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Material relating to the Eichberg, Mertens and Lane families
Sophie Mertens married Julius Eichberg (b.1824, Dusseldorf, Germany – d. 18/19 January 1893,
Boston, USA), composer and director of the Boston Conservatory of Music, and they had one child,
Annie Philippine Eichberg (b.1854, Geneva, Switzerland – d. 23 January 1927, London). Annie
married twice: first on 26 February 1884 to Tyler Batcheller King LLD, from whom she was
widowed, and secondly on 13 August 1898 to John Lane of The Bodley Head. Annie Eichberg Lane
was author of the hymn To Thee, O Country, and of several novels, including Brown's Retreat,
Kitwyk, The Champagne Standard, Talk of the Town and According to Maria, many of which were
published by her husband John Lane (b.14 March 1854, West Putford, Devon – d. 2 February 1925,
London). John Lane died of pneumonia on 2 February 1925 at their London home, 8 Lancaster
Gate Terrace, Bayswater, London. He was cremated at Golders Green and his ashes interred at St
Nectan's Church, Hartland, Devon. His nephew, Allen Lane, founded Penguin Books.
DM2244/1 - Sophie Eichberg (née Mertens):
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Personal letters written to Sophie Eichberg (née Mertens) by her
husband Julius Eichberg, her daughter Annie Eichberg, her family in
Dusseldorf (Betty Mertens, Elise Mertens, Johanna Mertens), 27 July
1851-11 January 1922. Other correspondents include Elizabeth A.
Botsford, Adella J. Cummings, E.E. Fletcher, Elsie Hawkes, Clara K.
Rogers, Henry M. Rogers, Bertha L. Smith, Celia Thaxter, and E.S.
Weil (Mrs August Weil).
1851-1922
Also includes newspaper cuttings reporting Julius Eichberg’s arrival in
New York (enclosed in a letter to Sophie Mertens dated 30 May 1857);
an article about Julius Eichberg; a review of concert by Julius
Eichberg’s students; the marriage certificate of Isidor Eichberg of
Dusseldorf and Elisa Mertens of Dusseldorf married in New York on 7
January 1865 and witnessed by Julius Eichberg and Sophie Eichberg;
programmes for National Peace Jubilee concerts held in Boston in 1869
and conducted by P.S. Gilmore, Carl Zerrahn and Julius Eichberg;
black and white photographs of a woman taken by G&A, Overbeck,
Dusseldorf, and of a man taken by R.A. Lewis, Chatham Street, New
York; [Sophie Eichberg’s?] notebook; a purple leather ladies wallet
[formerly owned by Sophie Eichberg?].
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Personal letters from Annie Eichberg, later Annie Lane, to her father
Julius Eichberg, to her uncle Isidor Eichberg, and Mr Kinnerley, 2
September 1863-3 February 1898.
1863-1898
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Annie Eichberg’s school reports from Pemberton Square School for
the week ending 13 March 1868 and from Chester Square School for
the month ending 1 March 1872.
1868-1872
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Personal letters written to Annie Eichberg King, later Annie Lane, by 1875-1926
Aunt Celia, Grace Scott Bowen, William Caine, Hollis Dann (Director
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of Music, Dept of Public Instruction, Harrisburg), Julius Eichberg,
Sophie Eichberg, Jane Ferrers, Geary Heurschel, Edward Hutchins,
Wilfrid S. Jackson (with photographs), Tyler B. King, Arthur S.J.
Legge, Henry G. Liley, L. MacKintosh, Elisa Mertens, Jennie
Morrison, Edmund H. New, Luise Overbeck, Eileen G. Tangye, W.
Wallnee, John [Weiss?], Dr George C. Williamson, 16 September
1875 -18 April 1926.
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Booklet: ‘Poor People’s Christmas. A Poem’ by Roden Noel
(published by Elkin Matthews at the sign of the Bodley Head in Vigo
Street, 1890).
