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1. MS Mus. 1714/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1714/5
Title:
Correspondence and papers of the Darwin, Wedgwood and Vaughan Williams families
Scope & Content:
Papers of the composer's parents, grandparents and others.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1959
Extent:
7 files

2. MS Mus. 1714/5/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1714/5/7
Title:
Leith Hill Place: small items
Scope & Content:
Piece of red ribbon embroidered with the words 'Dear Grandpapa'. Miniature almanac for 1872.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1872
Extent:

2 items

3. MS Mus. 1714/5/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1714/5/4
Title:
Diary of Lewis Vaughan Williams
Scope & Content:
Diary of the composer's uncle.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854
Extent:
folios

4. MS Mus. 1714/5/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1714/5/6
Title:
Papers relating to Leith Hill Place
Scope & Content:
Correspondence about Leith Hill Place and contents, c 1913. Solicitors' letters to Ralph Vaughan Williams relating to his brother Hervey's estate, 1944-1946. Correspondence with the National Trust about the bequest of Leith Hill Place Estate, 1944-1946. Statements and inventories relating to Herv...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1913-1959
Extent:
154 folios

5. MS Mus. 1714/5/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1714/5/5
Title:
Papers relating to Leith Hill Place
Scope & Content:
Letters from Apsley Pellatt to J Wedgwood; 1846-1847. Letter from Thomas Davis to Josiah Wedgwood about Leith Hill Place Estate; 1847. Photocopy of advertisement for sale of Leith Hill Place and other estates (in 1847?). 'Schedule of Deeds &c relating to the title of LHP'. 1866. Inventory of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1846-1913
Extent:
102 folios

6. MS Mus. 1714/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1714/5/2
Title:
Darwin, Wedgwood and Vaughan Williams families. Letters
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers Letter from unknown correspondent to 'Rev W Williams'; 1867. Poems by 'E.V.W.' (Edward Vaughan Williams, uncle b 1833 of Ralph Vaughan Williams? or his grandfather?), undated. Edward Vaughan Williams, paternal grandfather of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Letter to Arthur Vaughan Wil...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1870-1875
Extent:
99 folios

7. MS Mus. 1714/5/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1714/5/1
Title:
Darwin, Wedgwood and Vaughan Williams families. Letters
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers. Letter to Margaret Wedgwood afterwards Vaughan Williams from her cousin Edmund Langton, [c1860], both aged about 11/12? Fragment of a letter, unidentified, dated [1861?]. Birth certificate of Hervey Wedgwood Vaughan Williams, elder brother of RVW; 1869. Letter from Wellesley ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1860-1870
Extent:
107 folios

8. MS Mus. 1714/5/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1714/5/3
Title:
Darwin, Wedgwood and Vaughan Williams families. Letters
Scope & Content:
Letters and papers. Two letters to Ralph Vaughan Williams from his mother Margaret Vaughan Williams, [1877]. 1 published in 'RVW'. Two notes from Ralph Vaughan Williams to his mother; [1877, 1878]. One published in 'RVW'. Two letters to Ralph Vaughan Williams from his grandfather Josiah Wedgwood...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1877-1911
Extent:
168 folios