Major accessions to repositories in 2003 relating to Publishing

Local

Derbyshire Record Office

• John Taylor, publisher: papers incl letters c1839-74 (D504/133)

Guildhall Library

• Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd, London (addnl): records incl publication catalogues c1777-1995 (Acc 2003/096)
• HM Customs and Excise: letters from authors of confiscated counterfeit books, giving permission for books to be donated to lighthouse keepers, authors incl Arthur Conan Doyle, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Jack London 1905-82 (Ms 34397)

Gwynedd Archives, Meirionnydd Record Office

• Gwasg y Dydd, Dolgellau: documents rel to printing and publishing works 1900-99 (5728)

Lancashire Record Office

• Joshua Duckworth, printer and bookbinder, Colne: records 1888-1913 (DDX 752 acc 9281)

Norfolk Record Office

• Jeremiah James Colman of Norwich: business papers rel to the East Anglian Daily Times c1875-1900 (ACC 2003/46)

National

British Library, Manuscript Collections

• James Louis Garvin (1868-1947), newspaper editor: papers

National Library of Ireland

• New Writers' Press, publishers, Dublin: records, incl corresp and literary MSS c1960-69

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

• William Blackwood, publisher (addnl): letters 1810-26 (Acc.12243)

Special

Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine

• Society for Reproduction and Fertility: records incl of predecessor bodies and journals 1950-2003 (SA/SRF)

University

Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department

• GH Grubb of GB Putnam's and Sons, publishers: letters from politicians featured in 'The Windows of Westminster' 1924-25 (MS172)

Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

• Cambridge Journal of Economics (addnl): papers 1998-2000 (MS Add. 9238 (additional))
• The Historical Journal: corresp and papers c1920-2003 (MS Add. 9644)

Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections: Palace Green Section

• Peter Isaac (1921-2002), professor, engineer, bibliographer and historian of the British book trade: working papers incl material rel the English provincial book trade (ADD)

London Metropolitan University: The Women's Library

• The Women's Press (addnl): records, incl corresp and editorial files c1980-2003 (6/TWP)

Reading University Library

• Leo Cooper, publisher: records incl corresp, MSS and proofs
• A & C Black Ltd, publishers, Edinburgh: corresp files, ledgers, agreements and press cuttings, incl some for subsidiary firms c1890-1980
• Merlin Press, publishers, London: publishing corresp, reviews, publicity material and balance sheets 1956-99