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271. Add MS 70948-70951

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Title:
CHARNWOOD AUTOGRAPHS: collection of autograph letters and documents, etc., formed by Dorothea Mary Roby Benson (d. 1942), wife of Godfrey Rathbone, 1st Baron Charnwood; circa 16th-20th cent. Partly French, German, Italian, Russian. Partly printed. Many of the letters were printed, and a few reproduced, in Lady Charnwood's An Autograph Collection (1930), and in Call Back Yesterday (1937). Purchased from the heirs of Baroness Charnwood, and from the British Museum, March 1992. Paper. Folio. ...
Scope & Content:
Dorothea Mary Roby Benson, née Thorpe; wife of Godfrey, 1st Baron Charnwood: Autograph letters and documents collected by Dorothea Mary Roby Benson: 16th-20th cent: Partly Fr., Germ., Ital. and Russ: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, and Russian
Date Range:
c 16th century-20th century
Extent:
4 items

272. Add MS 71178

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JOHN AMIS CORRESPONDENCE: letters, principally from musicians but with some literary and other figures, to John Amis; 1942-1991, n.d. Correspondents include Sir Michael Tippett (25 letters), Luigi Nono (4), Dmitrii Shostakovich (2) and Dame Edith Sitwell (3). All correspondents are indexed in this catalogue. A few of the letters are to other recipients, among them Sir William Glock as Director of the Dartington Summer School of Music. Purchased from Lisa Cox, 14 May 1992, and incorporated 19...
Scope & Content:
John Amis, music critic: Letters from various correspondents to John Amis: 1942-1991, n.d: Partly Fr. and Russ: Partly signed. Partly copies. includes: f. 1 John Mervin Addison, composer: Letter to J. Amis from John Mervin Addison: 1974: Signed. ff. 2-3 Sir Kingsley Amis, KCVO; author: Letters...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Russian
Date Range:
1942-1991
Extent:
1 item

273. Add MS 71540

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SERGEI VASILEVICH RACHMANINOFF: letters and papers addressed to and collected by Patrick Piggott mostly in connection with his research for his book Rachmaninov (1978); 1914-1975, n.d. Letters are the autograph of the writer unless otherwise stated. Presented by Lewis Foreman, Esq., 8 Oct. 1990. Paper. ff. 96. Overall size 335 x 255mm. 1 ff. 1-69. Letters; 1939-1975, n.d. Partly typewritten. The principal authors are Gerald Abraham, Arnold Bax, Marfa Hudson Davies, (Helen) Mrs Boris Chalia...
Scope & Content:
Patrick Piggott, pianist: Letters and papers rel. to his Rakhmaninov biography: 1914-1975, n.d. includes: ff. 1-2 Gerald Ernest Heal Abraham, musicologist: Letters to Patrick Piggott: 1972: Typewritten.ff. 3-4 Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; K...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
1914-1975
Extent:
1 item

274. Add MS 71609-71615

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Title:
A. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Russian
Date Range:
[1921-1986]
Extent:
7 items

275. Add MS 71609-71620

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Title:
Correspondence and papers of Sir Roy Forbes Harrod, economist, and Lady Harrod; 1919-1986, n.d. Partly signed, printed and copies. Purchased at Quaritch, Jan. 1994. Supplementing Add. 71181-71197. Paper. Twelve volumes. Arranged as follows: A. Special Correspondence: 71609-71615. B. General Correspondence: 71616-71620.
Scope & Content:
Sir Roy Forbes Harrod, economist: University of Oxford: Lady Wilhemine Margaret Eve Harrod, née Cresswell: Oxford; University of. Christ Church College: Correspondence and papers of Sir Roy Forbes Harrod and Lady Wilhemine Margaret Eve Harrod: 1899-1993, n.d.: Partly signed, printed and copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1919-1986
Extent:
12 items

276. Add MS 71612

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Scope & Content:
SUPPLEMENTARY HARROD PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 206). 1. ff. 1-8. Philip Rea; 1922-1959. 2. ff. 9-62. Laurence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse, and Lady Rosse; 1939-1970, n.d. 3. ff. 63-75. Steven, Walter and Hilda Runciman; 1922-1959, n.d. 4. ff. 76-89. Edward Charles Sackville-West...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
1922-1981
Extent:
1 item

277. Add MS 71635-71637

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Add MS 71635-71637
Title:
EMEL'YAN EMEL'YANOVICH YAROSLAVSKY: commonplace books of the Communist and author Yaroslavsky, pseud. Minei Izrailovich Gubel'man, kept whilst confined in a Tsarist prison; Russia; 1909-1911. Russian. Containing notes on various books and other reading matter and numerous drawings of fellow prisoners, prison life, trials, and copies of reproductions of works of art and artwork from publications. Purchased of John Wilson Ltd. of Oxford. Paper. Three volumes. 210 x 175mm. Written in pencil. ...
Scope & Content:
Prisons: Commonplace Books: Russia General: Emel'yan Emel'yanovich Yaroslavsky, Communist and author: Art. Illuminations and Drawings: Prison journals, with drawings by E. E. Yaroslavsky: 1909-1911: Russ.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
1909-1911
Extent:
3 items

278. Add MS 71719

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Title:
Reports of the Czarist Secret Police Department of the Railways (1)
Scope & Content:
Preliminary material on loose leaves followed by reports on individuals clipped together but not in numerical order. Report No. 10 relates to Vera Figner (b 1852, d 1942) revolutionary leader and committee member of The People's Will, the group responsible for the assassination of Czar Alexander...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Russian
Date Range:
c 1908-1913
Extent:
1 folder

279. Add MS 71719-71720

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Title:
Reports of the Czarist Secret Police Department of the Railways
Scope & Content:
Files, including photographs, relating to individuals who took part in the First Revolution of 1905, with instructions for dealing with revolutionary activities.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Russian
Date Range:
c 1908-1913
Extent:
2 folders

280. Add MS 72727-72759

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Add MS 72727-72759
Title:
A. Special Correspondence
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
[1913-1982]
Extent:
33 items