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Manchester (England)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Letter from G C Rintoul, postgraduate student, University of Manchester, 10 Jul 1978

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/27/4
Scope and Contents

Rintoul enquires if there are any personal papers of Thomson's available for consultation for use in his thesis regarding the migration of natural scientists into British Psychology in the period 1890-1930.

Dates: 10 Jul 1978

Letter from John S B Stopford, Vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester, to Thomson thanking him for his Ludwig Mond Lecture, Intelligence and Civilisation, 15 Nov 1936-4 Jan 1937

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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/1/6
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes letters to and about Thomson regarding his life, work, and career from a variety of correspondents including Karl Pearson, Egon Pearson, Edward Lee Thorndike, Sir James Duff, Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, and Derrick Lawley.

Dates: 15 Nov 1936-4 Jan 1937

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Dora Wilson, 08 June 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2649
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Letter, 8 June 1952, Manchester, Dora Wilson to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.

Dates: 08 June 1952

Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Walter Schlapp, 28 April 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2450
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Letter, 28 April 1952, Manchester, Walter Schlapp to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey and describing an article written by Tovey on Hindemith, published in the Radio Times. Holograph signed.

Dates: 28 April 1952

Letter to Hubert James Foss from Carl Fuchs, 26 November 1941

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2167
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Letter, 26 November 1941, Manchester, Carl Fuchs to Hubert Foss. Praising Tovey's intellect and musician ship, and describing memories of a performance Tovey gave at the house of Gustav Behrens. Holograph signed.

Dates: 26 November 1941

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Neville Cardus, 04 February 1935

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L849
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Letter, 4 February 1935, Manchester, Neville Cardus to Donald Tovey. Praise for Tovey's ' Essays in musical analysis '. Holograph signed, written on paper headed ' The Manchester Guardian '.

Dates: 04 February 1935

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from Sir Walter Hamilton Moberly, 29 March 1924

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L1411
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Letter, 29 March 1924, Manchester, Walter H. Moberly to Donald Tovey. Asking Tovey's advice on the future of the faculty of music at Manchester University. Typescript signed.

Dates: 29 March 1924

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Fanny Behrens, 14 November 1940

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2041
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Letter, 14 November 1940, Manchester, Fanny Behrens to Sophie Weisse. Alerting Miss. Weisse to an article about Tovey's 'absolute ear', news of Behrens recovery and of her sons. Holograph signed.

Dates: 14 November 1940

Letter to Sophie Weisse from Gaskell, c1890

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2173
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Letter, [n.d], Manchester, Gaskell to Sophie Weisse. Praising Tovey's genius and concert performances. Holograph signed, with envelope, annotated by Miss. Weisse, ' Contains a delightful and considerable valuable letter from Mrs. or Miss. Gaskell about dear Donald '.

Dates: c1890

Postcard to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from Shirley, 24 February 1952

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Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2741
Scope and Contents

Postcard, 24 February 1952, Manchester, Shirley to Mary Grierson. Thanking Grierson for sending a card and news of a review of Grierson's biography of Tovey in The Manchester Guardian. Holograph signed.

Dates: 24 February 1952