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Royal College of Music

STOCKER, Joan (fl 1933-1942)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1249 MS 6792

Held at: Royal College of Music

Title: STOCKER, Joan (fl 1933-1942)

Date(s): 1933-1942

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 file (10 items)

Name of creator(s): Stocker | Joan | fl 1933-1942 | musician

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Joan Stocker was a pupil of William Henry Reed (1876-1942), the English violinist and composer, who was the leader of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1912-1935, and also taught violin at the Royal College of Music for many years.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters and cards to Joan Stocker, comprising a reference from W H Reed, 8 Feb 1935; 4 letters and Christmas cards from W H Reed, 1938-1941; order of Service, 'In Memoriam Dr. William Henry Reed', 18 Jul 1942; reference from S P Waddington, 5 Feb 1935; letter from Charles Thornton Lofthouse, 18 Jan 1937; typed circular letter with autograph signature from Sir Hugh Allen, Jul 1933; Diploma exam papers 1 and 2: Joint Graduate Course of the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music, Jul 1935.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

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:

A detailed entry is given in the supplement to volume 3 of the Manuscripts catalogue in the library of the Royal College of Music.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Presented to the RCM by Joan Stocker's daughter, Miss M Stocker, November 1996.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

RCM Department of Portraits holds the remainder of this collection, which includes photographs of W H Reed, postcard of Henry Wood, photograph of Fritz Kreisler, programme of recital by Linette Grayson and Ernest Jenner, Canterbury University College, 22 Jul 1950.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

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

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Diplomas | Educational qualifications
Music education | Cultural education
Musicians | Performers | Artists
Written examinations | Examinations | Student evaluation | Educational evaluation

Personal names
Lofthouse | Charles Thornton | 1895-1974 | music educationist, conductor and harpsichordist
Reed | William Henry | 1876-1942 | violinist and composer
Stocker | Joan | fl 1933-1942 | musician

Corporate names
Royal Academy of Music
Royal College of Music

Places