Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to thank for his letter. He inform that he has asked Cox & Allen to hand over the brasses to Heffer. Dow & Lester have supposed to have sent all their parcels but he will write to ask if they can find the missing sheets.
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184 Description archivistique résultats pour Gibb memorial series
Letter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to send copies of letters from Princetown University Press and W. Ivanow of Bombay, dated 1 October 1943.. These copies are with the letter. The letter from W. Ivanow thanks for vol. XVI of the New Series but he has not received vols. VII and VII of the Mathnawi of Jalalu'd-din Rumi which he asks to be sent, dated 14, July 1943. The letter from Princetown University Press asks to include two poems for which the Trust holds the copyright in the publication from the symposium entitled The Arab Heritage, dated 14 September 1943.
Sans titrePostcard from Dr Reser, Ankara, Turkey, to C.A. Storey on which he writes of the delay in receiving Storey's card and that he is unable to supply the book that Storey requests. He hopes to send his new translation soon, and asks for two Gibb Memorial Volumes at a reduced price.
Sans titreLetter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a copy of a letter from Heffer. Raynes suggests waiting a fortnight to see if Heffer can achieve the binding. With this letter is the one from W. Heffer and Sons Ltd. to W.L & E.G. Raynes to explain the delay in the binding due to the need for experienced women workers who have no special reservation on the 'Pay-as-you-earn' Income Tax schedule from H.M. Stationery Office. They hope to be able to continue the work once they have completed a large government order. They are uncertain as to storage until they have completed the order.
Sans titreLetter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to enclose a copy of a letter from Heffer which he has also sent to Nicholson. With this letter is the copy from W. Heffer & Sons Ltd. to W.L. Raynes to inform Raynes that they are unable to continue the work due to staffing problem as they need expert binding women. Further, since the flying-bomb attacks on London, they have been commissioned by the Foreign Office to undertake some highly confidential work which they must produce.
Sans titreLetter from A.J. Arberry to C.A. Storey to state that when he, Gibb and Levy happened to meet the previous week he had reported to them concerning Luzac's complaint at being unable to fulfil orders for Gibb Memorial Volumes worth approximately £1000 and that the lack of binding work could lead to the deterioration of the stock. He asks Storey if he could go to Heffer to see what their condition actually is and whether there is chance of progress. He is also writing to Raynes to ask if he will write to the British Council to expedite the material to Heffer that is necessary.
Sans titreLetter from K. Jahn to [C.A. Storey] to inform Storey that he will return to Prague and to give his new address.
Sans titreLetter from W.L. Raynes, Clerk to the Trust, to C.A. Storey to include some extracts from a letter received from Heffer. The extracts concern sheet stock for volumes they are folding and stitching to supply to Luzac.
Sans titreThe Gibb Memorial Trust was established in 1902 in memory of Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, a largely self-taught Arabic, Persian, and, above all, of Ottoman Turkish, died age 45 in 1901 and his mother established the Trust. These papers mainly cover the period 1927-1951 and consists of governance, finance and publication documents, produced mainly as a result of Charles Ambrose Storey's involvement as a Trustee of the Trust.
Sans titreMinutes of "Meeting of the Trustees held at 90, Regent Street Cambridge on Saturday 27th May, 1933". Matters discussed included the finances detailing expenditure on publications and current stock investments; storage and identification of printed stock; possible publication of Nawaqif of Niffari, an index to the Shahnama, the Diwan of Ibn al-Rumi, and Kitah al-Badi of Ibn-al-Mu'tazz; other publications; and payment of the Clerk's salary.
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