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First Edinburgh file, 1934-1937

 Sub-Series
Identifier: BAI 1/17/5
Scope and Contents

letters, notes, press cuttings and related material

Dates: 1934-1937

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, 01 June 1754

 Item
Identifier: Coll-16/I/1-2
Scope and Contents

Letter from Joseph Black to his father, John Black, expressing a wish to stay longer in Edinburgh.

Dates: 01 June 1754

Letter to ' Bessie' [Elizabeth Trevelyan] from Florence Emily Barger, 23 November 1925

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2024
Scope and Contents

Letter, 23 November 1925, Edinburgh, Florence Barger to ' Bessie' [Elizabeth Trevelyan]. Informing 'Bessie' of Tovey's engagement to Minnie Wallace, discussing the engagement and news of Tovey . Holograph signed.

Dates: 23 November 1925

Letter to Clara Tovey from L. M. Russell, 05 June 1932

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2663
Scope and Contents

Letter, 5 June 1932, Edinburgh, L. M. Russell to Clara Tovey. Translation of a letter from Albert Schweitzer, informing Clara Tovey when he will arrive in Norwich. Holograph signed, with letter from Albert Schweitzer to Clara Tovey, 1932, Edinburgh, [1]p. 13 x 21cm.

Dates: 05 June 1932

Letter to Daniel Duff from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 19 October 1937

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L58
Scope and Contents

Letter, 19 October 1937, Edinburgh, Sir Donald Francis Tovey to Daniel Duff. Request for luminous paper, or gold leaf. Ms. transcript by Hubert Foss, with covering letter from Daniel Duff.

Dates: 19 October 1937

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Ethel Stevenson, 16 April 1952

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2475
Scope and Contents

Letter, 16 April 1952, Edinburgh, Ethel Stevenson to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 16 April 1952

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from G. Buchanan, 24 February 1952

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2059
Scope and Contents

Letter, 24 February 1952, Edinburgh, G. Buchanan to Mary Grierson. Congratulating Grierson on her biography of Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 24 February 1952

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from G. Mackie, 27 March 1952

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2292
Scope and Contents

Letter, 27 March 1952, Edinburgh, G. Mackie to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey, and reminiscing on Mackie's acquaintance with Tovey. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 27 March 1952

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Margaret Murnie, 27 February 1952

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2328
Scope and Contents

Letter, 27 February 1952, [Edinburgh], Margaret Murnie to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey, and commenting on the reviews it received. Holograph signed.

Dates: 27 February 1952

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Mary Jane Gillies Whittaker, 23 March 1952

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2642
Scope and Contents

Letter, 23 March 1952, Edinburgh, Mary Whittaker to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey and describing memories of Tovey and his contemporaries. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 23 March 1952

