| Title |
Correspondence with individuals |
| Reference |
MS Add.9813/C1 |
| Covering Dates |
1910-1974 |
| Extent and Medium |
5½ boxes |
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| Content and context |
This subseries consists mainly of files formerly in Meynell's boxes labelled 'People' and 'Nonesuch people'. Some other related papers are with the letters. The name of the item is the name of the correspondent. A few organizations are in this sequence along with individuals. Meynell's correspondence with his parents is in series A. |
| Index Terms |
| Cleverdon, Thomas Douglas James (1903-1987) publisher |
| Cornford, Frances Crofts (1886-1960) née Darwin, poet |
| Cripps, Sir Richard Stafford (1889-1952) knight, politician and lawyer |
| Casson, Sir Hugh Maxwell (1910-1999) Knight, architect |
| Chapman, Robert William (1881-1960) English scholar, editor |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.9813/C1 contains: |
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1
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Elmer Adler. With the letters is a tear-sheet of an article about Adler (1958).
1 folder. |
1928-1959 |
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2
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Clifford and Joan Allen. Includes photocopies of original letters from Meynell to Clifford Allen (1918-36). With the letters are a printed order of service for a memorial service for Clifford Allen (1939); a pamphlet 'To Joan Allen' by R. C. Trevelyan (1940); and clippings.
1 folder. |
1918-1969 |
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3
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Other correspondents (A). These are: Christian Aagaard, Alexander Albert, E. N. Andrade, Anglo-German Fellowship (letter from Meynell 1936; with a ms. draft), John Arlott, Arts Council of Great Britain (Gabriel White), Michael Ayrton, and an unidentified correspondent.
1 folder. |
1929-1972 |
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4
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Anthony Baker. Included are letters to Baker from Oswald Blakiston, Paul Rotha, and Brocard Sewell (all photocopies), and a printed copy of Six Somerset epitaphs (Gruffyground Press 1972).
1 folder. |
1966-1972 |
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5
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Henry Ball. Includes correspondence about Ball between Meynell and the Education Officer, County Hall (1928), Clare D. Edmonds (1947, 1949), the Ministry of Transport (Gilmour Jenkins, 1950), Robert U. E. Knox (1955), and Desmond Flower (1955).
1 folder. |
1928-1957 |
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6
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Nicolas Barker. Includes some letters to Alix Meynell concerning 'Nonesuch: the next two score' in The Book Collector winter 1971. With the letters are 3 printed publications of Barker's St Nicolas Press (1949, 1951, 1953).
1 folder. |
1949-1971 |
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7
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Alan Barlow and Thomas Barlow. One letter from Thomas Barlow (1948); 1 letter from Alan Barlow (1936). With these are a printed memoir of Alan Barlow and order of service for his memorial service (1968), and 3 letters to Meynell from Nora Barlow.
1 folder. |
1936-1968 |
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8
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Glanvill Benn. Letter relating to Kenneth Day, The typography of press advertisement (Benn, 1956). With these letters are a printed advertisement for Meynell's original book with this title (1929 ) and transcripts of letters from Beatrice Warde to Kenneth Day.
1 folder. |
1956 |
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9
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Charles Bedaux. Includes two letters from Fern Bedaux.
1 folder. |
1935-1939 |
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10
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John R. Biggs.
1 folder. |
1939-1949 |
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11
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Joseph Blumenthal. The letters include printed Christmas cards or pamphlets ( 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972) inscribed to Meynell. With the letters are clippings about an exhibition of books organized by Blumenthal (1973) and 5 further pamphlets printed at Blumenthal's Spiral Press (Dedication, the gift outright, the inaugural address (1961); The place of the artist in society, by John F. Kennedy (1964); The individual and the mass, by August Heckscher (1965); The Robert Frost Library dedication (1965); and Leonard Baskin's speech of acceptance on receiving the medal of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (1965)).
1 folder and 4 other items in 1 envelope. |
1961-1973 |
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12
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Wilfrid Blunt. With the letters (1951) are a letter to Meynell from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (Wilfrid's great-uncle; 1911), and a letter from Wilfrid Blunt to Wilfrid Meynell (1910) with a letter from Wilfrid Meynell conveying it to Francis (1941).
1 folder. |
1911-1951 |
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13
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Other correspondents (B). These are: Christian Barman, Charles Batey, Mrs. Bedaux, Leonard Beaumont, Jack Beddington, Jack Bickel, Rae Biemiller, Billy Birkett, Michael Birkett, Norman Birkett, Basil Blackwell, Douglas Percy Bliss, Christopher Bradshaw, C. E. Brendon, British Soviet Friendship Society (Colin Williams), Benjamin Britten, Dora Brody, Lady Brook, Anthony E. Brooks, I. W. Burch, Philip A. Burgoyne, and C. W. Byford.
