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Add MS 89231/25/58
- Record Id:
- 040-003435707
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003398156
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100072727243.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89231/25/58
- Title:
- Bertha Lewis Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Photographs
- Scope & Content:
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Photographs and other material as follows:
(1). Six black and white portrait photographs (one signed by Lewis), including one of Lewis as the Duchess of Plaza-Toro (from The Gondoliers).
(2). Six black and white photographs taken at the grave of Bertha Lewis (Cambridge City Cemetery), together with a memorial card on the first anniversary of her death.
(3). Autograph memorial poem entitled 'Luscinia' [Nightingale], 'written 8th May, on the death of Bertha Lewis, the famous Savoyard Contralto'. The author is not indicated, but the poem is written on black-edged letter paper with printed address at the head (31 Haslemere Avenue, Ealing W.13) suggesting the author is Gladys Lewis (see views of Chicago below).
(4). Three items:
- A card from The Star Hotel, Worcester: 'To Miss Bertha Lewis as a small recognition of her charming rendering of Katisha'.
- Addressed to Miss Gladys Lewis, 31 Haslemere Avenue, West Ealing, 'postcard' views of Chicago buildings on a folding strip. Postmarked Chicago 1929 with a brief autograph message to 'Dearest Glad'.
- '6 View Letter Card of the Forth Bridge'. Not used. 6 sepia photographs on a folding strip showing the construction of the Forth Bridge.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003398156
036-003433323
037-003435684
040-003435707 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89231 : D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Archive
Add MS 89231/25 : D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Three Bequests to the Archive
Add MS 89231/25/57-64 : D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: Bertha Lewis Bequest
Add MS 89231/25/58 : Bertha Lewis Bequest to D'Oyly Carte Archive: Photographs - Hierarchy:
- 032-003398156[0027]/036-003433323[0003]/037-003435684[0002]/040-003435707
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89231
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1932
- Date Range:
- [1920s]-1932
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)