1890
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Personal letters from Annie Eichberg King, later Annie Lane, to John
Lane, 8 October 1896-10 December 1898. [Annie Eichberg King and
John Lane were married on 13 August 1898]
1896-1898
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Cabinet card photograph of James Welch in ‘Arms and the Man’
[Avenue Theatre, London, c.1893]. Photograph by Russell & Sons.
n.d.
[c.1893]
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Booklet: ‘To The Queen’ a poem by Owen Seaman, 22 June 1897.
1897-1898
(One of 100 copies privately printed for the author by John Lane at
the Bodley Head, 1897). Inscribed with the author’s best regards to
Mrs King. With a covering letter from Owen Seaman to Mrs King, 11
January 1898.
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Photographs of John Lane:
Portrait photograph of John Lane by [?Edish H. Lounsberg], n.d.
[c.1900?].
n.d.
[c.19001920]
Portrait photograph of John Lane, n.d. [c.1920s]. (2 copies)
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Three letters from R.P. Chope [Richard Pearse Chope] to [John] Lane, 1909-1917
18 November 1909, 4 January 1910, 13 December 1911. Chope
mentions Ballads, Weird and Wonderful [published by John Lane in
1912]; repairs to Hartland Church in north Devon; Lane’s protégé
Vernon Hill; Form IV; that their Old Boys’ dinner will be chaired by
Harold Hilton the golf champion of England and America; and Lane’s
proposed gift of books to the school.
Offprint: ‘New Light on Sir Richard Grenville’ by R. Pearse Chope,
reprinted from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the
Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, 1917. Inscribed to Mrs
John Lane from R.P. Chope.
DM2244/2/10 Memorandum of an agreement between Mrs John Lane [Annie Lane]
and John Lane of the Bodley Head, 25 January 1912. John Lane
agrees to publish Talk of the Town by Mrs John Lane.
1912
DM2244/2/11 Articles by or about Mrs John Lane [Annie Lane]:
1912-1919
‘Krupp’s Essen: A Memory’ by Mrs John Lane, The Outlook, 24
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August 1912.
Newspaper cutting of ‘A Tribute to The Fly’ by Mrs John Lane, 29
August 1912. (4 copies)
‘According to Maria. Part 1’ by Mrs John Lane, The Outlook, 31
August 1912.
‘According to Maria. Part 3’ by Mrs John Lane, The Outlook, 28
September 1912.
‘A Visit to Anatole France’ by Mrs John Lane, Everyman, 17 January
1913. (2 copies)
Piece about Mme John Lane by Paul-Louis Hervier, La Litterature
Angliase/La Nouvelle Revue, 15 February 1913.
‘The Yellow Jacket. A Delightful Discovery’ by Mrs John Lane,
Daily Chronicle, April 1913.
Annie Eichberg Lane’s biographical entry in Men of NineteenFourteen, 1914.
Draft of article [by Mrs John Lane?] entitled ‘The House of Gilbert
White’, n.d.
Draft second page of a letter from Annie E. Lane to Mr Fisher
concerning the hymn ‘To Thee, O Country’, written by her father
Julius Eichberg, 11 January 1919. (2 copies)
DM2244/2/12 Booklet: ‘Jane Austen Centenary Memorial. A Record of the
Ceremony of its unveiling at Chawton co. Southampton, by the Right
Hon. Sir Frederick Pollock, Bt’ (published by John Lane, The Bodley
Head, 1917).
1917
[John Lane was the Treasurer of the Memorial Committee]
DM2244/2/13 Papers concerning royalty payments by the Oliver Ditson Company,
music publishers, Boston, Massachusetts, to Mrs Annie E. Lane for
‘Doctor Alcantara’ and ‘To Thee, O Country’ written by her father
Julius Eichberg, 1922-1925.
1922-1925
DM2244/2/14 Will of Mrs Annie Eichberg Lane made 5 August 1924.
