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GB 0074 LMA/4462/S · Collection · [1990]-2000

Records of the African Caribbean and Minorities 2000 Cooperative. This material consists of a draft letter introducing the idea for a cooperative and a list of invited persons.

African Caribbean and Minorities 2000 Cooperative , publishing co-operative
ANANSE SOCIETY
GB 0074 LMA/4462/I · Collection · 1995-2002

Records of The Ananse Society, including minutes, correspondence, programmes, press cuttings and stationery. For detailed introductions to these series please see the individual series descriptions in the detailed catalogue.

The Ananse Society , black literature study and promotion group
BLOOMSBURY BOOK AUCTIONS
GB 0074 LMA/4449 · Collection · 1951-2002

Records of Bloomsbury Book Auctions, 1951-2002. There are three series in the collection, the first (LMA/4449/01) covering the administration of the business, and the latter two (LMA/4449/02 and LMA/4449/03) dealing with the auctions and sales, including a series of catalogues.

Bloomsbury Book Auctions , antiquarian book auctioneers
BRICE, T. {PRINTER}
GB 0074 O/286 · Collection · 1730?-1760?

Printed broadsheet of the Proverbs of Poor Richard, or the Way to Wealth, by Benjamin Franklin; printed by T. Brice, in Musgrave Alley, High Street, Exeter.

T Brice , printer of Exeter Franklin Benjamin , 1706-1790 , natural philosopher, writer, and revolutionary politician in America
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-03 · Collection · 1912-1973

Records of Butterworth and Company (Australia), including ledgers; Director's reports; annual accounts; correspondence; reports; and sales catalogues.

Butterworth and Co (Australia) , publishers
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-02 · Collection · 1912-1980

Records of Butterworth and Company (Canada) including licence to trade; financial accounts; auditor's reports; sales analysis; correspondence; and recollections of the general manager of the Canadian office, 1911-1957.

Butterworth and Co (Canada) , publishers
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-05 · Collection · 1925-1938

Records of Butterworth and Company (India) comprising agreements to publish books, with related correspondence.

Butterworth and Co (India) Ltd , medical and legal publishers
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-04 · Collection · 1960-1972

Accounts ledgers of Butterworth and Company (New Zealand).

Butterworth and Co (New Zealand) , publishers
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-06 · Collection · 1944-1967

Records of Butterworth and Company (Overseas) comprising financial records (journal, cash book and ledger).

Butterworth and Co (Overseas) , publishers
GB 0074 CLC/B/034 · Collection · 1801-1991

Papers of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including papers of predecessors, subsidiaries and associated companies as follows:

  • Butterworth and Co. (Canada);
  • Butterworth and Co. (Australia);
  • Butterworth and Co. (New Zealand);
  • Butterworth and Co. (India);
  • Butterworth and Co. (Overseas);
  • Butterworth and Co. (South Africa)(Pty);
  • Butterworths Scientific Publications;
  • Butterworths Technical Books;
  • Charles Bond Ltd;
  • Chemindex Ltd;
  • Clowes (Wm) and Sons;
  • Coke Press;
  • R J Acford Ltd;
  • Research and Development Ltd;
  • Shaw and Sons;
  • Butterworth, Inc;
  • Justice of the Peace, Ltd.

    All records are on 24 hour call. Access to records post 1965 should be sought from the depositor (contact details available from staff).

Butterworth and Co (Publishers) Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-07 · Collection · 1934-1973

Records of Butterworth and Company (South Africa) (Pty) comprising financial accounts (ledgers, journal, cash book).

Butterworth and Co (South Africa) (Pty) , publisher
BUTTERWORTH INCORPORATED
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-17 · Collection · 1940-1967

Records of Butterworth Incorporated, the American subsidiary of Butterworth and Company (Publishers) Limited, including correspondence and lists of publications.

Butterworth Inc , American subsidiary of Butterworth and Co (Publishers) Ltd
CARL COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4744 · Collection · 1972-1987

Records of CARL Communications Limited including 'Pensions World' magazine publications (1972-1987) with indexes and budget summary; 'Pension Fund Trusteeship in 1980s' with reprint edition (1981-1985).

CARL Communications Limited , 1972-1986 , Publishers of Pensions Magazines
CHARLES BOND LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-10 · Collection · 1880-1922

Records of Charles Bond Limited, law publishers, including publishing ledger, agreements with editors of the Justice of the Peace journal; and stock lists.

