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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, 1999 Aug. 30.Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Steven Mandeville-Gamble.Finding aid is written in English.Guide to the William R. K. Young and Morgan A. Gunst correspondence, 1909-1940Collection number: M0008Department of Special Collections and University Archives Stanford University Libraries Stanford, CaliforniaContact InformationDepartment of Special CollectionsGreen LibraryStanford University LibrariesStanford, CA 94305-6004 Phone: (650) 725-1022Email: speccoll@sulmail.stanford.eduURL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/Processed by:Special Collections staffDate Completed:1959

Descriptive SummaryWilliam R. K. Young and Morgan A. Gunst correspondence, 1909-1940Special Collections M0008 Gunst, Morgan A. Young, William Randolf Keltie. .5 linear ft. Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.Administrative InformationAccess Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.

Provenance

Gift of the estate of Morgan A. Gunst, 1959.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of item] William R. K. Young and Morgan A. Gunst correspondence, M0008, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Content

Correspondence of William R. K. Young and Morgan A. Gunst with bookstores and societies selling rare and fine books. Much of the correspondence is with T. J. Cobden-Sanderson of the Doves Press.

Container List125 typescript copies of letters from W.R.K. Young to T.J. Cobden-Sanderson between December 8, 1911 and March 5, 1920.

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2with typescript copies from T.J. Cobden-Sanderson to Young between June 20, 1911 and April 2, 1920.28 ALS

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318 bills and receipts and 21 covers and 4 compliment sheets from the Doves Press to Young.

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48 press clippings about T.J. Cobden-Sanderson books and his death.51 LS, 2 receipts from Robert Cobden-Sanderson to Young. Letter dated Jan. 1, 1920.2 announcement lists 1919-1920for R. C.-S.632 typescript and autograph copies of letters from Young to the Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne. Most letters are to M. Charles Meunier and are dated from June 4, 1909 to April 27, 1923.

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730 letters, mostly LS from the Amis du Livre in Paris to Young. Letters are dated from Feb. 2, 1909 to July 30, 1923.

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88 receipts from the Amis du Livre to Young.

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926 book listings and information concerning the Amis du Livre Moderne.10Typescript copy of a letter from Young to Raphale Weill, written on February 29, 1916.Also a LS from Em. Terquem in Paris to John J. Newbergin, dated March 5, 1910.115 letters: 2 to Young from C-S; 1 to C-S from Young; 2 to Gunst from Millard.124 typescript copies of letters from Gunst to the Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne in Paris from March 8, 1927 to March 5, 1928.

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1310 letters from the Amis du Livre to Gunst, dated March 7, 1917 to April 7, 1923.Also several receipts from the Societe to Young.

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1411 typescript letters and receipts from Young to Mrs. Alice Millard, March 24, 1927 to Feb. 4, 1937.

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15ca. 34 letters relating to the seizure of The Golden Asse of Apuleius by the US Customs.

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1614 miscellaneous letters from Gunst to WRK Young, Melbert B. Cary, Jr., Paul Bonet, Rose Adler, G.A. Davidson, Jr. and Lucien L. Godschmidt. Letters dated from May 7, 1918 to Aug. 6, 1940.1718 letters from Rose Adler, Albert M. Bender, Paul Bonet, Bierre Beres Rare Books, Melbert Cary, Jr., Robert Cobden-Sanderson, Peter Fahey, Ernest Dawson of Dawson's Book Shop, Newbegin's Book Shop, and Nell U. O'Day.

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184 letters and 1 clipping re book lists.19Correspondence M. Young - Cobden-Sanderson