Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Prothero., 1912-1917, 1919-1922 and undated.
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and mostly concern Prothero’s editorship of the “Quarterly Review”. They are arranged chronologically.
1912-1917, 1919-1922: folios 1-165 [Notes 1-4].
Undated and partially dated letters. The letters are arranged by the place at which each was written.
Edinburgh, 2 Eton Terrace. Folio 166.
London, 50A Albemarle Street. Folio 167.
London, 7 Mandeville Place. Folio 168.
Rye. Folios 169-177.
France, Hyeres. Folios 178-179.
France, Paris. Folios 180-181.
Undated items. Folios 182-184.
Notes.
[Note 1] Folios 39-40. Letter, 18 April 1913, of Abbott Lawrence Lowell to George Prothero.
[Note 2] Folio 82. Letter, 23 April 1914, of Herbert Warren to George Prothero. The letter was sent as an enclosure to Prothero’s letter to John Murray IV of the 24 April 1914 (folios 80-81).
[Note 3] Folio 159. Newspaper cutting, from “The Times”, 19 January 1922, of a review of the “Quarterly Review” for January 1922. The cutting was sent as an enclosure to George Prothero’s letter to John Murray IV of 24 January 1922 (folios 157-158).
[Note 4] Folio 161. Letter, 24 January 1922, of Bruce Lyttleton Richmond to John Murray IV. The letter was an enclosure to George Prothero’s letter to John Murray IV of 26 January 1922 (folio 160).
Dates
- Creation: 1912-1917, 1919-1922 and undated.
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Recipient, Organization)
- Prothero, George Walter, Sir, Knight (historian) (1848-1922) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John, Sir, Knight (publisher (IV)) (1851-1928) (Recipient, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (i + 184 folios.)
Subject
- Prothero, George Walter, Sir, Knight (historian) (1848-1922) (Person)
- Warren, Sir Thomas Herbert, Knight, President of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1853-1930 (Person)
- Lowell, Abbott Lawrence, President of Harvard University, 1856-1943 (Person)
- Murray, John, Sir, Knight (publisher (IV)) (1851-1928) (Person)
- Richmond, Sir Bruce Lyttelton, Knight, Editor of the "Times Literary Supplement", 1871-1964 (Person)
Repository Details
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