Charles Bond Ltd , legal publisher
CHEMINDEX LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-11 · Collection · 1956-1964

Nominal ledger of Chemindex Limited, publishers.

Chemindex Ltd , publishers
COKE PRESS
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-13 · Collection · 1893-1964

Records of Coke Press, publishers of The Law Journal, including financial accounts, minutes of meetings, and correspondence.

Coke Press , publishers of The Law Journal
GB 0074 ACC/1911 · Collection · 1890-1968

Records of Edwin Ashdown Ltd, 1890-1955, including minute book, agenda books, register of debentures, plate books of bibliographical interest arranged by name of composer (with annotations covering 1898-1968), a catalogue and lists of publications and distribution book.

Also records of Enoch and Sons Ltd, comprising minute book with agenda papers, 1927-1936.

Edwin Ashdown Ltd , music publishing firm Enoch and Sons , music publishing firm
GB 0074 CLC/B/080 · Collection · 1855-1987

Records of news agency Exchange Telegraph Company Limited, including:

  1. Constitution; operating agreements, Mss 22956-61;
    1. Board and AGM minutes etc; annual reports and accounts, Mss 22962-9;
    2. Papers relating to lawsuits, Mss 22970-4;
    3. Internal financial and accounting records, Mss 22975-23012;
    4. Records of subscribers, Mss 23013-24;
    5. Correspondence (subdivided as follows):
      (i) Miscellaneous early correspondence, Mss 23025-7;
      (ii) Correspondence etc relating to dealings with the London Stock Exchange, Mss 23028-32;
      (iii) Correspondence etc concerning the sports services, chiefly horse racing, Mss 23033-41;
      (iv) Correspondence etc concerning relations with the Press Association Ltd, Mss 23042-8. 10;
      (v) Papers of Wilfred King (chairman 1913-43), Mss 23049-51;
      (vi) Papers of E C Barker (a director, 1913-33), Mss 23052-61;
      (vii) Correspondence relating to arrangements with the BBC, Ms 23062;
      (viii) Foreign correspondence (including Second World War correspondence), Mss 23063-6;
      (ix) Correspondence concerning tariff rates, Ms 23067;
    6. Examples of news transmitted and statistics service cards, Mss 23068-74;
    7. Engineering and patents records, Mss 23075-94;
    8. Publicity records, eg tariffs, circulars and application forms, Mss 23095-102;
    9. Records of correspondents, wages and commissions, Mss 23103-6;
    10. Photographs, Mss 23107-15;
    11. News cuttings, Mss 23116-25;
    12. Miscellaneous (chiefly historical notes and records of subsidiaries), Mss 23126-35;
    13. Records of the joint services of ETC and the Press Association Ltd, Mss 23136-57;
    14. Miscellaneous items presented by BT Archives, Ms 38642.
Exchange Telegraph Co Ltd , news agency
FRIENDS OF BOGLE
GB 0074 LMA/4462/H · Collection · 1979-2005

Records of Friends of Bogle, support group for Bogle-L'Ouverture publishing house. The minutes and agendas in LMA/4462/H/01/002 include fundraising projects such as a fun walk, funds for medical expenses for a young man from Yemen, the Walter Rodney Memorial speech by Manning Marable, 17/01/1986 minutes discuss the setting up of a constitution for Friends of Bogle. Setting up of the suplementary school, launch of the record 'Come From That Window Child' (19/07/1986 minutes), Setting up of the Saturday school at Ealing Technical College (31/10/1986).

The 'Walter Rodney Visions of Africa 1986' lecture was given by 'Ama Ata Aidoo. Contributors to the event included Mendy Joseph, Keith Waithe, Accabre Huntley, Alan Cooper, Eintou Springer and Margret and Sheila Thomas (LMA/4462/F/02/017).

Friends of Bogle , support group for Bogle-L'Ouverture publishing house
G STREET AND COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/091 · Collection · 1825-1854

Records of G Street and Company Limited, bookseller, newsagent and stationer. The earliest records of the firm date from 1865. There are some earlier share certificates, 1825-54, but these appear to have belonged to John Leathwait, presumably a predecessor of Leathwait and Simmons, an advertising agency and newspaper supply firm, which Streets took over in 1918.

There are also a few records of subsidiary companies : EC Advertising Company Limited/G. Street and Co. (Provinces) Limited (Ms 33953); Streets Public Relations Limited (Ms 33954); Lionel Jackson and Partners (Ms 33955) and W Hopwood and Company (Ms 33956).

