MUSICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM RUSSELL. Vols. I-III (ff. 86, 75, i+117). Pantomimes and other musical entertainments, mainly for Sadler's Wells, overtures, songs, duets, etc.; 1799-1802, n.d. Full or piano scores. Many of the works are imperfect. Many bear the names of the performers for whom they were written, e.g. Joseph Grimaldi. Bound haphazardly before acquisition. Biographical notice of William Russell by William Henry Husk at 51018, ff. i, ib. Included are:- (a) 'Great Devil'; 1800. 51016, ...
SCOTT DIARIES. Vols. I-XII. Sledging and base diaries; 1910-1912. Published (except for 51031) in Scott's Last Expedition, ed. L. Huxley, 1913, but with the omission of criticisms of other members of the Expedition and certain public figures; examples of comments omitted are in R. Pound, Scott of the Antarctic, 1966, passim. Scott's last three sledging diaries, 51033-51035, were found with the party's bodies nearly eight months later, on 12 Nov. 1912. 51035 includes at f. iii Scott's note,...
SCOTT DIARIES. Vols. XVI-XVIII (ff. 51, 56, 50). The 'South Polar Times', a magazine compiled for the entertainment of the Expedition by Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard, its assistant zoologist; 1911. Mostly typewritten. Illustrated with coloured drawings, caricatures, photographs and including songs, parodies, etc. Published, with occasional minor omissions (see 51040, ff. 4, 5), in 1914 as a continuation of the 'South Polar Times' for 1902-1903, published in 1907 (Printed Books press-ma...
Scope & Content:
South Polar Times: Newspapers; The Antarctic: `South Polar Times', Vol. III, parts 1-3: 1911: Typewritten. Bindings ENGLISH: Vanesta and seal-skin, by B. C. Day,: 1911. Bernard C. Day, motor engineer, British Antarctic Expedition: Bound: 1911. Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard, polar explore...
B. GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE. CECIL OF CHELWOOD PAPERS. Vols. LXXXVIII-CXXII. General correspondence, chronologically arranged; 1904-1953, n.d. Thirty-five volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Amharic, Chinese, English, French, German, and Italian