MS Mus. 1749/4

The volume consists of correspondence with Norah Kirby; her Will in draft (1965), and documents relating to the draft Will.

1. Correspondence (excluding correspondence with John Ireland, for which see MS Mus. 1749/2/3).

Barbirolli, Evelyn (ff. 1-2):

• 27 January 1958, Barbirolli to Kirby;
• 13 October 1958, Barbirolli to Kirby.

Arthur Bliss (f. 3):

• 14 June 1962, Bliss to Kirby.

British Broadcasting Corporation (f. 4):

• 10 October 1958, B.B.C. (Maurice Johnstone) to Kirby.

British Museum (f. 5):

• 29 July 1965, British Museum (Frank Francis) to Kirby.

Brooke, Jocelyn (ff. 6-45):

• Brooke, ‘Two Oscars’ (published The Spectator, 21 December 1951): a carbon copy (with corrections by hand) of a review by Brooke of two publications about Oscar Wilde;
• 5 August 1958, Brooke to Kirby;
• 9 September 1958, Brooke to Kirby;
• 21 November 1958, Brooke to Kirby;
• 29 March 1959, Brooke to Kirby;
• 16 July 1960, Brooke to Kirby;
• 5 August 1960, Brooke to Kirby;
• 12 September 1960, Brooke to Kirby;
• 25 September 1960, Brooke to Kirby;
• 8 February 1961, Brooke to Ireland;
• 31 March 1961, Brooke to Kirby;
• 19 April 1961, Brooke to Kirby;
• 4 May 1961 (postcard), Brooke to Kirby;
• 17 May 1961, Brooke to Kirby;
• 22 August 1961, Brooke to Kirby;
• 23 October 1961, Brooke to Kirby;
• 30 November 1961, Brooke to Kirby;
• 26 December 1961, Brooke to Kirby;
• 15 February 1962, Brooke to Kirby;
• 28 February 1962, Brooke to Kirby;
• 8 March 1962, Brooke to Kirby;
• 20 March 1962, Brooke to Kirby;
• 17 May 1962, Brooke to Kirby;
• 16 July 1962, Brooke to Kirby;
• 1 August 1962, Brooke to Kirby;
• 7 November 1962, Brooke to Kirby;
• 5 December 1962, Brooke to Kirby;
• 15 January 1963, Brooke to Kirby;
• 11 April 1963, Brooke to Kirby;
• 16 February 1965, Brooke to Kirby;
• 28 August 1965, Brooke to Kirby;
• ‘Tuesday’ (year not indicated), Brooke to Kirby;
• 5 March 1966, Kirby to ‘Peter’ regarding Jocelyn Brooke;
• ‘Wednesday p.m.’ (year not indicated), Kirby to ‘Margaret’ referring to Jocelyn Brooke;
• [c 1967], undated fragment (beginning ‘On an occasion during the Montague Trial’) referring to Jocelyn Brooke.

Bush, Alan (ff. 46-47):

• 10 May 1966, Bush to Kirby;
• 21 July 1979, Bush to Kirby.

The Doric Music Company (Claudius Morris) (f. 48):

• 8 February 1965, Morris to Kirby.

Goddard, Scott (f. 49):

• 14 June 1962, Goddard to Kirby.

Herbage, Julian (f. 50):

• 10 February 1966, Herbage to Kirby.

Lenoir, Henri [Silvio Velleman Ireland] (ff. 51-54):

• 27 September 1962, Kirby to Lenoir;
• 16 October 1961, Kirby to Lenoir;
• 10 July 1962, Kirby to Lenoir;
• 28 July 1962, Kirby to Lenoir.

Longmire, Viviane (ff. 55-65):

• 5 June 1951, Kirby to Viviane Longmire;
• 5 September 1951, Kirby to Viviane Longmire;
• 27 March (and 19 May) 1952, Kirby to Viviane Longmire;
• 9 December 1953, Kirby to John and Viviane Longmire.

Needham, Elizabeth (ff. 66-67):

• 14 February 1979, Needham to Kirby, referring to ownership and custody of Ireland letters.