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Names
Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 83
Grierson, Mary Gardner (pianist and conductor) 24
Weisse, Sophie, 1852-1945 (Scottish music teacher) 20
Foss, Hubert James (music publisher and composer) 7
Reid Orchestra 6
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Speyer, Edward 1839-1934, 1839-1934 (music collector and entrepreneur) 4
Dent, Edward Joseph 1876-1957, 1876-1957 (musicologist) 3
Bottomley, Gordon, 1874?1948 (poet and playwright) 2
Duff, Isabelle (Isabelle) 2
Ewing, Sir James Alfred, 1855-1935 (principal, University of Edinburgh) 2
Havergal, Henry, 1859-1937 2
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 (composer and theorist) 2
Hulbert, Percival W, fl 1922 2
Paterson, William Paterson, 1860-1939 (Scottish theologian) 2
Schweitzer, Albert 1875-1965, 1875-1965 (medical missionary) 2
Trevelyan, Robert Calverley, 1872-1951 2
Wallace, Clara (wife of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 2
Allt, Greenhouse, 1889-1969 (Organist and teacher | Conductor of Edinburgh Royal Choral Union) 1
Anderson, Ronald Kinloch, 1912-1984 (pianist and piano teacher) 1
Auld, John (John) 1
Bachellery, A, fl1898 1
Baillie, Donald Macpherson, 1887-1954 (Scottish theologian) 1
Baillie, Florence Jewel, 1893-1969 (married to John Baillie) 1
Baillie, Ian Fowler, 1921-: (civil servant) 1
Baillie, John, 1886-1960 (Scottish theologian and ecumenical leader) 1
Baily, Margaret N O, 1899-1953 1
Barger, Florence Emily (Florence Emily) 1
Barth, Karl, 1886-1968 (Swiss theologian) 1
Beecham, Sir Thomas, 1879?1961 (conductor) 1
Black, John, fl1728-1766 (father of Joseph Black) 1
Black, Joseph, 1728-1799 (professor of chemistry, University of Edinburgh) 1
Boult, Adrian Cedric, 1889?1983 (conductor) 1
Buchanan, G, fl 1952 1
Busch, Adolf, 1891-1952 (violinist and composer) 1
Busch, Fritz, 1890-1951 (composer) 1
Cameron, RS, fl 1941 1
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 (cellist) 1
Clapperton, Jessie (Jessie) 1
Clark, Gladys (Gladys) 1
Collinson, JH (JH) 1
Cotsell, Geoffrey (Geoffrey) 1
Curtis, William Alexander, 1876-1961 (principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Davies, Fanny, 1861-1934 (pianist) 1
Dickson, J Douglas H (lawyer and chairman of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Dickson, Molly (wife of J Douglas H Dickson) 1
Duff, Daniel (Daniel) 1
Duff, David, fl 1937 1
Faeker, Keith (Keith) 1
Fleming, William Arnot, b1879 (secretary to the University of Edinburgh) 1
Frobel, Elsa (Elsa) 1
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 1
Giles, HF (University of Edinburgh) 1
Graeser, Wolfgang, 1906-1928 (musicologist) 1
Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature) 1
Grierson, Lady (Lady) 1
Guthrie, Charles (Charles) 1
Hardie, Isabelle (Isabelle W) 1
Harker, Alfred, 1859-1939 (petrologist) 1
Henschel, George, 1850-1934 (English composer and baritone of German birth) 1
Hoffman, Bernard, fl 1924 1
Hunter, Thea (Thea) 1
Joachim, Joseph, 1831-1907 (violinist) 1
Leebody, Moira (Moira) 1
Levin, Eda (Eda) 1
Lidstone, Maurice (Maurice) 1
Lyman, Eugene William, 1872 1948 (American theologian) 1
Mackie, G (G) 1
Maitland, Rosalind (Rosalind) 1
McCormick, Lady, d. in or after 1930 1
Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999 (violinist and conductor) 1
Moor, Emanuel, 1863--1931 (composer and pianist) 1
Murnie, Margaret (Margaret) 1
Murray, Nancie (Nancie) 1
Peach, Benjamin Neeve, 1842-1926 (geologist) 1
Phillip, Sir Robert, fl 1935 1
Reekie, Arthur G (Arthur G) 1
Rontgen, A, 1885-1922 1
Rushforth, FV (FV) 1
Russell, LM (LM) 1
Salvesen, Isabelle GM, 1865-1939 1
Samper, R (R) 1
Schwiller, Isabelle (Isabelle) 1
Sklovsky, Lucy (Lucy) 1
Stevenson, Ethel (Ethel) 1
Swoboda, Henry, 1897-1990 (conductor) 1
Taylor, Hermione (Hermione) 1
Taylor, William, 1857-1934 (publisher and Honorary Secretary of the Reid Orchestra) 1
Teissier du Cros, Janet, 1905-1990 (nee Grierson) 1
Tovey, John Wellcome (adopted son of Sir Donald Francis Tovey) 1
Trevelyan, Elizabeth (wife of Robert Trevelyan) 1
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 1
Walker, Ernest, 1870?1949 (musicologist) 1
Walker, Lady (Lady) 1
Warre Cornish, W (W) 1
Weisse, Mary A (Mary A) 1
Whittaker, Mary Jane Gillies, 1854?1932 (wife of William Gillies Whittaker) 1
Wilson, Sir James Steuart, 1889?1966 (singer and musical administrator) 1
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