1924
Annie Lane appoints her husband John Lane, Edward William Smith
and Allen Lane as trustees of her will; she gives bequests to Margaret
Windeatt Roberts, Roland Clarke, Evelyn Lane, Dorothy Puxley,
Frank Baker, Nurse Hawkes, Major S. Norton Taylor, Stephanie
David, Mary Isabella Brimacombe, Allen Lane, Richard Granville
Lane, John Lane and Nora Lane; and sets up a trust fund to be entitled
‘The Lane Bequest’ to be paid to the Royal Literary Fund as a mark of
her appreciation of the services which her husband has rendered to
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literature.
DM2244/2/15 Material relating to the death of John Lane (d. 2 February 1925):
1925
Letters of condolence sent to Mrs Annie Lane and Allen Lane
following John Lane’s death, 3 February-11 July 1925. Includes
letters from Roland Clarke, Arundel Dene (Melbourne Electric Supply
Company), Beatrice H. Derry, C.J. Holme (National Gallery), [?]
Manning, Margaret W. Roberts, [?] F. Sach, Clement Shorter (The
Sphere).
Obituary for John Lane, The New York Telegram and Evening Mail, 4
February 1925.
Order of service for the funeral of John Lane held at St. James’s,
Piccadilly on 6 February 1925.
List of wreaths sent to John Lane’s funeral [in Allen Lane’s
handwriting], n.d. [February 1925].
DM2244/2/16 Letter from the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company listing
payments of income made to Allen Lane from an American Trust set
up by Annie Philippine Lane from 1927 to 1931, 15 December 1931.
DM2244/2/17 Postcard sent to John Lane of a statue of ‘La Vittoria’ in the National
Museum, Napoli. Inscribed ‘A Happy New Year. A.G.G. Greenhill’,
n.d.
1931
n.d.
DM2244/2/18 Postcard featuring an enlarged facsimile of a cartoon sketch [by
Aubrey Beardsley?] of an original in the possession of J.M. Dent.
Signed ‘F.H.E’, n.d.
n.d.
DM2244/2/19 Christmas card from Mr & Mrs W.J. Locke and Miss Locke, featuring
a photograph of their garden at Les Arcades, Cannes, n.d.
n.d.
DM2244/2/20 Calling card of Mr John Lane, n.d.
n.d.
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Details of a freehold estate belonging to John Lane, consisting of six
adjoining freehold dwelling houses in St. James’s Square,
Westminster, n.d. [c.1714-1727].
n.d.
[c.17141727].
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Newspaper cuttings [from the Bristol Times] concerning a debate
about the identity of a mystery benefactor who was paying a sculptor
and five or six men to work on the restoration of the north porch of St
Mary Redcliffe church, 28 October 1848.
1848
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Lithograph print of a portrait of James Lane, n.d. [c.1850s?]
n.d.
[c.1850s?]
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Will of Thomas Fry of East Putford, Devon, gent, made 8 May 1856.
Probate was granted 29 March 1858.
1856-1858
Fry’s will includes bequests to his sons Samuel Fry and Thomas Fry;
his daughters Dorcas Bartlett and Elizabeth Moore; his grandsons
John Marshall and Richard Marshall; his granddaughters Dorcas Ann
Marshall, Margaret Marshall and Thirza Marshall; his grandsons
Josias Lane and William Lane, the children of his late daughter Mary
Ann Lane; his grandchildren John Lane, Norman Lane, Hiram Lane
and Iabish Lane, the children of his late daughter Grace Lane.
Properties mentioned in the will include leasehold estates called
Rushborough and Cudgy Moor in the parish of East Putford; a
messuage, farm and lands called Wrangworthy in the parish of
Buckland Brewer; and lands in the parish of Bradworthy.
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Memorial card for Charles Henry Lane, late of Hartland, Devon, who
died at Montpelier, Bristol on 12 November 1874 aged 19 years and
was interred at Arnos Vale Cemetery.
1874
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Certificate certifying that Mr A.G. Williams has a thorough
knowledge of phonetic shorthand and is a member of the Phonetic
Society, 23 February 1881.
1881
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Certificate of Allen Gardiner Williams’ confirmation and first
communion at St David’s church, Neath on 17 September 1882 and 1
October 1882.
