| Title |
Letters to Ellic Howe |
| Reference |
MS Add.9820/A |
| Covering Dates |
1935-1950 |
| Extent and Medium |
78 folders |
|
| Content and context |
A few items include drafts or carbon copies of letters from Howe. |
| Manuscripts/MS Add.9820/A contains: |
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1
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Letters from Marius Audin.
1 folder. |
1938 |
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2
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Letters from R. A. Austen-Leigh.
1 folder. |
1937-1944 |
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3
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Letters from Paul A. Bennett.
1 folder. |
1936-1940 |
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4
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Letters from Martin Breslauer.
1 folder. |
1937 |
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5
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Letters from John Buckland Wright.
1 folder. |
1945 |
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6
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Letter from F. R. Cowell.
1 folder. |
1945 |
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7
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Letters from Brooke Crutchley.
1 folder. |
1937-1940 |
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8
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Letters from Richard de la Mare.
1 folder. |
1944-1946 |
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9
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Letter from Albert Ehrman.
1 folder. |
1936 |
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10
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Letters from Edward Epstean.
1 folder. |
1937 |
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11
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Letters from Alfred Fairbank. With these is a letter to Howe from The Studio Ltd asking for a sample of handwriting.
1 folder. |
1936-1945 |
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12
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Letters from R. B. Fishenden.
1 folder. |
1937 |
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13
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Letter from H. P. R. Finberg.
1 folder. |
1940 |
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14
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Letters from Desmond Flower.
1 folder. |
1939-1945 |
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15
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Letters from Frank Francis.
1 folder. |
1938-1945 |
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16
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Letter from David Garnett.
1 folder. |
1945 |
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17
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Letters from Eric Gill. The letters concern plans for a Hebrew press in Jerusalem.
1 folder. |
1937 |
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18
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Letter from Nicolete Gray. The letter is signed 'Nicolette Gray'.
1 folder. |
1938 |
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19
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Letters from C. H. Griffith.
1 folder. |
1936-1937 |
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20
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Letters from Ambrose Heal.
1 folder. |
1936-1939 |
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21
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Letter from Philip Hofer.
1 folder. |
1943 |
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22
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Letter from E. H. Hugo.
1 folder. |
1936 |
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23
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Letter from J. B. Nichols & Sons Ltd.
1 folder. |
1938 |
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24
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Letters from Holbrook Jackson.
1 folder. |
1940-1941 |
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25
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Letter from Joh. Enschedé en Zonen.
1 folder. |
1935 |
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26
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Letters from A. F. Johnson.
1 folder. |
1938-1939 |
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27
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Letters from John Johnson.
1 folder. |
1935-1938 |
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28
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Letter from George W. Jones.
1 folder. |
1936 |
|
29
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Letters from Geoffrey Keynes.
1 folder. |
1944-1946 |
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30
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Letters from Jan van Krimpen.
1 folder. |
1937-1946 |
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31
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Letters from Peggy Lang.
1 folder. |
1937-1939 |
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32
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Letters from Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt.
1 folder. |
1938-1949 |
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33
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Letter from Walter Lewis.
1 folder. |
1937 |
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34
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Letters from the London Society of Compositors. With these are 2 letters from T. E. Naylor, one to the Society and one to Howe.
1 folder. |
1938-1946 |
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35
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Letter from William Maxwell.
1 folder. |
1938 |
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36
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Letters from Leo Ari Mayer.
1 folder. |
1937 |
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37
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Letter from David B. McFall.
1 folder. |
1943 |
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38
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Letter from Douglas C. McMurtrie.
1 folder. |
1936 |
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39
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Letters from Francis Meynell.
1 folder. |
1946 |
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40
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Letters from Charles Monnoyer. With the letters is a specimen of poster type.
1 folder. |
1937-1940 |
|
41
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Letters from Gustav Mori. With the letters is a typescript draft letter from Howe to Mori.
1 folder. |
1938-1939 |
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42
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Letters from Louis Morin.
1 folder. |
1938-1942 |
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43
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Letters from Stanley Morison. Two letters (1954) are to Mrs Howe. Several of the letters have explanatory annotations by Howe. With the letters is a typescript draft review of M. Audin, Livrets typographiques des fonderies françaises, for Signature, with ms. alterations by Morison.
