University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Black-and-white Group photograph mounted on board representing a group of E.U.C.S (Edinburgh University Classics Society) students wearing togas, for the performance of the theatre play Plutus. Their names and roles are given under the photograph. Alexander Falconer Giles is sitting at the bottom right wearing normal clothes, as the stage manager. Photography studio: 'A. Swan Watson, Edinburgh'.

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Letter, 2 November 1928, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Eda Levin. Offering advice for the formation of a choral society. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.

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Letter, 8 October 1919, Edinburgh Donald Tovey to Ernest Walker. Covering note for list of members of the Reid orchestra and letter from Lord Murray. Dictated signed.

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Letter, [1935], Edinburgh, Donald Tovey to Lord Murray. Concerning the resignation of the leader of the Reid Orchestra. Holograph, signature missing.

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Letter, 23 February 1932, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Mr. Lee Ashton. Explanation for resignation from the International Society of Musicians. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss.

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Letter, 16 December 1941, Edinburgh, [ Endeaelum] to Mrs. Baily. Answering a query concerning a Canticulum that was sung at club meetings when Tovey was present. Typescript signed.

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Letter, 21 April 1936, Edinburgh, F. V. Rushforth to Donald Tovey. Covering note for photos of the Reid orchestra, congratulations on the performance and news of Rushforth's daughter in Munich. Holograph signed, with envelope containing two photo's of the Reid Orchestra and one of Donald Tovey.

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Letter, [1922], Donald Tovey to Sophie Weisse . News that the University has agreed to Tovey's Sunday concerts and of the University musical society and the Reid Orchestra, criticism of an article by A. C. Benson, Necks illness. Holograph signed.

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Letter, 8 November 1920, Edinburgh, D. Bruce Nicol to Unknown. Requesting that the recipient introduce Bruce Nicol to Tovey to advise on plans to start a musical association. Holograph signed.

Scope and Contents Scrapbook/diary of Ella MacGregor, an Edinburgh University student in the 1920s. It contains handwritten autobiographical accounts and thoughts, cuttings of poems and songs, copies of photographs of people involved in the University's student life (for example, V. K. Mowat, joint editor of the Student 1923-24; John B. Colquhoun, President of the Union; Lilian M. Roger, President of Edinburgh University Unionist Association), of famous people who visited the University (G. K. Chesterton;...