1 folder. |
1936-1967 |
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14
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Harry Carter. Includes a letter from Beatrice Warde to Carter (1936), correspondence between Meynell and Vivian Ridler (1968), and notes of a conversation with Carter taken by Alix Meynell in connection with Meynell's memoirs.
1 folder. |
1936-1971 |
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15
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John Carter. Two letters to Meynell (1961, 1972) with a postcard from Ernestine Carter (1939), a printed pamphlet, and Carter's review of Barker's biography of Stanley Morison (photocopy).
1 folder. |
1939-1972 |
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16
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Matthew Carter. Includes correspondence with Eric Hamilton.
1 folder. |
1958-1959 |
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17
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Will Carter. A letter to Meynell (1947). With this are photographs of inscriptions and a breadboard cut by Carter.
1 folder. |
1947-1951 |
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18
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Roderick Cave.
1 folder. |
1956-1971 |
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19
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Bennett Cerf. With the letters are tear-sheets from a printed article on Cerf mentioning Meynell (1959).
1 folder. |
1937-1949 |
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20
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T. M. Cleland. Two letters to Meynell (1946, 1952). With this are a typescript extracted from some composition of Cleland, and an invitation to dinner on his eightieth birthday (1960), with draft of a telexed greeting from Meynell.
1 folder. |
1946-1960 |
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21
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Sydney Cockerell.
1 folder. |
1943-1961 |
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22
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Dennis Cohen. Includes an exchange of letters between Meynell and the Stellar Press. |
1962 |
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23
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Margaret Cole. With the letters are ms. and typescript poems by her. The letters are mostly undated and their sequence and date-range is not certain.
1 folder. |
1931-1973 |
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24
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Other correspondents (C). These are: W. Z. Campbell (1910), Cassell & Co. Ltd, Hugh Casson, Central School of Arts and Crafts (John Farleigh), Mary Chamot, R. W. Chapman, Lilian G. Clark, Douglas Cleverdon, Seymour Cocks, J. M. Cohen, the Company of Veteran Motorists, Cyril Connolly, Contractors' Record (H. T. Mead), Liz Corbett, Frances Cornford, Ian Coster, Ian Cox, Marjorie Lloyd Craddock, Stafford Cripps, and Cunard White Star Ltd (James W. Tucker).
1 folder. |
1910-1970 |
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25
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Mary Dodge. Four letters to Meynell (1911, 1929, 2 undated).
1 folder. |
1911-1929 |
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26
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Alan Dodson. Includes correspondence about Dodson with John R. Biggs.
1 folder. |
1958-1963 |
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27
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Other correspondents (D). These are: Richard De La Mare, Geoffrey Dowding, Ruth Draper, John Dreyfus, Andrew Duncan, Joseph R. Dunlap, L. Dyer.
1 folder. |
1933-1972 |
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28
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David and Sybil Eccles. Includes letters from Polly Eccles, Feliks Topolski, Hans Schmoller, and John Dreyfus (about a placement for Polly; all 1954).
1 folder. |
1953-1957 |
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29
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Other correspondents (E-F). They are: Bruton Emmett, W. N. Ewer, Fayer, Percy Fender, Colin Fenton (with a prospectus for The skylark by Ralph Hodgson, printed for him), H. P. R. Finberg, Desmond Flower, Walter A.Frankel, Donald Freeman, and Stanislav Frydman-Osiakovski.
1 folder. |
1927-1970 |
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30
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Alfred Fairbank. Interfiled are a letter to Meynell from John Maud and a letter from John Hayward to Fairbank.
1 folder. |
1933-1955 |
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31
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Herbert Farjeon. Includes original letters to and from Meynell and a letter from Joan Farjeon to Meynell (1952) conveying his letters. Some undated items are at the end of the sequence.
1 folder. |
1918-1952 |
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32
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R. B. Fishenden. With the correspondence (1936-52 and undated) are a tear-sheet from the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts containing an obituary of Fishenden by Meynell; and an obituary from The Times (both 1956).
1 folder. |
1936-1956 |
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33
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Barnett Freedman. Letters from Freedman to Meynell (1928-1952); and in a separate portfolio, Christmas cards designed by him and signed (1949-1954). With these is a clipping of an obituary letter in The Times for 8 Jan. 1958.
1 folder and 1 portfolio in 1 envelope. |
1928-1958 |
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34
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Elisabeth Friedlander. This includes calligraphic compositions by her inscribed to Meynell. With these are specimens of the typeface 'Elizabeth'. In a separate small envelope are designs by her and specimens of Meynell's writing paper '19 Cliveden Place'.
