John Murray (publishers, London)
Organization
Found in 328 Collections and/or Records:
Letters, accounts, and papers of John Murray Staff Pension Scheme., 1965-1975
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1536
Scope and Contents
Original and copy material is present. Correspondence with John Murray, publishers, consists primarily of letters and accounts from the Clerical, Medical & General Life Assurance Society, London.
Dates:
1965-1975
Letters, accounts, and papers of John Murray Staff Pension Scheme., 1974-1979
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1537
Scope and Contents
Original and copy material is present. Correspondence with John Murray, publishers, consists primarily of letters and accounts from the Clerical, Medical & General Life Assurance Society, London.
Dates:
1974-1979
Letters, invoices and accounts of royalty and permission fees paid to, and by, John Murray, publishers, A-M., 1988-1989
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1523
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of business papers contains records that provide evidence of the administrative, production, legal, and business operations of John Murray, publishers. Records include manuscript and publication books, financial papers, staff employment and pension records, and legal papers.
Dates:
1988-1989
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of John Murray, publishers.
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Business papers of John Murray, publishers.
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Financial papers and accounts of John Murray, publishers.
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Royalty Account annual statements and correspondence of John Murray, publishers.
Letters, invoices and accounts of royalty and permission fees paid to, and by, John Murray, publishers, N-Z., 1988-1989
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1524
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of business papers contains records that provide evidence of the administrative, production, legal, and business operations of John Murray, publishers. Records include manuscript and publication books, financial papers, staff employment and pension records, and legal papers.
Dates:
1988-1989
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of John Murray, publishers.
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Business papers of John Murray, publishers.
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Financial papers and accounts of John Murray, publishers.
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Royalty Account annual statements and correspondence of John Murray, publishers.
Letters of, and to, Coutts & Co., private bank, regarding accounts for John Murray, publishers, and Dervla Murphy., 1921-1973
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1525
Scope and Contents
Original and copy letters are present detailing the management and administration of both accounts. Letters relating to Dervla Murphy date from the 1970s.
Dates:
1921-1973
Letters of, and to, Williams & Davies, chartered accountants., 1938-1968
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1526
Scope and Contents
File contains original letters from Williams & Davies, chartered accountants, alongside copy letters from John Murray publishers. Also included are brief financial accounts and manuscript notes on business matters.
Dates:
1938-1968
Letters of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, and Constable and Co. Limited, publishers, to John Murray, publishers, with related papers., 1897, 1915-1917, 1928.
File
Identifier: MS.40259
Scope and Contents
Letter, 3 August 1897, of Archibald Constable and Co. to John Murray IV. Folio 1.
Correspondence, 1915-1917 and 1928, between W.M. Meredith of Constable and Co. Limited and John Murray IV. Also included is a letter (folio 8) of O. Kyllmann, of Constable and Co. Limited, to John Murray IV. The letters include information concerning the Publishers’ Association, and the acquisition of Smith Elder and Co. by John Murray, publishers. Folios 2-21.
Dates:
1897, 1915-1917, 1928.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers.
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Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers.
Letters of Charles Darwin, mostly to John Murray III., 1845-1881.
File
Identifier: MS.42152
Scope and Contents
The letters have been retained in their original order, having been previously foliated. Where the date of the letter has not been ascertained from the physical letter, the dates according to the 'Darwin Correspondence Project' have been used.Letters of Francis Darwin to John Murray [III], 1887: folios 1-2;Letters of Charles Robert Darwin to John Murray [III], including an enclosure of a letter of Charles Darwin to Henry Colburn and a manuscript copy of an 1837...
Dates:
1845-1881.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Letters of and concerning Charles Darwin, with a file copy of the first edition of Darwin`s, "On the origin of species by means of natural selection".
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Letters of and concerning Charles Darwin.
