of her work “The diary of an idle woman in Constantinople”, and also her following publication, “Roman gossip”. The letters are arranged in chronological order as far as possible, though some letters are undated within their year or the year is estimated.1893: folios 1-33;1893 (undated): folios 34-35;1893 (partial letters): folios 36-37;...
Dates:
1893-1897.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Francis Darwin., 1882-1889.
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Identifier: MS.40310
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, to Robert Cooke, to John Murray IV, and to Hallam Murray. The letters are arranged chronologically. Letters for which only a suggested year is given are placed at the end of the year to which they are thought to relate.1882: folios 1-7;1883: folios 8-12;1884: folios 13-27;1885: folios 28-55;1886: folios 56-65;1887: folios 66-107;1888: folios 108-141;...
Dates:
1882-1889.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Francis Darwin., 1890-1918.
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Identifier: MS.40311
Scope and Contents
The letters appear to be to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. The letters are arranged chronologically. Letters for which only a suggested year is given are placed at the end of the year to which they are thought to relate. Undated letters, and for which no date has been supplied, are placed at the end of the sequence of dated letters.1890: folios 1-2;1891: folios 3-10;1892: folios 11-41;1893: folios 42-45;1894:...
Dates:
1890-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Francis Warre Cornish and of his wife, Blanche., 1886-1916.
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Identifier: MS.40278
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters of Francis Warre Cornish to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters mostly concern the preparation and publication of various works written, compiled or edited by Cornish, including:“The Eton Horace. Notes to the odes, book 1” (1887);“The Eton Horace. Notes to the odes, Carmen saeculare, and Epodes” (1888);“A concise dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities based on Sir William Smith’s larger dictionary, and incorporating the...
Dates:
1886-1916.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Darwin, with related letters., 1882-1905.
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Identifier: MS.40313
Scope and Contents
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Darwin. The letters are to John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. The letters are arranged chronologically.1882: folios 1-3;1890: folios 4-5;1891: folios 6-18;1897: folio 19;1898: folios 20-62;1899: folios 63-67;1900: folio 68;1901: folios 69-73;1902: folios 74-77;1904: folios 78-83;...
Dates:
1882-1905.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Prothero., 1897-1904.
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Identifier: MS.40978
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray and mostly concern Prothero’s editorship of the “Quarterly Review”. They are arranged chronologically.
1897-1899: folios 1-97;
1900-1904: folios 98-182 [Note].
[Note]
Folios 108-109. Letter, 26 May 1900, of George Prothero to Sir Mountstuart Grant-Duff. The letter was sent as an enclosure to Prothero’s letter to John Murray IV of the same date (folios 106-107).
Dates:
1897-1904.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Pullen., 1883-1891.
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Identifier: MS.40985
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern Pullen’s editorship of “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers”. The letters are arranged chronologically.1883: folios 1-2;1885: folios 3-11;1886: folios 12-17;1888: folios 18-21;1889: folios 22-26;1890: folios 27-91;1891: folios 92-239*.* Folios 174-177. Letter, 28 July 1891, of C.A. Cook to “The...
Dates:
1883-1891.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Pullen., 1892-1895.
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Identifier: MS.40986
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern Pullen’s editorship of “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers”. The letters are arranged chronologically.1892:January: folios 1-15;February: folios 16-24;March: folios 25-34;April: folios 35-54;May: folios 55-71;June: folios 72-78;July: folios 79-85;August: folios 86-98;September: 99-108;...
Dates:
1892-1895.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Pullen., 1896-1903.
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Identifier: MS.40987
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They concern Pullen’s editorship of “Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers”. The letters are arranged chronologically.1896:January: folios 1-11;February: folios 12-13;March: folio 14;April: folios 15-16;May: folios 17-29;June: folios 30-38;September: folios 39-43;November: folios 44-49;December: folios...
Dates:
1896-1903.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Wintle, with related papers., 1884-1889, 1943.
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Identifier: MS.41296
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the publication of “The Eton Latin grammar. Part I. Elementary” (1885) and “ Elementary Latin exercises, adapted to the Eton Latin grammar” (1885). The letters are arranged chronologically.1884: folios 1-3;1885: folios 4-73 [Notes 1-4];1886-1887, 1889: folios 74-88.Related papers.(1) Papers concerning legal and financial...
Dates:
1884-1889, 1943.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Horace Darwin, Leonard Darwin and William Darwin., 1882-1918.
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Identifier: MS.40314
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Darwin, Horace.Telegram, 20 January 1886, sent by Horace Darwin to John Murray, publishers. Folio 1.Darwin, Leonard.Letters of Leonard Darwin to ?John Murray III, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. The letters are arranged chronologically.1890: folios 2-3;1897: folios 4-30;1898: folios 31-38;1899: folios 39-40;1902: folios 41-43;1903: folios 44-46;1904:...
Dates:
1882-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Janet Ross., 1889-1918.
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Identifier: MS.41040
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1889-1918 and uncertain dates, of Janet Ross to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern her continuing work on “The land of Manfred” and “Early years recalled”, some revision for a new edition of “Three generations…”, and other publications or proposed publications, not all of which were published by Murray. There is also much exchange of news of family and friends. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1889: folios 1-16;1890-1892: folios...
Dates:
1889-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Cooke., 1893-1899.
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Identifier: MS.40266
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1893-1899 and uncertain dates, of John Cooke to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern works of Cooke’s published by the Murrays, including “Handbook for travellers in Ireland” and “Elementary geography for Irish schools”, and his contribution to the revision of Shaw’s “English literature”. He also advised on the subject of educational books for Ireland. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1893-1894: folios 1-15;...
Dates:
1893-1899.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of John Cooke., 1900-1928.
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Identifier: MS.40267
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1900-1928, of John Cooke to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. They concern a further revision of Shaw’s “History of English literature”, also of the “Handbook for travellers in Ireland”, with mention of “Elementary geography for Irish schools”. There is discussion and advice on educational books for Ireland, and also Cooke’s views on the political situation in Ireland, including during the First World War. The letters are arranged in chronological...
Dates:
1900-1928.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Laurie Magnus and Katie Magnus., 1902-1917.
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Identifier: MS.40758
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1902-1917 and uncertain dates, of Laurie Magnus to John Murray IV, with one letter to Hallam Murray; two letters, 1901, of Katie Magnus to John Murray IV; and related letters. The letters of Laurie Magnus concern works connected with his editorial and literary role in the Murray educational department. There is also mention of his new position as co-managing director of Routledge, and how this will fit with his Murray role. The letters are arranged in chronological order....
Dates:
1902-1917.
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