| Title |
Subject files |
| Reference |
ANLM/4 |
| Covering Dates |
1950–1975 |
| Extent and Medium |
10 files; paper |
|
| Content and context |
The letters and papers were collected by ANLM. Filenames assigned by ANLM are preserved when known. |
| King's/PP/ANLM/4 contains: |
|
1
|
'BM [British Museum] and BL [British Library]'. The file contains papers relating to the deliberations of the Dainton Committee on the future of the 'British Museum Library', 1968; tax concessions to encourage the sale or donation of national treasures to public collections, 1973; suggested transfer of certain Sloane Manuscripts and the Banksian Library from the British Library to the British Museum of Natural History, 1968-74.
1 file in envelope; paper. |
1968–1974 |
|
2
|
'BL [British Library] correspondence'.
1 file in envelope; paper. |
1974 |
|
3
|
Calligraphy. This file contains letters to Munby from various authors showing examples of calligraphy, and a booklet 'Beacon Writing, Book Five' by Alfred Fairbank.
29 sheets and 1 pamphlet in envelope; paper. |
1950–1975 |
|
4
|
'English experience'. The file includes correspondence, accounts and catalogues relating to ANLM's suggested titles for facsimile publishing by Theatrum Orbis Terrarum of Amsterdam in their series 'The English Experience, its record in early printed books'.
1 file in envelope; paper. |
1968–1974 |
|
5
|
'French MS material in King's College Library'. List of material in French, compiled by Munby.
2 pages; paper. |
1950–1975 |
|
6
|
'Grolier Club'. The file contains correspondence with Gabriel Austin, the Grolier Club Librarian, concerning the reprinting of English sale catalogues.
17 items in envelope; paper. |
May 1968-Oct. 1968 |
|
7
|
'Newton catalogue'. The file contains correspondence concerning the republishing of the sale catalogue of the Newton papers, 1936, with an updated finding aid and introductory essay, edited by Peter Spargo.
1 folder in envelope; paper. |
1972 |
|
8
|
'Scolar Mansell'. The file contains correspondence with John Commander concerning ANLM's consultancy with the Scolar Mansell Press and his fees.
1 folder in envelope; paper. |
1972 |
|
9
|
'Sotheby Reprint Series'. The file contains assorted papers concerning the microfilming of Sotheby's sale catalogues, 1744 to date.
1 folder in envelope; paper. |
1969–1973 |
|
10
|
Turner, G. L. E. The file contains correspondence with G. L. E. Turner, curator of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, concerning sale catalogues of the books and instruments of scientists; with related notes, lists of books of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1686-1835, and other men of science.
1 bundle in envelope; paper. |
1966 |
|
11
|
'York Minster Library'. The file contains a copy typescript report on the Library, July 1957; 'The Friends of York Minster 59th Annual Report'; correspondence with Minster librarians and others, including several from Eric Milner-White.
7 items in envelope; paper. |
1957–1973 |
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