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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
Includes correspondence, book files, manuscripts and proofs relating to Murray authors. Authors featured in the collection include: John Betjeman, Lesley Blanch, George Mackay Brown, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Noni Jabavu, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Dervla Murphy and Freya Stark.Also included are some personal papers of Freya Stark.There are also letters to John Murray VI from correspondents including: Harold Acton, Michael Ayrton, Clive Bell, Isaiah Berlin, Hugh...
Dates:
[?1915-?2016.]
Business archive of Mainstream Publishing.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13617
Scope and Contents
The archive covers the company`s independent existence from 1978-2005 and includes some earlier related papers. In 2005 the firm entered into a business arrangement with Random House, and the later archive is now with the parent company.
Dates:
Circa 1970-2005.
Business books of Archibald Constable & Company, Robert Cadell & Company, and Robert Cadell.
Series
Identifier: MSS.789-802
Dates:
1814-1847.
Company records, correspondence, publications and papers of Club Leabhar Limited, Inverness and Stornoway, Gaelic publishers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12124/1-50
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1958, 1968-1980.
Correspondence, publication files and financial papers of Canongate Publishing Limited; with papers of Southside Publishers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9885/1-143
Scope and Contents
Includes papers relating to publicity and typescript and proof copies of manuscripts.
Dates:
1969-1988, undated.
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
Letter-books, stock-books, publication day-books and cash-books of Messrs W and R Chambers, publishers.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.341
Dates:
Circa 1900-1950.
Papers of "Gairm" and of Gairm Publications Ltd.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9367/1-62
Scope and Contents
The editorial archive from 1952 to 1985 of the Gaelic literary and topical magazine 'Gairm' and of its associated Gaelic book publications, together forming Gairm Publications Ltd. The collection was assembled and maintained by Ruaraidh MacThomais, Professor Derick S Thomson, co-founder of the magazine (with the late Finlay J MacDonald) and editor since its foundation. Included also are some publishing papers of Professor Thomson's imprint, Clo Chaillean, Aberfeldy, and of a publication...
Dates:
1952-1985.
Records of Gall and Inglis, printers and publishers.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14407
Content Description
Ledger containing publication details including print runs, size and number of pages, covering 1840s to 1890s. Also a notebook labelled 'record of publications' containing publication information compiled in 1950 from old records. Also a sheet of paper providing information about dates in the history of the business.
Dates:
1840-1974.
Records of Oliver and Boyd, publishers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14394
Content Description
Publication agreements, 1896-1979.
Dates:
1896-1979
Records of Scottish News Enterprises Ltd, publishers of the "Scottish Daily News" (1975).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8691
Dates:
1975-1977.
Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11812/1-208
Scope and Contents
The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates:
1624-1972.