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Vol. XLIV (ff. 258). 1881-1911, n.d.

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ff. 1-12b, 32 Mrs Mary Cowan, sister of E A Sothern: Letters to W. S. Gilbert: 1881, 1885.
ff. 15-17 Thomas W. Terry: Letters to W. S. Gilbert: 1883.
f. 18 David Carnegie, of Stronvar: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1883.
ff. 20-23 R. E Crompton and Co; electric light engineers, London: Letter, etc., to W. S. Gilbert: 1883.
f. 23 Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton, electrical engineer: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1883.
f. 24 Helena Saville Martin, née Faucit; wife of Sir T Martin; actress: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1883.
ff. 26-29b Sir John Hare, formerly Fairs; actor-manager: Correspondence with Sir W. S. Gilbert: 1877-1896: Partly copy and drafts.
ff. 36, 42, 79b, 236 George Routledge and Sons Ltd; publishers: Correspondence with W. S. Gilbert: 1870-1902.
ff. 37-39b William Hunter Kendal, formerly Grimston; actor-manager: Correspondence, partly on his behalf, with W. S. Gilbert: 1875-1888.
f. 40 Charles Sugden, actor: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1888.
ff. 44, 48b, 90-93, 108-111b, 153b-157 Horace Sedger, Manager of Prince of Wales and Lyric Theatres: Correspondence with W. S. Gilbert: 1890-1894: Partly copies.
ff. 46, 60, 77, 92-95b Alfred Cellier, composer: Correspondence, partly on his behalf, with W. S. Gilbert: 1890, 1891.
ff. 50b-51 Horace Sedger, Manager of Prince of Wales and Lyric Theatres: Agreement with A. Cellier and W. S. Gilbert: 1890: Copy. Signed.
ff. 50b-51 Alfred Cellier, composer: Agreement with W. S. Gilbert and H. Sedger: 1890: Copy. Signed.
ff. 52-57b, 62 Arthur Wallack, theatrical agent, of New York: Correspondence with W. S. Gilbert: 1890.
f. 58b Percy Anderson, theatrical designer: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1890.
f. 64b Art. Cartoons and Caricatures: Sketches by Sir W. S. Gilbert: [1872?]-1891.
ff. 64-64b Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss; bolt and fencing manufacturers, London and Wolverhampton: Estimate for fencing: 1891.
f. 65 Miss Kathleen Sellek, organizer of amateur dramatic company: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1891.
ff. 66, 70 Robert Planquette, composer: Letters to W. S. Gilbert: 1891: Fr.
f. 72 Alfred Cellier, composer: Letter to E. Chappell: 1891.
f. 75 Sir Samuel Luke Fildes, KCVO; RA: Letters to Sir W. S. Gilbert: 1891, 1907.
f. 77 Harriet E. Cellier, wife of A Cellier: Letter on her husband's behalf to W. S. Gilbert: 1891.
f. 79b Edmund Routledge, of G Routledge and Sons Ltd., publishers: Letters to W. S. Gilbert: 1877, 1891.
f. 81 County of Middlesex: Appointment of W. S. Gilbert as J.P.: 1891: Printed, with MS additions.
f. 81 Sir Richard Nicholson, Clerk of the Peace for county Middlesex: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1891: Printed. Signed in facsimile.
ff. 82-87b Elizabeth Bessle, actress: Correspondence with W. S. Gilbert: 1891.
f. 88 Hans Meery, Manager, Königliches Deutsches Landestheater, Prague: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1891.
ff. 96-101b, 113, 178 George Grossmith, II; actor and author; d.1912: Correspondence with W. S. Gilbert: 1891-1895.
f. 104 Ennis Le Neve, actress: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1892.
f. 106 London; Secular Institutions. Theatres. Lyric Theatre: Letter from chorus at Lyric Theatre to W. S. Gilbert: 1892.
ff. 115b-119b, 122b William Gardiner, Secretary, Crystal Palace Company: Correspondence with W. S. Gilbert: 1892: Partly signed.
ff. 124, 141, 256 Marie Effie Bancroft, née Wilton; actress and theatrical manager, wife of Sir S Bancroft: Letters to W. S. Gilbert: 1892, 1893, n.d.
ff. 132b-135b François Arsène Cellier, Musical Director, Savoy Theatre: Correspondence with Sir W. S. Gilbert: 1892, 1907.
f. 136 John Lawrence Toole, actor-manager: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1892.
f. 137 Alice Ellen Terry, GBE; actress: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1892.
f. 138 Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, actor-manager: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1893.
f. 143b Thomas Henry Bolton, solicitor: Letters to Sir W. S. Gilbert: 1893-1907.
ff. 147-152 Thomas Fisher Unwin, publisher: Correspondence, etc., with W. S. Gilbert: 1894: Partly signed.
f. 149 James Hogg, publisher: Letter to T. F. Unwin: 1894: Copy.
ff. 160b-204 passim George Edwardes, theatrical manager: Correspondence with W. S. Gilbert: 1894, 1895: Partly copies.
ff. 166, 175 Bertram Ellis, Editor, 'New Hampshire Sentinel': Correspondence with W. S. Gilbert: 1894, 1895.
f. 167 Orient Steam Navigation Co. Ltd: Ticket for West Indies cruise: 1895: Printed.
f. 167 E. B. Hooke, of Orient Steam Navigation Co., Ltd: Ticket for cruise signed by: 1894.
f. 189 Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Baronet; RA: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1895.
f. 208 London Exhibitions Ltd., The: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1896.
ff. 208-210 Imre Kiralfy, exhibition organizer: Letter, etc., to W. S. Gilbert: 1896: Signed.
f. 209 London Exhibitions Ltd., The: Prospectus of Victorian Era Exhibition, 1837-1897: 1896: Printed proof.
f. 209 London, Parishes. St. Mary Aldermary: Prospectus of Victorian Era Exhibition, 1837-1897 at Earls Court: 1896: Printed proof.
ff. 213, 214 Wembley, Middlesex: Invitation to W. S. Gilbert to be Vice-President of Amateur Dramatic Club, with reply: 1897.
ff. 213-215b Harold W. De Beer, Secretary, Wembley Amateur Dramatic Club: Correspondence with W. S. Gilbert: 1897.
ff. 218-226 James Hogg, publisher: Letters to W. S. Gilbert: 1897.
f. 234 Samuel John Blackwell, JP, of Chipperfield: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1901.
f. 236 William Swan Sonnenschein, publisher: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1902: Signed.
ff. 237, 242 Selwyn Francis Edge, motor-car manufacturer: Letters to W. S. Gilbert: 1903, 1904: Signed in facsimile.
f. 238 Arthur Bourchier, actor-manager: Letter to W. S. Gilbert: 1903: Signed.
f. 243 Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, dramatist: Letter, etc., to W. S. Gilbert: 1904.
f. 244 Joseph Wood, Canon of Rochester Cathedral: Letter, as Head Master of Harrow School, to Sir W. S. Gilbert: 1907.
f. 245 Wyndham Lindsay Birch, son of Sir A Birch, KCMG: Letter to Sir W. S. Gilbert: 1907.
f. 248 Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London: Letter to: 1907.
f. 252b Sarah Frances Frost, alias 'Julia Marlowe'; actress and theatrical manager: Letter to Sir W. S. Gilbert: circa 1887-1907.
f. 254 Arthur A. Simpson, Australian ink manufacturer: Letter to Sir W. S. Gilbert: circa 1900-1907.
f. 258 Lucy Agnes Gilbert, wife of Sir W S Gilbert: Letter to (?): late 19th cent.

