Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1915-1968 (Creation)
Extent and medium
1 file
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Muriel Smith was Secretary of the Lewes Music Club.
Repository
Archival history
GB 1249 MS 6896 1915-1968 Collection (fonds) 1 file Smith , Muriel , fl 1915-1973 , musician
Muriel Smith was Secretary of the Lewes Music Club.
Presented by Muriel Smith to the RCM, 21 March 1973.
Papers of Muriel Smith, 1915-1968, comprising letters and postcards from performers and speakers to the Lewes Music Club, including Jelly d'Aranyi (3), Fanny Davies (8), Robina Friskin, Léon Gossens, Marjorie Hayward, Myra Hess, Frank Howes (4), Norman Notley (2), Arnold Trowell, Steuart Wilson.
The letters are in chronological order.
Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.
Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.
English.
The collection is catalogued in the 'Provisional catalogue of letters in the RCM library' by J Kersey, 1997, vol 1; an entry is also given in the supplement to volume 3 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College of Music.
Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Nov 2001 Aranyi , Jelly Eva , d' , 1893-1966 , Hungarian violinist x Aranyi de Hunyadvar , Jelly Eva x d'Aranyi , Jelly Eva Artists Classical music Davies , Fanny , 1861-1934 , pianist England Europe Hayward , Marjorie , fl 1910s-1920s , musician Hess , Dame , Myra , 1890-1965 , pianist Howes , Frank Stewart , 1891-1974 , musician critic and writer Lewes Lewes Music Club Musical styles Musicians Notley , Norman , fl 1924 , baritone Performers Smith , Muriel , fl 1915-1973 , musician Sussex Trowell , Arnold , b 1887 , cellist and composer UK Western Europe Wilson , Sir , James Steuart , 1889-1966 , Knight , Head of Music BBC London
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Muriel Smith to the RCM, 21 March 1973.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Muriel Smith, 1915-1968, comprising letters and postcards from performers and speakers to the Lewes Music Club, including Jelly d'Aranyi (3), Fanny Davies (8), Robina Friskin, Léon Gossens, Marjorie Hayward, Myra Hess, Frank Howes (4), Norman Notley (2), Arnold Trowell, Steuart Wilson.
System of arrangement
The letters are in chronological order.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.
Conditions governing reproduction
Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English.
Finding aids
The collection is catalogued in the 'Provisional catalogue of letters in the RCM library' by J Kersey, 1997, vol 1; an entry is also given in the supplement to volume 3 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College of Music.
Access points
Subject access points
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Language(s)
- English