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271. Add MS 70651-70660

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Title:
C. PAPERS OF E. A. AND W. G. WILSON RELATING TO IRAN AND IRAQ: 1905-1950.
Scope & Content:
Trade and Commerce: Edgar Augustus Wilson, of the Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company: Correspondence and papers of Edgar Augustus Wilson: 1905-1945: Partly Fr. and Persian: Partly signed, copies, printed and cipher.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Persian, Russian, and Turkish
Date Range:
1905-1950
Extent:
10 items

272. Add MS 70782

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Add MS 70782
Title:
STANLEY MORISON: letter from Stanley Arthur Morison, typographer, to John Simon Gabriel Simmons, Librarian-Lecturer in Charge of Russian and Slavonic Books at the University of Oxford, afterwards Librarian of All Souls College, Oxford; 8 Nov. 1956. Typewritten. Signed. Enclosed (ff. 2-3) is a printed diploma from the British Museum to the Academy of Sciences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, offering congratulations on the 220th anniversary of the foundation of the Academy of Scien...
Scope & Content:
Sir Edgar John Forsdyke, KCB; Director of the British Museum: British Museum: Russian Academy of Sciences: Diploma to the Russian Academy of Sciences from the British Museum, signed by Sir Edgar John Forsdyke: 1945: Partly Russ: Printed. Stanley Morison, typographer: John Simon Gabriel Simmons,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
1945-1956
Extent:
1 item

273. Add MS 70783-70786

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Add MS 70783-70786
Title:
MICHAEL VYNER PAPERS: correspondence and papers of Michael Vyner (b.1943, d.1989); 1946, 1948, 1968-1989. The major part of the collection relates to Vyner’s activities as Musical Director of the London Sinfonietta from 1972; most earlier items date from his period working for the music publishers Schott & Co. Purchased at Sotheby’s, 17 May 1990, lots 287-297. Paper. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Michael Vyner, music administrator: Letters and papers of Michael Vyner: 1946-1989. London Sinfonietta: Correspondence and papers of M. Vyner as Musical Director of London Sinfonietta: 1968-1989: Partly Fr., Germ., Russ: Partly printed. Partly copies. Partly signed.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, and Russian
Date Range:
1946-1989
Extent:
4 items

274. Add MS 70785 A

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Add MS 70785 A
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Scope & Content:
Vol. iii A. Musical and written tributes; 1977 (ff. 1-11), 1987. ff. 20. British Library arrangement. includes: f. 1 Elliott Cook Carter, composer: Correspondence with M. Vyner of Elliott Cook Carter: 1977-1983: Partly signed. Partly copy.f. 2 George Henry Crumb, composer: Letter to M. Vy...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
1977
Extent:
1 item

275. Add MS 70785 A-B

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Add MS 70785 A-B
Title:
MICHAEL VYNER PAPERS. Vol. iii A, B. Musical and written tributes from composers to the London Sinfonietta on the occasions of its tenth and twentieth anniversaries; 1977, 1987.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Russian
Date Range:
1977-1987
Extent:

2 items

276. Add MS 70948-70951

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Add MS 70948-70951
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

277. Add MS 71178

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Add MS 71178
Title:
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

278. Add MS 71540

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Add MS 71540
Title:
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

279. Add MS 71609-71615

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Add MS 71609-71615
Title:
A. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Russian
Date Range:
[1921-1986]
Extent:
7 items

280. Add MS 71609-71620

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Add MS 71609-71620
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

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