1882
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Programme and menu for the annual dinner of the Bristol and District
Cornish Association held at the Grand Hotel, Bristol on 1 February
1923. Includes a photograph of the president, Mr A.Williams Lane.
1923
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Booklet: ‘The Cathedral Church of Bristol’ by James Ross (published
by The British Publishing Company Ltd., 1931).
1931
Inscribed: ‘To A. Williams Lane, Esq. – a good friend – with best
regards from James Ross. 7 Oct.1931’.
DM2244/3/10 Booklet: ‘Everyman’ a poem by Ambrose Pratt (published by The
Speciality Press Pty. Ltd., Melbourne), 1933.
1933
Inscribed: ‘John Lane Esq. With kind regard & remembrance from
Ambrose Pratt, Jany. 3/34’.
DM2244/3/11 Plan of the seating arrangements for the Madame Tussaud Centenary
Banquet, n.d. [1935?]. Chairman Mr Clement Shorter. John Lane’s
seat is highlighted.
n.d.
[1935?]
DM2244/3/12 Menu card for a dinner held at the Ex Libris Lodge (Hall Stone
Lodge) at The Monico, Piccadilly Circus, London on 19 July 1935.
1935
The card is signed by Ernest G. Butler, Edgar Watulow, Harold B.
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Williams and John Lane.
DM2244/3/13 Letter from James Ross, City Librarian, Bristol Central Library, to Mr
Williams Lane, 20 September 1946.
1946
Ross congratulates Williams Lane on his sons’ achievements with
Penguin Books. Adding: ‘I never cease to wonder how they manage
to maintain the high standards of the Penguin publications. Most of
the books in this series are more useful and vital than many
contemporary publications at very high prices. I find that it is
essential to include most of the Penguin books in our Libraries, and
for this purpose the volumes are bound in boards at the Bindery, with
the original paper covers pasted on the outside, thus preserving their
bright and attractive appearance.’ Ross sends Williams a copy of
‘Mural Decorations in a Dormitory of the Old Deanery, College
Green, Bristol’ by W.W. Hughes.
DM2244/4 – Sir Allen Lane (1902-1970):
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Photograph of Allen Lane [aged 14] at Hartland, Devon, 1916.
Photographer: unknown. (1x black and white photograph)
1916
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Material relating to Anatole France:
1921-1924
Photograph of a letter from Anatole France [to John Lane?]
concerning lions, 26 October 1921.
Menu card for a dinner held at Villa Aid on 16 April 1924. Signed by
the guests, including Anatole France.
Allen Lane’s entry ticket to the funeral of Anatole France on 18
October 1924.
Newspaper cutting concerning the funeral of Anatole France,
Comoedia, 19 October 1924.
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Invitation from Lettice and Allen Lane to a party at Silverbeck,
Stanwell Moor on 12 July [1941].
1941
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Material relating to the award by the University of Bristol to Sir Allen
Lane of an honorary Degree of Master of Arts:
1948
Includes the degree congregation programme for 6 July 1948; and a
newspaper cutting of a photograph of Winston Churchill with the
honorary graduates on the steps of the Wills Memorial Building, The
Western Daily Press, 17 July 1948.
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Letters of condolence sent to Sir Allen Lane following the death of his 1950
father, Allen Williams Lane, 19 January-22 March 1950.
Includes letters from Allen Lane’s mother [Camilla Matilda Williams
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Lane], ‘Claire’, ‘Dick’, ‘Louie’, ‘Mary & Simon’ (The Tavistock
Clinic), ‘Pat’, Ashton Allen, W.B. Day (Southport division, Penguin
Books), H.G. Fraser, Arthur [Frould?], Frank G. Lord, Harry
Paroissien (Allen Lane Inc., Penguin USA), Lola and Nikolaus
[Pevsner], J.R. [Rausoak?], Denys [Kilham Roberts] (The Society of
Authors), James Ross, Hans Schmoller, R. Geoffrey Smith, Bernard
[Wichalls?], B.W. Willett, N. Wilson (John Menzies & Co. Ltd.).
