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Archive of John Murray, publishers, containing author papers, research files, business records, and Murray family correspondence and diaries.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13236/1-422
Scope and Contents
Further papers of John Murray publishing house.
Dates:
1803-2007, undated.
Archive of John Murray VI and authors associated with him.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14349
Content Description
This archival collection completes the larger John Murray Archive, which charts the history of one of Britain’s oldest family-run publishing firms, established in Fleet Street in 1768 by Edinburgh-born John (Mc)Murray I (1737-1795), and managed by six successive generations of his descendants, until its sale in 2002. Like his predecessors, John Murray VI (John Arnaud Robin Grey Murray, known affectionately as ‘Jock’, 1909-1993) cultivated and championed a robust and diverse...
Dates:
[?1915-?2016.]
Book files and ledgers of John Murray publishers.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12927-
Scope and Contents
The accession is comprised of business books and book files. Also included are woodblocks for William Robinson’s 'The English Flower Garden'. The business books continue in part those held in the first parthase of John Murray Archive (MSS.41896-41999, MSS.42632-43011). They include wet-press letter books, manuscript books, production expenses books, copies ledgers, commission books and private ledgers.The book files reflect the changing practices of the business by...
Dates:
Circa 1920-circa 1950.
Further papers of John Murray, publishers.
Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13328
Scope and Contents
This collection of records, supplementing earlier sections of the John Murray Archive, contains press files, sales catalogues and advertising material, educational publishing papers, business records, and author papers administered by John Murray publishers in the ordinary course of their commercial trade. Also included are papers and correspondence documenting company history and staff experiences; the operation of the company's historical archive; alongside a small collection...
Dates:
1815-2015