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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41268-41287
Title:: BLIGH PAPERS: correspondence and papers, official and private, of the Hon. Sir John Duncan Bligh (1798-1872), K.C.B. 1856, diplomat; 1817-1857. He was Chargé d'affaires at Florence 1830-1831, Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim to Holland 1832, to Russia 1832-1835, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Norway and Sweden 1835-1837, and to Hanover 1838-1857. Paper. Twenty volumes. Presented, in 1888, by his son-in-law, Walter John Pelham, 4th Earl of Chichester, but reserved by i...
Scope & Content:: Hon John Duncan Bligh, chargé d'affaires at Florence: Correspondence and papers of: 1817-1857.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1817-1857
Extent:: 20 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41284-41285
Title:: BLIGH PAPERS. Vols. XVII, XVIII (ff. 222, 222). Diplomatic correspondence of J. D. Bligh, chiefly with [Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount] Palmerston, as Secretary for Foreign Affairs; 6 July 1832-10 May 1833,14 May 1833-26 Aug. 1857. Among other correspondents are :Sir Robert Adair, on a special mission to Brussels; Sir G[eorge] Shee, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs; [Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of] Minto, Minister Plenipotentiary to Prussia; [Charles John Canning, Viscount...
Scope & Content:: Foreign Office: Despatches, etc., to Foreign Secs. from Sir J. D. Bligh: 1830-1856.: Drafts.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1832-1857
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41285
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. XVIII, ff. 222, 14 May 1833-26 Aug. 1857. includes: ff. 1-216 b Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston; Prime Minister: Correspondence, as Foreign Sec., with Hon. J. D. Bligh: 1830-1852.f. 12 Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 2nd Earl of Minto; formerly Elliot: Correspondence, as ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 14 May 1833-26 Aug 1857
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41628-41635
Title:: PERABO COLLECTION of musical autographs collected by Johann Ernst Perabo, pianist (b. Wiesbaden 1845, d. Boston, Massachusetts, 1920)
Scope & Content:: The majority of the musical compositions occur in the sale-cat. of List and Francke, of Leipzig, 1882, having been previously in the possession of members of the publishing house of Haslinger, of Vienna; for the principal sources of the letters see Add. MS 41628. The collection was given by Pera...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: [1735-1910]
Extent:: 8 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41636
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. I (ff. 367). 1795-1882. includes: f. 1 John Jacob Astor, musical instrument manufacturer: Letter to Messrs Broadwood and Son: 1795.: Photogr.f. 2 Thomas Campbell, poet: Certificate by: 1842.ff. 3-125 passim John Sliegh, humorous artist: Letters and verses to A. J. and Mrs Hipkins: 1...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1795-1882
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41636-41639
Title:: HIPKINS PAPERS. Correspondence, etc., of Alfred James Hipkins, F.S.A. (1826-1903), relating mainly to his researches on ancient musical instruments and musical pitch, and including letters, etc., from Alexander John Ellis, F.R.S. (on pitch), Victor Mahillon of Brussels (on keyboard instruments), Charles Russell Day (on Indian musical instruments) and contemporary musicians, artists, actors and literary personalities. The collection also includes letters written to members of his family. The ...
Scope & Content:: Music: Correspondence and papers, with drawings and photographs, of A. J. Hipkins rel. to antique keyboard instruments, musical pitch, etc.: 19th-20th centt. Alfred James Hipkins, FSA: Correspondence and papers: 19th-20th centt.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: [1795-1927]
Extent:: 4 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41639
Title:
Scope & Content:: Vol. IV (ff. 331). 1895-1927 and n.d. includes: f. 1 Sir Walter Besant, novelist: Letter to A. J. Hipkins: 1895.ff. 2, 6, 11 Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Baronet; composer: Letters to A. J. Hipkins: 1893-1895.ff. 5, 74 Sir Isidor George Henschel, musician: Letters to A. J. Hipkins:...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1895-1927
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41749
Title:: ANTIQUARIAN COLLECTIONS, correspondence, and notes by Albert Way, F.S.A.; 1841-1870, n.d. The principal contents are a series of letters to Way from Dr Ferdinand Keller, President of the Antiquarische Gesellschaft in Zürich, 12 July 1858-21 Aug. 1870, and n.d. (ff. 1-145), correspondence with other antiquaries, drawings of armour, costume, monumental brasses, etc., with notes on the same. Other collections of Way are in Add. MSS. 42571, 42727 and 42728. Paper; ff. 455. Quarto. XIX cent. Tran...
Scope & Content:: Brasses, Sepulchral: Drawings of brasses in A. Way collections, and by E. Blore: 19th cent. Albert Way, FSA: Letters to, and antiquarian notes and drawings by: 1841-1870, n.d. includes: ff. 1-145 Ferdinand Keller, Swiss antiquary: Letters to A. Way: 1858-1870. f. 47 Sir John Evans, KCB, FSA: ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and German
Date Range:: 1841-1870
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41771
Title:
Scope & Content:: SMART PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. I94). Correspondence, etc., of Sir George Thomas Smart, largely in connection with the Philharmonic Society (including some letters written to Lady Smart after her husband's death); 1790-1867, n.d. includes: ff. 1-3, 35, 47, 88 London; City Companies. Stationers' C...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: 1790-1867
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 41771-41779
Title:: PAPERS of Sir George Thomas Smart (knt. 1811; d. 1867), musician and orchestral conductor. Smart was an original member of the Philharmonic Society, founded in 1813, and in 1822 was appointed joint organist of the Chapel Royal, St James's. The material has been used by H. B. Cox and C. L. E. Cox, Leaves from the Journals of Sir George Smart, 1907. Nine volumes (Vol. X is Add. MS. 42225). Various sizes. Presented by H. B. Cox, Esq., C.B.
Scope & Content:: Sir George Thomas Smart, musician: Correspondence and papers: 1776-1861. Music: Papers of Sir G. T. Smart: 1790-1867.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, and German
Date Range:: [1776-1867]
Extent:: 9 items

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