Papers of Brooke Crutchley

Scope and Content

The collection contains miscellaneous papers related to typography.

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

The papers comprising MS Add.9824/A to D (5 boxes) were given by Crutchley, or deposited by him on behalf of Cambridge University Press, to the then Morison Room collection at various times from the 1970s until 1994. Papers connected directly with Stanley Morison, including his correspondence with Crutchley and others at the Press, have been removed to MS Add. 9812.

A further collection of fine letterpress printing was donated to the University Library by Edward Crutchley in 2014 and comprises MS Add.9824/E (7 boxes).

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Related Material

Other papers of Crutchley, many nearly overlapping these, are in the University Archives.