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Correspondence relating to a proposed history of the Company, later undertaken by Cyprian Blagden; includes a list of prominent members of the livery in earlier times.

Correspondents include:

British Museum

Cyprian Blagden

Ellic Howe

R T Rivington

B W Young

Correspondence relating to the discovery of former Master Samuel Richardson's coffin in St Bride's Church, the threatened demolition of Richardson's former residence The Grange in Fulham, a historical research enquiry regarding Richardson and the National Portrait Gallery's catalogue entry on Richardson's portraits; letters date from 1952 and 1959-1962; file also holds printed material, papers and newspaper clippings relating to Richardson and the correspondence subject matter.

Correspondents include:

Church of St Bride Restoration Fund

Fulham History Society

The Grange, Fulham, Preservation Committee

T C Duncan Eaves, University of Arkansas College of Arts and Sciences Fayetteville

National Portrait Gallery

Correspondence relating to celebrations of the bicentenary of Dr Johnson's Dictionary; file also includes programmes for, and an invitation to, the Company's commemoration event, 19 Apr 1955, and an appeal by the Governor's of Dr Johnson's House Trust for funds for the preservation of Dr Johnson's House.

Correspondents include:

Dr Johnson's House trust

H Clifford Smith

Harold Williams

Longmans, Green & Co

W A Foyle

Basil Barlow

Maggs Bros

Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co

Letters from F Plaat, Assistant Editor of The British Printer, regarding an article on the company's 400th anniversary celebrations; file includes Sunday Times and City Press articles and an information sheet about Stationers' Hall.

Letters from Allardyce Nicoll, director of the Shakespeare Institute, regarding his request for a copy of microfilm of Company records.

Assorted administrative papers including correspondence, exhibition papers, notes on Company almanacks and records including the wardens' vouchers, almanack lists, guidelines for the use of Company muniments and lists of Company paintings; most material is dated 1950s-1960s; correspondence includes research enquiries received by the Clerk and answered by him or by Hodgson on his behalf.

Correspondents include:

University Microfilms Ltd

Dr Arundell Esdaile

Houghton Memorial Library, Harvard University

J Durham Parsons

University Library Cambridge

Bodleian Library

Anthony Wood, County Archivist of Warwickshire

Harold G Fox

Mill Hill and Hendon Historical Society

Includes information on archive computers.

Reports of the Honorary Archivist and Honorary Librarian. Includes correspondence re the launch and publication of 'The Archive of the Stationers' Company 1554-1984' by Robin Myers, Honorary Archivist (1990).

Reports, promotional material, deposit forms.

Includes correspondence and report to Master and Wardens' Meeting re Myers's 'Company History'.

Includes financial statement of Library, 30 June 1997.