Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Probate Papers
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Claim by Joan Chrystal Cox-Ife, widow and executrix of William Cox-Ife deceased. High Court of Justice, Principal Probate Registry, 15 July 1968. D.J. Freeman & Co., Solicitors, Cavendish Square, London.
Bertha Lewis Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Photographs
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Photographs and other material as follows: (1). Six black and white portrait photographs (one signed by Lewis), including one of Lewis as the Duchess of Plaza-Toro (from The Gondoliers). (2). Six black and white photographs taken at the grave of Bertha Lewis (Cambridge City Cemetery), together...
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Articles of Partnership
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Copy Articles of Partnership 'for carrying on a musical instrument and publishing business'. Dated 20 April 1855. Between George Ruddall, John Mitchell Rose, Richard Carte and William Prowse.
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Photographs of William Cox-Ife
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Various black and white photographs of William Cox-Ife: formal studio portraits, press photographs, and a number of informal small photographs from his youth, including unidentified friends. Photographs of Joan Vivian Rees (Cox-Ife's future wife) are included [c. 1920]. Also included, two maga...
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Notes for Lectures
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Autograph and typed lecture notes on musical theatre generally ('The Development of the Musical from Gilbert and Sullivan to West SideStory') and Gilbert and Sullivan specifically ('Modern Productions of Gilbert and Sullivan'). The only compete text (14 pp., typed) is a lecture on the productio...
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Notebook of Musical Instrument Orders
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(1). Notebook without covers containing entries of musical instrument orders, entries dated November 1851 - August 1853. Appears to derive from Rudall, Rose, Carte & Co. The customers are various Army Regiments, many associated with India (including Bengal, Madras). (2). The Orchestral Asso...
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Information about Daniel Jones and Michelle Carte
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Information about the career of Daniel Jones (1881-1967), Professor of Phonetics, University College London, and about his daughter, the violinist Michelle Carte. The file includes a receipt for twelve Debentures of £100 each in the Savoy Theatre & Operas Trust (1901), in respect of 'Mrs Da...