MS Mus. 1749/2/3

Galloway, Norman (ff. 1-2):

• 9 January 1955, Galloway to Ireland, a school friend;
• 27 January 1955, Galloway to Ireland.

Gardiner, Julian (f. 3):

• Dated ‘Sunday’ only, Gardiner to Ireland, a ‘note of gratitude’ from a former student.

Gardner, Arthur R. L. (‘Lee’) (ff. 4-43):

• 14 July 1938, from Chatham, Gardner to Ireland; the attribution of the letter to Gardner is not certain, although it appears to be signed 'ARLG' (but possibly 'ARLS'), and includes remarks that seems to recall Gardner's former life as a cleric: 'My one consolation is that I am free of Ecclesia Anglicana [-] I forget indeed at times that I was connected with it'; the letter also refers to 'the little sailor pubs' of Chatham: 'There seems to be a complete understanding & tolerance, if not indeed also an appreciation of much that is condemned elsewhere';
• 27 January 1941 [or 1942?] (photocopy, incomplete; final digit of year indistinct; letter has Banbury address, which Ireland left in July 1942), Ireland to Gardner;
• 9 May 1942, Ireland to Gardner;
• [1942], fragment (last sheet with signature), referring to completing Epic March;
• 24 June [1942], Ireland to Gardner;
• 31 August 1942, Ireland to Gardner;
• 5 August 1943 (photocopy, with orange highlighting), Ireland to Gardner;
• 25 November 1943 (photocopy, with red highlighting), Ireland to Gardner;
• 29 November 1943, Ireland to Gardner;
• 18 December 1943 (photocopy, with red highlighting), Ireland to Gardner;
• 1 February 1944, Ireland to Gardner;
• 18 February (continued 23 February) 1944, Ireland to Gardner;
• 3 March 1944, Ireland to Gardner;
• 27 March 1944 (photocopy), Ireland to Gardner;
• 6 June 1944, Ireland to Gardner;
• 11 July (continued 13 July) 1944, Ireland to Gardner;
• 23 July 1944 (photocopy, with red highlighting), Ireland to Gardner;
• 28 November 1944, with envelope, Ireland to Gardner;
• 25 March 1946, Ireland to Gardner;
• [1946] dated ‘Thursday’ only, Ireland to Gardner (‘my labours with The Overlanders are by no means at an end’);
• 2 May 1946, Ireland to Gardner;
• 4 August 1946, Ireland to Gardner;
• 3 November 1946, Ireland to Gardner, with small newspaper cutting (‘personal ad’) adhered;
• ‘Eve of St Andrew’ [29 November] 1946, Ireland to Gardner;
• 15 October 1952 (photocopy, with red highlighting), Gardner to Ireland;
• 27 July 1954, Ireland to Gardner;
• 22 August 1954 (photocopy, with red highlighting), Ireland to Gardner.

Germans, Mr (f. 44):

• 13 July 1938, Ireland to Germans.

Gibson, R. D. (J & W Chester Ltd.) (ff. 45-46):

• 18 September 1946, Gibson to Ireland.

Goddard, Scott (ff. 47-50):

• 13 January 1946, Goddard to Ireland;
• 16 October 1951, Goddard to Ireland;
• 24 October 1951 (postcard), Goddard to Ireland;
• 28 September 1956 (postcard), Goddard to Ireland.

Goossens, Eugene (ff. 51-54):

• 25 February 1958 (postcard), Goossens to Ireland;
• 22 April 1959, Goossens to Ireland.

Gosselin, Gerard (Oxford University Press, Hymn Copyright Department) (f. 55):

• 9 August 1956, Gosselin to Ireland.

Grainger, Percy (ff. 56-65):

• 29 October 1948, Grainger to Ireland;
• 30 May 1949, Grainger to Ireland;
• 14 September 1950, Grainger to Ireland;
• 27 September 1950, Grainger to Ireland;
• 31 January 1951, Grainger to Ireland;
• 14 June 1953, Grainger to Ireland;
• 31 July 1953, Grainger to Ireland;
• 9 April 1956, Grainger to Ireland.

Griffiths, Vernon (f. 66):

• 19 July 1954, Griffiths to Ireland.

Grinke, Frederick (ff. 67-68):

• 6 February 1956, Ireland to Grinke;
• 21 February 1956, Ireland to Grinke.

Guernsey, the People of:(ff. 69-70):

• No date, greetings card, to Ireland.

Hales, Dr (ff. 71-73):

• 16 March 1954, Ireland to Hales.

Harvey, Trevor: (ff. 74-78)

• 19 July 1941, Ireland to Harvey;
• 27 August 1951, Ireland to Harvey;
• 13 April 1958, Ireland to Harvey;
• 12 November 1958, Ireland to Harvey;
• 26 November 1958, Ireland to Harvey.