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037-002016048
040-002016051

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Add MS 49289-49353 : Correspondence and papers of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (b. 1836, d. 1911); 1836-1952, n.d. Acquired from the executors…
Add MS 49330-49345 : E. CORRESPONDENCE
Add MS 49330-49332 : GILBERT PAPERS. Vols. XLII-XLIV. General correspondence; 1866-1911, n.d. Three volumes.

Add MS 49332 : Vol. XLIV (ff. 258). 1881-1911, n.d.includes:ff. 1-12b, 32 Mrs Mary Cowan, sister of E A Sothern: Letters to W. S. Gilbert: 1881,…

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French

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Start Date:

1881

End Date:

1911

Date Range:

1881-1911

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Names:

Anderson, Percy, theatrical designer, painter, 1851-1928
Bancroft, Marie Effie, née Wilton, actress and theatre manager, 1839-1921
Bayliss, Jones and Bayliss, bolt and fencing manufacturers, of London and Wolverhampton
Beer, Harold W, correspondent of W S Gilbert, fl 1897
Bessle, Elizabeth, actress
Birch, Wyndham Lindsay, son of Sir A Birch KCMG
Blackwell, Samuel John, JP of Chipperfield
Bolton, Thomas Henry, solicitor
Bourchier, Arthur, actor-manager
Carnegie, David, of Stronvar
Cellier, Alfred, composer, orchestrator, conductor, 1844-1891
Cellier, François Arsène, Musical Director Savoy Theatre, 1849-1914
Cellier, Harriet E, wife of A Cellier
Cowan, Mary, Mrs sister of E A Sothern
Crompton, Rookes Evelyn Bell, engineer, 1845-1940
Edge, Selwyn Francis, motor-car manufacturer and racing driver, 1868-1940
Edwardes, George, theatre manager, 1855-1915
Ellis, Bertram, American lawyer, newspaper editor and state politician, 1860-1920
Fildes, Samuel Luke, Knight, artist, 1843-1927
Frost, Sarah Frances, alias 'Julia Marlowe', actress and theatrical manager
Gardiner, William, secretary of the Crystal Palace Company, fl 1891-1914
Gilbert, Lucy Agnes Blois, née Turner, wife of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert, 1847-1936
Grimston, William Hunter, actor and theatre manager, stage name William Hunter Kendal, 1843-1917
Grossmith, George, II, actor and author, d1912
Hare, John, Knight, actor, stage name of John Joseph Fairs, 1844-1921
Hogg, James, publisher
Hooke, E B, of Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd
Ingram, Arthur Foley, bishop of London, 1858-1946
Kiralfy, Imre, exhibition organizer
Le Neve, Ennis, actress
London Exhibitions Ltd
Lyric Theatre, London
Martin, Helena Saville, née Faucit wife of Sir T Martin, actress
Meery, Hans, Manager Königliches Deutsches Landestheater Prague
Millais, John Everett, 1st Baronet, painter, 1829-1896
Nicholson, Richard, Clerk of the Peace for Middlesex
Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd
Pinero, Arthur Wing, dramatist, 1855-1934
Planquette, Robert, composer
R E Crompton and Co, electric light engineers, of London
Routledge, Edmund, of G Routledge and Sons Ltd publishers
Routledge, publishers, 1851-
Sedger, Horace, Manager of Prince of Wales and Lyric Theatres
Sellek, Kathleen, Miss organizer of amateur dramatic company
Simpson, Arthur A, Australian ink manufacturer
Sonnenschein, William Swan, publisher
Sugden, Charles, actor
Terry, Ellen Alice, actress, 1847-1928
Terry, Thomas W
Toole, John Lawrence, actor-manager, 1830-1906
Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, actor-manager, 1852-1917
Unwin, Thomas Fisher, publisher
Wallack, Arthur, theatrical agent of New York
Wood, Joseph, Canon of Rochester Cathedral

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