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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49036
Title:: JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. XLVIII. Personal and official letters received by Jellicoe, mostly in relation to his dismissal from the post of First Sea Lord; 1917
Scope & Content:: Vol. XLVIII (ff. 244). 1917. includes: f. 1 Admiral Sir William Lowther Grant, KCB: Letters, etc., to Lord Jellicoe: 1916, 1917. ff. 3-8, 14, 24, 30-31b, 131 Admiral Mark Edward Frederic Kerr: Letters to Lord Jellicoe: 1916, 1917. ff. 9, 16 Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss, Baro...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1917
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49037
Title:: JELLICOE PAPERS. Vol. XLIX. Personal and official correspondence, mostly relating to Jellicoe’s activities in the Post-War period until his death; 1918-1936.
Scope & Content:: Vol. XLIX (ff. 307). 1918-1936. includes: f. 1 Admiral George Holmes Barrett: Letter to Lord Jellicoe: 1918. f. 3 Admiral Sir Eric John Arthur Fullerton, KCB: Letter to Lord Jellicoe: 1918. f. 5 Vice-Admiral Vincent Barkly Molteno: Letter to Lord Jellicoe: 1917. f. 7 Admiral Sir Edmund Samuel ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1918-1936
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 49999
Title:: Book of Hours ('The De Brailes Hours') (formerly known as 'The Dyson Perrins Hours')
Scope & Content:: Book of Hours, known as the 'De Brailes Hours' after the Oxford illuminator William de Brailes, who left two signatures in the manuscript (ff. 43r, 47r, see Provenance). The manuscript is one of the earliest known Books of Hours to survive. Its liturgical content is close to the use of Sarum as ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Anglo-Norman, French, and Latin
Date Range:: c 1240
Extent:: Parchment codex

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52529
Title:: Edward Elgar: 'Une voix dans le désert', op. 77, recitation and song, with orchestral accompaniment
Scope & Content:: Words by Emile Cammaerts, begins 'C'était sur le front'. Piano reduction. First performed at the Shaftesbury Theatre, London, 29 Jan. 1916.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1915
Extent:: 1 volume (15 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 52532
Title:: Edward Elgar: 'Le Drapeau Belge', op. 79, recitation with orchestral accompaniment
Scope & Content:: Words by Cammaerts, beginning 'Rouge pour le sang des soldats'. Piano score (ff. 1-4) and full score (ff. 5-15). First performed at the Queen's Hall, London, 14 Apr. 1917.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: French
Date Range:: [1916?]
Extent:: 1 volume (15 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 56237
Title:: HECTOR BERLIOZ: letters from Louis Hector Berlioz to members of his family; 1830-1855. French. Included is a letter from Honoré de Balzac to Berlioz (f. 13). All the letters are printed in Hector Berlioz Correspondance générale, ed. P. Citron (Paris, 1972- ). Presented by the Chapot family, descendents of Adèle Suat, sister of Berlioz. Paper; ff. 25. British Library arrangement.
Scope & Content:: Music: Louis Hector Berlioz, composer: Letters to members of his family from Louis Hector Berlioz: 1830-1855: Fr. includes: f. 13 Honoré de Balzac, novelist: Louis Hector Berlioz, composer: Letter to Louis Hector Berlioz from Honoré de Balzac: 1840: Fr.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1830-1855
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 57701
Title:
Scope & Content:: R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXVI (1-13). Labrador, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. 57701 (1). Labrador. 1. 'A chart of the Ivuckloke inlet, coast of Labrador . . . 1823 taken by Wm Robinson, Midn'. 1:250000 approx. 'Scale of 4 leags' (= 3.5 inches). Map oriented with South-South-East at top. R.U.S.I....
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1700-1825
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 57706
Title:
Scope & Content:: R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXXI. Large maps of Montreal. 1. 'Plan de la ville de Montreal . . .', signed 'Catalogne'; 1713. 1:1450 approx. 'Echelle de 100 toises' (= 134mm.). Map oriented with West-North-West at top. French. The King's Topographical Collection has no maps of Montreal as early as this...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French
Date Range:: 1713
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 57707
Title:
Scope & Content:: R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXXII (1-12). Places along the St Lawrence from Isle Perrot to L. Ontario. 1. 'Sketch of the River St Lawrence from Lake Ontario to Montreal by an Onondaga Indian', by Guy Johnson; 1759. No scale given. Place-names in native Indian language. Map dates from the period when J...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Iroquoian languages, and Undetermined
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 57708
Title:
Scope & Content:: R.U.S.I. MAPS. Vol. LXXIII (1-13). Lake Ontario (south shore). 1. 'Esquis des côte depuis Oswego jusques a la Baye de F[r]ontenac', by 'Capt. Wllyamos' (possibly a phonetic spelling of 'Williams'); circa 1760. 1:380000 approx. 'Echelle de 12 mile' (= 2 inches). Map oriented with North-North-We...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 item

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