Major Accessions to Repositories 1997 relating to Publishing History

National, Special and University

Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

• John Bowyer Nichols (1779-1863), printer: corresp and papers

Glasgow University Archives and Business Record Centre

• Blackie & Son Ltd, publishers, Glasgow (addnl): corresp and papers (Accn 1595)

House of Lords Record Office

• Meredith White Townsend (1831-1911), editor of the Spectator: corresp and papers (Hist. Coll. 423)

Public Record Office

• Paul Iliffe Freeman, controller and chief executive of Her Majestys Stationery Office: papers 1972-95 (STAT 25)
• Mike Lynn, deputy chief executive of Her Majestys Stationery Office: papers 1972-97 (STAT 24)

University of Reading Library

• John Guest (1911-97), literary adviser to Longman and Penguin, publishers: corresp with poets and authors
• Heinemann Educational Books, publishers (addnl): records
• Random House, publishers, London: records
• Secker & Warburg, publishers, London: records
• Publishers Association (addnl): records
• John Lewis Printing Collection

Warwick University Modern Records Centre

• Sir George Pope (1902-82), director of The Times (addnl): papers rel to the Newspaper Proprietors Association (MSS.271)

Local Repositories in England

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Record Service

• Stanley Watson & HA Newman, printers, Kimbolton: records c1947-1965 (Z963)

Birmingham City Archives

• Novello & Co, music publishers, London: letters from Gounod, Dvorak and Elgar rel to The Dream of Gerontius, The Apostles and The Kingdom 19th-20th cent (MS 2067)

Buckinghamshire Record Office

• Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd, printers and bookbinders, Aylesbury (addnl): records 1960-89 (D/HWV)
• Hunt Barnard & Co, printers, Aylesbury: minutes (copies) 1919-26 (D/X 1341)

Derbyshire Record Office

• Sharplin family, printers and stationers, Ironville (addnl): records incl family papers c1890-1930 (D4461)

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Records Office

• George Boyden & Sons, printers, Stratford-upon-Avon: business and family papers 1832-1980 (DR 933)

East Sussex Record Office

• Harvester Press, publishers, Hassocks: records 1968-89 (ACC 6970)

Local Repositories in Scotland

Edinburgh City Archives

• Bell and Bradfute, booksellers (addnl): records 18th-19th cent (SL 138)