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Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1813 Language Gaelic Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. MS Mus. 1813

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813
Title:
The Boosey & Hawkes Archive
Scope & Content:
Archives of the music publishers Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd. of London: business records, correspondence, music scores and reprographic material record the administration of the firm and many of its activities in the twentieth century. Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd. was formed in October 1930 by a mer...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Afrikaans, Chinese, Church Slavic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Welsh
Date Range:
1879-1984
Extent:
2 sub-fonds

2. MS Mus. 1813/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes Business Archive
Scope & Content:
Business papers and correspondence of personnel or departments of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd., predominantly those operating at the firm's headquarters at 295, Regent Street, London, and created mainly in the mid- to late twentieth century. The bulk of the business archive is formed by four major...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Afrikaans, Chinese, Chinese, Church Slavic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Welsh
Date Range:
1904-1993
Extent:
4 series

3. MS Mus. 1813/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes: Directors' files
Scope & Content:
Business archives of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd., London, generally accumulated by individual directors of the firm. The contents of this series record the activities of several directors of Boosey & Hawkes, and of the firm more generally, most extensively during the mid-twentieth century and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Afrikaans, Chinese, Chinese, Church Slavic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Modern, Hebrew, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Welsh
Date Range:
1904-1976
Extent:
302 boxes, 1 envelope

4. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/197-210

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/197-210
Title:
Leslie Boosey's files: General, 1927–1945, B-
Scope & Content:
The remnant of Leslie Boosey's general business correspondence, drastically pruned by Boosey & Hawkes so that only those involving individuals or organisations with names beginning B- survive. The complete cycle of correspondence has survived for the year 1938: see sub-sub-sub-series MS Mus....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, Gaelic, and German
Date Range:
1927-1945
Extent:
15 boxes, 1 envelope

5. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/197-240

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/197-240
Title:
Boosey & Hawkes archive: Leslie Boosey's files
Scope & Content:
Business files of Leslie Boosey (1887–1979), chairman of Boosey & Co. from 1920 to 1930 and of Boosey & Hawkes almost continuously from 1930 to 1964. This sub-series consists of two sub-sub-series of files of general correspondence accumulated by Leslie Boosey himself, and one piecemeal ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Czech, Dutch, English, French, Gaelic, German, Irish, Italian, Spanish, and Welsh
Date Range:
1927-1959
Extent:
45 boxes, 1 envelope

6. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/203

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/203
Title:
Leslie Boosey's files: 1931, B-. Parts 5–8 of 8.
Scope & Content:
Leslie Boosey's files of general correspondence for the year 1931. involving only correspondents with names beginning B-: the final three of eight parts.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Gaelic
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
1 box (2 folders, 4 sub-files)

7. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/203/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/203/1
Title:
Leslie Boosey's files: 1931, B-. Part 5 of 8.
Scope & Content:
Correspondence of May – August 1931 to, from or relating to individuals or organisations with names beginning B-: Harry Beaumont, Edgar L. Bainton, Myrrha Bantock, Hubert Brown, Ernest Butcher, Agnes Bedford, Harold Boulton, John Barbirolli, Sydney Baynes, Vernon C. Booth, Effi Bolton of the Bri...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Gaelic
Date Range:
10 May 1931-26 Aug 1931
Extent:
1 sub-file