Hofer, Philip, 1898-1984 (librarian and book collector)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1898 - 1984
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence between Morison and Philip Hofer, 1939-1965
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9812/D/133
Scope and Contents
Some letters from Morison to Hofer are photocopies of original letters.
Dates:
1939-1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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General correspondence, 1956-1966
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9861/B2/1
Scope and Contents
Letters are to and from Peters unless specified. Outgoing letters are mostly typescript carbon copies. Correspondents include William S. Adams, Arthur Millbourn & Co. Ltd, Nicolas Barker, Charles Batey, Bertram Rota Ltd (Anthony Rota), Diana Bloomfield, Dorothea Braby, Bristol Public Libraries, British Council, British Red Cross Society, Brown University (David A. Jonah, Librarian), C. F. Moore & Sons Ltd, Cambridge Bibliographical Society (Susan Skilliter), Cambridgeshire Technical...
Dates:
1956-1966
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Inscriptions cut in wood, 1938-1960
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9816/C/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with customers, 1945-1948. Correspondents include: Godfrey Carter, John Carter, E. J. Cooper, Phillippa Heywood, Mary Isabel Know, Margaret Leask, S. Lydall, Yvonne McHarg, Diana Murray, Betty C. Thomson. Arranged alphabetically. Rubbings taken from wood, mostly breadboards with inscriptions around the circumference, 1938-1960 and undated. The inscriptions also include a breadboard for John Dreyfus and an alphabet for Philip Hofer. Photographs of inscriptions; layout of an...
Dates:
1938-1960
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Philip Hofer, 1957-1965
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9984/A/32
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Chiefly original letters to Hayward and typescript carbon copies of letters from him. Some other letters forwarded or copied to him are also included. Some letters here relate to articles not published. A small number are unrelated to the Book Collector at all. A few other papers of Hayward's, not correspondence, are in items 78 and 80. Hayward's correspondence with advertisers is generally in series E.
Dates:
1957-1965
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).