MS Mus. 1749/3/4

1. Research Correspondence contd. (Wright - 'Unknown').

Wright, Kenneth A. (ff. 1-68):

• 2 October 1962 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 8 October 1962, Wright to Longmire;
• 15 October 1962 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 17 October 1962, Wright to Longmire;
• 20 October 1962 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 26 November 1962, Wright to Longmire;
• 28 November 1962 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 10 March 1963 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 11 April 1963 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 24 June 1963, Wright to Longmire, with a list (carbon copy) of subjects for lectures and film evenings;
• 6 August 1965 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 9 August 1965, Wright to Longmire;
• 16 August 1965, Wright to Longmire, with various textual corrections and suggestions for Longmire’s book (annotated by Longmire);
• 16 August 1965, Wright to Longmire;
• [August 1965] (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright, with Longmire’s responses to Wright’s textual suggestions and questions;
• 23 August 1965, Wright to Longmire;
• 25 August 1965, Wright to Longmire;
• 29 August 1965 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 6 September 1965, Wright to Longmire;
• 9 September 1965, Wright to Longmire;
• 19 October 1965, Wright to Longmire, with contribution corresponding to Longmire (1969), pp. 50-2;
• 27 October 1965 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 30 October 1965 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 7 April 1966, Wright to Longmire;
• 7 August 1966 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 11 August 1966, Wright to Longmire;
• 17 August 1966, Wright to Longmire;
• 25 August 1966 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 30 August 1966, Wright to Longmire;
• 30 August 1966 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright, with variant texts concerning passage on Dorothy Phillips, corresponding to Longmire (1969), pp. 24-6;
• 8 September 1966 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 12 September 1966, Wright to Longmire;
• 25 September 1966 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright;
• 11 October 1966, on behalf of Wright to Longmire;
• 17 October 1966 (carbon copy), Longmire to Wright’s Secretary;
• 16 June 1969, brief memorandum by hand, Wright to Longmire, referring to ‘review’;
• 27 September 1969, Wright to Longmire;
• 16 October 1969 (postcard), Wright to Longmire;
• 22 October 1969, Wright to Longmire.

Yeoman, John (f. 69):

• 2 August 1969, Yeoman to Longmire.

Unknown Correspondents (ff. 70-71):

• 26 January 1962, Longmire to ‘Bill’, concerning Order of Merit;
• 8 June 1963 (postcard), ‘Ian P.’ to Longmire.

2. Draft material by John Longmire (ff. 72-127):

• Chapter I: Mise en Scène (pp. numbered 1-12);
• Chapter I: Prelude (numbered 1-8);
• Beginning ‘At the age of seven he ran away’ (Chapter 2 draft);
• ‘Chapter I: The Early Years’ (Chapter 2 draft);
• ‘End of Ch 2’ (1 sheet, numbered 24);
• ‘The following vignette is so typical of Ireland’ (1 sheet);
• Notes:
• ‘from that time on’ ( 1 sheet);
• ‘When I was a young student’ (3 small sheets);
• ‘Teacher and pupil’ (1 sheet);
• ‘Maiden Castle’ (1 sheet);
• ‘Difference Between VW and JI’ (2 sheets);
• ‘Chapter on Orchestra’ (2 sheets numbered 24-5).

3. Reviews and related material (ff. 128-154):

• Half page draft advertisement (2 ff.);
• Cutting of advertisement in Music Teacher (August 1969);
• Promotional flyer ‘News from Arcadia’;
• Transcript of ‘Book Review’ by William Mann (‘Music Magazine’, BBC broadcast, 5 October 1969).
• Press cuttings:
• Guernsey Evening Press and Star, 2 July 1969;
• Guernsey Evening Press and Star, 10 July 1969;
• Times Literary Supplement, 10 July 1969;
• The Musical Times, August 1969;
• Music Teacher, August 1969;
• Gainsborough News, 8 August 1969;
• The New Zealand Tablet, 3 September 1969;
• Musical Opinion, October 1969;
• Making Music [1969];
• Evening Standard, 1969;
• Review by John Simons [1969], publication not indicated;
• Ernest Bradbury, ‘Remembering John Ireland’ [1969], publication not indicated.