The phrase "acquire manuscripts" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to the act of obtaining or purchasing manuscripts, typically in academic, literary, or archival contexts.
Example: "The library aims to acquire manuscripts from various historical periods to enhance its collection."
Alternatives: "obtain manuscripts" or "procure manuscripts."
Since then, the Library has continued to acquire manuscripts by gift and purchase.
SOAS Library acquired its first Swahili manuscript in 1920 and has continued to acquire manuscripts whenever possible since". A collection of links to sites with e-books, full text journal articles, theses, and working papers, and other resources...especially on Swahili linguistics.
McCormack alludes to what most editors do: acquire manuscripts, assist publication and hold authors' hands.
In the 1920s, Edward Cadbury, of Cadbury chocolate fame, lived in Birmingham and funded a priest to make trips to the Middle East and acquire manuscripts, according to Worrall, who said the idea behind the trips was that "he wanted to raise the status of Birmingham as being an intellectual center for religious studies and to understand all kinds of religions".
By The New Yorker November 24, 2008 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has "temporarily stopped acquiring manuscripts".
Josef Blumenfeld, vice president of communications, said the company had temporarily stopped acquiring manuscripts.
Mr. Bessie was Atheneum's president from 1963 to 1975, but he was also known for his strengths in acquiring manuscripts.
And he plans to keep acquiring manuscripts for the collection, he said in a telephone interview on Saturday.
Now that the bottom has fallen out of the housing market, the opposite is true: publishers are updating their backlist titles as well as rushing out newly acquired manuscripts to advise consumers who may have stumbled in the housing game.
Joscelyn also acquired manuscripts for himself, 40 of which were written in Old English.
Clara Schumann the composer is represented by a recently acquired manuscript of four piano studies, along with a published song.
