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1781. Add MS 89231/18/122

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Service of Thanksgiving for the Life of Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte
Scope & Content:
Printed Order of Service of Thanksgiving, The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy, 26 June 1985. Together with related correspondence regarding the planning of the occasion. Also included, several typed memoranda from Frederic Lloyd to Bridget D'Oyly Carte (1955-59); undated autograph notes made by Alb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-1985
Extent:
1 file

1782. Add MS 89231/18/123

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Will, Codicil, and Power of Attorney)
Scope & Content:
(1). Photocopy Will of Bridget D'Oyly Carte (10 Dec 1981). (2). Photocopy Codicil (25 May 1983). (3). Photocopy General Power of Attorney in favour of Sir Hugh Wontner (4 Apr 1985). (4). Various statements (1985), including in respect of Shrubs Wood. (5). Photocopy letter (3 May 1985) from David ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981-1985
Extent:
1 file

1783. Add MS 89231/18/124

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Correspondence Regarding Her Financial Affairs Following Her Death)
Scope & Content:
(1). Newspaper cutting regarding Dame Bridget D'Oyly Carte's Will ('Bequests may revive D'Oyly Carte company'). (2). Exchange of letters (1985) between Mrs Monica McConnell ('executrix') and Sir Hugh Wontner concerning Dame Bridget's personal papers, jewellery, and gifts of personal momentoes. (3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1986
Extent:
1 file

1784. Add MS 89231/18/125

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Family Papers: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Miscellaneous Correspondence)
Scope & Content:
(1). 29 Feb 1944. Letter to Bridget D'Oyly Carte (at Coleton, Fishacre) from Alex Reid & Lefevre Ltd., 1a King Street, St. James's, London, S.W.1. With receipt attached (£9.9.0) for purchase of 'Three Fools' by Cecil Collins. 'We regret we have no invoice to render with it, as we have been b...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944-1975
Extent:
1 file

1785. Add MS 89231/19/1

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence with Lady Gilbert (and Nancy McIntosh)
Scope & Content:
Business correspondence, in the main between Lady Lucy Gilbert and Rupert D'Oyly Carte, including some communications with Nancy McIntosh (who resided with the Gilberts and inherited their estate). Particularly concerning copyright and royalties. The file includes newspaper cuttings reporting t...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1926-1937
Extent:
1 file

1786. Add MS 89231/19/2

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence Regarding the memorial to W. S. Gilbert
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, and newspaper cuttings, regarding the placement of advertising 'to the top of the granite block bearing the bronze memorial to the late Sir William S. Gilbert' (Town Clerk, City of Westminster, 13 Aug 1949). The advertising was proposed by Thames Water Buses. Following considerabl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949
Extent:
1 file

1787. Add MS 89231/19/3

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence and Newspaper Cuttings Regarding the Residences of W. S. Gilbert
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and newspaper cuttings regarding 'Grim's Dyke' (Harrow), and 39 Harrington Gardens (Kensington), the former homes of W.S. Gilbert.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-2002
Extent:
1 file

1788. Add MS 89231/19/4

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Research Enquiries Regarding the Will of W. S. Gilbert
Scope & Content:
Research enquiries concerning the Will of W.S. Gilbert. The file includes: Photocopies of papers about the statue of Charles II at Grim's Dyke. W.S. Gilbert family tree; Photocopy of the Will of W.S. Gilbert (1911); Photocopy of the probate of the Will of Nancy McIntosh (1951).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-2006
Extent:
1 file

1789. Add MS 89231/19/5

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: The Story of the Mikado by W. S. Gilbert
Scope & Content:
Published by Daniel O'Connor, London, 1921. Illustrated by Alice B. Woodward. Includes undated pasted-in note written from Edinburgh ('next Metropole Theatre Glasgow'): 'Dear Bruce / Thought you might like this'. Signed either 'Dan' or 'Don'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1921
Extent:
1 volume

1790. Add MS 89231/19/6

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Correspondence Regarding Works by W. S. Gilbert
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the following works by W. S. Gilbert: (1). Engaged (1877). Various letters and some cuttings (1961-81). (2). Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891). Letters concerning copyright (1941). (3). The Mountebanks (1892). Various letters and cuttings (1924-1979). Includes royalty ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 file