1 folder and 1 envelope. |
1941-1971 |
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35
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David Garnett. With the letters are printed announcements for a Foyles luncheon in honour of Garnett (1972).
1 folder. |
1940-1972 |
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36
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J. L. Garvin. Letter to Meynell (1942); clipping of obituary and order of service for his memorial service (1947); and 3 letters from Viola Garvin to Meynell (one a postcard with photograph of J. L. Garvin; 1947-54).
1 folder. |
1942-1954 |
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37
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Eric Gill. Undated Christmas card (to Meynell?). With this are an autograph letter from Gill to Wilfrid Meynell (1912); specimens of Gill's bookplate for Meynell; and printed items including The Game (no. 2; Dec. 1916).
1 folder. |
1912-1940 |
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38
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Macdonald and Priscilla Gill. Letters from Macdonald Gill (1943-6) and Priscilla Johnston Gill (1951-9). With these are correspondence with Bridget Johnston (1946), Barbara Johnston and Violet Hawkes (both 1959), and other materials about Edward Johnston including a programme for a recital by Hilda Saxe (1913?) with writing by Johnston; a book jacket designed by Johnston (1931); printed Illustrations to a paper on Edward Johnston by Noel Rooke (1945); and printed pamphlet Edward Johnston: a tribute by Sydney Cockerell (1947).
1 folder. |
1931-1959 |
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39
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Victor Gollancz.
1 folder. |
1941-1958 |
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40
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Stephen Gooden. The letters from Gooden include an undated one in verse below an engraved headpiece. With these are an exchange of letters between Meynell and Harold Hartley (1958) and examples of engravings by Gooden for the Nonesuch Press. These include a headpiece marked on the verso by Meynell 'Stephen Gooden made this for me, but it was not used in any book.'.
1 folder. |
1926-1958 |
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41
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Other correspondents (G). These are: Dora Gaitskell, Anthony Gardner, Madge Garland, C. H. Gibbs-Smith (with a copy of a photograph of Elizabeth Barrett Browning), Evelyn Harter Glick, John Gloag, Rumer Godden, Walter Goetz, Goldsmiths' Hall (G. R. Hughes), Robert Gooden, and Grafton & Co. Also included is a catalogue from G. F. Sims (Rare Books) with Meynell's annotations of books ordered (1958).
1 folder. |
1928-1962 |
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42
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George Rostrevor Hamilton. With the letters are a typescript excerpt from Hamilton's Rapids of time (1965) on the subject of the Meynells, and a printed obituary (1967).
1 folder. |
1934-1965 |
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43
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Archie Harradine.
1 folder. |
1929-1954 |
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44
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Joan Hassall. Two letters to Meynell (1957 and undated); hand-made card (undated); printed card (undated) with a drawing captioned 'Nonesuch in 1582'; 3 printed 'Saltire chapbooks' (nos. 4, 6, 12; 1945-51); 'Garland chapbook no. 1' (1948?).
1 folder. |
1945-1957 |
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45
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Ashley Havinden. Two letters (1945, 1948) and a Christmas card (undated) to Meynell; with an original drawing (undated).
1 folder. |
1945-1948 |
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46
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John Hayward. Includes an original ms. letter (1925) from Meynell to 'My dear John'.
1 folder. |
1925-1961 |
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47
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Rosa Hobhouse. Letters to Meynell asking advice about her book As gems in metal. With these are photographs of her for use as a frontispiece and a letter from John Dreyfus. The book was published in 1967.
1 folder. |
1966-1967 |
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48
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Miriam Hopkins. One letter to Meynell (undated) and a clipping (1936).
1 folder. |
1936 |
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49
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C. H. St. J. Hornby. Four letters to Meynell.
1 folder. |
1925-1936 |
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50
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Other correspondents (H). They are: John Hadfield, Desmond Harmsworth, Wilfred Harrison, Rupert Hart-Davis, H. W. Häusermann, Godfrey Hayman, Ambrose Heal, Maurice Healy, G. Bruno Hicks, Laura Z. Hobson, Ralph Hodgson, C. G. Hookway, and Ellic Howe.
1 folder. |
1915-1972 |
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51
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Ernest Ingham.
1 folder. |
1946-1967 |
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52
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Other correspondents (I-J). They are: Vera Inglis, Philip James, Leonard Jay, Seán Jennett, George W. Jones, Herbert Jones, and Violet Markham Jones.
1 folder. |
1933-1958 |
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53
|
Holbrook Jackson.
