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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Add MS 89231/25/2

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Title:
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Articles of Partnership
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1855
Extent:
1 file

5. Add MS 89231/25/3

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Title:
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Notebook of Musical Instrument Orders
Scope & Content:
(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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1851-1899
Extent:
1 file

6. Add MS 89231/25/22

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Title:
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Religio Medici (Bridget D'Oyly Carte's book)
Scope & Content:
Sir Thomas Browne, Religio Medici (Macmillan & Co, 1923), inscribed on front fly-leaf 'To Bridget / Christmas 1924'. Otherwise unmarked.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1924
Extent:
1 volume

7. Add MS 89231/25/29

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Title:
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Information about Daniel Jones and Michelle Carte
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1967
Extent:
1 file

8. Add MS 89231/25/33

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Title:
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Material Transferred to Victoria & Albert Museum
Scope & Content:
Detailed typed lists of material transferred to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1975-1983
Extent:
1 file

9. Add MS 89231/25/23

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Title:
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Bridget D'Oyly Carte's Correspondence with Friends' War Victims Relief Committee
Scope & Content:
Correspondence (Feb - Jun 1941), particularly relating to the Friends' Ambulance Unit. However, Rupert D'Oyly Carte's declining health prevents Bridget D'Oyly Carte from attending training session. The file includes various autograph notes, information leaflets, two small ID photographs, and a po...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1941
Extent:
1 file

10. Add MS 89231/25/27

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Title:
Chapple Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Correspondence Regarding Television and Filming
Scope & Content:
(1). 1957-58. Letters from Reginald Allen, Bridget D'Oyly Carte, Denys Buckley, Hugh Wontner. (2). 1963. Letters from Reginald Allen (Metropolitan Opera Association).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-1963
Extent:
1 file