John Murray (publishers, London)
Organization
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Horwitz to Housman., 1827-1910.
File
Identifier: MS.40583
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Horwitz, Ernst.Letters, 1904, of Ernst Horwitz to John Murray IV. Folios 1-7.Folio 3. Visiting card, ?1904, of Ernst Horwitz. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1904, of Ernst Horwitz to John Murray IV, folios 1-2.Folios 4-5. Prospectus, ?1904, for a work entitled ‘Aryan Civilisation in the Light of Language’ by Ernst Horwitz. Sent as an enclosure of...
Dates:
1827-1910.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Scott, M. to Scouller., 1812-1924.
File
Identifier: MS.41072
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged alphabetically by the surnames of the writers. Where more than one letter is held for a writer, the letters are arranged by date.Scott, Anne, 1830. Folios 1-2.Scott, Mary Monica Maxwell, 1880-1919. Folios 3-53. Partially dated. Folios 54-69.Scott, Percy, estimates for “Antarctic Expedition”, by Captain Percy Scott. Folios 70-71.Scott, Peter, 1854. Folios 72-73.Scott, R.A., 1812. Folios 74-75....
Dates:
1812-1924.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Lester to Levo., 1808-1919.
File
Identifier: MS.40692
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Lester, John William.Letter, 1846, of John William Lester to John Murray III. Folios 1-2.L’Estrange, Alfred Guy Kingham.Letters, 1865 and 1872, of Alfred Guy Kingham L’Estrange to John Murray III. Folios 3-6.Folio 5v. Copy of a letter, 1872, of John Murray III to Alfred Guy Kingham L’Estrange.L’Estrange, John.Letter,...
Dates:
1808-1919.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Muir, F. to Muirhead, S., 1839-1918.
File
Identifier: MS.40856
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Muir, Fanny.Letters, 5 August 1844 and 1 December 1850, of Fanny Muir to John Murray III. Folios 1-4.Muir, John Ramsay Bryce.Letters, August 1915, of Ramsay Muir to John Murray IV. Folios 5-8.Muir, William.Letter, 11 July 1855, of William Muir to David Smith, Writer to the Signet. Folios 9-12.Muirhead, Findlay.Letters, 1898 and...
Dates:
1839-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Williams, L. to Williams, O., 1871-1911.
File
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 Francis Darwin, with related papers., 1882-1918.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.40310-40312
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The incoming correspondence consists of letters of individuals and companies sent to John Murray, publishers, mostly relating to the business, but also including private letters. The correspondence largely covers the period from the 1760s to the 1920s. Where enclosures exist, they have been kept with their original letters. This series contains most of the extant letters received by the publishing house up to the 1920s, but others are to be found throughout the archive. One...
Dates:
1882-1918.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Prothero., 1897-1904.
File
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 Lionel Trotter., 1860-1909.
File
Identifier: MS.41204
Scope and Contents
Letters of Lionel Trotter to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters 1860-1866 concern Trotter’s wish to be engaged to write biography, and his suggestion of several likely subjects, including Byron, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and John Murray II. The letter for 1889 concerns the publication of Trotter’s “Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie” (W.H. Allen and Co., 1889), and his desire to find another subject. The letters 1895-1902 concern the preparation and...
Dates:
1860-1909.
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- Receipts. Financial records 4
- Copies. Derivative objects. 3
- Estimates. Financial records. 3
- Business records. 2
- Financial records. 2
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 2
- Typescripts. 2
- Articles. 1
- Booksellers' catalogues. 1
- Calculations. 1
- Design drawings. 1
- Drafts. Documents. 1
- Envelopes. 1
- Invitations. 1
- Invoices. 1
- Lists. 1
- Memorandums. 1
- Page proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 1
- Photographs. 1
- Portraits 1
- Proofs. printed matter 1
- Prospectuses. 1
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- Telegrams. 1
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