1 folder. |
1936-1946 |
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54
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Ivy Jacquier. Three letters to Meynell (1937 with reply from Meynell, 1965, and undated). With the letters are two etchings and a watercolour drawing marked on the back 'cover for The Seasons ... (not used)'.
1 folder. |
1937-1965 |
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55
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C. E. M. Joad. Three letters to or from Joad (1944, 1952 and undated), with correspondence about Joad with Edgar Lansbury (undated) and Dennis Yates (1944); and a clipping (1968).
1 folder. |
1940-1952 |
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56
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Edmond X. Kapp. Four letters to Meynell (1946, 1971) and 1 from Meynell to him (1963). With the letters is a printed copy of Clerihews (Rampant Lions Press 1946) with Kapp's verses initialled by him.
1 folder. |
1946-1971 |
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57
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Edward McKnight Kauffer. Four autograph ms. letters to Meynell. With these are tear-sheets from a magazine of 1931 showing a rug designed by him.
1 folder. |
1930-1948 |
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58
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Rockwell Kent. Includes 2 Christmas cards illustrated by Kent. With the letters are a wallet of 16 postcards with Kent illustrations, inscribed to Alix and Francis Meynell from Sally and Rockwell Kent (1965), and a clipping.
1 folder. |
1955-1965 |
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59
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Geoffrey Keynes. Includes an original ms. letter from Meynell dated June 1975 and marked 'his last letter'. Some letters at the end of the sequence are from Alix Meynell and Pamela Zander. With these are a printed pamphlet Three tributes [none by Meynell] to Sir Geoffrey Keynes on his seventieth birthday 25th March 1957; and an exchange of letters between Meynell and Ruthven Todd (1971). |
1918-1971 |
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60
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Rudolf Koch. Two letters to Meynell, one illustrated (1930). With these is a letter from the Klingspor foundry to Meynell (1937).
1 folder. |
1930-1937 |
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61
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Jan van Krimpen. Some of the correspondence is with others invited to a lunch party in 1953 (Harry Carter, John Carter, Will Carter, Sem Hartz, Ernest Ingham, Robert Leighton, Stanley Morison, Herbert Simon, and the Earl de la Warr).
1 folder. |
1952-1956 |
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62
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Gutala Krishnamurti. Letters to Meynell; printed catalogue of an exhibition 'The eighteen-nineties' compiled by Krishnamurti and including items related to Francis Thompson; clippings about this and another similar exhibition curated by Krishnamurti.
1 envelope. |
1973 |
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63
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Other correspondents (K). They are: Ora Kennedy, Douglas A. Kerr, Philip Kershaw, Charles W. Key, Elizabeth Kilbracken, David Kindersley (with an offprint, 1961), and Nathalie Krebs (with a pamphlet about her pottery Saxbo, 1949).
1 folder. |
1932-1961 |
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64
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George Lansbury. Five letters from Lansbury to Meynell and 1 from Lansbury to Alice and Wilfrid Meynell (ca. 1914). With these letters is correspondence between Meynell and Moyna Macgill (1940-1954).
1 folder. |
1914-1954 |
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65
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Shane Leslie.
1 folder. |
1915-1962 |
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66
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Frank J. Lieberman.
1 folder. |
1952-1953 |
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67
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Kenneth Lindley. Exchange of letters with Meynell; with a pamphlet The old man: a small tale devised & pictured by Kenneth Lindley; printed by him at Loughborough, Febraury 1956.
1 folder. |
1956 |
|
68
|
Thomas and Ruth Lowinsky. One letter from Thomas Lowinsky (1935); 2 letters and 1 telegram from Ruth Lowinsky (1948, 1951 and undated).
1 folder. |
1935-1951 |
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69
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Other correspondents (L). These are: Labour Monthly (Palme Dutt), Lacy Scott & Sons, Osbert Lancaster, John Langdon-Davies, Mark Lansburgh, A. W. Lawrence, Janet Leeper, Walter Lewis, John E. (?) Lightfoot, Linotype and machinery Limited (Andrew Bluhm), H. J. B. Lintott, and Ivy Litvinov.
1 folder. |
1936-1972 |
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70
|
George and Helen Macy. Folder 1 = 1940-1950, including a printed programme for a dinner celebrating the twenty-first anniversary of the Limited Editions Club (1950). Folder 2 = 1952-1954, including correspondence about the Silver Jubilee dinner of the Club and Meynell's 'Aldus award' (11 May 1954). Some correspondence with Harold Riegelman and U.S. officials concerns the visa which came too late for him to attend. With this is the text of Meynell's speech, recorded on tape and played at the dinner. Folder 3 = 1956, including a printed prospectus of publications of the Limited Editions Club for 1956. Folder 4 = 1957-1966, including letters from Linda and Jonathan Macy. Envelope = printed volume of 19 leaves containing the menu and programme for the Silver Jubilee dinner (1954).
