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Gaskell, John Philip Wellesley, 1926-2001 (librarian and bibliogapher)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1926 - 2001

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Correspondence relating to the gift of Baskerville's punches to Cambridge University, 1952-1953

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9824/B/8
Scope and Contents

The letters are chiefly to and from Brooke Crutchley. His correspondents include Fred Anthoensen, Geoffrey W. Beard, Paul A. Bennett, Desmond Flower, Stanley Morison, G. W. Ovink, Charles Peignot, Rémy Peignot, René Varin, W. F Sedgwick Ltd, and Lionel Whitby. Some letters are of thanks for copies of the pamphlet Baskerville's punches by Philip Gaskell.

Dates: 1952-1953
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).
 Fonds

Early history of the University Bibliographical Press

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9624
Scope and Contents

Gaskell's account of his efforts in founding the University Bibliographical Press, and then records of its work ('Journal of the Press'). Account references documents (numbered DP1, DP2 and DP3) that do not appear to be present in this work. Volume has press cuttings, letters, photographs affixed, with an appendix 'check-list of pamphlets etc printed at the Water Lane press' inserted.

Dates: 1951-1955
Conditions Governing Access: 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).
 File

Her housekeeping book, by Susanna Whatman; introduced by Thomas Balston, 1952-1953

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9824/A/4
Scope and Contents

Letters after publication from Thomas Balston, Sydney Cockerell, Philip Gaskell, Joan Hassall, Frederic G. Melcher, Ulrich Middeldorf, Ellis Minns, Owne Morshead, Carl Purlington Rollins, S. H. De Roos, A. F. Scholfield, Oliver Simon, Earl Spencer, and Jan Tschichold.

Dates: 1952-1953
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).
 Series

Letters to Philip Gaskell from bibliographers, 19 May 1951-23 Feb. 1956

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8856/470-477
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.

Dates: 19 May 1951-23 Feb. 1956
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).
 Fonds

Papers of the Water Lane Press

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9826
Dates: 1950-1966
Conditions Governing Access: 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 Gaskell, 30 Jan. 1979

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10283/6/4
Scope and Contents

Includes two photocopies of shelf-list of the history section in Trinity College Library as it was in 1695.

Dates: 30 Jan. 1979
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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Two men: Walter Lewis and Stanley Morison at Cambridge, by Brooke Crutchley, 1968-1969

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9824/A/8
Scope and Contents Folder 1 = correspondence before publication with Ernest Ingham Folder 2 = correspondence before and after publication with Walter Lewis's family (chiefly N. P. Lewis, Joan Smith) Folder 3 = correspondence before publication with others (arranged alphabetically by correspondent; including letters from Gladys E. Alexander, E. G. Benn, G. V. Carey, C. E. Carrington, Bruce Dickins, Ruth Gollancz, C. W. Hobson, R. J. L. Kingsford, D. Last, F. R. Mansbridge, Francis Meynell, E. S. Pearson,...
Dates: 1968-1969
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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