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Box Biggs Box 9

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Ephemera relating to Central London Choral Society concert, 1939

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/1/11
Scope and Contents

Programme and flyer flor Central London Choral and Orchestral Society concert in 1939 (Messiah).

Dates: 1939

Newspaper cutting, 1930s

 Item — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/1/12
Scope and Contents

Cutting for concert, undated with Edgar Arnold Biggs as accompanist. Concert was in aid of St Dunstan's (now renamed Blind Veterans). Undated.

Dates: 1930s

Envelope addressed to Miss E. A. Biggs, 1930s

 Item — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/1/13
Scope and Contents

Envelope addressed to Miss E.A. Biggs, which contained photographs from The Rebel Maid to be found in 435/11/1/4, Tom Jones 435/11/1/7, Carmen 435/11/1/8 and Faust 435/11/1/9.

Dates: 1930s

Central London Choral and Orchestral Society documentation

 Item — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/1/14
Scope and Contents

Documentation from the Central London Choral and Orchestral Society.

Dates: 1929 - 1939

Reference for Edgar Arnold Biggs, 18 December 1935

 Item — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/1/15
Scope and Contents

Reference for Edgar Arnold Biggs from [Sir] Adrian Boult on BBC headed notepaper.

Dates: 18 December 1935

Letter from W.D Thomas to Edgar Arnold Biggs, 2 February 1939

 Item — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/1/16
Scope and Contents

Letter from the secretary of the Central London Choral and Orchestra Society to Edgar Biggs.

Dates: 2 February 1939

Prize-giving programmes from Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School, 1933 - 1935

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/1/17
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Prize-giving programmes from Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School, from 1933 and 1935. (Composer of school song is David J. Thomas, conductor for the Central London Choral and Orchestral Society)

Dates: 1933 - 1935

Manuscript for 'Nine sketches' written by Edgar Arnold Biggs, [1920s - 1930s]

 Item — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/1/18
Scope and Contents

Undated. Includes title page, and the following items; (1) À vedre (incomplete); (2) Anonymous; (3) Donkeys in trousers; (4) The luge; (5) Joseph Kent; (6) Mist; (7) Oysters; (8) Sensational find in Liverpool; (9) Tonight at 8 ...

Dates: [1920s - 1930s]

Personal papers, 1938

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/1
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Includes letter regarding Ethel Biggs' pension; note about qualifying as a barrister; programme for Middle Temple garden party in 1938.

Dates: 1938

Correspondence, 1963 - 1971

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/2
Scope and Contents Contains: (1) Envelope addressed to Howard Biggs, dated 10 August 1965, in Ethel Bright Ashford's handwriting; (2) Letter, undated, from Ethel Bright Ashford; (3) Letter dated 13 December 1963, to Ethel Bright Ashford, from her brother Owen Bright Ashford in Australia; (4) Postcard dated 26 June 1966, to Ethel Bright Ashford (The London Society); (5) Letter dated 22 October 1969, to Ethel Bright Ashford (The London Society), from E. Macfarlane; (6) Letter dated 23 October 1969, to Ethel...
Dates: 1963 - 1971

Correspondence concerning a lecture on cricket, 16 October 1967

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/3
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Correspondence about, and text of, a lecture on cricket, given by J.G. Dunbar.

Dates: 16 October 1967

Publications by Ethel Bright Ashford, 1843 - 1969

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/4
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Flyers from the St Marylebone Society Publications Group and others for publications by Ethel Bright Ashford. Also includes a list of all her publications.

Dates: 1843 - 1969

The London Society, 1945 - 1970

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/5
Scope and Contents

The London Society: letters; flyers; copies of The Journal of the London Society, 1945-1970.

Dates: 1945 - 1970

Published London material, 1960 - 1969

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/6
Scope and Contents

Published London material: The St John's Wood Protection Society; The London Gardener; Central Council of Civic Societies.

Dates: 1960 - 1969

Council for the Preservation of Rural England, 1943 - 1973

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/7
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Includes memo on rural housing; CPRE newsletter/magazine January 1973; and leaflet 'Your countryside at risk' 1967.

Dates: 1943 - 1973

Commons, Open Spaces and Footpaths Preservation Society, 1939 - 1976

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/8
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Includes publication 'Maps and Surveys of Public Rights of Way;, 1939; journal of the Society, 1942; memo on 'Commons in the post-war period', 1940s; flyer for centenary public meeting of the Society, 1965; and agenda for annual general meeting, 1976.

Dates: 1939 - 1976

Royal Commonwealth Society, 1965 - 1975

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/9
Scope and Contents

Royal Commonwealth Society: programme of events; copies of Commonwealth Journal, 1965-1975.

Dates: 1965 - 1975

Copy of The Journal of the Royal Society of St George, 1943

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/10
Scope and Contents

Copy of The Journal of the Royal Society of St George, with insert, June 1943.

Dates: 1943

Letter to Norman B. Ashford from Thomas Beecham, 4 January 1902

 Item — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/11
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Norman Ashford was the brother of Ida Biggs and of Ethel Bright Ashford. The letter is from Thomas Beecham, of Beecham Pills, offering to pay Ashford for a design/sketch.

Dates: 4 January 1902

Letter from Private W. Foster, during World War I, November 1917

 File — Box: Biggs Box 9
Reference code: 435/11/2/12
Scope and Contents

Letter with envelope from Private W. Foster to a member of the Ashford family ('the gentleman who gave the free tea for boys in khaki'); transcription of the letter.

Dates: November 1917