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Percy A. Scholes fonds [textual record, graphic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Reference:

R11530-0-1-E

Type of material:

Textual material, Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

892715

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Percy A. Scholes fonds
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Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

Approx. 40 m of textual records.
Approx. 2500 photographs.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of more than 4000 files of research material arranged in an alphabetical classification scheme closely related to the entries in The Oxford Companion to Music, including clippings from newspapers and periodicals, program notes and index slips referring to information in periodicals and the monographs in the collection; some files contain correspondence between Scholes and musical personalities of the time such as Bax, Rubbra, Elgar and Vaughan Williams; ca. 2500 picture files including photographs, negatives, postcards, calendars and reproductions used in producing the encyclopedic dictionary.

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Scholes, Percy Alfred, 1877-1958

Biography/Administrative history:

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Scholes, Percy Alfred, 1877-1958 : English music writer, broadcaster, educator, scholar, encyclopedist; author of The Oxford Companion to Music (1938). England and Switzerland.

Finding aid:

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(Electronic) Detailed file list. Music. (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000002146.pdf

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Custodial history:

Acquired by the National Library of Canada in 1957, the professional library of Percy A. Scholes, best known for his Oxford Companion to Music, included approximately 40 linear metres of research files originally intershelved with his books.

Source:

Private

Library of Congress class no.:

ML100 S375
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Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Volume [R11530] 1--172

[Consultation 90 Open]

Volume [R11530] 173

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

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Correspondence authored by Percy Scholes may be reproduced for publication without the written consent of the Estate of Percy Scholes. Publication of other materials in the fonds requires written permission from the copyright owner.

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