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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 89510 Name Hewitt, Muriel Barthia, actress, first wife of Ralph Richardson; called Kit, 1907-1942 Digitised Content No

1. Add MS 89510

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Title:
Ralph Richardson archive
Scope & Content:
Personal papers of Sir Ralph David Richardson, actor (1902-1983), and of his second wife, Meriel née Forbes-Robertson (1913-2000). This collection also includes some papers relating to Charles David Richardson (1945-1998), the Richardson's only son, to Muriel 'Kit' Hewitt (1907-1942), Richardson'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1999
Extent:
381 folders, 26 volumes and 1 box

2. Add MS 89510/1/23

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Title:
Correspondence with Muriel Hewitt
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Ralph Richardson and Muriel 'Kit' Hewitt, his first wife, together with letters of condolence to Ralph following her death in 1942. This file includes: a letter from Muriel to Ralph making the arrangements for their weddinga letter to Muriel from Clemence Dane praising Mur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1948
Extent:
1 folder

3. Add MS 89510/4/2

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Title:
Marriage certificates of Ralph Richardson
Scope & Content:
This folder contains: a certified copy of an Entry of Marriage for Ralph David Richardson and Muriel Bathia Hewitt on 18 Sep 1924, solemnized in the Register Office in Hampstead, created on 18 Sep 1924 two certified copies of an Entry of Marriage for Ralph David Richardson and Meriel Forbes-Rob...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924-1944
Extent:
1 folder

4. Add MS 89510/4/10

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Title:
Will and death certificate of Ralph Richardson
Scope & Content:
Copies of the death certificate and will of Ralph Richardson with correspondence from solicitors. This folder contains: a grant of probate to Ralph Richardson, on 4 Dec 1942, following the death of Muriel Bethia Richardson a letter to Ralph from Brian Eagles, solicitor, dated 2 Aug 1979, encl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1983
Extent:
1 folder

5. Add MS 89510/5/2

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Title:
Diaries of Ralph Richardson
Scope & Content:
Two notebooks used by Ralph Richardson as diaries, but alsoincluding notes added later in life. The black notebook contains diary entries covering Jan-May1919, with comments written in 1963 recalling living in Shoreham. This volume mostlyconcerns Ralph’s work with the Liverpool and Victoria In...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919-1979
Extent:
1 folder (2 diaries)

6. Add MS 89510/6/4

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Title:
Appointment diaries of Meriel Forbes
Scope & Content:
Seven appointment diaries belonging to Meriel Forbes-Robertson; three for 1940, and one for each of 1941, 1944, 1945, and 1946. The earlier volumes contain short notes on Muriel's daily activities, mostly relating to Ralph and their relationship, but the later volumes, 1944 onwards, were mostly ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1940-1946
Extent:
1 folder (7 diaries)

7. Add MS 89510/7/1

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Title:
Ralph Richardson household correspondence
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, invoices, receipts and certificates for purchases made by Ralph Richardson. This folder includes: life insurance certificatesa subscription to the Lansdowne Cluba summons to attend court for ownership of a dangerous doga prescription for glassesa reservation for a grave space in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928-1959
Extent:
1 folder

8. Add MS 89510/8/1

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Title:
Professional contracts
Scope & Content:
Six contracts of agreement between Ralph Richardson and various theatre managers (Charles Doran, Cyril Phillips, Herbert Clayton) to engage Ralph to rehearse and perform parts in several productions, including Outward Bound and The Farmer's Wife. These contracts are mostly amended versions of pr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1929
Extent:
1 folder

9. Add MS 89510/8/4

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Title:
Professional correspondence
Scope & Content:
Correspondence between Ralph Richardson and company managers regarding his early theatrical employment in theatre companies and shows, including details of lengths of contracts and payment. This folder includes letters from W Bache Matthews, A C Belsey, Milton Bode, Basil Burleigh, Charles Doran...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1929
Extent:
1 folder

10. Add MS 89510/14/4

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Title:
Photographs of Muriel Hewitt and her family
Scope & Content:
Photographs depicting Muriel Hewitt and members of her family. This folder contains: a photograph depicting a man identified as Muriel's grandfather with two young womena photograph of Muriel as a child with her brother, sitting on her mother's lapa full-length photograph of Muriel as a childa p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1915-1926
Extent:
1 folder