MS Mus. 1749/2/2

Cameron, Basil (f. 1.):

• 3 January 1957, Cameron to Ireland.

Campbell, Colin Macleod (f. 2):

• 1 May 1944, Campbell to Ireland.

Catlin, Denis (f. 3):

• 2 March 1951, Ireland to Catlin.

Chadburn, Isabel M. (ff. 4-5):

• 16 March 1945, Chadburn to Ireland.

Chapman, Ernest (ff. 6-44):

• 9 February 1950, Ireland to Chapman;
• 27 April 1951, Ireland to Chapman;
• 17 May 1952, Ireland to Chapman;
• 16 August 1952, Ireland to Chapman;
• 16 August 1953, Ireland to Chapman;
• 29 June 1954, Ireland to Chapman;
• 2 July 1954, Ireland to Chapman;
• 4 January 1955, Ireland to Chapman;
• 17 August 1955, Ireland to Chapman;
• December 1955 (postcard), Ireland to Chapman;
• 19 August 1956, Ireland to Chapman;
• 12 September 1956 (postcard), Ireland to Chapman;
• 11 June 1957 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 14 June 1957 (postcard), Ireland to Chapman;
• 17 June 1957, Ireland to Chapman;
• 26 June 1957 (postcard), Ireland to Chapman;
• 28 February 1958 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 2 March 1958, Ireland to Chapman;
• 4 March 1958 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 9 March 1958 (postcard), Ireland to Chapman;
• 18 August 1958, Ireland to Chapman;
• 16 September 1958 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 6 January 1959 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 19 January 1959, Ireland to Chapman;
• 20 January 1959 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 1 February 1959 (carbon copy, with list of Trio ensembles), Chapman to Ireland;
• 24 February 1959, Ireland to Chapman;
• 27 February 1959 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 31 March 1959 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 28 April 1959 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 10 May 1959 (postcard), Ireland to Chapman;
• 22 May 1959 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 28 June 1959 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 28 August 1959 (carbon copy), Chapman to Ireland;
• 16 September 1959, Ireland to Chapman;
• 3 October 1959, Ireland to Chapman.

Chappell & Co. (f. 44):

• 29 September 1920, Ireland to Chappell & Co.

‘Charles’ (ff. 45-46):

• 24 January 1957, Ireland to ‘Charles’.

Chenhalls, A. T. & Co. (Chartered Accountants) (ff. 47-59):

• 19 July 1939, Chenhalls to Ireland;
• Income for year ended 31 December 1939;
• 4 March 1940, Chenhalls to Ireland;
• 30 May 1940, Chenhalls to Ireland;
• 6 August 1940, Chenhalls to Ireland;
• Income listed, 17 July 1941;
• Income & Expenditure Account, year ended 31 December 1944;
• 1945 (full date torn away), Chenhalls to Ireland;
• 22 March 1956, Chenhalls to Ireland, with draft reply in pencil on the verso;
• 17 May 1956, Chenhalls to Ireland, calculations in pencil on the verso.

Churchill, Winston S. (f. 60):

• 1 December 1960 (franking date, telegram), Churchill to Ireland (‘Thank you so much for your kind telegram’).

Clark, Edward (ff. 61-68):

• 31 August 1938, Clark to Ireland
• [1939], letter dated ‘Tuesday’, Clark to Ireland (addressed to him on Guernsey);
• Dated ‘Sunday’ only, Clark to Ireland (photocopy);
• [1958], unsigned draft letter addressed to the Prime Minister, recommending Ireland (‘who is eighty next year’) for membership of the Order of Merit (carbon copy with small amendments in pencil, e.g. ‘seventy next year’ amended to ‘eighty next year’).

Clemens, Cyril (f. 69):

• 25 December 1951 (card), Clemens to Ireland, informing him that he has been elected as Honorary Member of the International Mark Twain Society.

Rev. Clements, A. S. (f. 70):

• No date, draft letter in Ireland’s hand to Clements, although putatively from ‘N.K.K[irby] (Secretary)’ referring to fee for the hymn tune ‘My Song is Love Unknown’.

Cotter, Conrad P. (f. 71):

• 21 October 1955, Cotter to Ireland, seeking unpublished notes on South East Asia by Ireland’s brother, Alleyne Ireland.

