Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, publishers and printers
Organization
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Business correspondence and accounts of Oliver and Boyd, Ltd.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.156- is now Acc.5000.
Dates:
1815-1950.
Business correspondence and accounts of Oliver and Boyd, Ltd.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5000
Dates:
1815-1950.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Oliver and Boyd, publishers and printers., 1814-1907.
File
Identifier: MS.40890
Scope and Contents
The letters [Note 1] are to John Murray II, John Murray III and John Murray IV. They concern general business matters and interests, including requests for books, shipping lists, sales, change of ownership, etc. The letters are arranged chronologically.1814, 1819-1822, 1826-1827: folios 1-38;1830-1831, 1833: folios 39-44 [Notes 2-3];1846, 1854, 1887, 1892-1893, 1896, 1900, 1907: folios 45-58.Notes.[Note 1.] Most of the...
Dates:
1814-1907.
Papers concerning Francis Darwin: mostly letters of publishers, printers, etc., to John Murray, publishers, concerning Francis Darwin`s works. Also included are papers concerning Francis Darwin`s interests in the works and in the copyright of his father, Charles Darwin., 1885-1899.
File
Identifier: MS.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:
1885-1899.
Papers of the Boyd family, connected with the publishing firm of Oliver and Boyd.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9544
Dates:
1752-1950.
Records of Oliver and Boyd, publishers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14394
Content Description
Publication agreements, 1896-1979.
Dates:
1896-1979
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