Editor: Patrick O'Sullivan (editor @ morrissociety.org).
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About the Journal of William Morris Studies
JWMS began in 1961 as the Journal of the William Morris Society.
The first issue of The Journal of the William Morris Society was edited by the Hon. Sec. R. C. H. Briggs in Winter 1961; it was produced by letterpress at Tonbridge Printers. This method continued until the summer of 1976, when letterpress became too expensive and offset lithography was provided by the Graphic Press of Highbury. Briggs continued as editor until the Winter 1978 issue, when he was succeeded by Geoffrey Bensusan, who had already been assisting on the technical side.
By the Winter 1981 issue, Ray Watkinson was also involved, and he became sole editor beginning with Winter 1983, continuing in the post until Autumn 1986. Production was transferred to Oxprint of Oxford. The Summer edition of 1983 was the first to include a bibliography by David and Sheila Latham, covering the years 1978-1980; subsequent bibliographies by the Lathams have become a valued regular feature.
Peter Faulkner was editor from Spring 1987 to Spring 1996, and passed production to the Short-Run Press in Exeter; Stephen Coleman was Reviews Editor Autumn 1993 to Autumn 1997, and edited the special Education issue of Autumn 1994. Nicholas Salmon was editor from Autumn 1996 to Spring 2001, with Christine Poulson and Peter Faulkner editing the reviews.
Dr. Rosie Miles of the University of Wolverhampton (editor 2001-2007) produced her first issue in Winter 2001. She inaugurated the Editorial Advisory Board, and under her stewardship, the Journal updated its name to The Journal of William Morris Studies in order better to reflect its scholarly nature.
The new editor, Patrick O'Sullivan, formerly of the University of Plymouth, is also co-editor (with Stephen Coleman) of William Morris and News from Nowhere (Green Books, 1990).
Back Issues
Most back copies of the journal are available at a cost of £2 each to members and £3 to non-members. Orders by letter, fax, or e-mail should state which numbers are required and, if available, they will be sent with an invoice to include the cost of postage. Please write to
The William Morris Society
Kelmscott House, 26 Upper Mall
Hammersmith, London W6 9TA
Tel/Fax: 0181-741-3735
uk @ morrissociety.org
We are now in the process of making back volumes available online without cost. As individual articles are completed, they will be available via the Chronological Index, Title Index, and Name Index.
Acknowledgements
All of the data on this web site regarding the JWMS are based on direct examination of the texts. The webmaster is indebted to Geoffrey Bensusan and Nicholas Salmon, whose scholarship in 1981 and 2001, respectively, laid the foundation for the indexes to the Journal:
- Bensusan, Geoffrey. "Twenty Years of the Journal." JWMS 4.4 (Winter 1981): 23-26.
- Salmon, Nicholas. "Catalogue of Articles in the Journal (1961-2000)." JWMS 14.2 (Spring 2001): i-xvi [insert].
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