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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Brief statements of a fact or experience, written down for review, or as an aid to memory, or to inform someone else; also includes short, informal letters.

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Letters mostly to George Prothero as editor of the "Quarterly Review" : correspondents with surnames, H-L., 1902-1920.

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Identifier: MS.42621
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. A further correspondent has been added to the end of the sequence.Letter of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, to George Prothero, 1902: folio 1;Letters of Frederic Harrison to George Prothero, including copies of notes of Harrison, 1915: folios 2-9;Letters of Herbert Hensley Henson to George Prothero, 1903: folios 10-12;Letters of Maurice Henry Hewlett to George...
Dates: 1902-1920.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of (Arthur) George Peel., 1898-1912.

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Identifier: MS.40929
Scope and Contents The letters appear to be to John Murray IV. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of two works by George Peel, “The enemies of England” (1902) and “The friends of England” (1905). They record Peel’s comments concerning the slips for the chapter on the life and character of his grandfather, Sir Robert Peel, that he contributed to volume III of “Sir Robert Peel from his private papers” (1899), edited by Charles Parker. The letters are arranged chronologically....
Dates: 1898-1912.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Elliot, G to Elliott., 1830-1922

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Identifier: MS.40374
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name. A further correspondent has been added to the end of this sequence.Elliot, George Francis Scott.Letters, 1896 and 1908, of George Francis Scott Elliot to John Murray IV. Folios 1-4.Elliot, Gertrude.Letter and envelope, 1922, of Gertrude Elliot to John Murray IV. Folios 5-10.Folio 10. Note, probably 1922, of Sir George Walter Prothero....
Dates: 1830-1922

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Beaumont, G. to Beazley, C., 1832-1917.

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Identifier: MS.40074
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and, where required, by date under each name.Beaumont, George, 1845-1846: folios 1-3;Beaumont, Gustave de, 1835-1838: folios 4-7;Beauvoir, Ludovic, 1832: folios 8-36;Beaven, Arthur, 1895-1897: folios 37-43;Beaven, James, 1832: folios 44-45;Beazley, Charles, 1895-1917: folios 46-291:includes letter, 1895, of Frederick York Powell to John Murray IV:...
Dates: 1832-1917.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Dicksee to Dilke., 1830-1924.

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Identifier: MS.40333
Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Dicksee, Francis Bernard.Letter, 1898, of Sir Francis Bernard Dickson to John Murray IV. Folios 1-2.Dickson, Mrs.Letter, 1891, probably of Mrs Dickson to John Murray III. Folios 3-4.Dickson, Helen Loveday.Letters, 1924, between Helen Loveday Dickson and John Murray IV. Folios 5-13.Folio 5. Testimonial, 1924, of Jessie Amy...
Dates: 1830-1924.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Hake to Haldane., 1817-1928.

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Identifier: MS.40502
Scope and Contents This manuscript includes letters, 1817-1828 and uncertain dates, of James Hakewill to John Murray II. They concern his work “A picturesque tour of Italy”. It also includes letters, 1904-1928, of Elizabeth Haldane and letters, 1902-1916, of her brother Richard, Viscount Haldane, to John Murray IV. All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hake, Alfred, 1886-1892: folios 1-7;Hake, C. Napier, 1890: folios 8-9;...
Dates: 1817-1928.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Henry Newbolt., 1903-1932.

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Identifier: MS.40874
Scope and Contents Letters, 1903-1932, and uncertain dates, of Henry Newbolt to John Murray IV, with related letters and papers. The letters concern his continuing editorship of the "Monthly Review", they also relate to contributors or acquaintances Newbolt recommends for publication to Murray, notably Walter de la Mare. They also relate to his writing for the "Quarterly Review", and his works published by Murray, including “The year of Trafalgar”. The letters are arranged in chronological order....
Dates: 1903-1932.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Isabella Augusta Gregory., 1893-1918.

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Identifier: MS.40483
Scope and Contents Letters, 1893-1918, of (Isabella) Augusta Gregory mostly to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related letters and papers. The letters concern works of hers published by the Murrays, including “Sir William Gregory, KCMG”, “Cuchulain of Muirthemne”, “Poets and dreamers” and “Gods and fighting men”. There is frequent reference to the views of W.B. Yeats on her writing. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1893: folios 1-8;1894-1895: folios 9-45; (1)...
Dates: 1893-1918.

Letters to Sir George Walter Prothero as editor of the 'Quarterly Review' : correspondents with surnames, B-C., 1899-1916, undated.

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Identifier: MS.42619
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Further correspondence has been added to the end of the sequence.Letters of John Cann Bailey to George Prothero, 1916 and undated: folios 1-4;Letter of Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, to George Prothero, 1908: folios 5-7;Letter of Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, to George Prothero, 1906: folio 8;Letters of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, to...
Dates: 1899-1916, undated.