4 folders and 1 volume in an envelope. |
1939-1966 |
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71
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Joanna Malleson. With the letters (1939-47) are a printed order of service for her memorial service (1956) and a typescript leaf containing biographical notes on Miles Malleson.
1 folder. |
1947-1956 |
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72
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Fredric and Florence March. Two letters from Fredric March (1944 and 1948?), and 1 from Florence March (undated).
1 folder. |
1944-1948 |
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73
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James Maxwell. Includes correspondence proposing him for a knighthood (1947). With the letters are a printed obituary and a letter from Ella Maxwell (both 1957).
1 folder. |
1946-1957 |
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74
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Pamela McKenna. Eight letters to Meynell, only 3 of which are dated (1937 and 1939 bis), and 1 letter from Meynell to her. With the letters is a typescript leaf captioned 'Notes on Reginald McKenna' and an extract from Meynell's Beyond the headlines on the McKennas (1935).
1 folder. |
1937-1942 |
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75
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Ruari McLean. With the letters is a clipping (ca. 1960).
1 folder. |
1949-1973 |
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76
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James Moran. With the letters are tear-sheets from Printing World (1954).
1 folder. |
1954-1968 |
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77
|
Stanley Morison. Folder 1 = correspondence between Meynell and Morison. Folder 2 = correspondence with others concerning Morison. Correspondents include the Monotype Corporation (W. I. Burch 1928), the British Museum and Tony Appleton (both 1971). Envelope = printed items related to Morison. These include Morison's pamphlet A reminder to prime ministers, tyrants, [etc.] printed at the Pelican Press for Christmas 1920; and a pamphlet A selection of types produced by the Monotype Corporation under the guidance of Stanley Morison (Cambridge University Press 1960?).
2 folders and 1 envelope. |
1916-1971 |
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78
|
Philip Morrell. One letter to Meynell, with a printed farewell message from Ottoline Morrell.
1 folder. |
1938 |
|
79
|
Andrew Motion. With the correspondence are poems by him. Some are autograph ms. (2 are marked by Meynell) and others are in a typescript with cover page 'Seven poems for Joanna Jane by Andrew Motion. September 1972'.
1 folder. |
1972 |
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80
|
Other correspondents (M). They are: Desmond MacCarthy, J. Ramsay MacDonald (1936), Eddie March (1913, 1915, 1938), Catherine and Isabel Margesson (1920), Harry Marks, Arthur Marwick, Enid Marx, Lowell Mason, J. C. Masterman, Alexander Maxwell, F. E. McWilliam, Robert Mennell, Dick Michison (with a clipping of an obituary), Ministry of Transport (Cyril Hurcomb, G. M. Richards), George Moore (1925), Henry Moore, Charles Morgan, Ian T. Morison, James Mosley, Raymond Mortimer, and John Myers.
1 folder. |
1913-1962 |
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81
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C. Volmer Nordlunde. With the letters is a printed pamphlet Sixty years of Danish book-printing (1949) by Nordlunde.
1 folder. |
1949-1964 |
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82
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John Nott-Bower. The correspondence concerns the policing of the Soho Festival.
1 folder. |
1955 |
|
83
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Alfred Noyes. Noyes's letter of 21 Dec. 52 encloses transcriptions of letters (mostly undated) of Alice and Wilfrid Meynell to him.
1 folder. |
1910-1956 |
|
84
|
Other correspondents (N-O). These are: Navana Vandyk (Court photographers), Robert Nelson, Valentine P. Newmark, Harold Nicolson, Märthe Nystrom, Odhams Press Ltd (B. E. Copping), Fred Oppe, Mark Ostrer, and the Oxford University Newman Society.
1 folder. |
1936-1971 |
|
85
|
Francis Ogilvy and David Ogilvy. Correspondence with Francis Ogilvy (1942-3) and a typescript leaf with a memoir of him by Meynell; correspondence with David Ogilvy (1966. 1971), Christmas card from him and postcard of his house in France.
1 folder. |
1942-1971 |
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86
|
Frederick Page. Among the letters is a typescript captioned 'Browning - a conversation' by Page, with his covering letter (1946?).
1 folder. |
1940-1950 |
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87
|
Hendrik Park. Three letters to Meynell (1950, 1954 bis); 2 photographs of bindings by him; 2 typescripts of 1 p. each, one captioned 'The paper-bound books of Henrik Park' by Meynell (undated), the other marked 'for Henrik Parks catalogue of bookbindings to be exhibited in universities & libraries in the U.S.' (1950).
