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Cambridge University Diary, 1938-1939
Note that there are no diaries for 1937, 1961-1962, 1962-1963 and 1963-1964 in the collection. Where university diaries are used, they cover the academic year, i.e. autumn of one year until the following summer.
Exmoor Horn Ram, 1870s-1930s
Photograph of an Exmoor Horn ram that was born in 1918 and then won first prize at the Royal Show, Cambridge in 1922.
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Horg Grierson, 17 July 1952
Letter, 17 July 1952, Cambridge, Horg Grierson to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.
Letter to Paul Adolf Hirsch from Hubert James Foss, 07 January 1942
Letter, 7 January 1942, Cambridge, Hubert Foss to Paul Hirsch. Describing a meeting with Tovey in Cambridge 1938, when Hirsch showed Tovey around his music library. Typescript signed.
Letter to Paul Adolf Hirsch from Hubert James Foss, 17 January 1942
Letter, 17 January 1942, Cambridge, Hubert Foss to Paul Hirsch. Information on a lecture given by Tovey at Cambridge on May 6 1938. Typescript signed.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Robert Stawell Ball, 24 May 1895
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Robert Stawell Ball inviting Geikie to dine with him at hall in King's College, Cambridge the next day.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from A. H. Mears, 09 March 1928
Letter, 9 March 1928, Cambridge, A. H. Mears. Suggesting the setting up of a complimentary council at the University of Edinburgh. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Alan Gray, 23 March 1923
Letter, 23 March 1923, Cambridge, Alan Gray to Donald Tovey. Answering an enquiry from Tovey concerning an elderly composer , H. H. S, and commenting on a report written by Tovey. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Cuthbert Morton Girdlestone, 30 April 1922
Letter, 30 April 1922, Cambridge, C. M Girdlestone to Donald Tovey. Request for a copy of Tovey's pamphlet on the 'Classical concerto'. Holograph signed.
Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Edward Ballantine, 29 October 1925
Letter,29 October 1925, Massachusetts, Edward Ballantine to Donald Tovey. Expressing delight that Tovey is to come and speak at Harvard University and suggesting the subject of Beethoven's 9th symphony. Holograph signed.