SMITH, Muriel (fl 1915-1973)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1249 MS 6896
Held at	: Royal College of Music   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rcm.ac.uk/library/contactus/archivesandrecords/ ›
Full title	: SMITH, Muriel (fl 1915-1973)
Date(s)	: 1915-1968
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Smith | Muriel | fl 1915-1973 | musician

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Muriel Smith was Secretary of the Lewes Music Club.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Muriel Smith, 1915-1968, comprising letters and postcards from performers and speakers to the Lewes Music Club, including Jelly d'Aranyi (3), Fanny Davies (8), Robina Friskin, Léon Gossens, Marjorie Hayward, Myra Hess, Frank Howes (4), Norman Notley (2), Arnold Trowell, Steuart Wilson.

Access & 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.

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

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented by Muriel Smith to the RCM, 21 March 1973.

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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