Coward, Noël Peirce, Sir, 1899-1973 (Knight, playwright and composer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1899 - 1973
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Sub-Series
Costume Stencils, c 1980, c 1984-c 1996
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/1/1/4
Scope and Contents
An assortment of costume stencils used to produce clothing for puppets, mainly for the British satirical television series, Spitting Image. There are also stencils relating to other work undertaken by Spitting Image Productions Limited. Stencils are either made out of paper or cotton. The following are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their item/file reference within this sub-sub-series:1. Squire Trelawny (...
Dates:
c 1980; c 1984-c 1996
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Series:
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File
Journal, 10 June 1926-12 Dec. 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/23
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1926 II' and mostly comprises diary entries. There are notes throughout on the progress of Sassoon's literary work (number of words written). Diary entries include passages on: /13v-14r, /116v-117r. Edith Sitwell and a feud with Noel Coward; /24r-25r. 'Little [Edmund] Blunden' and Glen [Byam Shaw]; /25v-54r. a visit to France, Switzerland and Italy with the Morrells; /55r, /56v-57r, /63v-64r, /70r. Robert Graves and his relationship with...
Dates:
10 June 1926-12 Dec. 1926 (with some later annotations and scoring out in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
File
Letter from Sir Noel Coward, 9 Jan. 1970
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9225/5/42
Scope and Contents
Thanks for a charming letter
Dates:
9 Jan. 1970
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).
File
Letters from Noël Coward to GHWR, 1935 - 1960
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/3/105
Scope and Contents
1 autograph letter signed, 1 typed letter signed, 1 autograph postcard signed and 1 telegram.
Dates:
1935 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.
File
Letters to RNL from Noël Coward, 1934-08-03 - 1952-04-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/RNL/2/138
Scope and Contents
3 autograph letters signed and 1 typed letter signed.
Dates:
1934-08-03 - 1952-04-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
Some items contain sensitive personal information and are closed to researchers under the terms of the Data Protection Act (1998). A request to view these items must be made in writing to the Archivist who will discuss with the researcher the possibilities for obtaining the written permission of the author. A statement to this effect is given with each closed file.
Item
Noël Coward, 1973-05-24
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0272/RNL/9/4
Scope and Contents
Order of service for a memorial service held in St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Dates:
1973-05-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some of the papers are reserved and may not be consulted by readers.
Sub-Sub-Series
Nova, 1966 - 1975
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/7
Scope and Contents
12 issues of the British monthly women's magazine, Nova, along with a number of tearsheets from other editions. Roger Law not only produced illustrations for some of the publication's issues, but also wrote several articles as well. The following issues/tearsheets are present:1. October 1966 - features plasticine model illustrations, which accompany the article, Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned, written by Norman Price...
Dates:
Publication: 1966 - 1975
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Sub-Fonds:
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Sub-Series
Photographs, 1962 - 1974
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/3/3
Scope and Contents
A box holding an assortment of mainly black and white photographs, which feature images of pencil and plasticine model illustrations produced by Roger Law. These images were published in various magazines and newspapers, along with featuring on the cover and interior of books. There are both single photographs and sets of images. The material present is labelled or in packaging labelled with their original reference numbers (i.e. RL/Pre-/number), which can be used to search the record forms...
Dates:
1962 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Sub-Fonds:
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File
Portfolio 2, 1960 - 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/1/1/2
Scope and Contents
A portfolio holding an array of drawings, woodcut prints, proofs, posters, and other items; all of which contain artwork by or relate to Roger Law's activities with various publications, organisations and companies.The following items are present:1. A proof on newsprint paper of a woodcut print, which features an image of Winston Churchill and Sir Harold Nicolson. This image was used in The Sunday Times, as part of The War...
Dates:
1960 - 1973
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Series:
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Sub-Sub-Series
Small and Medium Transparencies, c early 1960s-c mid 1970s
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/3/2/1
Scope and Contents
Three boxes containing 35mm and 62mm colour photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of negatives and contact prints. The majority of these items feature images of Roger Law's plasticine model illustrations, used in various publications, from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. However, there are also images relating to Law's and Peter Cook's Almost the End column in The Observer Weekend Review, c 1962; a...
Dates:
c early 1960s-c mid 1970s
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Sub-Fonds:
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File
Telegram from Noel Coward to JDH, 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/JDH/26/20
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection contains papers relating to Hayward's editions of works by Jonathan Swift and others; some of his own writings and broadcasts; bibliographical papers; and correspondence.
Dates:
1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.