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Booklet: ‘Coronation Souvenir’ produced by CBS Television and
illustrated by Feliks Topolski, n.d. [1953].
1953
With a covering letter from Feliks Topolski to Allen [Lane], 1 August
1953. Topolski offers Lane the plates of his Coronation drawings for
publication as a Penguin book or for Lane’s Christmas book.
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Letter from J.E. Barton to Lady [Lettice] Lane, 16 October 1953.
Barton thanks Lady Lane and Allen Lane for their hospitality during
his visit to London. He adds that on the train journey home he shared
a compartment with John Garrett [headmaster of Bristol Grammar
School].
1953
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Material relating to the award by the University of Manchester to Sir
Allen Lane of an honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws:
1958
Includes the degree congregation programme for the conferment of
honorary degrees on 14 May 1958, with addresses given at the
ceremony; an invitation to Sir Allen Lane from the Chancellor and the
Council of the University of Manchester to a luncheon on 14 May
1958, with menu card and seating arrangements.
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Material relating to the award by the University of Oxford to Sir Allen 1963
Lane of an honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters:
Includes the Oratio Creweiana and Encaenia Addresses for honorary
degree ceremony on 26 June 1963; an invitation from the Warden and
Fellows of All Souls College to Sir Allen and Lady Lane to a
luncheon on 26 June 1963, with seating arrangements; seating
arrangements for a dinner at Christ Church Oxford on 26 June 1963.
Correspondence with Sir Allen Lane concerning the award of his
honorary degree, 8 February-30 September 1963. Correspondents
include Sir Basil Blackwell, John Brown (Oxford University Press),
Sir Christopher Bullock, Eric Burt, A.O. Cleaver (The London and
Lancashire Insurance Co. Ltd.), Sir Miles Clifford (The Leverhulme
Trust Fund), Morris L. Ernst (Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst), Roger
Falk, John Garrett, Peter Heaton, Richard Hollyer, Peter Hulin (The
Oriental Institute), Mrs H. Kemp [Eunice Frost], Robert Lusty, R.A.
Machell (Martins Bank Ltd.), Mary Messer, Dr Gordon Ostlere, H.F.
Paroissien, Cyril Peall, Hans Heinrich Petersen, J.D. Powell
(Booksellers Association), Pat Puxley, Sir Folliott Sandford
(University of Oxford), H.L. Schollick, C. Simpson (Dean of Christ
Church), Harry Smith, Sir Charles Snow, G.D. Sthalekar (Orient
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Longmans Ltd.), Sigfred Taubert, K.C. Turpin (Provost of Oriel
College), James Walton (Longmans Southern Africa Pty. Ltd.), Peter
Watt, Kaye Webb, Rex Williams.
DM2244/4/10 Material relating to the award by the University of Birmingham to Sir
Allen Lane of an honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws:
1964
Includes invitation from the President and Members of the
Shakespeare Birthday Celebrations Committee to Sir Allen and Lady
Lane to attend a Shakespeare Anniversary Luncheon and a special
performance of ‘Henry IV part 1’ at Stratford-upon-Avon on 23 April
1964, with a menu card and list of attendees; a Special Degree
Congregation programme for 24 April 1964; and a copy of the
University of Birmingham Gazette (vol.16, no.5) including the oration
delivered by Professor T.J.B. Spencer for Sir Allen Lane.
Correspondence with Sir Allen Lane concerning the award of his
honorary degree, 14 February-20 May 1964. Correspondents include
Sir Robert Aitken (University of Birmingham), G.L. Barnes
(University of Birmingham), Sir George Cartland (University of
Birmingham), Ede & Ravenscroft Ltd.
DM2244/4/11 Material relating to the award by the University of Reading to Sir
Allen Lane of an honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters:
1964
Includes the order of proceedings to the opening of the new University
Library, Whiteknights Park, by the Chancellor of the University and
the Rt. Hon. The Lord Bridges and the Congregation for the
Conferment of Honorary Degrees on 15 May 1964; a menu card for a
luncheon held in honour of the Honorary Graduates at Wantage Hall,
15 May 1964; a brochure for the new University Library.
Correspondence with Sir Allen Lane concerning the award of his
honorary degree, 8 October 1963-23 June 1964. Correspondents
include Professor J.N. Cormack (University of Reading), J.F. Johnson
(University of Reading), Dr H.R. Pitt (University of Reading).
