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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:

Press advertisements, extracted from newspapers., 1960; 1968-1999

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1260-1282
Scope and Contents

This sub-series comprises original and reproduced press cuttings advertising the forthcoming publication of new titles from John Murray publishers. The cuttings have been annotated with the title of the publication in which they appeared (e.g. The Bookseller), the date, and any associated costs. Most cuttings have been glued to separate sheets for reinforcement. The chronological run is incomplete.

Dates: 1960; 1968-1999

Press advertisements for John Murray publications., 1981

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1274
Scope and Contents

File also contains a small subsection at the rear entitled "Christmas Advertising 1981", alongside loose job advertisements for the roles of Secretary/Editorial Assistant and Desk Editor with John Murray publishers. A small number of advertisements date from 1978 and 1980.

Dates: 1981

Press advertisements for John Murray publications, labelled "General Books"., 1972

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1266
Scope and Contents

File also contains loose Christmas gift catalogues for Gouldens Bookshop; Menzies; W.H. Smith; and John Smith & Son Ltd, in which Murray titles appear.

Dates: 1972

Press advertisements for John Murray publications, labelled "General Books"., 1973

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1267
Scope and Contents

File also contains loose Christmas gift catalogues for Hatchards; Truslove & Hanson; and Hammicks Bookshop, in which Murray titles appear.

Dates: 1973

Press cutting album containing letters, 1927-1930, undated, to W B Moonie tipped in, and press cuttings concerning Moonie pasted in., 1907, 1919-1950, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.22013
Scope and Contents

Apart from a fragment of a printed programme, 1907, pasted inside the front cover the items appear to date from 1919 to 1950, but many of the press cuttings are undated and the sources unidentified (though presumably from Edinburgh newspapers). Almost half of the volume is unused.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1907, 1919-1950, undated.