IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1249 MS 6899
Held at: Royal College of Music
Title: ARMITAGE, Doris M (d 1974)
Date(s): 1911-1974
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Armitage | Doris M | d 1974 | musician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Doris M Armitage (died Feb 1974) was a friend and student of the pianist Fanny Davies and an acquaintance of the singer Helen Henschel.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Doris M Armitage, 1911-1974, comprising 2 letters from Fanny Davies, 1911 and 1930, mainly in regard to lessons; 4 letters, 1960, 1961 an undated, from Helen Henschel with thanks for appreciation of Henschel's talks and her book When Soft Voices Die (London, 1944); postcard from Ethel Smyth, 1925, with thanks for appreciation of Smyth's books; letters regarding bequeathal of Armitage's papers to the RCM.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English.
System of arrangement:
The letters are in chronological order.
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:
The collection is catalogued in the 'Provisional catalogue of letters in the RCM library' by J Kersey, 1997, vol 1; an entry is also given in the supplement to volume 3 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:
Bequeathed to the RCM by Doris Armitage, 1974.
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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: Apr 2002