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1. MS Mus. 1844/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/1
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: D'Oyly Carte Family, Newspaper Cuttings
Scope & Content:
Newspaper cuttings pasted onto the rectos and versos of 14 detached folios: (1). Folio 1: Announcements of performances of Patience at the Opera Comique and to the transfer of the opera to the Savoy Theatre on 10 October 1881: 'Savoy Theatre - Special Notice - The opening night is unavoidably p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1881-1926
Extent:
1 file (14 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1844/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/2
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: D'Oyly Carte Family, Photographs
Scope & Content:
(1). Photographs of members of the Prowse family. Eight small studio portraits, identified by annotations on the versos as: 'Mr Prowse (Rupert's grandfather on mother's side)'; 'Mrs Bryan Jones (daughter of Mr Prowse)'; 'sister of Mr Prowse'; 'W. Bryan Jones'; 'Mr Woods'; 'Mrs Woods (daughter of...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century - 20th century
Extent:
1 file

3. MS Mus. 1844/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/3
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: D'Oyly Carte Family, Letters
Scope & Content:
(1). Eliza Carte ('EC') to her son, Henry. 1 bifolium (pink paper). Undated. With two envelopes addressed to H. W. Carte and to Henry Carte at Palmerston Villa, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. Envelopes franked Jan and Aug 1883. (2). Eliza Carte ('EC') to her son, Henry. Two letters. 1 bifolium (dated...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1881-1932
Extent:
1 file

4. MS Mus. 1844/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/4
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: Transcribed D'Oyly Carte Family Letters
Scope & Content:
Typed transcriptions and typed summaries of various family letters, including some autograph notes in the hand of Bridget D'Oyly Carte: Letters from Eliza Carte (1814-85) to her son, Henry. Dated letters span 1873-1884 (several undated). Letters from Richard Carte (1808-91), and from Eliza Carte...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1873-1888
Extent:
1 file

5. MS Mus. 1844/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/5
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: D'Oyly Carte Genealogical Tree and Related Notes
Scope & Content:
Genealogical tree (from 17th century to Bridget D'Oyly Carte) and autograph notes deriving from Elinor Pugh, with supplementary notes in the hand of Bridget D'Oyly Carte.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 file

6. MS Mus. 1844/3/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/6
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: Eyot House, Weybridge (Copy Undertaking, Rupert D'Oyly Carte to Sir George Ernest May)
Scope & Content:
Folded printed map showing Eyot House, Weybridge, Surrey, situated on an island in the Thames, for sale by auction by Knight, Frank & Rutley (1920), together with further land as marked on the mainland. Attached to the map are two typed sheets comprising a copy of an Undertaking given by R[...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1924
Extent:
1 file

7. MS Mus. 1844/3/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/7
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: Letter (James McNeill Whistler to Richard D'Oyly Carte) and Rupert D'Oyly Carte's Notes About His Father, Family and Associates
Scope & Content:
(1). A number of detached pages from Rupert D'Oyly Carte's copy of Pennell and Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler (2 vols., 1908), both front fly-leaves signed by Rupert D'Oyly Carte (1909). The detached pages are: Vol. I: fly-leaf, signed 'R. D'Oyly Carte 1909'; frontispiece portrait o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century - early 20th century
Extent:
1 file

8. MS Mus. 1844/3/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/8
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: Notes by Reginald Allen, The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan
Scope & Content:
Various typed notes by Reginald Allen relating to his book The First Night Gilbert and Sullivan (1958), together with autograph notes in the hand of Bridget D'Oyly Carte. Allen's project was greatly assisted by the co-operation and documentary resources of Bridget D'Oyly Carte. For further back...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950s]
Extent:
1 file

9. MS Mus. 1844/3/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/9
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: Biography in Draft of Helen Carte by Charles Couper Dickson
Scope & Content:
Typed biography in draft of Helen Carte, by Charles Couper Dickson. The file comprises: autograph letter (2 Feb 1981) from Dickson to Bridget D'Oyly Carte; typed text of interview with Helen Carte published in the South Australian Advertiser (4 Aug 1885); biography in draft typescript (pp. 1-78...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981
Extent:
1 file

10. MS Mus. 1844/3/10

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1844/3/10
Title:
Fredric Woodbridge Wilson Collection: Bridget D'Oyly Carte (Miscellaneous Correspondence and Notes on Family History)
Scope & Content:
(1). Correspondence between Bridget D'Oyly Carte and Reginald Allen: 21 Aug 1957. D'Oyly Carte to Allen. Typed letter signed (3 sheets, 'The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Ltd' letterhead). Refers to radio broadcast by Hesketh Pearson ('the carpet quarrel'), and to assisting Allen in his research fo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950s-1970s
Extent:
1 file