1 folder. |
1950-1954 |
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88
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Wulstan Phillipson. With the correspondence are tear-sheets from Downside Review of 2 articles by him about Alice Meynell (1940, 1941).
1 folder. |
1968 |
|
89
|
Leslie Plummer. Correspondence between him and Meynell (1938-62); 2 letters from Meynell to Beattie Plummer (1963, 1966); obituary of Beattie Plummer (ca. 1972); and typescript notes captioned 'Plummers - Dick & Beattie'.
1 folder. |
1938-1972 |
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90
|
Ernest Pooley. Includes correspondence with the Century Theatre (1949; Wilfred Harrison) about an Arts Council grant.
1 folder. |
1943-1950 |
|
91
|
Raymond Postgate. Includes correspondence between Meynell and Postgate as editor of Fact (1936-8) and Tribune (1941-7). Some letters are to and from George Strauss ( 1941) and from Daisy and Oliver Postgate (1971). At the end of the sequence are clippings, a printed obituary of Raymond and Daisy Postgate, and a ms. draft of a memoir by Meynell.
2 folders. |
1928-1971 |
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92
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Stephen Potter. With the letters (1936-68) are a letter from Meynell to Lady Rhondda (1932) and a letter from Mary Potter to Meynell (1967); clippings and tear-sheets.
1 folder. |
1932-1968 |
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93
|
Other correspondents (P-Q). These are: C. W. Parish, Eric Partridge, A. D. Peters, John Peters, Gabriel Pippet, Ezra Pound (2 letters, both 1948), Fanny Price, Björn and Aino Prytz, and Mary and Ernest Quick. Interfiled with the letters is a memorandum on the Perfect family apparently by Dudley Stewart Perfect.
1 folder. |
1929-1973 |
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94
|
Imre Reiner. With the letters is an etching by Reiner inscribed to Meynell and dated Nov. 1938.
1 folder. |
1938-1939 |
|
95
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Simon Rendall. Includes a letter from Ann Rendall and a printed poem 'Easter wings' printed at the Yellowsands Press (1971). |
1970-1973 |
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96
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Bernard Roberts. With the letters is a printed pamphlet The end of typography, by Roberts.
1 folder. |
1948 |
|
97
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Bruce Rogers. Folder 1 = letters from Rogers to Meynell (19; 1 letter from Meynell to Rogers and typescript bibliography entry on the Oxford Lectern Bible (1950). Folder 2 = clipping of Rogers's obituary in The Times for 20 May 1957; catalogues of exhibitions of Rogers's work. Folder 3 (oversize) = poster printed at the Pelican Press using Rogers's poster type.
3 folders, 1 oversize. |
1917-1949 |
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98
|
Royal Academy of Arts. Invitations to the annual exhibition and dinner, and printed programme for the dinner. With these is a ms. note from Meynell: 'Always boasted had never been to the R.A.; a dinner invitation broke my record. Have never been since.'.
1 folder. |
1955 |
|
99
|
Bertrand Russell. Three letters from Russell to Meynell; 2 letters from Meynell to Russell (photocopies); 2 letters from Dora Russell to Meynell; further papers about the Russell children and their schooling. With these are a clipping of Russell's obituary in The Times (1970) and correspondence between Meynell and the Russell Archive (Kenneth Blackwell) and Ronald W. Clark (1972).
1 folder. |
1915-1972 |
|
100
|
Leonard Russell. |
1971-1972 |
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101
|
John Ryder.
1 folder. |
1955-1958 |
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102
|
Other correspondents (R). They are: Radio Times, Roy Randall, Eric Ravilious (with a photograph of a painting by him, dated 16 Mar. 1940), Margaret Rawlings, Max Reinhardt (with a menu for a dinner in honour of Mr and Mrs Charles Chaplin), P. A. Rice, Vivian Ridler, Harry Riemer, Max Rittenberg, Austin Robinson, Margaret Rodan, Melrich von Rosenberg, Charles Rosner (with a letter from the Board of Trade about his naturalization), Fairfax Ross, Andrew Rothstein, and Albert Rutherston (undated).
1 folder. |
1929-1960 |
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103
|
Alan Sainsbury and Robert Sainsbury. One letter from Robert Sainsbury (1947), with which is a photograph of him and Meynell inscribed 'after a cricket match ... in which FM captained Mather's & Alan captained Sainsbury's'; and 2 letters from Alan (1946 on the writing paper of the Socialist Publicity Service, and 1956).
1 folder. |
1946-1956 |
|
104
|
Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Meynell's correspondent is Kenneth Hobson. Included are letters from J. M. McWilliam and W. A. Fairhurst.
