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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 68 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Mary Grierson from Alexander Craig Aitken, 12 July 1950

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1996
Scope and Contents

Letter, 12 July 1950, Edinburgh, Alexander Craig Aitken to Mary Grierson. Outlining Tovey's interest in numbers and Aitkens memories of Tovey. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope, with scrap of paper, covered in numerical scribbling by Tovey.

Dates: 12 July 1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Mary Grierson from Alexander Craig Aitken, 24 February 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1997
Scope and Contents

Letter, 24 February 1952, Edinburgh, Alexander Craig Aitken to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography on Tovey, and a recent recital. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 24 February 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Mary Grierson from Alexander Craig Aitken, 25 February 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1998
Scope and Contents

Letter, 25 February 1952, Edinburgh, Alexander Craig Aitken to Mary Grierson. Covering note for a list of suggestions for the second edition of Grierson's biography on Tovey. Holograph signed.

Dates: 25 February 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Mary Grierson from Pauline Alderman, 28 May 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1999
Scope and Contents

Letter, 28 May 1952, California, Pauline Alderman to Mary Grierson. Discussing Grierson's biography of Tovey and the memories it brought back, and a description of the life of Pauline Alderman. Holograph signed, with envelope.

Dates: 28 May 1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Norman Peterkin, 14 December 1945

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2397
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Letter, 14 December 1945, London, Norman Peterkin to Robert Trevelyan. Concerning material for a biography of Tovey and a meeting with Peterkin, Grierson, Guthrie, Foss and John Tovey. Typescript signed.

Dates: 14 December 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Norman Peterkin, 27 January 1945

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2398
Scope and Contents

Letter, 27 January 1945, London, Norman Peterkin to Robert Trevelyan. Concerning a meeting with Grierson to discuss the biography of Tovey. Typescript signed.

Dates: 27 January 1945
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Norman Peterkin, 19 December 1946

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2399
Scope and Contents

Letter, 19 December 1946, London, Norman Peterkin to Robert Trevelyan. Discussing the production of a Tovey biography by either Foss or Grierson. Typescript signed.

Dates: 19 December 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to Robert Calverley Trevelyan from Norman Peterkin, 01 February 1947

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2400
Scope and Contents

Letter, 1 February 1947, London, Norman Peterkin to Robert Trevelyan. Informing Trevelyan that Grierson is dedicating time to writing a biography on Tovey and that John Tovey has offered her financial help and that Oxford University Press have offered assistance. Typescript signed.

Dates: 01 February 1947
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

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