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Total number of records: 3479

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Archives2635
Books and printed items843
Objects1

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art education1038
letter writing927
exhibitions478
art history252
lectures200
painting195
publishing191
art156
postcards137
academies and institutes134

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London, United Kingdom1047
Leeds, United Kingdom324
England55
Great Britain35
Horsham, United Kingdom33
Oxford, United Kingdom23
Croagnes, France20
Sheffield, United Kingdom20
Nottingham, United Kingdom19
West Bretton, United Kingdom18

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De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)841
Arts Council of Great Britain81
Jodie Edwards81
British Broadcasting Corporation70
Tate Gallery42
Royal Festival Hall (London, England)26
Victoria and Albert Museum. Circulation Department23
Victoria and Albert Museum20
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)19
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)14

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Archive Collection

Maurice de Sausmarez Archive

De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)

c.1900-2015

Archive of artist, educator and writer Maurice de Sausmarez (1915-69). The archive comprises an extensive collection of manuscripts of his numerous lectures, articles and publications, incoming corres...

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Personalia

1923-2015

Material documenting the life of Maurice de Sausmarez, including his family history and education, personal effects and biography, financial records and posthumous recognition.

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Archive Sub-series

Family history and education

1923-1974

Notebooks, letters, press cuttings and associated material relating to de Sausmarez family history and early life. Includes school books and reports.

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Primary and secondary education

1923-1939

Reports from St Michael's School, Kensal Rise Council School and Christ's Hospital, including exercise books, press cuttings, concert programmes and correspondence from Maurice de Sausmarez's former t...

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Report from St Michael's School

Dec 1923

Report from St Michael's School from class 1, written in the same year that Maurice de Sausmarez had been brought to England from Australia by his mother Jessie, along with his brother George, followi...

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Programme for London Symphony Orchestra at Christ's Hospital

7 Jul 1938

Programme for a concert by London Symphony Orchestra at Christ's Hospital, conducted by Dr C.S. Lang. Maurice de Sausmarez had been a student at the school from 1926 to 1932 and at the time of this co...

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Photographic postcard of Christ's Hospital

c. 1930

Photographic postcard of Christ's Hospital from the air by Surrey Flying Services, Croydon. S.F.S Series No. 2638. Blank on the reverse. Maurice de Sausmarez was a student at Christ's Hospital between...

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Letter card for Christ's Hospital

c. 1930

Unused gravure edition de luxe letter card for Christ's Hospital by Photochrom Co. Ltd., with 6 photographic images of interior and exterior views of the school. Maurice de Sausmarez attended the scho...

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Christ's Hospital Votum

c. 1930

Printed score for Christ's Hospital Votum, words by Rev. W. Haig Brown and music by Collingwood Banks. Maurice de Sausmarez attended the school between 1926 and 1932.

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Programme for John Hunt at Wigmore Hall

c. 1935

Printed programme for 3 performances by the pianist John Hunt at Wigmore Hall in London. Hunt had been a student at Christ's Hospital, as had Maurice de Sausmarez. The programme included performances ...

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Letter from D.C. Temple to Maurice de Sausmarez

c. 1934

Undated handwritten letter from a teacher at Christ's Hospital, D.C. Temple, to former student Maurice de Sausmarez, arranging a visit on 4 August and wishing him luck.

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Christ's Hospital coat of arms

c. 1926

Woven textile Christ's Hospital coat of arms, with a textile label pinned to the reverse inscribed with 'MAINE A.42.', which refers to the junior boys boarding house named after the historian Henry Ja...

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