SYDENHAM PAPERS. Vols. I-IV. Letters to Sir Ignatius Valentine Chirol; 1892-1913. Partly printed. Includes a copy of a letter from Chirol, 7 May 1908 (50832, ff. 171-179), and letters to Chirol from Lord Sydenham's first wife, Caroline Emily, 1894-1908 (50831, ff. 9-12, 84-86b; 50832, ff. 96, 212-213b), his daughter, Constance Violet, 26 Dec. 1894 (50831, ff. 27-28b), and his second wife, Phyllis Angelina Rosamond, 1912, 1913 (50834, ff. 195, 204, 219-220b). Quarto.
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Sir Ignatius Valentine Chirol, author: Correspondence with Lord Sydenham: 1892-1913.
D. LITERARY WORK 50887 A, B. PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XXI A, B. Article 'Phono-graphing' published as 'Collecting with the Phonograph' in Journal of the Folk-Song Society, no. 12, 1908, pp. 147-242.
B, C. CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. IV A, B, C. Psalm-tunes in two part harmony, followed by hymns, by John Darwall (b. 1731, d. 1789), Vicar of St Matthew's Church, Walsall; 'Decr. 10th 1783' (50891 A, B, f. i), n.d. Mostly autograph. Words of psalms from the New Version. Paper; ff. i+48, iii+47, 5. 1783. 155 x 200mm. Notes on f. i in 50891 A, B refer to a lost autograph copy in a single volume. A, B in brown calf bindings, blind-tooled.
CHURCH HOUSE MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IX A-C. Songs, mostly secular and for single voice with piano accompaniment; 18th-19th cent. Partly French, German and Italian. Partly translations. Partly shorthand. Copies, made by Christiana Rachel (b. 1823, d. 1901), wife of the Rev. Langton Edward Brown, Vicar of Dormington, co. Heref., and daughter of the Rev. Charles John Bird, Rector of Mordiford and Dinedor, 1851-1858. Arranged in order of copying. Place of copying, performance or written source, are s...
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Christiana Rachel Bird, afterwards Brown; daughter of Reverend C J Bird, Rural Dean of Ross: Copied: 1851-1858.