| Level | Fonds |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | MS844 |
| Title | Photographs and papers relating to Warwickshire pageants and Gwen Lally, pageant master and theatre producer (1882-1963) |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Date | [c 1906]-[c 1953] |
| Description | Including a manuscript letter from Lally to 'My Dear Winn', concerning her visit to the forthcoming Warwick Pageant, dated 16 July 1953; four printed items comprising souvenir supplements to the 'Royal Leamington Spa Courier' dated 18 July 1930 (entitled '"The Spirit of Warwickshire": Scenes in the Great Pageant at Warwick'') and 21 July 1922 (entitled '"Orpheus" at Warwick Castle'), an illustrated booklet with manuscript annotations entitled 'Gwen Lally: The World's Pageant Master'' and 'The July Shakespeare Pictorial: a monthly chronicle of events in Shakespeareland', number 29, July 1930; two mounted photographs of Warwick pageant by Benjamin Stone, July 1906; three photographs of Gwen Lally including two mounted portraits, of which one is a photograph by Walden Hammond and the other, annotated 'Daily Sketch', has a signed inscription from Gwen Lally to 'my Friends, Walter and Winifred Godfrey Payton' and ten uncaptioned photographs of pageants. |
| Access Conditions | Access to all registered researchers |
| Copyright | Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Language | English |
| Finding Aids | This is a preliminary description and will be enhanced at a future date. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Related Material | Papers relating to the Pageant of Birmingham, 1938, reference: MS944 |