Bell, Harold Idris, Sir, Keeper of Manuscripts British Museum

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creatorOf IDRIS BELL PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. i+209). 1. ff. 1-78. Letters to his father, Charles Christopher Bell, and to H. I. Bell as an undergraduate; 1885-1903. 2. ff. 79-126. Correspondence rel. to German refugees; 1938-1939. 3. ff. 127-148. Letters from Norm..., 1885-1947 British Library
referencedIn Vol. I (ff. 204). Abd al Masih-Budge.includes:ff.1-8 Yassa Abd al Masih, of Cairo: Letters to W. E. Crum: 1935-1936.: Mainly typewritten. ff.9-11 Hakim Abu-Seif, of Luxor: Letters to W. E. Crum: 1917. ff. 12-61b Charles Robert Cecil Austin Allberry, ... British Library
creatorOf IDRIS BELL PAPERS: papyrological correspondence and papers of Sir Harold Idris Bell, F.B.A. (b.1879, d.1967); 1885-1967. Bell was Keeper of manuscripts in the British Museum 1929-1944, President of the British Academy 1946-1950. Further correspondenc..., 1885-1967 British Library
creatorOf PYTHOUSE PAPERS. Vol. VI. Report by H. I. Bell of the British Museum, Department of Manuscripts (ff. 1-6v), followed (ff. 7-131) by typewritten transcripts of the narratives in Add. 62084 and 62085 above; 1914, n.d. Wilts. R.O. 444. ff. 131. 326 x 20..., 1914 British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 151). Letters; 1-31 March 1934.James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: Correspondence rel. to Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1934: Partly signed and copies.Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: C... British Library
creatorOf 2819 Diaries of Claire Clairmont, 1818-1822 and 1825-1826 (1), ff. i+16, octavo; (2), ff. 89, octavo; (3), ff. 126, quarto; (4), ff. i+71, quarto. All, except 2819 (1), in the original bindings.Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, mistress of Lord Byron: Diari..., 1818-1826 British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. IX (ff. 85). Letters; 2 June 1934-27 March 1937.Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Correspondence rel. to acquisition of Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1935: Partly drafts.John Humphrey Witney, Assista... British Library
creatorOf DAWSON CORRESPONDENCE: correspondence of Warren Royal Dawson (b.1888, d.1968), broker at Lloyds' and historian especially of Egypt and of medicine, mostly with Sir (Harold) Idris Bell and Theodore Cressy Skeat, Keepers of Manuscripts in the British M..., 1925-1966 British Library
referencedIn Vol. XXXI. (ff. i+333).includes:ff. 50, 59 William Welchman, Archdeacon of Bristol: Letters to E. H. W. Meyerstein: 1929.f. 58 Edward Lewis Augustine Hertslet, Vicar of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol: Letter to E. H. W. Meyerstein: 1929.f. 73 Walt... British Library
creatorOf MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS, viz.:-A. Certificate of election as Tribuno Superiore in the Legione Calabro-Meridionale of the Falange Sacra issued to citizen Eugenio Panizza; May, 1865. Ital. Signed, and partly written, by Giuseppe Mazzini, the..., 1616-1936 British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 142). Letters; 4-16 Jan. 1934.John Humphrey Witney, Assistant Secretary, British Museum: Correspondence rel. to acquisition of Codex Sinaiticus: 1934: Partly signed and copies.James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minis... British Library
referencedIn 'RECORDS RELATING To KENT': fair copies of pre-Conquest charters relating to Kent (ff. 2-20b), made for Sir Edward Dering, 1st Bart., of Surrenden-Dering, co. Kent, perhaps about 1630, by his amanuensis, Oliver Marshall, with marginal notes in Dering..., approximately 1630 British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. IV (ff. 149). Letters; 17-27 Jan. 1934.James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: Correspondence rel. to Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1934: Partly signed and copies.Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Co... British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 159). Letters; 29 Jan.-13 Feb. 1934.James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: Correspondence rel. to Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1934: Partly signed and copies.Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum... British Library
creatorOf MISCELLANE0US LETTERS AND PAPERS, VIZ.:-A. Fragments taken from bindings in the Department of Printed Books:-(1) Parts of two consecutive leaves from a MS. of the Decretum of Gratian, written in Italy. XIV cent. Vellum. ff. 1-2;-(2) Two fragmentary..., 1200-1918 British Library
