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Mss Eur F594/6/4/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003432258
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002297343
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100069645724.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur F594/6/4/1
- Title:
- R.A. Skelton: Correspondence regarding Principal Navigations
- Scope & Content:
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File of correspondence relating to the publication of a new edition of Richard Hakluyt's Principal Navigations. Correspondence is primarily that of R.A. Skelton, Honorary Secretary of the Hakluyt Society, but also includes letters addressed to Professor David Beers Quinn, University of Liverpool. Includes correspondence with Cambridge University Press, including details relating to finances for the work and signed agreement between Cambridge University Press and the Hakluyt Society dated 10 Aug 1962. Other correspondents include Ernest Dodge at the Peabody Museum, Salem Massachusetts; Lund Humphries regarding photography and printing; Paul Fenimore Cooper Junior; and Dr Walter Whitehill, Library of the Boston Athenaeum.
A small number of letters date from 1947 when a new edition of Principal Navigations was proposed, but the file primarily contains correspondence dating from 1960 to 1965.
Also includes some copies of page proofs, including the title page and pages from the introduction.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002297343
036-003413430
037-003432257
040-003432258 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur F594 : Hakluyt Society Archive
Mss Eur F594/6 : Papers concerning Proposals for Volumes
Mss Eur F594/6/4 : Files Relating to Published Works: Principal Navigations
Mss Eur F594/6/4/1 : R.A. Skelton: Correspondence regarding Principal Navigations - Hierarchy:
- 032-002297343[0006]/036-003413430[0004]/037-003432257[0001]/040-003432258
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur F594
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1965
- Date Range:
- 1947-1965
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Foliated; 284 folios
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)