IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1249 MS 6792
Held at: Royal College of Music
Title: STOCKER, Joan (fl 1933-1942)
Date(s): 1933-1942
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file (10 items)
Name of creator(s): Stocker | Joan | fl 1933-1942 | musician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Joan Stocker was a pupil of William Henry Reed (1876-1942), the English violinist and composer, who was the leader of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1912-1935, and also taught violin at the Royal College of Music for many years.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Letters and cards to Joan Stocker, comprising a reference from W H Reed, 8 Feb 1935; 4 letters and Christmas cards from W H Reed, 1938-1941; order of Service, 'In Memoriam Dr. William Henry Reed', 18 Jul 1942; reference from S P Waddington, 5 Feb 1935; letter from Charles Thornton Lofthouse, 18 Jan 1937; typed circular letter with autograph signature from Sir Hugh Allen, Jul 1933; Diploma exam papers 1 and 2: Joint Graduate Course of the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music, Jul 1935.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A detailed entry is given in the supplement to volume 3 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College of Music.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the RCM by Joan Stocker's daughter, Miss M Stocker, November 1996.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
RCM Department of Portraits holds the remainder of this collection, which includes photographs of W H Reed, postcard of Henry Wood, photograph of Fritz Kreisler, programme of recital by Linette Grayson and Ernest Jenner, Canterbury University College, 22 Jul 1950.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source: Grove Dictionary of Music.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Nov 2001