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Birmingham (England)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sir Donald Francis Tovey from William Bentley, 07 June 1923

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L760
Scope and Contents

Letter, 7 June 1923, Birmingham, William Bentley to Donald Tovey. Explaining the details of a music scholarship and the candidates. Holograph signed.

Dates: 07 June 1923
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Letter to William Taylor from H. M. Francis, 20 April 1923

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2160
Scope and Contents

Letter, 20 April 1923, Edinburgh, H. M. Francis to William Taylor. Concerning the arrangements for the free studentships programme. Typescript signed.

Dates: 20 April 1923
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

Papers of Florence Jewel Baillie, 1897-1969

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: BAI 2
Scope and Contents

The papers of Florence Jewel Baillie consist of:


  1. correspondence from John Baillie
  2. correpondence with the wider Fowler and Pearse families
  3. diaries
  4. general papers and correspondence
Dates: 1897-1969
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers

Postcard to Mary Gardner Grierson from Sir Donald Francis Tovey, 21 June 1937

 Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L298
Scope and Contents

Postcard, 21 June 1937, Birmingham, Donald Tovey to Mary Grierson. Concerning a work recommended by Fritz Busch. Holograph signed.

Dates: 21 June 1937
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Tovey Collection / Papers of Donald Francis Tovey / Correspondence

The Discovery of Talent, 1950

 File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/32
Scope and Contents

Thomson argues that the talents of the individual should be discovered and encouraged, rather than quashed because they are not intellectual enough. He discusses the uses of examinations and intelligence testing in discovering talent, and the need for tests of non-verbal as well as verbal ability.

The speech is written on the back of minutes from the National Committee for the training of Teachers.

Dates: 1950
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson / Unpublished materials authored by Thomson / Lectures / Compiled lectures