creatorOf Vol. XVII (ff. 381). 1944-1945.includes:f. 1 Elsie Fogerty, Principal, The Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art: Letters, etc., to G. B. Shaw of Elsie Fogerty: 1936-1944: Partly signed and printed. f. 2 F. Murphy, engineer, of Wigan: Le..., 1944-1945 British Library
creatorOf SIR HAROLD IDRIS BELL: letters from Bell to Professor Sir Eric Turner and from A. S. Hunt to Bell; 1946-1967, 1926. Paper; ff., 1926-1967 British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 142). Letters; 2 April-29 May 1934.Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Correspondence rel. to acquisition of Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1935: Partly drafts.John Humphrey Witney, Assistant ... British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. X (ff. 287). 1. ff. 1-54. Newspaper cuttings relating to the acquisition of the manuscript by the British Museum; 1933-1934, n.d. Partly German and Welsh.2. ff. 55-217. Papers, including photographs, relating to the firs..., 1933-1936 British Library
creatorOf HUGHES-HUGHES FAMILY ALBUM: compiled by Augustus Hughes-Hughes (b.1857, d.1942), Assistant Keeper, Department of Manuscripts, British Museum; 1831-1942. A scrapbook containing photographs, newspaper cuttings, concert programmes, correspondence, schoo..., 1831-1942 British Library
creatorOf LETTERS FROM CHARLOTTE FRANCES SHAW, WIFE OF GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, to Thomas Edward Lawrence, afterwards (1927) Shaw, known as 'Lawrence of Arabia'; Dec. 1922-Apr. 1935. Autograph. Appended (ff. 59-123) are typewritten copies of the correspondence. At... British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 114). Letters; 14-28 Feb. 1934.James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: Correspondence rel. to Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1934: Partly signed and copies.Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British Museum: Co... British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. II (ff. 133). Letters; 22 Dec. 1933-3 Jan. 1934.James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: Correspondence rel. to Codex Sinaiticus: 1933-1934: Partly signed and copies.Sir Harold Idris Bell, Keeper of Manuscripts, British M... British Library
creatorOf 'ST JOAN', the play by George Bernard Shaw, first performed in New York on 28 Dec. 1923 and in London at the New Theatre on 26 Mar. 1924. The autograph draft, in shorthand with occasional phrases and names of characters in full, written 29 Apr.-24 Au..., 1923-1944 British Library
creatorOf CODEX SINAITICUS PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 534 + 508*, 509*). Papers; 7 Aug. 1933-5 Jul 1934.William Cosmo Gordon Lang, Baron Lang; Archbishop of Canterbury: Correspondence with Sir G. F. Hill: 1933-1934: Partly signed.James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Ministe... British Library
referencedIn Transcript by E[dmund] van der Straeten of the musical part of MS. 38914 A into modern score, 8 Aug. 1911, and Engl. translation (f. 11) of the whole by H. I. Bell. Paper, ff. 26. Quarto.includes:ff. 1-10 Edmund Van der Straeten: Transcribed: in 1911... British Library
creatorOf THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER, translated into English prose by Thomas Edward Lawrence, afterwards (1927) Shaw, known as 'Lawrence of Arabia', between 1927 and 1931. Autograph. First published in 1932 by Sir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers in a ..., 1927-1944 British Library
creatorOf SUPPLEMENTARY SHAW PAPERS. Vol. XIX (ff. 103). Miscellaneous correspondence of Mrs Shaw; 1893-1941, n.d. Partly autograph and printed.Charlotte Frances Shaw, née Payne-Townshend; wife of G B Shaw: General correspondence of and concerning Charlotte Fr..., 1893-1941 British Library
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Ireland, Europe
Stretford, Herefordshire
Italy, Europe
Nonington, Kent
Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk
Uckfield, Sussex
Brenzett, Kent
Stamford Hill, Middlesex
Cherbourg, France
Zsambok, Hungary
Sunninghill, Berkshire
Ombersley, Worcestershire
Hersham, Surrey
Chester, Cheshire
Paisley, Renfrewshire
Guernsey, Channel Islands
Ryde, Isle of Man
Smyrna, Turkey
Kent, England
Guildford, Surrey
Sudan, Africa
Estoril, Portugal
Montgomeryshire, Wales
Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Channel Islands, United Kingdom
Templecombe, Somerset
Warrington, Lancashire
Haselbury Bryan, Dorset
Siena, Italy
Hunslet Moor, Yorkshire
Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire
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