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441. Add MS 42233

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Title:
AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, MAINLY ON MUSICAL MATTERS, consisting for the most part of letters addressed to Edward Speyer, amateur of music and art (d. 1934), arranged in alphabetical order of writers, with a few drafts or copies of Speyer's replies; 1876-1930. English and German. In the correspondence with Sir Henry Hadow occurs some discussion of his proposed identification of Schubert's 'Gastein' symphony with his Grand Duo in C major, op. 140, of which Speyer owned the original MS. Other correspo...
Scope & Content:
includes: f. 1 Frank Bridge, composer: Letter to E. Speyer: 1918.f. 2 Sir George Grove, musicologist: Letter to J. Ella: 1874.ff. 4-45 passim Sir George Grove, musicologist: Letters to E. Speyer: 1876-1899.f. 31 Sir George Grove, musicologist: Letter to G. A. Macmillan: 1894.ff. 46-93 p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1841-1930
Extent:
1 item

442. Add MS 42502 A-B

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Title:
SIMONIDES PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of and relating to Constantine Simonides, the forger, collected by John Eliot Hodgkin, the antiquary; 1821-1868. The correspondence is largely concerned with papyri and MSS. which Simonides claimed to have acquired in the Near East or to have discovered in the Egyptological collections of Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., of Liverpool, and also with his claim to have written the Codex Sinaiticus. An account of Simonides, based partly on the present papers, is...
Scope & Content:
Constantine Simonides, forger: Correspondence and papers of and rel. to: 19th cent.: Gr. and Engl. Forgeries: Correspondence, etc., of and rel. to C. Simonides: 19th cent.: Gr. and Engl.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Romanian
Date Range:
1821-1868
Extent:
2 items

443. Add MS 42575-42585

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Title:
SHERBORN AUTOGRAPHS
Scope & Content:
Original letters and papers, mainly of the 19th and 20th centt., selected from the collection of Charles Davies Sherborn, D.Sc. (d. 1942), which was formed largely in connection with his work at the British Museum (Natural History). The collector's own scheme of classification and alphabetic arr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Latin, and Swedish
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
11 items

444. Add MS 42718

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JOACHIM CORRESPONDENCE: original correspondence, in German, of Joseph Joachim, the violinist, and other members of his family; 1839-1881. Many of the letters are undated, and their order is consequently not always certain. Arranged as follows:- (1) Letters from Joseph Joachim, with a number from his wife, Amalie Weiss, whom he married in 1863, (a) to his parents Julius and Fanny Joachim 1844-1867 (ff. 1-100), and (b) to his brother Friedrich, 1860-1881 (ff. 101- 192). Not included in J. Jo...
Scope & Content:
Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr. includes: ff. 1-100 Joseph Joachim, violinist: Letters to his parents: 1844-1867.: Germ.ff. 2, 4b, 193, 194b, 195, 198 (copy), 201 (copy) Fanny Witgenstein, née Figdor al Vigdor; wife of Hermann Witgenstein: Letters to various relat...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1839-1881
Extent:
1 item

445. Add MS 42772-42846

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Title:
ROSE PAPERS: correspondence and papers, official and private, of George Rose, the statesman and friend of William Pitt, together with the papers of his son, Sir George Henry Rose, G.C.H., the diplomatist, and of his grandson, Field-Marshal Hugh Henry Rose, Baron Strathnairn. This archive, which is imperfect (lacking, e.g., the diaries of George Rose from which extracts were printed in L. V. Harcourt, The Diaries and Correspondence of the Right Hon. George Rose), was bequeathed by Lord Strath...
Scope & Content:
Brenzett, Kent: Deeds and papers rel. to: 1448-1777.: fr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1669-1885]
Extent:
87 items

446. Add MS 42865-43038 C

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Title:
Plays submitted to the Lord Chamberlain's Office for licensing under the provisions of the Acts regulating the performance of stage plays (10 Geo. II cap. 28 and 6 & 7 Vic. cap. 68)
Scope & Content:
The present collection covers the whole of the periods of office, as successive Examiners of Plays, of George Colman, junior (appointed 19 Jan. 1824), and Charles Kemble (appointed 2 Nov. 1836), and part of that of John Mitchell Kemble (appointed 24 Feb. 1840); it also contains two misplaced ite...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:
Feb 1824-Dec 1851
Extent:
176 items

447. Add MS 43039-43358

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Title:
THE ABERDEEN PAPERS. Correspondence and papers, official and private, of George Gordon, afterwards (1818) Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T., Prime Minister (b. 1784, d. 1860). From the death of his father in 1791 until he succeeded his grandfather as Earl in 1801 he was styled Lord Haddo. Full details of his career will be found in The Earl of Aberdeen, 1893, by his youngest son, the Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore 1893, the Colonial Governor, and also in...
Scope & Content:
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Correspondence and papers: 1796-1860.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1600-1914]
Extent:
322 items

448. Add MS 43375

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Title:
PAPERS RELATING TO THE OFFICE OF MINES at Clausthal in the Hanoverian Harz, 1798-1822, and in particular to Johann Heinrich Jahn, Vice-Bergmeister and (from 1806) Oberbergmeister; including copies of oaths administered to officials (fF. 2-13), the original patent from George III to Jahn as Oberbergmeister, and letters, mainly addressed to Jahn, from Franz August Ludolf von Meding, Berghauptmann der Harzdivision, and others. German and French. Paper; ff.41. 1798-1822. Folio. Presented by, J. ...
Scope & Content:
Mines: Papers rel. to the office of mines at Clausthal, in Hanover: 1798-1822.: Germ. and Fr. Johann Heindch Jahn, Oberbergmeister at Clausthal: Papers and letters rel. to: 1798-1822.: Germ. and Fr. George III of England Hanover, Electors of. George William Frederick: Papers rel. to the office...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1798-1822
Extent:
1 item

449. Add MS 43393-43403

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Add MS 43393-43403
Title:
NIGHTINGALE PAPERS. VOLS. 1-Xl. Correspondence and papers of Florence Nightingale, O.M. 1907 (b. 1820, d. 1910). The remainder of this archive is now Add. MSS. 45750-45849 (Vols. XII-CXI) and 47714- 47767 (Vols. CXII-CLXV). Some of the documents were printed by Sir Edward Tyas Cook, Life of Florence Nightingale, 2 vols., 1913; by Mrs Ida Beatrice O'Malley, Florence Nightingale, 1820-1856, 1931; and by Mrs Cecil Woodham-Smith, Florence Nightingale, 1950. As a result of the rearrangement made ...
Scope & Content:
Medicine and Surgery: Correspondence and papers of Florence Nightingale: 1845-1899.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
[1845-1899]
Extent:
11 items

450. Add MS 43874-43967

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Add MS 43874-43967
Title:
CORRESPONDENCE, LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER PAPERS OF SIR CHARLES WENTWORTH DILKE, 2nd Bart. 1869, P.C., M.P. (b. 1843, d. 1911). The material was arranged on acquisition in ninety-four volumes, but in 1957 documents which had previously been reserved from public use (together with others which were presented by the Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan, M.P.) were incorporated into the collection which was rearranged and expanded into one hundred and sixty-eight volumes, of which Vols. I-XCIV are de...
Scope & Content:
Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke, 2nd Baronet; PC; MP: Correspondence and papers: 1851-1911.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Malagasy, Russian, and Spanish
Date Range:
[1823-1922]
Extent:
94 items

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