Papers of Ethel Fiedler

Collection Level Description: Correspondence and papers of Ethel Fiedler

Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 1072, e. 988
Title: Correspondence and papers of Ethel Fiedler
Dates of Creation: 1891-1945
Extent: 2 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: Ethel Fiedler

Language of Material: English

Administrative/Biographical History

Ethel Mary Harding, later Fiedler, (1891-1945) was the mother of Herma Fiedler.

Scope and Content

Papers of Ethel Fiedler comprising:

letters to Ethel Fiedler and members of her family, 1891-1945, including (fol. 13) a letter from Edward Elgar to Richard Peyton, 1920
printed items relating to music in Birmingham, 1905-8.
newscuttings concerning the Peyton chair of Music at Birmingham University, 1904-5.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given to the Library by the executors of Herma Fiedler in 1976.

Access Conditions

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).

Further Information

Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Related Units of Description

Travel Diaries of Ethel Mary Harding (later Fiedler) and Herma Fiedler (MSS. Eng. misc. c. 652, fols. 12-68, d. 989-93, e. 951-6, f. 559-60).

Access Points

Elgar | Sir | Edward William | 1857-1934 | 1st Baronet, composer

Fiedler | Ethel Mary | fl 1889-1899

Peyton | Richard | 1825-1910 | musical patron

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