Hawkes, Ralph (f. 79):

• [1939], Ireland to Hawkes (carbon copy).

Hill, Ralph (ff. 80-82):

• 9 October 1941, Hill to Ireland;
• 9 February 1942, Hill to Ireland;
• 26 March 1946, Hill to Ireland.

Holbrooke, Joseph (f. 83):

• 9 December 1924, Ireland to Holbrooke (photocopy).

Hollingsworth, John (f. 84):

• 5 March (year not indicated), Hollingsworth to Ireland: 'I don't seem to have made much headway with the recording project as yet. I am off to Ireland in the morning for concerts with the Radio Eireann Orchestra in Dublin, and will be broadcasting the London Overture on the 13th March at 8.00 p.m.'

Hough, Bassett (ff. 85-86):

• 21 September 1953, Hough to Ireland.

Howard-Jones, Christopher (ff. 87-92):

• 5-6 January 1944, Howard-Jones to Ireland.

Howells, Herbert (ff. 93-96):

• 12 August 1949, Howells to Ireland;
• 12 August 1956, Howells to Ireland;
• 12 August 1957, Howells to Ireland;
• 12 August 1961, Howells to Ireland.

H-, Ernest (f. 97-98):

• [August 1961], plain card, birthday greetings to Ireland (sender's name is, perhaps, 'Huddey'): 'In a few days I hope to stand on Mai Dun';
• August 1961, postcard showing black and white aerial photograph of Maiden Castle[Mai Dun], Dorset: 'Having circumnambulated the one and a half miles of the battlements of this immense fortress, I am able to send from the place itself an acknowledgement to the great composer of the music that glorified it anew, after aeons of time'.

Inman, H. J. R. (ff. 99-100):

• 31 August 1938, Inman to Ireland.

Jacobson, Mr (f. 101):

• 2 September 1948, Ireland to Jacobson.

James, F (f. 102):

• 25 November 1941, James to Mrs Ware, regarding the pruning of a tree overhanging the garden fence: ‘If the tree in my garden needs cutting on Mr Ireland’s side of the fence it is for me to give that permission and it is for Mr Ireland to get in touch with me for permission to do so, as he was told by my solicitor the last time he in a very high handed way instructed a man to trespass without so much as a by your leave to me’.

Jones, Sybil (ff. 103-104):

• 26 January 1955, Jones to Ireland.

Joyce, Eileen (f. 105):

• 5 May (year not indicated), Joyce to Ireland.

King, Cecil (f. 106):

• 18 June 1939, King (Chelsea Arts Club) to Ireland: 'If you join, please send the form ... mentioning my name as proposer'.

Kingsley, Bruce Gordon (f. 107):

• No date, Kingsley to Ireland.

Kirby, Nora (ff. 108-126):

• ‘Monday 6 p.m.’, brief note without date, Ireland to Kirby;
• 4 September 1952, Ireland to Kirby;
• 7 September 1952 (with envelope), Ireland to Kirby;
• 9 September 1952 (with envelope), Ireland to Kirby;
• 16 June 1953 (with envelope), Ireland to Kirby;
• 22 June 1953 (with envelope), Ireland to Kirby;
• 24 June 1953 (with envelope), Ireland to Kirby;
• 26 June 1953 (with envelope), Ireland to Kirby;
• 30 July 1953 (franking date, postcard), Ireland to Kirby.

Lambert, Constant (f. 127):

• 7 April [c. 1938], Lambert to Ireland.

Legge, Walter (ff. 128-130):

• 10 December 1942, Ireland to Legge (transcribed);
• 18 May 1942, Ireland to Legge (transcribed);
• 6 February 1997, Alan Sanders to Peter Taylor (John Ireland Trust), enclosing both transcribed letters from Ireland to Legge and requesting permission to publish them.

Linnit and Dunfee Ltd. (ff. 131-134):

• 16 March 1946, Linnit and Dunfree to Ireland, regarding first payment (£270) for the score for The Overlanders;
• 28 June 1946, Linnit and Dunfree to Ireland;
• 2 September 1946, Linnit and Dunfree to Ireland;
• 24 September 1946, Linnit and Dunfree to Ireland.

Linstead, George F. (f. 135):

• 7 April 1944, Linstead to Ireland.

Little & Co. (f. 136):

• 19 September 1942, Little & Co. to Ireland, regarding ‘Miss Nicholson’s estate’.

London County Council (f. 137):

• 21 March 1951 (carbon copy), Ireland to the Architect to the Council, regarding ‘noise nuisance’.