General correspondence
MS. Murray 3/1
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
General correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Murray 3/1
Summary
Comprises:
Folder 1. Correspondence, Jan-Sep 1876, includes: several letters from F.J. Furnivall. One long letter in June concerns a talk he had had with Macmillan and J R Green, about Dictionary policy and practicalities: he sees Macmillan as the publisher (for the Clarendon Press), and Murray as Editor. Some other names included in folder: Alex Macmillan, George A. Macmillan, and William Jack of Macmillan and Co., Publishers to the University of Oxford; Thomas B. Gray; J.G. Goodchild ; D. Laing; Alexander J. Ellis; Norman MacColl, editor of the Athenaeum; John Ireland Blackburne; Edmonton & Douglas, Edinburgh booksellers and publishers; William Greenwell; James Hardy. Includes a letter in German from J. Stone Blomfield.
Folder 2. Correspondence, Oct-Dec 1876, includes: several letters from William Jack of Macmillan and Co., publishers. Some other names included in folder: F.J. Furnivall; Henry Nicol; Alexander J. Ellis; Henry P. Tucker; Norman MacColl, editor of the Athenaeum; Moritz Trautmann; R. Martineau; Elizabeth Healey.
Date
Jan-Dec 1876
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (2 folders)
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Collection contents
Papers of Sir James Augustus Henry Murray (1837-1915), editor of the Oxford English Dictionary
Correspondence
General correspondence
