IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1249 7065-7245
Held at: Royal College of Music
Title: MATTHEWS, Betty (1919-1997)
Date(s): 1907-1997
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: c24 boxes
Name of creator(s): Matthews | Betty | 1919-1997 | musicologist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
No further information available at present.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Betty Matthews, 1907-1997 (predominantly 1960-1997), including correspondence, research notes, printed articles, booklets and pamphlets mainly relating to organs and organists, particularly English church organs, and including papers relating to Matthews' research topics, including 18th century concert life in South West England; the organs of Exeter Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Buckingham Palace, Eaton Hall (Cheshire), Lulworth Castle, Bath Assembly Rooms, Barnstaple Parish Church, and St James Church, Poole; organ building families, including the Lefflers, the Corfes, the Loosemores, the Gosses, the Harrises and the Dallams; organs built by John Avery, Bernard 'Father' Smith, and Thomas Swarbrick; John Skelton Bumpus and his library; Thomas Norris (1742-1790), organist; Kirckman harpsichords; the research, publication and distribution of Matthews' articles, including 'Mendelssohn and the organ of Crosby Hall' (Musical Times, 1973); 'Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876: a centenary memoir' (Kenneth Mummery, 1976); 'Winslade of Winchester' (Musical Times, 1978); 'William Parke and the Royal Society of Musicians' (Musical Times, 1988); 'The Lincoln family' (The Organ, 1989); 'James Hook and his family' (Musical Times, 1990).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The collection is largely unsorted, but mostly contains subject files corresponding to topics mentioned in the scope and content.
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:
The collection has been partially catalogued onto the RCM Library OPAC.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated to the Royal College of Music by the family in 1998.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: May 2001