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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

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1813/2/1/220-227
Title:: Leslie Boosey's files: Copyright and Publishing filing
Scope & Content:: A piecemeal sub-sub-series of business papers and correspondence, found among Leslie Boosey's files at acquisition and labelled with his name, but generally not directly concerning him. The files give the impression of having been extracted from the records of various other personnel or departm...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Czech, English, French, German, Italian, and Italian
Date Range:: 1920-1962
Extent:: 8 boxes

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221
Title:: Ken Straker's files: Publishing Correspondence
Scope & Content:: Correspondence and papers, mainly concerning publications and printing, extracted from the files of Ken Straker, manager of the Education Department of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1935-1959
Extent:: 1 box (3 folders, 9 sub-files)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/8
Title:: Rossini's 'Soirées Musicales' (translation by Freer), part 2 of 2
Scope & Content:: Manuscript copy, in preparation for publication, of Gioachino Rossini's 'Soirées Musicales' in Dawson Freer's English translation. This file was originally entitled 'Soirées Musicales: Rossini / Freer' and held in a packet marked 'Leslie Boosey (Box 1 of 3)' (A).
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1957
Extent:: 1 sub-file

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1813/2/1/227
Title:: Ken Straker's files: Cataloguers, I.A.M.L, Czechoslovak bodies and Erwin Stein
Scope & Content:: Ken Straker's correspondence and papers: correspondence relating to publicity material, the International Association of Music Libraries, and various state bodies, agencies and organisations of Czechoslovakia. One file of correspondence of Erwin Stein with Radio Svizzera Italiana.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Czech, English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1938-1962
Extent:: 1 box (4 folders, 11 sub-files)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1813/2/1/227/11
Title:: Radio Svizzera Italiana (Erwin Stein's correspondence)
Scope & Content:: Correspondence with Leopoldo Casella and Othmar Nussio of the Servizio della Radiodiffisione Svizzera (Radio Svizzera Italiana or Radio Lugano). Erwin Stein is the main correspondent at Boosey & Hawkes' end. This file was originally entitled 'Miscellaneous' and held in a packet marked 'Les...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 8 Oct 1938-16 Oct 1962
Extent:: 1 sub-file

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1813/2/1/241-254
Title:: Boosey & Hawkes archive: Anthony Gishford's files
Scope & Content:: Correspondence and papers of Anthony Gishford, a director of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.. With files relating to the publication of Boosey & Hawkes' journal 'Tempo', numbers 37 to 51.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:: 1947-1959
Extent:: 14 boxes

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1813/2/1/243
Title:: Anthony Gishford's files: Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.: Music Department
Scope & Content:: Correspondence and papers of Anthony Gishford: Correspondence and papers involving or relating to Boosey & Hawkes' Music Department.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1952-1957
Extent:: 1 box (2 folders, 6 sub-files)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1813/2/1/243/6
Title:: Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.: Music Department, part 6 of 6
Scope & Content:: Correspondence to, from or relating to the Music Department. Some papers relating to the opera 'Hypatia' by Roffredo Caetani di Sermoneta, and a list of 'Periodicals Purchased by Head Office' in 1956. The sixth of six parts. This file was originally entitled 'Music Department General (6/6)' an...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1952-1956
Extent:: 1 sub-file

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1813/2/1/246
Title:: Anthony Gishford's files: D- to H-
Scope & Content:: Correspondence and papers of Anthony Gishford involving or relating to individuals or organisations with names beginning with letters between D- and H-.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English, French, German, and Italian
Date Range:: 1948-1958
Extent:: 1 box (6 folders, 13 sub-files)

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