1 folder. |
1951-1956 |
|
105
|
Hans Schleger. An exchange of letters with Meynell (1952); and 3 printed offprints about his graphic designs (1952, undated, and 1961).
1 folder. |
1952-1961 |
|
106
|
Hans Schmoller.
1 folder. |
1948-1960 |
|
107
|
Martin Secker. Two letters to Meynell (1954, 1968); with a printed copy of Martin Secker's Catalogue (1923).
1 folder. |
1923-1968 |
|
108
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Brocard Sewell. An exchange of letters relating to Montague Summers; with other correspondence on the same subject with A. S. Jarman, John Langdon-Davies, Patrick Middleton, and Leslie C. Staples.
1 folder. |
1957 |
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109
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James Shand. With the letters (1929-49) are a printed list of types held at the Shenval Press (undated) and an invitation to a 'commemorative gathering' (1967).
1 folder. |
1929-1967 |
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110
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Vernon Shearer. Includes correspondence between Meynell and Alan C. Don about a roll of honour for Westminster Abbey. With the letters are 2 specimens of writing (unsigned and undated, but probably by Shearer).
1 folder. |
1947-1954 |
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111
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Herbert Simon and Oliver Simon. Correspondence with Oliver Simon (1953-4) and with Herbert Simon (1969-70). The latter mostly concerns information for Meynell's memoirs. With the letters are printed announcements of Simon's retirement from Curwen Press (1970) and death (1974).
1 folder. |
1953-1974 |
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112
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John Sparrow. Folder 1 = letters (1927-8) and 2 clippings. Folder 2 = printed copy of Lapidaria with ms. translations of each inscription laid in. Also tipped in is a slip dated March 1945 conveying the volume from Sparrow and Stanley Morison to Meynell .
2 folders. |
1927-1952 |
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113
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Stephen Spender. With the letters is a ms. of 1 page by Meynell captioned 'My row with Stephen Spender, now happily healed'.
1 folder. |
1961-1973 |
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114
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Christopher St. John.
1 folder. |
1947-1948 |
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115
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Paul Standard. Folder 1 = correspondence. With the letters is a bookplate by Standard inscribed to Meynell and dated 1966. Folder 2 = 3 printed pamphlets by Standard, 2 inscribed to Meynell. Folder 3 = 'Francis Meynell and the Nonesuch Press' (typescript carbon copy of 14 pages with ms. alterations), by Standard, marked 'N.Y. 16 Nov. 1966. with a tear-sheet from Printing News reporting on the talk.
3 folders. |
1930-1968 |
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116
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Reynolds Stone. Folder 1 = correspondence, including a letter from Stone to Harry Carter (1948). . Folder 2 = specimens and proofs of engravings by Stone, with tear-sheets from The Connoisseur containing an article on Stone (1963).
2 folders. |
1947-1964 |
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117
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William Stone. Exchange of letters with a sample of Stone's printing at the Sequoia Press.
1 folder. |
1955 |
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118
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A. J. A. Symons. Folder 1 = correspondence with Symons (1927-39). Folder 2 = correspondence with Edith Watson and others about Symons's last illness and estate (1941). Folder 3 = typescript extract from A.J. A. Symons by Julian Symons; 2 tear-sheets of reviews; and typescript of 6 pages inscribed by Meynell ' A. J. A. Symons's "system" for roulette'.
2 folders. |
1927-1941 |
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119
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Other correspondents (S). They are: Ebbe Sadolin (with an exhibition catalogue of his drawings , 1948), Harriet Sampson, Christopher Sandford, Siegfried Sassoon (1955), Kathleen Selby, Joan M. Shelmerdine, Stanhope Shelton, Rollo G. Silver, Society for the Study of Addiction (W. R. Bett, 1955), Jack Squire, Åke L. Stavenow, and Alan Steyne.
1 folder. |
1916-1973 |
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120
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Jan Tschichold. Two letters to Meynell, with a printed greeting leaflet and a printed pamphlet Formenwandlungen der e-Zeichen inscribed to Meynell (neither dated).
1 folder. |
1955 |
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121
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Other correspondents (T). They are: Stephen Tallent, John C. Tarr, Tenth International Printing, Machinery and Allied Trades' Exhibition (including correspondence with the Association of British Manufacturers of Printers' Machinery), James Thurber (1938), S. Tombs, Walter Tracy, and Anne K. Tuell.
1 folder. |
1938-1961 |
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122
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Daniel Berkeley Updike. Two letters to Meynell. With these is a printed Christmas card to Members of the Double Crown Club (1939).