G Street and Co Ltd , bookseller, newsagent and stationer
GEORGE BARBER AND SON
GB 0074 CLC/B/095 · Collection · 1862-1956

Records of George Barber and Son Limited, printers, consisting of ledgers and cash books, as well as letterbooks. The records are held offsite, and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.

George Barber and Son Ltd , printers
GB 0074 LMA/4709 · Collection · 1930s - 2011

Records of Cy Grant reflecting his career containing rich material for research themes around multi-ethnic minority arts on a national basis, an iconic career which saw stardom and fame across the world and across ethnic divides, wartime narratives, discourse on Black African Caribbean roots, culture and race relations.

Records consist of correspondence, notes, photographs and audio-visual material. Includes Cy Grant's records relating to his service as navigator in the Second World War, records of Drum Arts Centre Limited, records of Concord Festival Trust; his acting career including theatre and film posters and programmes, correspondence with agents and producers and fan mail; writing career including published books and draft manuscripts, campaigning, spirituality and health and personal papers including copy items from 1910.

Highlights in the collection include Cy Grant's Royal Air Force log book; fan-mail, studio and film stills photographs, and audio-visual material documenting Cy Grant's fame from his acting and singing, 1950s-1970s; minutes and papers of the Drum Arts Centre Limited London, 1970s documenting the establishment of a national centre for the arts of Black people and related Black Theatre Workshop; minutes and printed material documenting the Concord Festival Trust for which Cy Grant was Director overseeing 22 multicultural ethic arts festivals across Britain over four years between 1981-1985. Cy Grant's life is documented in his memoir 'Blackness and the Dreaming Soul' published in 2007 and his original drafts are contained in the collection alongside other writings.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: The collection was catalogued as part of a project funded by Heritage Lottery Fund titled 'Navigating the Dreams of an Icon: Remembering Cy Grant Through His Archive'. £79,800 was awarded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to the Cy Grant Trust. The Trust, London Metropolitan Archives and Windrush Foundation formed a partnership in 2015 to oversee the archive project which ran from April 2016-May 2017 including an exhibition, website and education pack as well as a series of events including a Finale on 18 February 2017 at London Metropolitan Archives.

Grant, Cyril Ewart Lionel , 1919-2010 , actor, singer, broadcaster, activist , alias Cy Grant
GREATER ACCESS TO PUBLISHING
GB 0074 LMA/4462/L · Collection · 1987-1989

Records of Greater Access to Publishing, including minutes of meetings, funding applications, conference planning notes, and packs. Also press cutting from The Bookseller about the organisation and letterhead.

Greater Access to Publishing , campaign group
HANSIB PUBLICATIONS LIMITED
GB 0074 LMA/4522 · Collection · 1973 - 2011

Records of Hansib Publications Limited, including issues of the African Times, Asian Times and Caribbean Times; and publications on a variety of topics relating to Asia, Africa, South America and the Caribbean including poetry, literary studies, history, politics, diaspora, music, sport, law, society, colonialism, racism, slavery and travel. Also some promotional and publicity material.

Hansib Publications Ltd , specialists in books covering African, Afro-Caribbean, Indo-Caribbean and Asian issues
HODDER AND STOUGHTON LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/119 · Collection · 1825-1998

Archive of Hodder and Stoughton Limited, publishers; including records of Hodder and Stoughton, 1868-1919, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1919- , Matthew Hodder Limited (group holding company), 1959-76, and Hodder and Stoughton Holdings Limited, 1976-. It is a publisher-based, rather than an author-based archive, because the pre-1939 correspondence with authors was apparently destroyed during the Second World War. Its strength lies in the information it provides in aggregate about the multi-faceted business of publishing.

Of notable importance are the 46 authors' ledgers, 1907-1961 (Ms 16312) which detail what was published, including the various editions of the same title, with dates of publication, print runs, production costs, sales, remainders etc. These are supplemented by ten volumes of publishing ledgers, 1886-1938 (Ms 16310), and by smaller groups of royalty ledgers, 1907-12 and 1928-65 (Mss 16318-21), and of profit and loss ledgers, 1954-68 (Mss 16313-17). The ledgers are further supported by considerable quantities of other material, such as company minutes, sales reports, publicity material, and a number of author files for 1939-93 (Mss 16352, 16352A-C). These are rather haphazard, and many in-letters from authors appear to have been removed before deposit at Guildhall Library.

