1. Add MS 70782
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 70782
- Title:
- STANLEY MORISON: letter from Stanley Arthur Morison, typographer, to John Simon Gabriel Simmons, Librarian-Lecturer in Charge of Russian and Slavonic Books at the University of Oxford, afterwards Librarian of All Souls College, Oxford; 8 Nov. 1956. Typewritten. Signed. Enclosed (ff. 2-3) is a printed diploma from the British Museum to the Academy of Sciences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, offering congratulations on the 220th anniversary of the foundation of the Academy of Scien...
- Scope & Content:
- Sir Edgar John Forsdyke, KCB; Director of the British Museum: British Museum: Russian Academy of Sciences: Diploma to the Russian Academy of Sciences from the British Museum, signed by Sir Edgar John Forsdyke: 1945: Partly Russ: Printed. Stanley Morison, typographer: John Simon Gabriel Simmons,...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Russian
- Date Range:
- 1945-1956
- Extent:
- 1 item