Coward, Henry (Sir), 1849-1944

Date: 1835-1978

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2723

Description: Comprise selections from the records of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, the Marsh Brothers and Ellin family papers, and the Sir Henry Coward papers; the Lord Darling papers, although listed, have not been copied Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1911

Reference: Eph-A-MUSIC-1911

Description: Includes: Auckland University College Musical Society. First grand concert (With Mr Lonergan, Miss Aileen White, Mr McLean, Mr Orchard, Mr Montague, Miss Kate Best). St Andrews Hall, 29 July [1911]. Programme Leonard Borwick, one of the world's greatest pianists. Pianoforte recitals. Town Hall Wellington, 14 and 16 September [1911]. Programme (2 copies) Leonard Borwick. Additional concert. [Wellington Town Hall], 23 September [1911]. Programme / flier. Amy Castles. New Zealand tour 1911. Direction J & N Tait. With Amy Castles, Alexander Camphausen, Louis Hattenbach and William Conway). Programme Coronation Empire concert. Conductor Dr Charles Harriss, Mr Wilfrid Virgo and Mr Robert Chignell. [Wellington, 1 July 1911]. Programme / flier (2 copies) First Musical Festival of the Empire. 1911 Festival of New Zealand. Auckland, Wellington, Palmerston North, Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill. Programme / book of words (With photographs of the King and Queen, the Governor Lord Islington, Dr Charles Harriss, Henry Coward, Lady Norah Noel, Miss Jennie Taggart, Miss Maud Willby, Miss Gertrude Lonsdale, Miss Alice Heeley, Mr Henry Turnpenney, Mr Wilfred Virgo, Mr Robert Charlesworth, Mr Robert Chignell, composers Edward Elgar, Bach, C Hubert H Parry; and words of works performed) (2 copies, one missing front cover) Holy Trinity Church Gisborne. Organ recital. Organist Mr E N Sidebottom; vocalist Mrs Shierlaw. 27 February 1911. Programme / flier Huddersfield Bellringers' Band. Australasian tour. Opera House Wellington, 25 November 1911. Programme (one copy pink cover, two copies blue cover) Eugene Ossipoff, the great Russian baritone. Three recitals. Assisting artists Miss Lilian Edmonds (soprano), Miss Ina Gow (pianist), Miss Renee Lees (soprano). Opera House Wellington. 25, 27 and 28 March 1911. Programme Royal Choral Society Wellington. Annual report and balance sheet, season 1911, to be presented at the annual meeting, 23 February 1912. The Royal Hawaiians. Direct from the paradise of the Pacific. Embraced in the party is the famous Hawaiian Glee Club. Town Hall Wellington, 3 June 1911. Programme and promotional pamphlet with photograph Mr W T Sharp. Grand organ concert. St Andrews Presbyterian Church (Auckland), 17 October 1911. Programme Sheffield Choir World tour, under Dr Henry Coward, around the Empire, 17 March - 30 September 1911. Book of programmes and words. Sousa and his band. New Zealand tour August 1911. Auckland season. Opera House, 23-31 August [1911]. Two promotional pamphlet with portrait Stratford Orchestral Society. Second concert to be held in the Foresters' Hall, 1 June 1911. Programme Quantity: 15 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes, up to octavo size, some illustrated. Provenance: One programme donated by Mrs Margaret Hancock, Tokoroa, from the collection of her husband, in 2009.

Date: 1880s - 1910s

From: Cox, Margaret Irene, 1887-1968: Portraits of theatrical personalities

Reference: PA1-q-242

Description: Photographs of actors, musicians and entertainers who performed in New Zealand circa the 1870s to 1920s. Photographs (Nos. 496 and 497) are unidentified. 'House that Jack Built' a J.C. Williamson pantomime production performed in New Zealand in 1917. Script written by George Slater and Frank Dix, music by Victor Champion. Performers included New Zealanders and new artists from London theatres; produced by Chas. A Wenman. Performers include Hilda Guiver, Gretchen Yates, Constance Cayley, Harry Roxbury, Frederick Hearne, Ernest Langford and William Fullbrook. See photograph of the cast (individual performers not identified) in Theatrical Album 10 (PA1-q-242, No. 471). 'Rose of Riviera' musical comedy produced by George Stephenson's English Musical Comedy Company circa 1904-1905. See photographs in Theatrical Album 10 (PA1-q-242, Nos. 484 to 492). 'Strange adventures of Miss Brown' a comedy play produced in New Zealand in 1898 by the Thornton Comedy Company. See photograph of some of the cast in Theatrical Album 10 (PA1-q-242, No. 493). 'Struck Oil' a comedy play performed by J.C. Williamson's theatrical company in New Zealand in 1881. See photograph of the cast "Williamson's Struck Oil Company" in Theatrical Album 10 (PA1-q-242, No. 479). Other Titles - Portraits, theatricals, etc., Volume 10 Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cloth covers, red leather spine and corners, entitled "Portraits, theatricals, etc., Volume 10"; 34 x 25 cm Finding Aids: Index in front of album. Index to entire collection on correspondence file TL6/1/46, with copy bound separately and filed on album shelves.

Date: 1929-1964

From: Oliver, Stanley, 1891-1964: Papers

By: Oliver, Stanley, 1891-1964

Reference: MS-Papers-9204-3

Description: Consists correspondence with notable musicians, photographs and cuttings including obituary and notes about her father written by Mary Knox. Includes a programme for the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod which Oliver wrote about after his visit to Canada, USA and England in 1957 Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - (A2008-134) Donated by Dr M Knox, Wellington

Date: 28 Sep 1987

By: Thomson, John Mansfield, 1926-1999; Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: MSC-001455

Description: `Sir Henry Coward's Sheffield Musician Union Choir - Tour of New Zealand, 1911'. Lecture by J M Thomson, Alexander Turnbull Library, 28 September 1987, to celebrate National Music Week. Quantity: 1 audiocassette(s).