2 folders. |
1935-1946 |
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44
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Letter from Guido Morris. With the letter is an announcement of Loquela Mirabilis vol. 2 no. 1.
1 folder. |
1937 |
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45
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Letters from Percy Muir. With the letters are letters from Howe to Muir (typescript carbon copies).
1 folder. |
1945 |
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46
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Letters from Ray Nash.
1 folder. |
1936-1940 |
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47
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Letter from Bernard Newdigate.
1 folder. |
1938 |
|
48
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Letters from G. W. Ovink.
1 folder. |
1938-1939 |
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49
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Letter from A. E. Owen-Jones.
1 folder. |
1935 |
|
50
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Letters from Charles Peignot.
1 folder. |
1938-1945 |
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51
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Letter from John Piper.
1 folder. |
1946 |
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52
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Letters from Carl Purlington Rollins.
1 folder. |
1937-1950 |
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53
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Letters from Graham Pollard.
1 folder. |
1938-1941 |
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54
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Letters from S. G. Reynolds.
1 folder. |
1937 |
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55
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Letters from Marius Sabbe.
1 folder. |
1937 |
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56
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Letter from Michael Sadleir.
1 folder. |
1944 |
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57
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Letters from the Schweizer Gutenbergmuseum.
1 folder. |
1938 |
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58
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Letters from James Shand. Includes a letter from Shand to Olga Howe dated 4 Dec. 1934 enclosing the typescript of a talk by him to the Double Crown Club. The letter of 16 Dec. 1936 encloses specimens of Linotype 10 point Hebrew sectional and 10-point experimental no. 103 (both dated 1935). With the letters is a prospectus for Alphabet and Image.
2 folders. |
1934-1941 |
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59
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Letters from Herbert Simon.
1 folder. |
1946 |
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60
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Letters from Oliver Simon.
1 folder. |
1936-1941 |
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61
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Letters from Sidney G. Squires.
1 folder. |
1935 |
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62
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Letters from Paul Standard.
1 folder. |
1936-1945 |
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63
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Letters from Reynolds Stone.
1 folder. |
1946 |
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64
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Letter from J. C. Tarr.
1 folder. |
1939 |
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65
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Letter from Henry Thomas.
1 folder. |
1941 |
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66
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Letters from Joseph Thorp. The letters are signed 'Peter Thorp'.
1 folder. |
1938 |
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67
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Letters from George F. Trenholm.
1 folder. |
1936 |
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68
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Letters from Jan Tschichold.
1 folder. |
1935-1938 |
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69
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Letters from Daniel B. Updike and Daniel Bianchi. Thirteen letters of which 3 are from Bianchi (2 to Mrs. Howe, 1936-1937) and 10 from Updike.
1 folder. |
1936-1941 |
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70
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Letters from Beatrice Warde. The letters are signed 'Beaujon'.
1 folder. |
1939-1941 |
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71
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Letters from James Wardrop.
1 folder. |
1938-1942 |
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72
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Letter from Irene Wellington. With the letter are 3 'certificates of merit' written out by her.
1 folder. |
1945 |
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73
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Letter from George Westover. With the letter is a letter from Howe to the Phoenix Book Co. (typescript carbon copy). The letters concern the stock of unsold copies of Legros and Grant, Typographical printing surfaces (1916).
1 folder. |
1937 |
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74
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Letters from Lawrence C. Wroth.
1 folder. |
1936-1941 |
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75
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Letters from libraries and typefoundries about type specimens sought by Howe. The correspondents are: Genzsch & Heyse Schriftgiesserei, Kungl. Biblioteket (Stockholm), Preussische Staatsbibliothek (Berlin), Haas'sche Schriftgiesserei (Basel), Bibliothèque Communale (Lille, France), Bibliothèque Publique de Dijon.
1 folder. |
1936-1939 |
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76
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Letters from other correspondents. The correspondents are Biblioteca Nazionale di San Marco in Venezia, R. H. Bruce-Lockhart, G. Cumberledge, Ivan Kyrle Fletcher, Philip James, M. Lownds & Son Ltd, George L. Marsh, J. B. Oldham, R. A. Peddie, C. Proost, Herbert W. Prince, J. R. Riddell, Docteur Roblin, Science Museum, Stationers' Hall, Hugh F. B. Tregaskis, Union Syndicale des Maîtres-Imprimeurs de France.
1 folder. |
1936-1947 |
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