DM2244/4/12 Sir Allen Lane’s personal receipts, 1968-1970.
1968-1970
DM2244/4/13 Cards and letters of thanks sent by Penguin employees to Sir Allen
Lane for the party he held for them on 18 April 1969 to celebrate his
retirement:
1969
Includes letters and cards from E.V. Allen (Warehouse staff), John A.
Allen, Beryl Ashwood (Sales Ledger), B.J. Baley (Warehouse staff),
Mary Banham, Ann Barnett (Sales Ledger), Alydia Barrett (Royalty
Dept.), L. Barrow (Warehouse staff), A. Bathroyd (Warehouse staff),
A. Bradley (Filing Dept.), Peter Clift (Sales Ledger), Sheila Conquer
(Sales Ledger), V. Cooney (Warehouse staff), Elsie Corner (Sales
Ledger), J. Costello (Warehouse staff), Pamela Crowley (Royalty
Dept.), A. Davies (Warehouse staff), Bill Day, Mary Edwards
(Royalty Dept.), P. Edwards (Warehouse staff), Audrey D. Evans
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(Sales Ledger), Norma Fairbrother (Warehouse staff), L. Farrell
(Warehouse staff), Agnes E. Faulkner (Addressograph Dept.), Ester
Fielding (Sales Ledger), Ken Fisher (Sales Ledger), Kath Fuller
(Warehouse staff), Brenda Goodman (Warehouse staff), Colin
Goodman (Warehouse staff), J. Grace (Warehouse staff), Laura
Green, Arthur V. Grimes, Geoff Hames (Sales Ledger), Jean Hanley
(Warehouse staff), David Hedges, Joan Hicks (Sales Statistics, Home
Trade), K. Hiscox (Warehouse staff), M. Humphries (Warehouse
staff), R. Irish (Warehouse staff), Julia Lee (Warehouse staff), Doreen
Lever (Warehouse staff), M. Lewis (Warehouse staff), Patrick and
Julie McCreeth, A. McGivern (Warehouse staff), B. Matcham
(Warehouse staff), M. Masterson (Filing Dept.), Peggy Maore
(Royalty Dept.), I.J.M. Nind (Filing Dept.), J. Page (Warehouse staff),
A. Parkins (Warehouse staff), D. Parish (Warehouse staff), Mrs M.
Payne, S. Payne (Warehouse staff), Suzanne Renouf (Warehouse
staff), John Rolfe, D.M. Rust (Royalty Dept), Betty Seers (Royalty
Dept.), Pam Stevens (Sales Ledger), Sylvia Wabberly (Sales Ledger),
Kaye Webb, P. Wenn (Warehouse staff), D. Weston (Warehouse
staff), Daisy Wewter (Warehouse staff), Ethel Wheeler (Sales
Ledger), J. Wheeler (Warehouse staff), G. Whetstone (Warehouse
staff), F. Whiting (Filing Dept.), S. Wiggins (Warehouse staff), H.
Wilson (Warehouse staff).
DM2244/4/14 Letters of congratulations sent to Sir Allen Lane on his award of the
gold Albert Medal of the Royal Society of Arts for 1969 for his
contributions to publishing and education, 16 July-2 September 1969.
1969
Correspondents include John A. Allen, Alice Barker, Ronald Barker
(The Publishers Association), Victor Bishop, David Corbett
(Kingsclere Consultants), Mark Longman (Longmans Green & Co.
Ltd.), D. Mehra (Rupa & Co.), Sir Gordon Russell.
DM2244/4/15 Telegrams and letters of congratulations sent to Sir Allen Lane on his
being made a Companion of Honour in the Birthday Honours List,
1969.
