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Total number of records: 51

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives50
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive39
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection12
Brotherton Collection8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
learned societies51
letter writing24
art education12
universities7
gift giving3
social participation3
art collections2
artists2
classical music2
clubs2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom16
Leeds, United Kingdom11
New York, Usa2
Cleveland, Ohio1
Cottingham, United Kingdom1
Edinburgh, United Kingdom1
Genoa, Italy1
Guernsey, Channel Islands1
Harlow, United Kingdom1
Hatfield, United Kingdom1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Charles2
Balmanno, Robert1
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1
May, John1
Northwestern Literacy and Historical Society1
Novello, Clara Anastasia1
Vice-President and Directors of Edinburgh Philosophical Institute1

Count of Earliest date

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From 180012
From 190039

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189912
Up to 199939

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Societies

1845

A personalised invitation to a series of meetings and performances of the Beethoven Quartett Society and two leaflets detailing the first and third meetings, with notes in Vincent Novello's hand and p...

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Beethoven Quartett Society

1845

A personalised invitation to a series of meetings and performances of the Beethoven Quartett Society and two leaflets detailing the first and third meetings Dated 21 April 1845 and 19 May 1845, with n...

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Balmanno, Robert to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1850-1861

Four handwritten letters from the author and collector Robert Balmanno to Mary Cowden Clarke, informing her of her election to the Shakespeare Society of New York and introducing her to Mrs Waterston....

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Vice-President and Directors of Edinburgh Philosophical Institute to Cowden Clarke, Charles

28 Feb 1862

Handwritten letter from the Vice-President and Directors of Edinburgh Philosophical Institute to Charles Cowden Clarke, requesting that Cowden Clarke lecture again at the Edinburgh Philosophical Insti...

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May, John to Cowden Clarke, Charles

14 Mar 1853

Handwritten letter from John May to Charles Cowden Clarke, informing Cowden Clarke that it is not a good time to offer a lecture at Penzance Literary Institution and suggesting alternative arrangement...

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Northwestern Literacy and Historical Society to Novello, Clara Anastasia

11 Mar 1886

Handwritten letter from Northwestern Literacy and Historical Society of Sioux City, Iowa, to Clara Anastasia Novello, expressing praise for her singing voice and electing her as an honorary member. Si...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Donors of the Testimonial Chair

13 Jan 1852

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to the donors of the testimonial chair, in which Cowden Clarke expresses her gratitude to the honour they have shown her for her scholarship on Shakespeare a...

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Silver star intended for a testimonial chair

c. 1851

A silver star with an inscription that reads: 'originally intended for The American Chair, to surround the Ivory Shakespeare Head'. This refers to a chair presented to Mary Cowden Clarke, about which ...

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Paper frame for gold half eagle

17 Jul 1851

Paper frame with the following inscription: 'Robert Balmanno: "The American Enthusiast." Gold Half Eagle received from the hands of Daniel Webster, America's First Statesman; at Astor House, New York,...

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NOVELLO, (Joseph) Alfred

1824-1896

Financial documents relating to Novello & Co. and (Joseph) Alfred Novello's investments in shipping and railways, business contracts, designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat, sketches and desi...

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Societies

1836

Certificate of admission for (Joseph) Alfred Novello to St Thomas's Lodge as a Freemason of the Third Degree.

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Certificate of admission to St Thomas's Lodge

1836

Certificate of admission for (Joseph) Alfred Novello to St Thomas's Lodge as a Freemason of the Third Degree. At that time it was located at Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, London.

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