Almost all Morison's books and papers were destroyed by enemy bombs on 10/11 May 1941. This collection therefore consists chiefly of papers he accumulated after that date, although some earlier papers have come into the collection from other sources.
Papers of Stanley Morison
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- ReferenceGB 12 MS Add.9812
- Dates of Creation1841-1990
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- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description75 archive box(es) 75 boxes1 collection 75 boxes and 4 oversize boxes
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Access Information
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).
Acquisition Information
Morison's own papers, the main part of this collection, were given to the Library by his executors. For the story of this gift see Brooke Crutchley, To be a printer (1980), 183-5, and D. J. McKitterick, 'Typographers tallied: the origin and growth of the Stanley Morison Room, Cambridge University Library', Matrix 5 (1985), 15-22. Other considerable parts of the collection were contributed by Brooke Crutchley, Nicolas Barker, John Waynflete Carter, and others.
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