Letters of various correspondents to John Murray, publishers, concerning the "Murray Handbooks for Travellers"., 1834-1899, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.42613
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Letters of multiple or unidentified correspondents have been placed at the end of the sequence.Letters, 1842, 1845-1846. of Sir George Biddell Airy to John Murray II and John Murray III: folios 1-9;Letter, 1843, of Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy to John Murray III: folios 10-11;Letter, 1847, of George Augustus Frederic Cavendish-Bentinck to John Murray III: folios 12-13;...
Dates:
1834-1899, undated.
Letters of William Smith (1813-1893) to John Murray., 1880-1884.
File
Identifier: MS.41121
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Robert Cooke. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1880: folios 1-56;1881: folios 57-113;1882: folios 114-143 [Note 1];1883: folios 144-164 [Notes 2-3];1884: folios 165-202 [Note 4].Notes.[Note 1] Folio 141. A...
Dates:
1880-1884.
Letters of William Smith (1813-1893) to John Murray, publishers., 1844-1869.
File
Identifier: MS.41119
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III and Robert Cooke. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1844-1849: folios 1-50 [Note 1];1850-1859: folios 51-226 [Notes 2-4];1860, 1862-1869: folios 227-278 [Note 5].Notes.[Note 1] Folios 7-8. Letter, 24 February 1845, of William Smith to J. Walton...
Dates:
1844-1869.
Letters of William Smith (1813-1893) to John Murray, publishers., 1885-1890.
File
Identifier: MS.41122
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Robert Cooke. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1885: folios 1-39 [Notes 1-2];1886: folios 40-58;1887: folios 59-81;1888: folios 82-101;1889: folios 102-142 [Note 3];1890: folios 143-201.Notes.[Note...
Dates:
1885-1890.
Letters of William Smith (1813-1893) to John Murray, publishers., 1891-1892.
File
Identifier: MS.41123
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1891: folios 1-101 [Notes 1-4];1892: folios 102-207 [Notes 5-7].Notes.[Note 1] Folios 28-29. Letter, 22 March 1891, of George Marindin to William Smith.[Note 2] Folios 32-33. Letter, 23...
Dates:
1891-1892.
Letters of William Smith (1813-1893) to John Murray, publishers., 1893-1895 and undated (? 1855-? 1893).
File
Identifier: MS.41124
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1893: folios 1-112 [Notes 1-8].Assorted, undated papers of William Smith.Manuscript draft, [? 1855-? 1860], in the hand of ?William Smith, of a ?prospectus for a “New series of school books”. Folio 113.Note, [?...
Dates:
1893-1895 and undated (? 1855-? 1893).
Letters of William Smith (1813-1893) to John Murray, publishers., 1870-1879.
File
Identifier: MS.41120
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Robert Cooke. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1870: folios 1-43 [Note 1];1871: folios 44-67;1872: folios 68-100 [Notes 2-4];1873: folios 101-108;1874: folios 109-128;1875: folios 129-142;1876: folios...
Dates:
1870-1879.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Albert Dicey and Edward Dicey., 1886-1921.
File
Identifier: MS.40331
Scope and Contents
Dicey, Albert Venn.The letters are to John Murray III and John Murray IV. They mostly concern the preparation and publication of two works by Albert Dicey:“England’s case against Home Rule” (1886, and subsequent editions); “A leap in the dark: or, Our new constitution” (1893).Many of the letters seem to be by an amanuensis. The letters are arranged chronologically.1886: folios 1-40 [Note 1];1887: folios 41-88 [Notes...
Dates:
1886-1921.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Alexander Lindsay., 1845-1858.
File
Identifier: MS.40700
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, with a letter to Robert Cooke. They concern the publication of various works by Lord Lindsay, including “Lives of the Lindsays”, “Progression by Antagonism” and “Sketches of the History of Christian Art”.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
1845-1849: folios 1-74;
1852, 1855, 1857-1858: folios 75-100.
For undated letters see MS.40701.
Dates:
1845-1858.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Alexander Lindsay., 1860-1879, and undated (? 1846, ? 1849, ? 1850 or after).
