Rogers Memorial Collection: John Barnett papers, 1818-1889 (inclusive), 1823-1865 (bulk).

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Rogers Memorial Collection: John Barnett papers, 1818-1889 (inclusive), 1823-1865 (bulk).

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The bulk of this collection is contained in three subseries. Subseries B, Compositions by John Barnett, includes more than one hundred manuscript musical scores by Barnett, most of them short pieces. Subseries C, Compositions by Others, consists mostly of words sent to Barnett by various authors to be set to music, including compositions by authors such as Manfredo Maggioni, Henry Thomas Smart, and Harry Stoe Van Dyk. Subseries D, Diaries, includes diaries kept intermittently by Barnett from 1829 to 1889, as well as typescript transcripts prepared by Henry Munroe Rogers of the diaries from 1831 to 1847.

7 boxes (3 linear ft.).

Houghton Library

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Houghton Library

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Rogers Memorial Collection.

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Rogers, Henry Munroe, 1839-1937

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Henry Munroe Rogers and Clara Kathleen Rogers amassed a substantial collection of theatrical and military memorabilia over the course of their long lives, mostly as part of their personal papers. In 1930, they donated these papers to Harvard College Library. The Rogers Memorial Room on the top floor of Widener Library was set aside to house the collection, and opened in 1935. The Rogers Memorial Room was relocated to the Harvard Theatre Collection's space in Lamont Library in 1949. Building reno...

Barnett, John, 1802-1890

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English composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p.], to S[amuel] Chappell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270671938 ...

Maggioni, Manfredo

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000329 Epithet: translator and librettist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001039.0x000245 ...

Smart, Henry Thomas, 1813-1879

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English organist and composer. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : London Sept. 17 1864, to Charles Harding, 1864 Sept. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270669890 ...

Van Dyk, Harry Stoe, 1798-1828.

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