Crash guitar course and letters of Donald Francis Tovey
Scope and Contents
1 x envelope postmarked 22 September 1937, addressed to Mrs. Bruce Dickins / Sir Herbert Grierson / 12 Regent Terrace / Edinburgh, containing:
- 1 x letter dated 20 September 1937, headed Hedenham Lodge, Bungay, Suffolk, to 'Dear Molly', signed 'Donald Francis Tovey, lamenting the 'shadow that is over you' and recommending that the 'guitar [...] is a delightful instrument'. the letter is in effect a crash course in guitar
- 1 x enclosure to the above, being crash course in guitar
- 1 x letter dated 6 October 1937, headed 39 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, to 'Dear Molly', signed D.F.T.
Dates
- Creation: 1937
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance of visit.
Biographical / Historical
Mary Geraldine Grierson was born in 1898 and was the daughter of Professor Herbert John Clifford Grierson (1866-1960) and his wife Mary Letitia (1868-1937). In 1923, Mary (or Molly) married Bruce Dickins (1889-1978), Reader in English Language at Edinburgh University, and from 1931 Professor of English Language at Leeds.
Professor Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940) was a close friend of Professor Grierson.
Full Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1449
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Items acquired by purchase. Accession no: E2015.14.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 23 April 2015
- Title
- Material relating to Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940) being ms guitar course and correspondence sent to Mary G. Dickins (1898-1975)
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Repository Details
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