Munby, Alan Noel Latimer, 1913-1974 (librarian, bibliographer, historian and book collector)
Dates
- Existence: 1913 - 1974
Biography
Alan Noel Latimer Munby (1913-1974) was a bibliographical historian; librarian and fellow of King's College, Cambridge; prisoner of war; and book collector.
Found in 87 Collections and/or Records:
copy of letter to Professor I. Bernard Cohen, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. 02138, USA, 21 Aug 1968
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
copy of letter to The Editor, The Times Literary Supplement, 15 Feb 1952
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
copy of letter to the Librarian, The Royal Society, Burlington House, London, W., 11 Feb 1952
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
copy of letter to Warren R. Howell, John Howell Books, 434 Post Street, San Francisco 2, USA, 27 Aug 1962
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
copy of letter to W.A.S. San Garde, 55 Brown Street, Manchester, 2, 14 May 1953
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
copy of letter to Wm. Marshall Bullitt, Kentucky Home Life Building, Louisville 2, Kentucky, USA, 11 Feb 1952
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
Correspondence and papers covering the period when Munby was held as a German prisoner of war, 1940-1945
The camps which Munby was imprisoned were Laufen (1940-1941), Warburg (1941-1942) and Eichstätt, (1942-1945), following his capture in Calais in May 1940 while serving as an officer in the Territorial Army.
Correspondence between Morison and A. N. L. Munby, 1960
Morison's letters were generally dictated to his secretary and typed with a carbon copy. For the most part, it is these carbon copies that make up his outgoing correspondence in this series. (Where his original letters or photocopies of them are included, this fact is noted.) Letters to and from Morison are interfiled in one chronological sequence. Some short compositions by a particular correspondent are included in this series alongside that person's correspondence.
Correspondents M, 1935-1962
Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.
'Court Hand Restored, or, The Student's Assistant in Reading Old Deeds Charters etc.', 1776
Palaeographical manual, substantially a manuscript copy with enlargements of the book of the same title by Andrew Wright of the Inner Temple. With a note on the front free end-paper by A. N. L. Munby, dated 3 Jul 1973. Has bookplate of John Dovaston's son, John Freeman Milward Dovaston
from Tim Munby, King's College, Cambridge, 29 Jan 1962
Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.
from Tim Munby, King's College Library, Cambridge, 22 Sep 1962
Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.
from Tim Munby, King's College Library, Cambridge, 3 Dec 1962
Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.
John Saltmarsh, King Henry VI and the royal foundations: a commemorative oration delivered at Eton College (Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, 1972), 1972
Estimate; layout; marked page proof, marked; printed wrapper; correspondence with Will Carter. Correspondents include A. N. L. Munby, Patrick Strong.
John Waynflete Carter: correspondence relating to the post of University Librarian, Cambridge, 1949
Comprises single items or small collections, chiefly correspondence, donated to or purchased by Cambridge University Library, together with a number of items and fragments found in Cambridge University Library books and bindings.
King's College, Cambridge, 1962-1963
Muir's correspondent was A. N. L. Munby.
King's College, Cambridge; copy of letter to Henry P. Macomber, Babson Institute Library, Babson Park, 57, Massachusetts, USA, 23 Feb 1954
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
King's College; copy of letter to Henry P. Macomber, Babson Institute Library, Babson Park, 57, Massachusetts, USA, 29 Apr 1954
Relating to editions of Newton's Principia: Add.8214/1-66: letters to Munby; 67-118: copies of letters from Munby; 119-124: other letters; 125-137: other items; 138-145 other items (1955 and undated)
Letter from Alan N. L. Munby, (''Tim''), (1913-1974), librarian and bibliographer, (King's College, Cambridge) to Siegfried Sassoon re appreciation of ''The Tasking'', 26 Jan. 1955
The collection largely comprises letters addressed to Sassoon although there are few other recipients such as Glen Byam Shaw and Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, Siegfried Sassoon's mother. There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.
Letter from Alan N.L. Munby to P. William Filby, 15 Dec. 1962
Thanks for three catalogues; with note by Filby, listing catalogues: 'Calligraphy', 1963; 'Crime and the Literati', 1962; 'Falconry', 1962
Letter from Oflag VII B 8, to Miss Marjorie Munby, Bramble Hill, Balcombe, Sussex, England, 28 Feb 1943
The camps which Munby was imprisoned were Laufen (1940-1941), Warburg (1941-1942) and Eichstätt, (1942-1945), following his capture in Calais in May 1940 while serving as an officer in the Territorial Army.
Letter from Oflag VII B 11, to Miss Marjorie Munby, Bramble Hill, Balcombe, Sussex, England, 10 Sep 1943
The camps which Munby was imprisoned were Laufen (1940-1941), Warburg (1941-1942) and Eichstätt, (1942-1945), following his capture in Calais in May 1940 while serving as an officer in the Territorial Army.
Letter from Oflag VII B 11, to Miss Marjorie Munby, Bramble Hill, Balcombe, Sussex, England, 20 Oct 1943
The camps which Munby was imprisoned were Laufen (1940-1941), Warburg (1941-1942) and Eichstätt, (1942-1945), following his capture in Calais in May 1940 while serving as an officer in the Territorial Army.
Letter from Oflag VII B 11, to Miss Marjorie Munby, Bramble Hill, Balcombe, Sussex, England, 30 Nov 1943
The camps which Munby was imprisoned were Laufen (1940-1941), Warburg (1941-1942) and Eichstätt, (1942-1945), following his capture in Calais in May 1940 while serving as an officer in the Territorial Army.
list: Bookcollectors' letters wanted by A.N.L. Munby, 1947-1974 (circa)
The papers comprise a mixture of Munby's own correspondence and papers (MS.Add.8203/D, E; 8229; 8307; 8308) and manuscripts which he collected (MS.Add.8199-8202; 8203/A, B, C; 8204-8213; 8219-8228). The former contain a wide range of subject matter, while the latter are mainly of bibliographic interest, comprising letters of printers, booksellers, book collectors and librarians, and catalogues and ledgers.
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