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The Clive Collection, comprising the papers of Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive of Plassey (1725-1774), Governor of Bengal 1757-1760 and 1765-1767; Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis (1754-1839), Governor of Madras 1798-1804 and other family members."
Scope & Content:
The major part of this collection comprises the incoming correspondence received by Clive and members of his circle, particularly Margaret, Lady Clive, Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis and Henry Strachey. In addition to this, there are a significant number of petitions addressed either to Clive as...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Armenian, Bengali, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Latin, Persian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Tamil
CHESTER LOAN: music manuscripts of Bax, Falla, Holst, Lambert, Poulenc, Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky
Scope & Content:
Autograph unless otherwise stated. Lent by J. W. Chester – Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd. [75.11-13. 'The Triumph of Neptune', ballet; 1926.] Transferred to Music Loan 106.20, 21, 27.
Falla: ‘El Sombrero de tres Picos’, ballet; 1919. Scenes and dances from part I. Full score. Two copies, one with autograph first page, the other with typewritten synopsis in English and French and letter (typewritten, signed) of Enrique Gómez Arboleya regarding publication; 1936. Enrique Góme...
Author/compiler: Rodriguez, João, called Tçuzzu, and others (compilers of original Japanese-Portuguese dictionary). Translator of this Japanese-Spanish version is named in Kirishitan bunko as Jacinto Esquivel, a Dominican friar. Imprint: CON LICENCIA EN MANILA / Por Tomas Pinpin, y Iacinto Maga...