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The Holst Archive is extensive comprising many types of material relating to both Imogen and Gustav Holst, therefore in order to help you refine your search for items relevant to your enquiry you may wish to refer to the collection overview below.
Digital copies of many items are be available to view through the online archive catalogue including;
Correspondence from Gustav Holst to Imogen Holst – RefNo HOL/2/8/2/104
Correspondence from Imogen Holst to Gustav Holst – RefNo HOL/1/5/2/23
Correspondence from Gustav Holst to various people – RefNo HOL/1/5/1
Correspondence from Imogen Holst to various people – RefNo HOL/2/8/1
Imogen Holst’s reports as a ‘music traveller’ during the war – RefNo HOL/2/16/9
Photographs of the Holsts up to the 1940s – RefNo HOL/2/11
RefNo HOL Holst Archive Overview
RefNo HOL/1 Gustav Holst
HOL/1/1 Music manuscripts of GH
HOL/1/2 Published music of GH, including copies annotated and edited by IH
HOL/1/3 Libretti for GH’s works
HOL/1/4 Additional music manuscripts
HOL/1/5 Correspondence to and from GH
HOL/1/6 GH’s engagement diaries
HOL/1/7 GH’s notebooks
HOL/1/8 GH’s lecture notes
HOL/1/9 Agreements with publishers for GH works
HOL/1/10 Lists of GH’s compositions
HOL/1/11 Copies of GH music manuscripts held elsewhere
RefNo HOL/2 Imogen Holst
HOL/2/1 Music manuscripts of IH
HOL/2/2 Copies of IH music manuscripts held elsewhere
HOL/2/3 Transcriptions and work in progress on editions and arrangements
HOL/2/4 Published music of IH
HOL/2/5 Performance parts for GH works
HOL/2/6 Manuscript and printed music of other composers belonging to IH
HOL/2/7 IH’s scrapbooks and scrapboxes
HOL/2/8 Correspondence to and from IH
HOL/2/9 IH’s engagement diaries
HOL/2/10 Journals and travel diaries
HOL/2/11 Photographs
HOL/2/12 Personal
HOL/2/13 Articles, programme notes, lectures and broadcasts
HOL/2/14 Files concerning GH’s music and legacy
HOL/2/15 Holst relations
HOL/2/16 Administrative and work files
HOL/2/17 Publishers and performing rights
HOL/2/18 Publications files
HOL/2/19 Published books by IH
HOL/2/20 Books and publications by authors other than IH
HOL/2/21 Aldeburgh Festival programme books
HOL/2/22 Recordings, including an oral history archive of interviews with people who knew IH
HOL/2/23 Index cards
RefNo HOL/3 G and I Holst Ltd.
HOL/3/1 Financial and Administrative papers
HOL/3/2 Copyrights
HOL/3/3 Files re music of IH
HOL/3/4 Aldeburgh Festival papers
HOL/3/5 English Music Theatre Company papers
RefNo HOL/4 Holst Foundation
HOL/4/1 Financial and Administrative papers
HOL/4/2 Company Assets
HOL/4/3 Holst Foundation correspondence, including some correspondence from IH in her capacity as director of the Foundation.
HOL/4/4 Enquiries
HOL/4/5 Papers on GH
HOL/4/6 Holst Legacy
HOL/4/7 Holst family associates
HOL/4/8 Death of IH, including letters of condolence
HOL/4/9 Holst publications
HOL/4/10 Copies of correspondence
RefNo HOL/5 Rosamund Strode
HOL/5/1 Research files, including yearly biographical files on IH’s life with some original materials
HOL/5/2 Interview transcripts and notes, from interviews with people who knew IH
HOL/5/3 Office files
RefNo HOL/6 Isador Caplan
HOL/6/1 G and I Holst Ltd. papers
HOL/6/2 Holst Foundation papers
HOL/6/3 IH’s will and estate
HOL/6/4 Office files
RefNo HOL/7 Leslie Periton
HOL/7/1 G and I Holst Ltd. papers
HOL/7/2 Noel Periton papers