Further papers of John Murray, publishers.
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 of Murray family papers; and print material retained by the company, primarily literary journals and professional circulars.
Dates
- Creation: 1815-2015
Creator
- John Murray (publishers, London) (Organization)
Extent
65.00 Linear metres
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged into eight series:
1) Press files; 2) Catalogues and advertising material; 3) Editorial files and papers of John Murray, publishers, regarding its educational works; 4) Papers concerning the Gryphon Books Limited imprint; 5) Business papers; 6) Papers concerning company history and the work of the John Murray Archive, with brief Murray Family papers; 7) Papers, typescripts, and correspondence of, or concerning, John Murray authors; and 8) Print journals and serials.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated, 2012, John R Murray, London.
Separated Materials
A series of book files, comprising 2237 individual files, has been removed from this accession and reunited with an earlier counterpart held in Acc.12927, to form a complete resource collection, MSS.43565-49999. These book files are currently being catalogued but may be consulted upon request.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 13 05 2014
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk