Major accessions to repositories in 2013 relating to Publishing

Local

Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service

• Tindal Street Press, publishers, Birmingham: records 20th cent (MS 4387)

Nottinghamshire Archives

• Hawthornes of Nottingham Ltd, printers and stationers: records c1895-2012 (8345)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

• Frank Elias (also known as John Owen), journalist and author: MS 'Running Footman' (1931) and papers rel to publication of 'North Sea Spy' (1939) 1931-1939 (HD3031)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale

• Halifax Typographical Society: minutes 1836-1964 (HAS/B:37)

National

British Library, Manuscript Collections

• James Burn & Co Ltd, bookbinders, London: records 1786-1998 (Add MS 89033)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

• Peter Hodgkiss, mountaineer and publisher: climbing journals, corresp and working papers incl material rel to the Ernest Press 1965-2009 (Acc.13345)

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives

• Charles Jacques Edouard Morren, botanist, editor and director of Jardin Botanique de l'Universite de Liege: corresp 1874 (PrP 13-0022)

Special

Bishopsgate Institute

• Sam Russell, journalist: papers and corresp 1938-2010 (RUSSELL)
• Amanda Sebestyen, journalist and historian: papers and corresp 1967-2013 (SEBESTYEN)

Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum/University of Central Lancashire)

• David Candler, journalist and press officer: papers incl work in Labour Party Press and Publicity Department for Harold Wilson 1960-2000 (Acc 1383)

Working Class Movement Library

• National Union of Journalists, Manchester Evening News chapel: minutes and papers c1960-2005 (ACC198)

University

Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections

• Jerry Cinamon, designer and typographer: corresp rel to Penguin Books 1969-2010 (DM2531)
• Penguin Books Ltd, publishers, London: papers rel to 'Rough Guide' travel book series 1990-2009 (DM2551)

Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

• Arthur Peter Riley, poet, publisher and bookseller: papers c1950-2010 (MS Add.10013)
• John Riley, poet, editor: corresp and papers c1955-1979 (MS Add. 10038)

Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services

• Sapphire Project (Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History): material created and collected by the project incl administrative records, oral history recordings and archives (in particular archives of Thomas Nelson, publishers) 20th cent-21st cent (2013/586)

Kingston University Archives and Special Collections

• Publishing News: photographs, magazines, research files and papers rel to the British Book Awards 1950-2008 (KUAS67)
• Women's Prize for Fiction: corresp, minutes and publicity 1992-2009 (KUAS74)

Leicester University Library: Special Collections

• Leicester Mercury: photographic prints and negatives, cuttings files c1960-1999 (LMA)

London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

• Plaut Martin, journalist, editor and government advisor: corresp, financial papers, investigative reports and papers rel to War on Want 1980s (PP MS 94)

London University: Senate House Library

• Joan Lluis Gili i Serra, bookseller, publisher, translator and founder of the Dolphin Book Company: records incl personal papers, author files and stock lists for the Dolphin Bookshop c1903-2004 (MS1197)

Newcastle University: Special Collections

• Bloodaxe Books Ltd: records rel to publishing activities incl drafts, corresp, promotional material 1978-2013 (BB)
• Flambard Press, publishers, Newcastle Upon Tyne: records rel to publishing activities incl author files, book reviews, catalogues, corresp, photographs 1991-2012 (FP)
• Iron press, publishers, Newark: records rel to publishing activities incl author files, book reviews, promotional material and magazine 1973-2013 (IP)

Oxford University: Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House

• Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard, Colonial Editor of the Times: corresp, personal and working papers and material rel to the Jameson Raid and the Boer War 19th-20th cent (5781 MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 590)

Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Western Manuscripts

• Giles Barber, librarian: corresp and papers incl material rel to bookbinding 20th-21st cent (Acc 9101)
• John Edward Poynder Grigg, journalist and biographer: corresp and papers incl some material rel to his father, 1st Baron Altrincham 20th-21st cent (Acc 8907)
• Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, MP: additional corresp and papers, from Haymarket Publishing offices 20th-21st cent (Acc 8906)
• Clutag Press, Thame: additional records incl material rel to recent publications and misc additions to earlier series 21st cent (Acc 8211)

Oxford University: St Antony's College: Middle East Centre Archive

• Monica Wilson, journalist: letters to her parents while in Palestine 1943-1948 (0573)
• Annaseria, Arabic newspaper, London: digital copies of the newspaper 1982-1984 (0580)

University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections

• British Book Trade Index: additional papers, incl corresp 1983-1994 (MS803)

University of Reading: Special Collections

• Frank Hermann, author, publisher and bookseller: proofs and research notes for publication 'Low Profile: A Life in the World of Books', incl some business records for Plume Press c1970-2000 (MS 5494)
• Annabel Jones, writer: research notes for the book 'A History of Longmans and Their Books' by Asa Briggs, published by Longmans in 2008 1959-2003 (MS 5490)
• Arthur G Taylor, employee at WH Smith & Son Ltd, newsagents: corresp and photographs 1950-1981 (MS 5495)
• Bradley & Sons Ltd, printers, Reading: accounts, photographs and programmes 1914-1938 (MS 5491)

Warwick University: Modern Records Centre

• Socialist Commentary Publications Limited: minutes, and records concerning finances and management 1952-1981 (SOY)