File
Identifier: MS.40701
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III. They concern the publication of various works by Lord Lindsay, including “Lives of the Lindsays” and “Sketches of the History of Christian Art”.The letters are arranged chronologically.1860-1862, 1866-1869: folios 1-37;1870-1872, 1875-1879: folios 38-82.Undated letters.Letters, ?1846, of Lindsay to John Murray III that seem to concern the publication of Lindsay’s “Sketches of the History of...
Dates:
1860-1879, and undated (? 1846, ? 1849, ? 1850 or after).
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Alfred Kempe and of John Kempe., 1820-1897.
File
Identifier: MS.40639
Scope and Contents
(i) Letters of Alfred Kempe to John Murray II and John Murray III.The letters are arranged chronologically. The letters for 1820 concern the preparation and publication of Kempe’s translation, “A circumstantial narrative of the campaign in Saxony, in the year 1813” (1820), from the German of Baron Von Odeleben. The other letters concern Kempe’s editing, and subsequent printing, of a “curious collection of letters and other MS documents of the 16th and 17th Centuries preserved at...
Dates:
1820-1897.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Allan Cunningham., 1814, 1822-1842.
File
Identifier: MS.40300
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray II and John Murray III. Many concern the publication of Cunningham’s “Lives of the most eminent British painters, sculptors, and architects” (London: John Murray, 1829-1833). The letters are arranged chronologically.1814, 1822-1823, 1825-1828: folios 1-12;1829: folios 13-39;1830: folios 40-61;1831: folios 62-80;1832: folios 81-94;1833: folios 95-109;1834: folios 110-111;...
Dates:
1814, 1822-1842.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Anna Barrett-Lennard., 1904-1928.
File
Identifier: MS.40688
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray, with some of their replies. They concern proposals for translations from German. Among those accepted are “A pietist of the Napoleonic Wars and after: the life of the Countess von Reden“, published in 1905, and “Moltke in his home” in 1907. Mrs Barrett-Lennard signed her letters as either “M. Barrett-Lennard” or “?Mamie Barrett-Lennard”.The letters are arranged chronologically.1904: folios 1-18;...
Dates:
1904-1928.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Anna Bicknell., 1886-1900.
File
Identifier: MS.40096
Scope and Contents
The letters are mostly probably to John Murray IV. Included with certain letters are receipts for payments made by Messrs Cope and Murray to Anna Bicknell.
The letters are arranged chronologically.
1886-1889: folios 1-41;
1890-1894: folios 42-79;
1895-1900: folios 80-126.
Undated receipt. Folio 127.
Incomplete and undated letter, in French. Folio 128.
Dates:
1886-1900.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of A.P. Watt Literary Agency, later A.P. Watt and Son, literary agents., 1889-1914.
File
Identifier: MS.41248
Scope and Contents
The letters are of Alexander Pollock Watt, the founder of the agency, and of his son, Alexander Strahan Watt, to John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. Originally “A.P. Watt Literary Agency”, the business became “A.P. Watt and Son” in 1892.The letters are arranged by writer, and by date under the writer.Watt, Alexander Pollock.1889-1890, 1892, 1894, 1896-1898: folios 1-14;1900-1905, 1907: folios 15-60.Watt, Alexander Strahan....
Dates:
1889-1914.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Archibald Constable, and of Archibald Constable and Co., publishers, with related papers., 1803-1826, 1907-1928.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.40238-40259
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:
1803-1826, 1907-1928.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Arthur Bigge., 1878-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.40099
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They reveal the very close friendship that existed between Arthur Bigge and John Murray IV. They also provide an insight into the workings of the royal court through the letters of a prominent courtier. The letters concern both business matters - requests by Murray to be allowed to publish works concerning the royal family, or to be allowed to dedicate works to particular members of the family - and social interests. ...
Dates:
1878-1927.
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- Letters. Correspondence. 326
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- Financial records. 25
- Telegrams. 25
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- Prospectuses 13
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- Circulars. Fliers. 7
- Drafts. Documents. 7
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- Photocopies. 7
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