Series: Sub-Committee on the Supply of Books. Meetings 1(42) - 8(42) Papers 1(42) - 17(42)
Taylor Kenkel
A file of meeting minutes, memoranda, and reports relating to the British government's policy on the supply of books. Subjects covered in the file include the importation and exportation of books; the allocation of materials for bookmaking, such as paper and cloth; the labour situation in the bookmaking industry, including the recruitment of women to replace conscripted men; and the supply of recreational books to the British armed forces to boost morale. Other subjects discussed include the spread of British culture and the English language by the British Council; concern over book shortages in educational institutions and libraries due to the bookbinding trade's inability to meet demand; and the issue of the quality of books. Documents in the file include a discussion of the Forces Book Club; a paper on the re-binding of books for public libraries; and a memorandum on the need to maintain pre-war levels of publishing for medical texts.
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The National Archives · 8 July 1942 English
1. PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION. THE COMMITTEE had a preliminary discussion of the letters and memoranda sent by Mr. Walter Harrap (President of the Publishers' Association) to the Chairman (L.P.(B)(42) 13) before …
The National Archives · 26 June 1942 English
FORCES BOOK CLUB THE COMMITTEE had before them a Memorandum by the War Office on he Forces Book Club (L.P.(B)(42)9). MAJOR—GENERAL WILLANS explained that the Services were already aking a …
The National Archives · 22 May 1942 English
Paper (i) - of paper for books was allocated for a The supply period of four months at a time. During the current four months the following amount of paper …
The National Archives · 5 June 1942 English
(ii) The standard of the Economy Agreement was not very austere so that private publishers could and often did produce books in a more severe format. (iii) The general Government …
The National Archives · 21 May 1942 English
out in the main Rebinding is a by 5 firms who specialised the Library trade carried Association estimate do about 95 per cent. of the work. Attached is a table …
The National Archives · 21 May 1942 English
4. WOMEN Aged 26 and over are not being called for Printing. interview. Productive workers aged 20-25 in Printers' Binding (or Warehouse) Departments are only withdrawn subject to prior substitution. …
The National Archives · 22 July 1942 English
1. BRITISH FEDERATION OF MASTER PRINTERS THE CHAIRMAN welcomed representatives of the British Federation of Master Printers. MAJOR LEIGHTON, (President of the Federation), said that whereas in peace—time binders seldom …
The National Archives · 7 July 1942 English
A further possibility would be to alter the present distribution of the 85 million books produced with present capacity, as between cased and flush bound books by directing that a …
The National Archives · 18 July 1942 English
were now giving orders for the binding of reserve Stocks of books previously put aside as unsaleable. One book- binding firm said that they held on behalf of publishers printed …
The National Archives · 21 May 1942 English
5. 275 tons was allocated for book cloth in the 4th quarter of 1941, 150 tone was allocated in the 1st quarter of 1942 and 225 tons is allocated in …