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1. Add MS 89231/25

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Three Bequests to the Archive
Scope & Content:
Bequests to the D'Oyly Carte archive of papers from: Kevin Chapple (Manager of the Savoy Theatre); William Cox-Ife (Assistant Music Director); Bertha Lewis (Principal contralto).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century - 20th century
Extent:
64 files

2. Add MS 89231/25/1-33

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Kevin Chapple Bequest
Scope & Content:
Kevin Chapple was Manager of the Savoy Theatre (1987-99). Various papers in his possession were bequeathed to the D'Oyly Carte archive in 2009 (following Chapple's death in 2007). Many of the papers relate to Bridget D'Oyly Carte and to her family, and presumably remained undisturbed at the Savoy...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century - 20th century
Extent:
33 files

3. Add MS 89231/25/34-56

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: William Cox-Ife Bequest
Scope & Content:
Papers belonging to William Cox-Ife, from the estate of his step-daughter Janet Forbes-Hunter. Cox-Ife joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as chorus master and assistant musical director in August 1950 and served in that capacity until he left the Company in 1961.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1842-1979
Extent:
23 files

4. Add MS 89231/25/57-64

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Title:
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Bertha Lewis Bequest
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the contralto Bertha Lewis (1887-1931). Also includes an album of material about her brother, Second Lieutenant William Thomas Lewis (Essex Regiment) who was killed in action (1917).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 files

5. Add MS 89231/25/31

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Title:
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Correspondence with Fladgate & Co, Solicitors
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning business matters.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941-1964
Extent:
1 file

6. Add MS 89231/25/59

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Title:
Bertha Lewis Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Newspaper Cuttings
Scope & Content:
Various newspaper cuttings (not comprehensive) including reports of her funeral (1931). Also included, a three-part series of 'Gilbert and Sullivan Reminiscences' by Lewis published in the Westminster Gazette (1924).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-1931
Extent:
1 file

7. Add MS 89231/25/30

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Title:
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Information About the Monnington Family
Scope & Content:
Biographical information about: Richard Caldecott Monnington (1877-1971); Caroline Monnington (1879-1961); Mary Powell Hartley, nee Monnington (1874-1972), eldest daughter of Blanche Carte. In the main, letters and material gathered in the 1970s. Includes an autograph letter (31 Aug 1851) from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1850s-1970s
Extent:
1 file

8. Add MS 89231/25/51

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Title:
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Costume Illustrations
Scope & Content:
(1). A collection of illustrations of historical costume, comprising single sheets extracted from a variety of published sources. (2). Two complete issues of The Court Magazine, including a number of illustrations of costume: No. MXLVII (August 1842); No. MLXXVIII (July 1845).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century - 20th century
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 89231/25/40

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Title:
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Royalty Statements (Chappell & Co. Ltd.)
Scope & Content:
Some correspondence, but largely royalty statements in respect of Training the Gilbert and Sullivan Chorus (1955) and How to Sing Both Gilbert and Sullivan (1961). In 1978, W. S. Gilbert: Stage Director was published posthumously.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1978
Extent:
1 file

10. Add MS 89231/25/42

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Title:
Cox-Ife Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Correspondence with Pan Books Ltd
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding a projected volume entitled The Gilbert and Sullivan Songbook, including correspondence (1969) between Joan Cox-Ife and a literary agency exploring American publication following Pan's cancellation of the contract The file includes a draft introduction ('The Pan Song Bo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965-1969
Extent:
1 file