J. B. Cramer & Co. Ltd. (f. 72):

• 16 January 1922, Ireland to Messrs J . B. Cramer (photocopy).

Cree, Edgar (f. 73):

• 30 June 1939, Cree to Ireland.

Curzon, Clifford (ff. 74-84):

• 14 June 1937(?), Curzon to Ireland;
• 29 September 1938 (postcard), Curzon to Ireland;
• 28 May 1941, Curzon to Ireland;
• 23 February 1946, Curzon to Ireland;
• 10 March 1946, Curzon to Ireland.

Davis, Janet (f. 85):

• 23 February 1950, Davis to Ireland.

Norman Demuth (ff. 86-89):

• 1949, Demuth to Ireland, a ‘Greetings Telegram’ on Ireland’s 70^th birthday.

Dunhill, Thomas (ff. 91-112):

• Photocopy of an inscription to Ireland in Dunhill, Chamber Music: A Treatise for Students (1913) – ‘from Tom’s mother’;
• 13 November [1917], with envelope, Ireland to Dunhill;
• 15 January 1934, Ireland to Dunhill;
• 13 July 1939, with envelope, Ireland to Dunhill;
• 18 October 1939, with envelope, Ireland to Dunhill;
• 17 December 1939, with envelope, Ireland to Dunhill;
• 21 May 1940, with envelope, Ireland to Dunhill;
• 23 March 1942, Ireland to Dunhill;
• 10 December 1943, with envelope, Ireland to Dunhill;
• 16 February 1944, Ireland to Dunhill.

Dunckley, Henry (f. 113):

• 5 April 1896, Dunckley to Ireland, with words of advice: 'I return to you the Report which Mr Blyth sent me to read. It is very gratifying and I congratulate you upon having deserved it. Steady adherence to the same patient industry, together with the special taste and talent which you possess, cannot fail to give the best results a few years hence, when you are beginning a professional career.' Dunckley was appointed as one of Ireland's guardians on the death of his parents - see The John Ireland Companion (2011), p. 4 (Editor's note).

Dunthorne, Godfrey (ff. 114-117):

• 16 August 1954, Dunthorne to Ireland.

Ealing Studios Ltd. (ff. 118-119):

• 20 November (year not indicated), Ealing Studios to Ireland.

Evans, Edwin (ff. 120-144):

• 19 May [year not indicated], Ireland to Evans (beginning ‘Miss Forster rang me up’);
• 25 December 1913, Ireland to Evans;
• 23 June 1915, Ireland to Evans;
• 20 January 1918, Ireland to Evans;
• 11 May 1918, Ireland to Evans;
• 1 June 1918, Ireland to Evans;
• 14 February 1919, Ireland to Evans;
• 20 March 1919, Ireland to Evans;
• [1919] Ireland to Evans, referring to article by Evans in Musical Quarterly (1919);
• 19 May 1920, Ireland to Evans;
• 13 June [c. 1920], card, Ireland to Evans;
• 29 October 1920, Ireland to Evans;
• 2 June 1921, Ireland to Evans;
• 12 (June?) 1921, Ireland to Evans;
• 6 October 1921, Ireland to Evans;
• 6 December 1921, Ireland to Evans;
• 7 December 1921, Ireland to Evans;
• 9 May [1925], Ireland to Evans;
• 14 December 1925, Ireland to Evans;
• 29 October, 1931, Ireland to Evans;
• 11 October 1939, Ireland to Evans;
• 7 November 1939, Ireland to Evans;
• 1 December 1941, Ireland to Evans.

Foreign Office, London (ff. 145-146):

• 24 July 1945, Foreign Office to Ireland, regarding his mother, Mrs Ethel V. Ireland;
• 19 August 1946, Foreign Office to Ireland, regarding his mother.

Franklin, Miss (f. 147):

• 18 May, 1915, Ireland to Franklin: 'It is scarcely worth while sending you a bill for one lesson - but if you wish to pay it, the fee for one lesson is one Guinea!' With comments on the war ('too many Zeppelins') and the news that he is about to move to 14A Gunter Grove, Chelsea.