IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1249 MS 4769
Held at: Royal College of Music
Title: THORNTON, H F (fl 1900-1930)
Date(s): 1847-1959
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Thornton | H F | fl 1900-1930 | musician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
H F Thornton was a horn student at the Royal College of Music. He subsequently played in the orchestra of the Royal Opera Company and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Autograph album of H F Thornton and his daughter Mrs Elsie Holliwell, featuring signatures of musicians, 1904-1971, including Hamish MacCunn, August Manns, Walter Parratt, Serge Rachmaninoff, Edna Thornton, Henry J Wood; correspondence of Elsie Holliwell relating to her gift of the book to the Royal College of Music, 1974.
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:
An entry is given in volume 2 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College of Music.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Given by Mrs Holliwell to the RCM, May 1974.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2001