Correspondence with The Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press, 1958-1967
File
MS. Opie 236
Held in our offsite storage facility
Correspondence of the Opies with The Clarendon Press/Oxford University Press about publishing projects, book production, publicity and sales, royalties, reprints and licences, and administrative, financial and legal matters:
- Folder 1: 1958-1962, including Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, and a projected nursery rhymes book with Penguin Books. Also includes correspondence with the University of Oxford regarding the conferral of a Master of Arts honoris causa to the Opies, 1962.
- Folder 2: 1963-1967, including Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book, Puffin Book of Nursery Rhymes, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren.
Dates
- Creation: 1958-1967
Extent
1 box (2 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Opie 236
Creator
- From the Collection: Opie | Iona Margaret Balfour | nee Archibald | 1923-2017 | book collector and historian of the lore of childhood (Person)
- From the Collection: Opie | Peter Mason | 1918-1982 | book collector and historian of the lore of childhood (Person)
Repository Details
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk