Violin - Study and teaching
Ruscoe, Ivan, fl 1940-1999 : Papers
Date: [ca 1911]-1998
By: Ruscoe, Ivan, active 1990s
Reference: MS-Group-0782
Description: Includes autograph book kept by donor's mother, Alys Norma Ruscoe (previously Stowell), from 1911 to about 1938, which includes a poem contributed by her uncle, James Cowan. Also an article about James Cowan, with editorial obituary (NZ magazine, v22, n5, Sep-Oct 1943) Copy of `Maori-English tutor' by Stowell with inserts; obituaries of Stowell; and letter from Stowell to Ruscoe relating to knowledge of the violin and learning how to play it Source of title - Supplied Accompanying material - Copy of letter from donor with background to poem and the Stowell family and their friendship with James Cowan; also letter from donor with anecdote about H M Stowell The donor, Ivan Ruscoe, is the grandson of H M Stowell Quantity: 4 folder(s). 1 volume(s). 0.06 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss, typescript and printed matter (some photocopies) Transfers: To Photographic Archive - Four photographs of James Cowan; one photograph of Roy Cowan.
Papers relating to Henry Mathew Stowell
Date: [ca 1940]-1998
From: Ruscoe, Ivan, fl 1940-1999 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6450
Description: Comprises letter from Henry M Stowell to his grandson, Ivan Ruscoe, discussing violin playing, Ivan's Maggini copy violin, and his learning of the instrument (1940); and letter from Ruscoe describing how he began violin studies and the part his grandfather played in this Also includes obituary of Stowell by M Chapman-Taylor (from JPS), part of whakapapa (annotated) and further obituaries of Stowell; also photocopy of photograph of Stowell transferred to Photographic Archive Quantity: 1 folder(s).