MS 921 02
Reference code
MS 921 02
Title
Malcolm Arnold archive: Autograph letters
Level
Series
Date
1948-1978
Extent & medium
1 box containing letters in 29 envelopes and 1 notebook diary
Content description
A box of miscellaneous letters to Malcolm Arnold; some letters from Arnold and a notebook diary:
1. Bliss, Arthur, 2 autograph cards, 1970-1
2. Bliss, Gertrude, autograph letter in invitation to memorial service, 20 May 1975
3. Boult, Adrian, typed letter signed, 31 May 1952
4. Bream, Julian, typed letter, signed 3 September 1970
5. Britten, Benjamin and Pears, Peter, Christmas card 1973, with typed note
6. Clemens, Cyril, typed letter signed, 2 May 1971
7. Dickinson, Patric, 2 autograph letters signed, one with no date and the other sent 9 July 1971, one with 2 manuscript poems
8. Goodman, Benny, 5 autograph letters signed, one with envelope, sent in 1968. With an autograph letter signed from Alice Goodman in 1968.
9. Graham, Winston, autograph letter signed, 8 October 1975
10. Greenwood, Walter, autograph letter signed, 11 April 1964
11. Hawes, William, typed transcript of ALS to 'Sor', 18 November 1836 [Malcolm Arnold's great-great-grandfather]
12. Heath, Edward, typed letter signed, 14 August 1978
13. Helpmann, Robert, typed letter signed, 15 July 1975
14. High Commissioner for India [Krishna Menon], typed letter signed, about the Indian national anthem, 12 July 1948
15. Lean, David, autograph and typed letters signed, 7 July 1952 and 4 February 1958, both with envelopes. Also included is a typed memorandum to 'Win' about sound effects for Bridge on the River Kwai (5 pages)
16. Leppard, Raymond, postcard signed, no date
17. Menuhin, Yehudi, 4 typed letters signed from 1965-1972
18. Peyton, Joan, autograph letter signed, 6 April [1971]
19. Previn, André, autograph letter signed, 30 March 1972, with envelope
20. Rubbra, Edmund, 6 autograph letters signed from 1966-1971
21. Schedrin, Rodion, typed letter signed, 1964, in Russian with English translation
22. Schwartz, Rudolf, autograph letter signed, 5 November 1948
23. Sellick, Phyllis, autograph letter signed, 31 December 1976, with envelope
24. Sitwell, Sacheverell, autograph letter signed, 7 December 1973
25. Vaughan-Williams, Ursula, postcard signed, 23 March [no year]
26. Walsh, Bernard, typed letter signed 27 May 1971
27. Wilson, Mary, typed letter signed, 21 November 1967
28. Zuckerman, Mary, autograph letter signed, 5 April 1971
29. Hoffnung, Gerard and Annetta, colour photocopies of autograph letter and envelope [location of originals unknown], possibly added after these letters catalogued
30. Arnold, Malcolm, 6 ALS to Dr Robin Benson, 1975-1978, with two newspaper obituaries of Arnold
A small notebook containing part of a diary kept by Malcolm Arnold, 14 January 1978 - Saturday 18 February [1978], with a recipe from Edward Arnold on last page
1. Bliss, Arthur, 2 autograph cards, 1970-1
2. Bliss, Gertrude, autograph letter in invitation to memorial service, 20 May 1975
3. Boult, Adrian, typed letter signed, 31 May 1952
4. Bream, Julian, typed letter, signed 3 September 1970
5. Britten, Benjamin and Pears, Peter, Christmas card 1973, with typed note
6. Clemens, Cyril, typed letter signed, 2 May 1971
7. Dickinson, Patric, 2 autograph letters signed, one with no date and the other sent 9 July 1971, one with 2 manuscript poems
8. Goodman, Benny, 5 autograph letters signed, one with envelope, sent in 1968. With an autograph letter signed from Alice Goodman in 1968.
9. Graham, Winston, autograph letter signed, 8 October 1975
10. Greenwood, Walter, autograph letter signed, 11 April 1964
11. Hawes, William, typed transcript of ALS to 'Sor', 18 November 1836 [Malcolm Arnold's great-great-grandfather]
12. Heath, Edward, typed letter signed, 14 August 1978
13. Helpmann, Robert, typed letter signed, 15 July 1975
14. High Commissioner for India [Krishna Menon], typed letter signed, about the Indian national anthem, 12 July 1948
15. Lean, David, autograph and typed letters signed, 7 July 1952 and 4 February 1958, both with envelopes. Also included is a typed memorandum to 'Win' about sound effects for Bridge on the River Kwai (5 pages)
16. Leppard, Raymond, postcard signed, no date
17. Menuhin, Yehudi, 4 typed letters signed from 1965-1972
18. Peyton, Joan, autograph letter signed, 6 April [1971]
19. Previn, André, autograph letter signed, 30 March 1972, with envelope
20. Rubbra, Edmund, 6 autograph letters signed from 1966-1971
21. Schedrin, Rodion, typed letter signed, 1964, in Russian with English translation
22. Schwartz, Rudolf, autograph letter signed, 5 November 1948
23. Sellick, Phyllis, autograph letter signed, 31 December 1976, with envelope
24. Sitwell, Sacheverell, autograph letter signed, 7 December 1973
25. Vaughan-Williams, Ursula, postcard signed, 23 March [no year]
26. Walsh, Bernard, typed letter signed 27 May 1971
27. Wilson, Mary, typed letter signed, 21 November 1967
28. Zuckerman, Mary, autograph letter signed, 5 April 1971
29. Hoffnung, Gerard and Annetta, colour photocopies of autograph letter and envelope [location of originals unknown], possibly added after these letters catalogued
30. Arnold, Malcolm, 6 ALS to Dr Robin Benson, 1975-1978, with two newspaper obituaries of Arnold
A small notebook containing part of a diary kept by Malcolm Arnold, 14 January 1978 - Saturday 18 February [1978], with a recipe from Edward Arnold on last page
Arrangement
Contained in a box with envelopes for each correspondent; one loose notebook diary
Existence and location of originals
Location of original of Hoffnung letter is not known
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