Introduction
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Diaries, 1929-71
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Other papers, 1929-72
| Abstract: Papers of Marjorie Eugene Alexander (b 1913) New Zealand pianist, 1929-72. |
Marjorie Eugene Alexander (b. 1913) was a New Zealand pianist who won an Associated Board Scholarship in 1931 which enabled her to study at the Royal College of Music in London. She remained at the college for five years and won numerous awards including a Leverhulme Exhibition. Alexander also began broadcasting in the Overseas Service of the BBC whilst still studying at the Royal College of Music. She made her London debut at Wigmore Hall in 1944 and continued to tour England. She married Cyril Cooke in 1956? and taught the piano.
Mainly diaries. Also found with the collection were three photographs, including two portraits of Marjorie Alexander by the photographer Angus McBean, see MS. Photogr. c. 128, fols. 89-91, and a box of ten medals awarded as music prizes when she was still in New Zealand, 1929-31, see Janitor's List of Library Portraits and Objects 748.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. c. 6843, fols. 1-2].
| Diary, June-Dec. 1929,
1931-2 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6843 Extent: 113 leaves Scope and Content: Loose notes found inside MS. Eng. d. 3398 below. Including
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| Diary, written in Whitcombe's New Zealand
Commercial Dairy (sic) No. 21, 1930,
1930 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3398 Extent: viii + 32 + 212 pages Binding: red cloth, gilt lettering |
| Diary, 1942-3 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6844 Extent: 146 leaves, 139-46 blank Scope and Content: Includes (fol. 2) an explanatory note for part of the gap in her diaries. |
| Diary, 1944 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6845 Extent: 94 leaves |
| Diary, 1945 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6846 Extent: 96 leaves, 85-96 blank |
| Diary, 1946 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6847 Extent: 138 leaves, 81-138 blank |
| Diary, 1947 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6848 Extent: 92 leaves, 69-92 blank |
| Diary, 1948 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6849 Extent: 92 leaves, 77-92 blank |
| Diary, 1949 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6850 Extent: 94 leaves, 73-91 blank |
| Diary, 1950 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6851 Extent: 84 leaves |
| Diary, 1951 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6852 Extent: 95 leaves, 64-95 blank |
| Diary, 1952 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6853 Extent: 92 leaves, 86-92 blank |
| Diary, 1953 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6854 Extent: 94 leaves, 77-94 blank |
| Diary, 1954 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6855 Extent: 140 leaves, 67-140 blank |
| Diary, May-Sept.
1962 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3399 Extent: 32 leaves |
| Diary, 1971 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3400 Extent: 85 leaves, 1-17, 54-84 blank |
| Presscuttings,
1929-37 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2106 Extent: 105 leaves |
| Miscellaneous papers,
1930-69 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6856 Extent: 36 leaves Scope and Content: Miscellaneous papers, including
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| Music certificates,
1930-72 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2107 Extent: 4 leaves |