1969
Correspondents include John Attenborough, Sir Leon Bagrit, M.
Elizabeth Barber, Ronald Barker, Hugh Barton, L.E. Rowan Bentall,
Nicholas Bentley, Sidney Bernstein, Anthony Berry, Antony Blonde,
Theophila Bluth, John Boon, Edward Boyle, Howard Bridgeman,
A.G. Brown, B.J. Brown, Lord Seymour Camrose, Lord Hugh and
Lady Sylvia Caradon, Noel Carrington, John Carter, David Carver, Sir
Hugh Casson, G. Catlin, Sir Paul Chambers, Norman Clackson, Dick
Clay, Alec Clifton-Taylor, John Corbett, Sir William Charles Crocker,
W.B. Day, Philip Dowson, Jane B. Drew, Lord David Exeter, N.L.
Faigan, Roger Falk, Sir George Farmer, Charles Foltz junior, Bill
Ford, Norman Franklin, Lord Oliver Franks, Eunice Frost, Gerald
Gardiner, Henri and Esther Gerson, Jack Greenhill, Walter Geiringer,
Leo Genn, Henri Gerson, John Gloag, Eleanor Graham, Milner Gray,
Sir Norman Gwatkin, Philip Harris, Brian Hart, Sir Harold Hartley,
Ross Higgins, David Higham, Brian Howell, Peter Hulin, Norman
Hunter, R. Ingram, Ronald Ireison, H.P. Juda, Vincent Knowles, Cyril
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Lesser, Dr Brigitte Lohmeyer, Charles McGregor, Harvey Miller,
John Newton, Paul Paget, Harry Paroissien, Sir Michael Perrin, Dieter
Pevsner, Nikolaus Pevsner, Charles Pick, Dr H.R. Pitt, Laurence
Pollinger, D.F. Ramsay, Max Rayne, Paul Reilly, Jim Richards, Philip
Robinson, Sir Eric Roll, Sir Gordon Russell, Tanya and Hans
Schmoller, D.C. Sebag-Montefiore, Israel Sieff, Colin Smith, R.
Geoffrey Smith, E. Steimatzky, W.B. Stevenson, Noel Streatfeild, Dr
Joseph Suschitzky, Ben Travers, Kenneth Turpin, Rayner Unwin,
Fred Warburg, E.P. Warner, Kaye Webb, Eric V. White, Gabriel
White, Rex Williams, Angus Wilson.
DM2244/4/16 Telegrams and letters of congratulations sent to Sir Allen Lane on his
celebrating fifty years in publishing, his retirement and concerning
arrangements for a dinner held in his honour by Sir Edward Boyle at
the House of Commons on 25 April 1969.
1969
Correspondents include Ashton Allen, Eva Allen, George Allen,
Claud Askew, Estrid Bannister, E. de Bellaigue, Eugene Florence
Braun-Munk, Christine M. Brooks, Sir Miles Clifford, Dennis Cohen,
J.M. Cohen, S.F. Arthur Coles, E. Gordon Couzens, Richard Cowell,
Monica Dickens, Bill and Gwen Dodds, Una Dillon, J.E. Fairley,
Christina Foyle, Henri and Esther Gerson, Finlay and Rosemary Gibb
[Rosemary Jones], Helen Goff, Eleanor Graham, Mary Grierson,
Jamie Hamilton, I.G.W. Harrap, Tom Harrisson, David Higham, S.
Jacobson, Marianne Jacoby, J.M. Knox, George Low, Yevonde
Middleton, Noel Menzies, John Michie, Carl Alexander Mier, George
Murcell, Mary Murray, Hugh Nicol, Raymond Parkes, Joan Peyton,
Blanche Prescott, J.C. Pritchard, Max Rayne, David Smith, Gilbert
Smith, Alan Steward, Peter Stockham, Revd. Canon Derek Tasker,
David St. John Thomas, Martin Thompson, Mrs Sinclair Thomson,
R.P. Wellsman, Rex Williams, V.E. Yarsley.
Rachel Hassall
7 June 2010
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