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Box Norman Family Box 1

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Contains 46 Results:

Notes on Clarendon House, c1970 - 1990

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.1
Scope and Contents

Notes on work done on Clarendon House [Hotel, Leeds], typescript, 1p.

Dates: c1970 - 1990

Note of Gratitude, c1970 - 1990

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.2
Scope and Contents

Note concerning generosity of writer’s brother, typescript, 1p.

Dates: c1970 - 1990

Synopsis, c1970 - 1990

 File — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.3
Scope and Contents

Notes on stories believed to have been written by Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver), with printed and handwritten notes. Leeds address in margin, typescript, 6pp.

Dates: c1970 - 1990

Synopsis 2 Continued, c1970 - 1990

 File — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.4
Scope and Contents

Notes on stories believed to have been written by Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver), typescript, 5pp.

Dates: c1970 - 1990

Synopsis 3 Continued, c1970 - 1990

 File — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.5
Scope and Contents

Notes on stories believed to have been written by Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver), typescript, 5pp.

Dates: c1970 - 1990

Name Dropping Index, c1970 - 1990

 File — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.6
Scope and Contents

Papers containing lists of names, typescript, 3pp.

Dates: c1970 - 1990

The Major Story Monograph, c1970 - 1990

 File — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.7
Scope and Contents

Story of how John Major’s mother stepped in when Hal Denver’s partner failed to appear, typescript, 18pp.

Dates: c1970 - 1990

Arthur van Norman: Prince of Clowns Biography, July 1989

 File — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.8
Scope and Contents

Biographical sheet signed VH, typescript, 1p.

Dates: July 1989

The Denvers Press Release, c1947 - 1956

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.9
Scope and Contents

A press release from Music Corporation of America, New York, describing how Olga Frei-Denver was persuaded to stay in the partnership after her first performance, typescript, 1p.

Dates: c1947 - 1956

Monograph on Tom Norman and Joseph Merrick, c1970 - 1990

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.10
Scope and Contents

A monograph about the relationship between Tom Norman and Joseph Merrick, titled, ‘Even Shylock was entitled to his pound of flesh - but not one drop of blood. Treves got both with a knighthood to boot! The elephant man who was presented by my father Tom Norman, The Silver King’, typescript. 3pp.

Dates: c1970 - 1990

The Sensational Denvers: Aiming to Thrill Press Releases, c1947 - 1956

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.11
Scope and Contents

Pages issued by Press Relations Department, Music Corporation of America, New York, with a list of engagements and six different press releases about Hall Denvers’ knife throwing act, which he performed with his partner Olga Denver, typescript, 8pp.

Dates: c1947 - 1956

To Mr & Mrs Great Britain Monograph, 26 June 1957

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.12
Scope and Contents

Monograph about the stage in England, Hal Denver’s name typed at foot, typescript, 1p.

Dates: 26 June 1957

Description of Two Paintings, c1910 - 1990

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.13
Scope and Contents

Handwritten description of two paintings, appears to be part of a longer text, manuscript, 1p.

Dates: c1910 - 1990

Bioscope Monograph, c1890 - 1910

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.14
Scope and Contents

Early bioscope or picture shows description on paper with leather-style backing, typescript, 1p.

Dates: c1890 - 1910

Notes on ‘The Giraffe Neck Woman’ Kayan Lahwi Woman, c1900 - 1960

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.15
Scope and Contents

Brown envelope, opened out, with typed notes for a stage routine and hand-written additions to script. Diagram on reverse: Giraffe 3’, Totem pole 2’6”, 1/2 also Venus, Headless 3’, Decapitation 3’, pincushion [sic] 2’6” app, spider 2’6” approx, typescript and manuscript, 2pp.

Dates: c1900 - 1960

I Accuse the Police: Clean up this Sewer!! Monograph, c1930 - 1990

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.16
Scope and Contents

Typed account of the writer’s arrest and incarceration in a London police cell, by Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver), typescript, 2pp.

Dates: c1930 - 1990

The Armless Wonder Monograph, c1910 - 1984

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.17
Scope and Contents

Typescript with 'Ellis the Hangman next week' handwritten on the final page, and 'Received 1 Feb 1984 Ed. Dept' stamped on the back, typescript, 6pp.

Dates: c1910 - 1984

Antonuchi's Chihuahuas Script, c1957 - 1970

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.18
Scope and Contents

Script annotated by hand, 'Working script, 1a, The Davos,' typescript, 7pp.

Dates: c1957 - 1970

Antonuchi's Chihuahuas Script, c1957 - 1970

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.19
Scope and Contents

Script annotated by hand, typescript, 2pp.

Dates: c1957 - 1970

The Elephant Man Monograph, c1930 - 1990

 Item — Box: Norman Family Box 1
Reference code: 178B19.20
Scope and Contents

Comments by Ralph Norman (aka Hal Denver) on the relationship of Joseph Merrick, Tom Norman, and Frederick Treves; typescript, 9pp.

Dates: c1930 - 1990