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Press cuttings. Information artifacts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Illustrations, pages, articles, or columns of text removed from books, newspapers, journals, or other printed sources. (AAT) 'Press cuttings' NLS preferred form.

Found in 2179 Collections and/or Records:

Letters of, to or concerning William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: correspondents with surnames from Harding to Rycroft., 1930-1961, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50101
Scope and Contents The letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Harding, Denys Wyatt.Letter, 1951, of Denys Wyatt Harding to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 1.Harris, F Armstrong.Letter, 1952, of F Armstrong Harris to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 2.Hill, Denis.Correspondence, 1953, between Denis Hill and William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 3-7.Hotoph, Hildegard....
Dates: 1930-1961, undated.

Letters of various correspondents to the Editor of the 'Cornhill Magazine'., 1860-1878.

 File
Identifier: MS.32004
Scope and Contents The letters, mostly to William Makepeace Thackeray, are arranged alphabetically by the surnames of the writers. Where two or more letters are held for the same author they are arranged by date.Many of the letters are contained in the orange filing slips that were used commonly by Smith Elder and Company in the administration of its correspondence. Several of the slips are marked "Publication Department", others "Cornhill Magazine", and some are marked with both designations....
Dates: 1860-1878.

Letters of William Smith (1813-1893) to John Murray, publishers., 1893-1895 and undated (? 1855-? 1893).

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Identifier: MS.41124
Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1893: folios 1-112 [Notes 1-8].Assorted, undated papers of William Smith.Manuscript draft, [? 1855-? 1860], in the hand of ?William Smith, of a ?prospectus for a “New series of school books”. Folio 113.Note, [?...
Dates: 1893-1895 and undated (? 1855-? 1893).

Letters of William Smith (1813-1893) to John Murray, publishers., 1844-1869.

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Identifier: MS.41119
Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray III and Robert Cooke. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1844-1849: folios 1-50 [Note 1];1850-1859: folios 51-226 [Notes 2-4];1860, 1862-1869: folios 227-278 [Note 5].Notes.[Note 1] Folios 7-8. Letter, 24 February 1845, of William Smith to J. Walton...
Dates: 1844-1869.

Letters, papers, photographs and other papers of the Johnston family, and financial and business records of the firm W and A K Johnston, printers and publishers, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5811/1-54
Scope and Contents

Includes biographies and histories of members of the Johnston family, and business records of W and A K Johnston, Ltd, founded in 1826 by William and Alexander Keith Johnston.

Dates: Circa 1796-1931.

Letters, press cuttings, and manuscript music concerning Bessie Kerr.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21562-21563
Scope and Contents

Bessie Kerr, a native of Banff, made her London début as a contralto in 1918, and from then until about 1934 sang regularly for the BBC, for Chappell 'Pop' concerts, and for Promenade concerts. Her correspondence includes letters of Sir Edward German and Frederic King her teacher at the Royal Academy of Music.

Dates: 1904-1934, undated.

Letters to and concerning George Prothero as editor of the "Quarterly Review" : correspondents with surnames, S-W., 1901-1916.

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Identifier: MS.42623
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.Letter of George Edward Bateman Saintsbury to George Prothero, 1906: folios 1-2;Letters of Sir Ernest Mason Satow to George Prothero, 1907-1916: folios 3-13;Letter of Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller to George Prothero, 1912: folios 14-15;Letter of William Sharp to George Prothero, 1901: folio 16;Letters of Goldwin Smith to George Prothero, 1903-1904: folios...
Dates: 1901-1916.

Letters to, and documents concerning Bessie Kerr., 1911-1934, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21562
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Letters, 1918-1934, undated, to Bessie Kerr (folio 1); (ii) Press cuttings, circa 1922-1934, undated, concerning Bessie Kerr (folio 45); (iii) Manuscripts of songs, 1924, undated, composed for Bessie Kerr, with some settings of her own (folio 85); (iv) College and school certificates, 1911-1918, of Bessie Kerr (folio 119).

Dates: 1911-1934, undated.

Letters to and papers collected by James Greig (1861-1941), art critic of the ‘Morning Post’.

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Identifier: MS.9809
Scope and Contents Most of the material concerns the artists Walter Richard Sickert and James McBey. The contents are as follows:(i) Correspondence, 1910-1932, undated, chiefly concerning McBey's paintings and etchings, but including a few letters of Sickert (folio 1);(ii) Printed and manuscript articles by Sickert, 1912-1932, undated, most of which have been reprinted in ‘A free house! ... the writings of Walter Richard Sickert’, edited by Osbert Sitwell (London, 1947)...
Dates: 1910-1935, undated.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Amy Yule., 1900-1916.

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Identifier: MS.41318
Scope and Contents Letters, 1900-1916, of Amy Yule to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray, with related papers. They concern her contribution to revisions of two of her father Henry Yule’s works, “The book of Ser Marco Polo” and “Hobson-Jobson”, a glossary of Anglo-Indian terms. The letters also concern her work “A memoir of Colonel Sir Henry Yule”. The letters are arranged in chronological order.1900: folios 1-17; (1)1901: folios 18-39;1902: folios 40-69;1903-1904:...
Dates: 1900-1916.

Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Carl Lumholtz., 1888-1890, 1902.

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Identifier: MS.40721
Scope and Contents Letters to John Murray III and John Murray IV concerning the publication of “Among cannibals: an account of four years travels in Australia, and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland”, by Carl Lumholtz.The letters are arranged chronologically. Some of the letters have notes written on them by John Murray IV outlining his reply to Lumholtz.1888-1889: folios 1-69;1890: folios 70-80 [Note];1902: folios 81-84.[Note] Folio 74....
Dates: 1888-1890, 1902.