MSS Mus. 812-816. May and May Business Archive. Vols lxxii-lxx. Stock cards for unsold items; 1964-1998. Arranged alphabetically mainly by author and partly by catalogue title, as follows. Five boxes. 131 x 203mm.
MSS Mus. 818-821. Novello and Company Business Archive (Part II). Vols ii-v. ‘DLM books’ [During Last Month]; 1844-1897. Ledgers listing publications in chronological order with plate numbers and the number of plates, some with ‘8vo Type’ referring to periodical publications and to vocal parts and part-songs. From late Sept. 1869 the price is also recorded. Four volumes.
MSS Mus. 822-823. Novello and Company Business Archive (Part II). Vols vi-vii. Publishing books; [1897-1926]. Ledgers listing publications in chronological order with plate numbers, sale prices and dates of receipt. Two volumes.
MSS Mus. 825-826. Novello and Company Business Archive (Part II). Vols ix-x. Commission indexes; [circa 1900-1972?]. Indexes to commission books (Add. MSS 69526-69532) listing composers and their works and prices charged. With later annotations, in various red inks, indicating where stock has been returned to the author, sold to another publisher or destroyed, copyright notices and some composer’s death dates. Two volumes.
MSS Mus. 831-832. Novello and Company Business Archive (Part II). Vols xv-xvi. ‘M.S. Organ Catalogue’; [1907-circa 1970]. Ledger arranged by composer, in black ink with later annotations in black and blue inks. Two volumes. 325 x 195m. Leather.
MSS Mus. 840, 841. Novello and Company Business Archive (Part II). Vols xxiv, xxv. Elkin; [circa 1930–circa 1980]. Business records of Elkin and Company, the business acquired by Novello and Company in 1960. See also Add. 69771–69774. Two volumes.
MSS Mus. 886-888. Benjamin Frankel Manuscripts. Vols xxxvi-xxxviii. Television music from the series ‘Espionage’; [1963]. Written on 18-stave paper. Three volumes.