Parker, George (ff. 68-108):

• 12 January 1958, Kirby to Parker;
• 19 January 1958, Kirby to Parker, with signed copy of draft letter (11 January) from Parker to The Record Society Ltd;
• 6 February 1958, Kenneth Adams to Parker;
• 25 February 1958, Kirby to Parker;
• 7 March 1958, John Chaffer to Parker;
• 12 May 1958, Kirby to Parker;
• 4 August 1958, Kirby to Parker;
• 8 September 1958, Kirby to Parker;
• 12 July 1959, Kirby to Parker;
• 20 April 1960, Kirby to Parker;
• 14 August 1960, Kirby to Parker;
• 28 February 1961, Kirby to Parker;
• 12 January 1962, Kirby to Parker;
• 7 June 1962, Kirby to Parker;
• 20 June 1962, Kirby to Parker;
• 10 July 1962, Kirby to Parker;
• [July 1962], Kirby to Parker, beginning ‘I was very disappointed not to be able to see you after the Service’;
• 17 July 1962, Kirby to Parker;
• 28 July 1962, Kirby to Parker;
• 1 February 1963, Kirby to Parker;
• 6 June 1964, Kirby to Parker;
• 10 June 1964, Kirby to Parker;
• 22 June 1964, Kirby to Parker;
• 25 June 1964, Kirby to Parker;
• 20 January 1967, Kirby to Parker;
• 23 January 1968, Kirby to Parker;
• 9 February 1968, Kirby to Parker;
• 20 February 1969, Kirby to Parker;
• 11 March 1969, Kirby to Parker;
• 17 March 1969 (carbon copy), Parker to [BBC Television];
• 25 March 1969, Kirby to Parker;
• 9 May 1969, Kirby to Parker;
• 15 June 1969, Kirby to Parker;
• 18 July 1969, Kirby to Parker.

Pears, Peter (ff. 109-110):

• 30 October [1958], Pears to Kirby;
• 8 November 1958 (carbon copy, annotated), Kirby to Pears, referring to campaign for Order of Merit for Ireland.

Prime Minister (ff. 111-112):

• 8 November 1958 (carbon copy), Kirby to the Prime Minister, in support of Order of Merit for Ireland;
• 29 November 1958 (carbon copy), Kirby (as Ireland's 'Private Secretary') to the Prime Minister’s Principal Private Secretary: 'Doctor Ireland instructs me to say that he begs leave to decline the proposed honour' [C.B.E.].

Rawsthorne, Alan (f. 113):

• 3 November 1958, Rawsthorne to Kirby, regarding campaign for Order of Merit for Ireland.

Sorabji, K. S. (ff. 114-121):

• 22 July 1958, Sorabji to Kirby;
• 9 September 1958 (carbon copy), Sorabji to Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister;
• [September 1958] (copy letter), Sorabji to Lord Hinchingbrooke;
• 19 December 1958, Sorabji to Kirby;
• 17 August 1959, Sorabji to Kirby;
• 3 May 1960, Sorabji to Kirby;
• 10 September 1969, Sorabji to Kirby;
• 16 September 1969, Sorabji to Kirby.

Wordsworth, William (f. 122):

• 13 November 1960, Wordsworth to Kirby, having visited and met Ireland for the first time.

Unknown correspondent (f. 123):

• letter fragment (p. 3) beginning ‘I’ll break off now’, with ‘Sunday a.m.’ continuation on the verso.

2. Draft Will (1965) (ff. 124-162):

• 1965: ‘Draft Will of Mr N. K. Kirby’, fair copy (typescript) prepared by Emmerson, Brown & Brown of Deal, Kent.
• 15 July 1965: draft letter from Ernest Chapman to Norah Kirby (as an annotated top copy marked ‘Not sent’, and as an annotated carbon copy), concerning ‘your proposed Trust’.
• 19 August 1965: Will of Norah Kirby in rough draft, in wrap-around cover sheet marked ‘Copy as sent to Norah 19/8/65’. Various parts of the draft underlined in red ink, with Chapman’s comments in typescript on Clauses 5, 6 and 7.
• Chapman, ‘Proposed Revision of Clauses 5 and 6’ (typescript).
• Chapman, ‘A List of Duties of the Custodian of the House’ (annotated carbon copy).
• Chapman, ‘A List of Possible Objects of the John Ireland Trust’ (annotated carbon copy).
• Chapman, notes (typescript, annotated) under the following headings: ‘The workings of the Trust’; ‘Advisors’; ‘Ernest Chapman’; ‘Other aspects of the Will’.
• Chapman, ‘Points Not Touched On’.
• Chapman, annotated draft letter addressed to Norah [Kirby], beginning ‘In founding this Trust….’