Penguin Books Ltd, publishers, London

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Date:	1714-2100
Places:	London
Functions, occupations and activities:	Paper, printing and packaging > Publishing
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/C109619 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B1220 )

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	19th cent-20th cent: corresp and files	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 662, 1852, 1871	NRA 28086 Penguin Books See Accessions to Repositories 1989; Annual Returns 1994, 1998
2	1935-60: edtiorial corresp	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM1107	NRA 28088 Bristol Univ misc
3	1960-1973: corresp, depositions and transcripts rel to the trail of Lady Chatterley's Lover (Regina v Penguin Books)	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 1679	NRA 39438
4	1936-2006: papers incl records rel to seventieth anniversary	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 2065	See Annual Return 2006
5	1935-2006: further papers incl records rel to Christmas editions	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 2081	See Annual Return 2006
6	1970-2002: papers rel to the correction of mistakes in Penguin Books, and the Penguin Education series	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM 2083	See Annual Return 2006
7	additional books and papers	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2129, DM2141	See Annual Return 2008
8	1714-1970: personal material relating to the Eichberg, Mertens and Lane families incl Allen Lane, founder of Penguin Books	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2244	See Annual Return 2010
9	1967-2010: papers rel to the work of Nicholas Pevsner at Penguin Books and work by Susie Harris on her biography (2011) of Pevsner	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2278	See Annual Return 2011
10	1977-2007: papers rel to Sir William Emrys Williams (1896-1977) Secretary General of the Arts Council and friend of Allen Lane	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2307	See Annual Return 2011
11	1925-2000: material rel to penguin books collected by Christine and David Teale	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2485	See Annual Return 2012
12	1990-2009: papers rel to 'Rough Guide' travel book series	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2551	See Annual Return 2013
13	20th-21st cent: additional records	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections		See Annual Return 2014
14	20th cent: additional records rel to the 'Buildings of England' series	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2722	See Annual Return 2016
15	c1945-2010: records rel to Tanya Schmoller (1918-2016) and Hans Schmoller (1916-1985) and their work for Penguin books incl design materials and corresp	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2724	See Annual Return 2016
16	c1945-2010: additional records rel to Tanya Schmoller (1918-2016) and Hans Schmoller (1916-1985) and their work for Penguin books	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2725	See Annual Return 2016
17	c1935-1990: archive, primarily rel to the history of the business	Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections	DM2804	See Annual Return 2018