Record

LevelFile
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)MS79/17
TitleMiscellaneous correspondence and other items
Extent1 file
Datec 1900-1946
Description17/1 is a postcard with Holbrooke's signature.
17/2 is a photograph featuring Holbrooke standing by a gate,with another man.
17/3 is a letter from by Mary Whatt, secretary of the Holbrooke Society, to Granville Bantock, dated 6 October 1936, discussing the committee's decision not to give any London concerts until 1937.
17/4 is an undated letter to Holbrooke from Becket Williams regarding Holbrooke's dispute with the BBC over broadcasting his works. This conflict went on throughout the war period 1939-1945, and may have begun before then.
17/5-6 are pages of notes, in separate hands, neither of which is Holbrooke's.
17/7 is a typed article entitled 'Wanted! A National Union for British Music and Musicians', by 'Syntax'. This may have been written by Holbrooke
17/8 is a typed anecdote, apparently from the 'Sunday Express', according to Holbrooke's note in the margin, entitled 'This England'.
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