Invoices, receipts and correspondence concerning Romany Collection purchases

Description

Receipts, invoices and accompanying correspondence for items, (books, prints, manuscripts, press cuttings, etc) that were purchased/paid for by Mrs McGrigor Phillips, (DUR) as part of the Romany Collection.


Period covers purchase, 1934-1943 and 1949-1954, (there are no records for the period 1944-48).


Also includes extracts of seller's catalogues with items of interest and notes from DUR , Primrose Cresswell and Dora E Yates (Gypsy Lore Society) regarding recommendations and purchases.


Extracts from catalogues include: "Dobell's Antiquarian Bookstore," "Bernard Quaritch," "Chas.J.Sayer Ltd," "Myers & Co Ltd," "Frank Hammond," "W.C Elly" "W.M George's and Sons td," "William Brown," and "Henry Sotheran."


Also records purchases from the Gypsy Lore Society, (including Journals) and their binding at the "Workshop for Cripples."


Receipts include private sales and purchases from, "Dobell's Antiquarian Bookstore," "Bernard Quaritch," "Chas.J.Sayer Ltd," "Myers & Co Ltd," "J.Symington," "Paul B.Victorius," "P.J & A.E Dobell," "International Press Cutting Bureau," "H.M Gilbert & son," "Thomas C Godfrey," " Messrs Hatchard," "W.Heffer & Sons," "Dr George Vajna & co," (Budapest, Hungary), "Lowe Bros," "H.W Davis, " Maggs Bros Lt," "British and Foreign Bible Society," J.Whitehead and Son," W.M Dawson and Son Ltd," "Durrants Press Cutting,"

Provenance

Receipts, invoices and accompanying correspondence were originally stored loose-leaf (mainly in chronological order) in a green box file labelled, "Romany Collection: Accounts of books prints paid by Mrs McGrigor Phillips."


Accompanying extracts from catalogues of book sellers were mainly filed together, (A few were filed in a particular year alongside receipts and a note has been appended to these to reflect these possible dates and inserted into the chronology).

System of arrangement

Receipts, invoices and accompanying correspondence are in chronological order. Extracts from bookseller catalogues are in separate file in original order, (many undated).

Access and usage

Reproduction

Access

This collection is subject to various access conditions. Please see individual catalogue descriptions for further details on access.

The catalogue titles or descriptions in this collection may contain terminology and phrases that would now be considered unacceptable. Where present these original terms continue to be included to preserve historical accuracy and provide social and historical context.

Notes on terminology and spellings

 

Please note that there may be differences in the terms used to describe the particular communities represented in this collection, many of which have changed over time and may continue to change.

 

At the time this catalogue was created there are many definitions that identify different cultural and ethnic groups with their varied histories, traditions and associations with a travelling life.

 

These can include but are not limited to  those that have been recognised in UK law as ethnic groups; English and Welsh (Romany) Gypsies, Irish and Scottish Travellers; and non-ethnic groups that consider themselves distinct even if these have not been recognised in UK law, e.g. New Travellers, Showmen and Bargees. Outside of the UK 'Gypsy' may also be considered offensive  and ‘Roma’ is often used instead as the universally preferred term although this term also represents a wide range of distinct groups, (e.g. Sinti, Manouche).

 

It is our intention to respectfully and (where possible) accurately refer to these different communities in the catalogue. For this reason we ask you to note the following with regards to the descriptions in this catalogue that have been based on these current definitions:

 

1)  As many of these definitions have only come into being since the collection was created/1st catalogued, please be aware that original descriptions may not accurately reflect the group to which it refers, (e.g. the word 'Gypsy,' may have been used to describe those now recognised as Irish Travellers/Roma).  Therefore it is worth searching under various terms, e.g. 'Romany' and 'Traveller,' to broaden the scope of search results as well as using the alternative historical spellings, 'Gipsy,' 'Gipsie,' or ‘Romani.’

2) Where no original description exists and it is not possible to properly identify a distinct group they will be described as "Gypsy Traveller" (within UK setting), "Roma" for those living/recently originating outside the UK or "Gypsy, Traveller, Roma " for origin/locations unknown. References to any non - ethnic groups will similarly be capitalised to respectfully acknowledge all groups.

Users are advised that the content in this collection may include accounts of discrimination and the expression of opinions and/or terminology that would now be considered unacceptable.

Some parts of this collection are in copyright. Photocopies or digital images of the material in copyright can be supplied for private study purposes only. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder’s permission for reproduction of copyright material for purposes other than research or private study. Guidance is available on tracing copyright status and ownership.

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