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032-002000726

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032-002000726

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Add MS 56419-56443

Title:

WOOD PAPERS. WOOD PAPERS: correspondence and papers of Sir Henry Joseph Wood, C.H. (b.1869, d.1944), conductor of the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, and of Lady Jessie Wood; 1865-1971, n.d. Some French and Russian. See also Add. 56464-56466. Presented, together with material transferred to the Department of Printed Books, by Lady Jessie Wood, 13 Dec. 1969.

Paper. Twenty-five volumes. British Library arrangement.

Arranged as follows:

A. Correspondence: 56419-56430.

B. Other papers: 56431-56443 C.

Scope & Content:

Jessie Linton, afterwards Wood (Lady Jessie): Correspondence and papers of, chiefly rel. to Sir H. J. Wood: 1935-1971, n.d.

Music: Sir Henry Joseph Wood, CH; conductor: Correspondence and papers of Sir Henry Joseph Wood: [1896]-1944, n.d.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

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Additional Manuscripts

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Joseph Holbrooke; 1904-1944, n.d. 2. ff.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000731", "parent" : "037-002000728", "text" : "Add MS 56421: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 199). Correspondence; 1897-1967. Contents: 1. ff. 1-94. Mrs Rosa Newmarch and her daughter Elsie; 1897-1959,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000732", "parent" : "037-002000728", "text" : "Add MS 56422: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 186). Correspondence; 1923-1958, n.d. Contents: 1. ff. 1-82. Dame Ethel Smyth; 1923-1944, n.d. 2. ff. 83-127.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000733", "parent" : "036-002000727", "text" : "Add MS 56423: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 167+56*). Correspondence with solicitors, almost entirely consequent on Wood's separation from his second wife,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-002000734", "parent" : "036-002000727", "text" : "Add MS 56424-56425: WOOD PAPERS. Vols. VI, VII. Correspondence with the British Broadcasting Corporation and other interested parties, concerning the…" },{ "id" : "040-002000735", "parent" : "037-002000734", "text" : "Add MS 56424: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 234). 1937-1941." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000736", "parent" : "037-002000734", "text" : "Add MS 56425: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 217). 1942-1969." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000737", "parent" : "036-002000727", "text" : "Add MS 56426: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 114). Correspondence with officials at the Russian Embassy, and with Soviet cultural institutions;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000738", "parent" : "036-002000727", "text" : "Add MS 56427: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 115). Correspondence and papers relating to the erection of a memorial window to Wood at St Sepulchre's…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-002000739", "parent" : "036-002000727", "text" : "Add MS 56428-56430: WOOD PAPERS. Vols. X-XII. General correspondence of Sir Henry and Lady Jessie Wood; 1898-1969, n.d. Some French. Three volumes." },{ "id" : "040-002000740", "parent" : "037-002000739", "text" : "Add MS 56428: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 197). 1898-1943." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000741", "parent" : "037-002000739", "text" : "Add MS 56429: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XI (ff. 197+122*). 1944-1946." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000742", "parent" : "037-002000739", "text" : "Add MS 56430: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XII (ff. 154). 1947-1969, n.d." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002000743", "parent" : "032-002000726", "text" : "Add MS 56431-56443 C: B. OTHER PAPERS" },{ "id" : "040-002000744", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56431: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XIII (ff. 178+13a+60a). Speeches, etc.; 1938-1944, n.d. Chiefly drafts. The collection also includes a statement on…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000745", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56432: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XIV (ff. 147). Certificates and legal documents; 1865-1938, n.d." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000746", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56433 A: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XV, pt.1. Notebook of Sir Henry Wood; circa 1928. ff. 25. 80 x 127mm. Red leather binding." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000747", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56433 B: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XV, pt.2. T. C. York, How long does it play? A guide for conductors (1929), being Wood's annotated copy; after 1929.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000748", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56434: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XVI. Notes for Promenade Concert Seasons; 1929-1930. ff. iv+10. 210 x 160mm. Notebook in red cloth boards." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000749", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56435: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XVII. Album presented to Wood at the end of the Fortieth Promenade Concert Season; Sept. 1934. Printed preface, with…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000750", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56436: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XVIII. Speeches given by Wood at 'The Temple of Youth' and the Musicians' Club; Nov. 1938. ff. 41. 230 x 173mm.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000751", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56437: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XIX. Sir Henry Wood's annotated copy of the prospectus for the Forty-sixth Season of Promenade Concerts; 1940. The…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000752", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56438: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XX. Album presented to Sir Henry Wood in honour of his 75th anniversary, by the Musicians' Benevolent Fund; Savoy…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000753", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56439: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XXI. Notes by Wood for his book About Conducting (1945); 1943-1944. ff. ii+39. 315 x 200mm. Notebook in blue card…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000754", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56440: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XXII. Note and biographical details about Wood, by Lady Jessie Wood; circa 1954-1956. ff. ii+15. 250 x 200mm. Notebook…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000755", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56441: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XXIII (ff. i+180). Draft by Lady Jessie Wood for her book, The last years of Henry J. Wood (1954); 1953. Autograph." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000756", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56442: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XXIV (ff. 128). Reminiscences, articles, etc., chiefly concerning Wood; 1904-1964, n.d. Included is a family tree (ff.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000757", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56443 A: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XXV, pt.1. (ff. 47). Forty-seven photographs; 1872-1949, n.d. Most of the photographs are of Wood, his relatives and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000758", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56443 B: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XXV, pt.2. Conductor's baton presented to Henry Wood by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, after a concert of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002000759", "parent" : "036-002000743", "text" : "Add MS 56443 C: WOOD PAPERS. Vol. XXV, pt.3. Conductor's baton used by Sir Henry Wood at his last concert in Bedford, 26 July 1944. Wood, painted…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002000726

Is part of:

not applicable

Contains:

Add MS 56419-56430 : A. CORRESPONDENCE
Add MS 56431-56443 C : B. OTHER PAPERS

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

28 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
French
Russian

Scripts:

Cyrillic
Latin

Start Date:

1865

End Date:

1971

Date Range:

1865-1971

Era:

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Custodial History:

Jessie Linton, afterwards Wood (Lady Jessie): Presented, 1969.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Wood, Henry Joseph, Knight, conductor, 1869-1944
Wood, Jessie, née de Levante, singer, 1882-1979