Ephemera.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Items manufactured for a specific, limited use, and usually intended to be discarded thereafter, such as printed material of interest for its appearance, association, design, or documentation produced in connection with art exhibitions, etc.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
John Murray, publishers, "Ephemera"., c.1968
File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1626
Scope and Contents
File contains three small coasters featuring colour photographs of a branded John Murray Publishers Ltd. delivery van; a branded John Murray matchbox marking the company's bicentenary in 1968; and editor Tom Houghton’s last pencil in an envelope annotated with the following lines "Throughout his long career in the Looking-Out department at Clerkenwell, Tom Houghton told me that he NEVER threw away his pencils until they reached the size of approximately half this one. This was the pencil he...
Dates:
c.1968
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers concerning company history, and the work of the John Murray Archive, with brief Murray family papers.
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Papers and correspondence concerning the company history of John Murray, publishers.
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John Murray "albums" and ephemera.