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Reith, John Charles Walsham, 1889-1971 (1st Baron Reith and first director-general of the BBC)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1889 - 1971

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence from Lord Reith, 12 July 1937-6 Dec. 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/5/169-170
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Comprises correspondence and papers of Mary Hope Allen, as well as correspondence of her grandfather Robin Allen (1820-98), Secretary of Trinity House and a poet and critic, and of her father, Sir Ernest King Allen (1864-1937), Assistant Public Trustee 1915-23. Robin Allen's correspondents include 19th century politicians, artists, poets and critics such as W.E. Gladstone, Thomas Hardy, Lord Leighton, John Ruskin, Lord Tennyson, Arnold Toynbee and Mrs. Humphry Ward. There is a collection of...
Dates: 12 July 1937-6 Dec. 1938
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence with Reith, 1960-1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/1D/1-52
Dates: 1960-1971
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Notes of conversations with E. A. Bennet, Lord Bicester, G. M. Booth, Viscount Davidson, Sir P. J. Grigg, E. Holland-Martin, Lord Layton, G. H. S. Pinsent, Lord Reith and Lord Rennell, 1962-1963 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/1C/419-428
Dates: 1962-1963 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Notes of conversations with M. Adam Smith, Sir A. C. Boult, H. J .G. Grisewood, Lord Longford, M. J. MacDonald, Lord Reith, Viscount Runciman and O. J. Whitley, 1969-1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/1D/102-109
Dates: 1969-1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Post-publication correspondence, 1972-1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/1D/88-101
Dates: 1972-1974
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Research correspondence, 1969-1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/1D/53-87
Dates: 1969-1972
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Typescript copies of letters from Lord and Lady Norman to Mr. & Mrs. T. M. Brown, 1906-1944 (Circa)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9429/1C/429-473
Dates: 1906-1944 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).