1 folder. |
1921-1922 |
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123
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Other correspondents (U-V). They are: University College, Hull (1946, J. H. Nicholson), Bryna and Louis Untermeyer (1973), and Laurens van der Post (undated).
1 folder. |
1946-1973 |
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124
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George Walker. Letters to Meynell and to Pamela Hayman. One of the letters conveys a typescript (carbon copy) lecture of 19 pages entitled 'Frivolities of the italic hand' by Walker. With the letters are specimens of flourished letters and flourishes by Walker, including trials of the name 'Francis Meynell'. |
1952-1954 |
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125
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Beatrice Warde. Folders 1-2 = correspondence. This includes a pamphlet The shelter in Bedlam (by Warde; 1937) inscribed to Meynell. . A separate envelope contains compositions of Beatrice Warde, mainly small items published by the Monotype Corporation. With these are an unidentified fragment of typescript by her; obituaries; and letters to Meynell about her from James Moran (1960) and John Dreyfus (1969).
2 folders and 1 envelope. |
1928-1969 |
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126
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Alec Waugh and Evelyn Waugh. Correspondence with Evelyn Waugh (1928); 1 letter to Alec Waugh (1930); 1 letter from Alec Waugh (1938).
1 folder. |
1928-1938 |
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127
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H. G. Wells. Three letters to Meynell (1927, 1935, 1940). With them are a printed order of service (2 copies, one revised from the other) for the memorial service of Amy Catherine Wells (died 1927) apparently designed for Wells by Meynell; and miscellaneous typescript notes by Meynell about Wells.
1 folder. |
1927-1940 |
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128
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Vita Sackville-West. Four autograph ms. letters to Meynell.
1 folder. |
1948-1960 |
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129
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Kenneth Williams. Letters to Meynell, with permission forms for the use of a poem in a broadcast poetry reading by Williams.
1 folder. |
1970 |
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130
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Harold Wilson. Three letters to Francis and Alix Meynell (1972); and Christmas cards (1971, 1972).
1 folder. |
1970-1972 |
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131
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C. A. Wimpfheimer. An exchange of letters with a specimen of his printing at the Hunterian Press.
1 folder. |
1955 |
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132
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Berthold Wolpe. Letter from Meynell to Wolpe (1946) with a typescript testimonial; and a Christmas card to Meynell (undated).
1 folder. |
1946 |
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133
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Other correspondents (W-Y). These are: Leonard Walsh, H. W. H. Warren, J. W. Waterer, Josiah Wedgwood, Gisken Wildenwey, William Blake Bicentenary Celebrations (F. Heming Vaughan), Charles Williams, J. G. Wilson, Neal Wood, Leonard Woolf, Lord Woolton, James W. Young, and Alice York.
1 folder. |
1929-1959 |
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134
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Morton D. Zabel.
1 folder. |
1951-1954 |
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135
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Bror Zachrisson. With the letters are 2 offprints of articles by him.
1 folder. |
1949-1956 |
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136
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Pamela Zander. Many of the letters are to Meynell in Scandinavia in 1946. Also included is a letter from Harry Carter to her (1949). With the letters are a sketch of her by Meynell (1949), 2 specimen texts copied out by her, and a clipping about an exhibition of Martin Zander's sculpture (1967).
1 folder. |
1946-1967 |
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137
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Jake Zeitlin. Four printed items: Some rambling recollections of a rambling bookseller, by Zeitlin (1970); The Plantin Press Los Angeles: check list of an exhibition (1971); A small renaissance, southern California style, by Zeitlin (1972) ; and Jake Zeitlin and the big red barn, by Francis J. Weber (1972). All these have inscriptions from Zeitlin to Meynell.
1 small envelope. |
1970-1972 |
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138
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Some girl-friends. Letters removed from Meynell's folder so marked. Some are identified by Meynell in pencil, including: Dariel Brindley, Barbara MacKenzie Smith, Mary Monck (died 1947, with a photograph of her tombstone), and Kate Obermer (or Obemer). With the letters is a typescript poem by Marion Grove Coates Hagerty. |
1930-1949 |
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139
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Unidentified correspondents. Also included are 2 third-party letters, one from Harold Macmillan to F. C. Hooper (1949; typescript transcript), and another from Sofia Martin-Gamero to 'Fred' (1968) with a typescript about a Spanish church). With these are also a printed Christmas card from Celia and John Strachey with a photograph of the groundnut harvest in Kongwa (1948). . Folder 2 contains a 'calligram' by W. Emlyn Davies based on Meynell's poem 'Last love'. It was sent to Meynell as a 78th birthday gift by 'Reg and Susan'.
2 folders. |
1929-1969 |
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