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Olivier, Laurence Kerr, 1907-1989 (Baron Olivier of Brighton, Actor)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1907 - 1989

Biography

Laurence Kerr Olivier (1907-1989) Baron Olivier, actor

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondents O, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/O
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Dates: 1955
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).
 Item

from Laurence Olivier, Shakespeare Memorial Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, 12 May 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8905/10/O/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Hassall died intestate. His working papers were taken to the Royal Society of Literature by his assistant Gillian Paterson, who arranged and (presumably) listed them. They were bought by CUL from Bloomsbury Book Auctions in 1992. They were housed in paper box files 1 25 and cartons A D, as listed. They have now been re boxed, in 28 boxes and one packet, which has involved some reorganisation of the material and hence some rearrangement and re numbering of the original list.

Dates: 12 May 1955
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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Small and Medium Transparencies, c early 1960s-c mid 1970s

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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 is also images relating to Law's and Peter Cook's Almost the End column in The Observer Weekend Review, c1962; a transparency...
Dates: c early 1960s-c mid 1970s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Sub-Fonds: See sub-level descriptions for any information on access restrictions or closures of material.