Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Munby, A.N.L. (Alan Noel Latimer)
- Abstract:
- A.N.L. (Alan Noel Latimer) Munby (1913-1974) was in the antiquarian book trade with Bernard Quaritch, Limited (1935-37) and Sotheby & Company (1937-39, 1945-47) before becoming Librarian (1947) and Fellow (1948) at King's College, Cambridge. He was also a J.P.R. Lyell Reader in Bibliography at the University of Oxford (1962-63), and a Sandars Reader in Bibliography at the University of Cambridge (1969-70). The collection consists of a holograph card catalog of some 700 cards in a file case of Munby's collection of 18th century English plays.
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet (1 box)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], A.N.L. Munby Papers (Collection 2069). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of a holograph card catalog of some 700 cards in a file case of Munby's collection of 18th century English plays. The plays are bound in 73 volumes.
- Biographical / historical:
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Munby was born on December 25, 1913; educated at King's College, Cambridge; TD, 1945; Litt.D, 1962; was in the antiquarian book trade with Bernard Quaritch, Limited (1935-37) and Sotheby & Company (1937-39, 1945-47); became Librarian at King's College, Cambridge in 1947 and Fellow in 1948; J.P.R. Lyell Reader in Bibliography, University of Oxford, 1962-63; Sandars Reader in Bibliography, University of Cambridge, 1969-70; publications include The alabaster hand and other ghost stories (1949), The cult of the autograph letter in England (1962), The libraries of English men of letters (1964), and Conoisseurs and medieval miniatures (1972); he died on December 26, 1974.
- Processing information:
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- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], A.N.L. Munby Papers (Collection 2069). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988