The archive contains much about the company's premises including many photographs including some of bomb damage in the Paternoster Row and Warwick Square area of the City of London. The archive also contains material about the firm's employees including registers and salaries books, staff handbooks and newsletters, material about company sports days, and photographs.

There are also records of subsidiary companies as follows:
Ms 16388: British Weekly Limited;
Ms 16389-95; 29067-70; 36525-6: Brockhampton Press;
Ms 29071-8; 29708-13; 36527-30: Edward Arnold Limited;
Ms 16396-407;29079-80; 36531: English Universities Press Ltd;
Ms 36532: Highland Books;
Ms 16408-11: Hodder Fawcett Limited;
Ms 16412-21: Hodder Paperbacks Limited;
Ms 16422-4: Hodder Publications Limited;
Ms 16425-7: Lancet Limited;
Ms 36533: Lloyd-Luke (Medical Books) Limited;
Ms 36534-6: New English Library Limited;
Ms 16428-30: St Hugh's Press;
Ms 36537: Sceptre;
Ms 16431-51; 36538: University of London Press;
Ms 36539: University Park Press;
Ms 36540: University Press of Liverpool;
Ms 16452-3: Publishers Association;
Ms 29714: Hodder and Stoughton (Australia) Proprietary Limited;
Ms 29715: Hodder and Stoughton (New Zealand) Proprietary Limited.

The records of the subsidiaries sometimes form distinct series, but are often mixed with those of the parent company. In addition, some original archival groups were altered by the creation of artificial collections by John Attenborough in the course of writing his history (see Mss 16355-7, 16362, 29668-72).

The records also include some Hodder family documents including genealogical notes and some papers of the Publishers' Association.

Finally, the archive includes the private correspondence of Sir Ernest Hodder-Williams (chairman of Hodder and Stoughton 1902-27), described as "the greatest publisher of my time" by Sir Newman Flower (Mss 16368-70); and the papers of the last Chairman of the company, Philip Attenborough, who was responsible for depositing much of the later material and played a major role in safeguarding of the future of the archive.

Hodder and Stoughton Ltd , publishers
GB 0074 LMA/4462/M · Collection · 1982-2002

Records relating to the International Bookfair of Radical Black and Third World Books, including original programmes, stationery, correspondence and notes from members of The Alliance and from artists and those who attended the conferences. Also listings of families and individuals who provided accommodation for artists and rotas for the staffing of the Fairs.

The programmes are an excellent resource for information about the social and political issues that were of concern to Black people living in London in the 1980s and 1990s. They show the international links and connections between individuals of different artistic disciplines.

The development of the organisation and it's influence on diverse groups in the community are well documented in the correspondence and minutes; LMA/4462/M/01 and 02.

The photographs are both formal and informal. They show the Fair in action and special guests and artists performing or speaking at the different events. One album was put together by a participant as a gift to the Huntleys.

The press cuttings give valuable information on how the Fairs were being received by the Black community and others in London and internationally. There is an exclusive interview with Sonia Sanchez and an article by Margaret Busby which gives an historical overview of the Fair.

The copyright to these records rests with the depositors, Race Today Publications and New Beacon Books. Permission for the use of images for publication must be sought from all three organisations.

Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications Ltd , specialists in books from and about the Caribbean, Africa, Afro-America and Asia International Bookfair of Radical Black and Third World Books
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-18 · Collection · 1884-1974

Records of the publishers of the journal Justice of the Peace. The records comprise memorandum and articles of association, directors' and annual general meetings minutes, annual reports and accounts, agreements and correspondence.

Justice of the Peace Ltd , journal publisher
LIONEL JACKSON AND PARTNERS
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-118 · Collection · 1928

Articles of partnership for Lionel Jackson and Partners, printers and publishers.

Lionel Jackson and Partners , printers and publishers
PRESS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/181 · Collection · 1865-1991

Records of Press Association Limited, including:

  1. Corporate records (including articles of association, agreements and minutes);

    1. Share records (including P.A. Share Purchase Company);
    2. Internal administration records;
    3. Financial records;
    4. Operational records (including the Press Association and Exchange Telegraph Service);
    5. Staff records;
    6. Records relating to correspondents;
    7. Property records;
    8. Other Press Association records (including histories of the Association);
    9. Central News;
    10. Reuters;
    11. P.A. Features Limited;
    12. Press Association Photos Limited.

    Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the Press Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Press Association Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-15 · Collection · 1947-1963

Financial records of Research and Development Limited, scientific publishers.

Research and Development Ltd , scientific publishers
GB 0074 LMA/4462/Q · Collection · 1968-1994

Correspondence with Andrew Salkey, writer and broadcaster. Letters date from prior to Andrew Salkey leaving England to take up a professorship at Amherst College in North America. His continued involvement in the development of Bogle L'Ouverture was achieved through regular correspondence with Eric, Accabre and Jessica Huntley. He helped to create and maintain links to literary organisations and individuals in the States, the Caribbean and South America. The letters offer, advice, encouragement and information.

The series includes five dated and numbered files. Many of the letters are informal and friendly. Personal and current political issues of the day are commented on as are management, marketing and strategic planning for the development of Bogle-L'Ouverture.

Salkey , (Felix) Andrew Alexander , 1928-1995 , writer and broadcaster
SHAW AND SONS LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-16 · Collection · 1840-1927

Records of Shaw and Sons Limited, publishers, including agreements with authors; notes on books published; financial accounts; and catalogue.

Shaw and Sons Ltd , publishers
GB 0074 B/SPL · Collection · 1781-1911

Records of Spalding and Hodge, stationers, 1781-1911; and subsidiary or merged companies including Busbridge and Hodge, papermakers and Suttaby and Company, booksellers. Also records of the Stationers' Book Society. The records include business agreements, legal documents relating to properties, wages books, cash books, stock books, bills, rules and regulations for staff, letters patent, brochures about Spalding and Hodge and their history, inventories, correspondence and price lists. Stationers' Book Society records comprise minutes, accounts, and an address by Thomas Spalding.

Spalding and Hodge , stationers and paper merchants
SWAN, JOHN
GB 0074 LMA/4721 · Collection · 1856

Records of John Swan consisting of ten issues of 'Our Magazine', privately circulated manuscript magazine edited by Swan.

The magazine contains: stories in chapters continued with each new issue including 'Sir John Willows of Hawthornbush', histories including 'Old London, what is was and what remains of it' by Mr Warrington), descriptions of trips made to places outside London, notes on foreign produce and trades including watchmaking, advice on aspects of life such 'the duties of ladies' during Leap Year, 'Q.E.D.' [quod erat demonstrandum] questions and answers, poetry, chess club results, humorous fictitious advertisements and literary notices.

John Swan , b [1834] , editor of 'Our Magazine'
TORCH PUBLISHING CO-OP
GB 0074 LMA/4462/O · Collection · 1986-1997

Records of the Torch Publishing Co-operative, including three editions of the newspaper Torch produced by the cooperative; and letters of support from members of the public including Linda Bellos, Council member of Lambeth LB.

Torch Publishing Co-op
UNION OF POST OFFICE WORKERS
GB 0074 ACC/3693 · Collection · 1845-1990

Records of the Union of Post Office Workers, comprising records of several local branches of the Union and an interesting variety of branch newsletters and journals. These reflect the wide range of activities which once came under the Post Office, such as the cable room branch and the telephonists branch; and also include mutual benefit societies and benevolent funds.

Union of Post Office Workers
WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS
GB 0074 CLC/B/034-12 · Collection · 1872-1908

Papers of William Clowes and Sons, law publishers, including correspondence and agreements with authors.

William Clowes and Sons , law publishers
GB 0074 LMA/4682 · Collection · 1741-2003

Records of Witherby and Co Ltd including Partners deeds, memorandum and articles of association, minutes, acquisition and policy papers, accounts, ledgers, journals, 'precedent' books (specimen forms), staff salaries, photographs, annual outing booklets, premises deeds, rentals, plans, inventories, printed material, history research including Witherby family papers and memoirs.

There are also records of subsidaries including H. F. & G. Witherby publishers of 'British Birds' , Electric Law Press Limited, Greaves Pass & Company and Drake, Driver and Leaver Limited (subsidiaries).

A highlight is the precedent books containing pro forma specimen court documents and forms written in Thomas Witherby's hand and intended for the guidance of his staff of law writers.

Merchant Investors Assurance Company Ltd , Printers and Stationers xx Thomas Witherby xx Thomas Witherby & Son xx Thomas Witherby & Sons xx William & George Henry Witherby xx W.G and W.H Witherby xx Witherby & Co.