| Author: | Mills, Henry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address: | Dartmouth Chambers, 8, Theobald's Road, London, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1890, Aug., 9 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | At the request of the Council he informs Irving that a Vice President of the League read his recent speech on behalf of the South London Art Gallery and wishes to contribute £1,000 to the sum required by Mr Rossiter the founder to complete the equipment of the Gallery now under construction. He wishes to offer substantial help because the Gallery is the only one in London open on Sundays, and before giving the money he requires a guarantee that this will be the same in the future. The donor wishes to act through Irving because of the speech, and asks him to communicate with Mr Rossiter. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving spoke on behalf of the Gallery on 18th July 1890. Irving (and a number of his correspondents) are listed among the Vice Presidents of the National Sunday League. The League's objects were to promote the opening of Museums, Art Galleries and Libraries on Sunday afternoons,etc. and generally to promote intellectual and elevating recreation on that day. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2311 | ||
| Author: | Pinches, Edward Ewin | ||
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| Address: | 19, Ladbroke Square, W | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1888, April, 9 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Irving will be pleased to read enclosed letter from Mr Gibson about Harry. An intimate friend of Pinches is interested in the election of Hester Mary Burt for the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls. If Irving has not given away his votes may Pinches have them? The election is next Saturday so they should be received immediately. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving as Freemason. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/33) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2322 | ||
| Author: | Pinero, Arthur Wing | ||
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| Address: | 64, St. John's Wood Road, N.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1887, Feb., 5 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | A Mr Leigh Sampson of Cheselton Road, Fulham who wants Pinero to help him by buying some of his paintings says that his father, now a patient in Epilepsy Hospital in Portland Terrace, was once a well-known dramatic reciter in Manchester and a friend of Irving's. Leigh Sampson is now badly off and his case appeals to Pinero. Will Irving confirm Sampson's representations are true and perhaps be of help to him? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | 'My dear Mr. Irving'. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/33) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2324 | ||
| Author: | Pinero, Arthur Wing | ||
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| Address: | 63, Hamilton Terrace, N.W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1893, May, 26 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Acknowledges Irving's generous donation to the Royal General Theatrical Fund received the previous day via Stoker. Thanks Irving for his kindness throughout the late proceedings. The success of the gathering the previous night was in large measure due to Irving's characteristic unselfishness. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Pinero had taken the chair at the RGTF dinner on 25th May. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/33) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2336 | ||
| Author: | Mackenzie, Morell | ||
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| Address: | 19 Harley St, Cavendish Square, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, March, 5 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has put Irving's proposal that there should be a dinner for the Hospital at the end of June, to the Committee who greeted it with enthusiasm. He wants to discuss it with Irving - could he call at Grafton Street or the Theatre? | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Probably the Hospital for Diseases of the Throat, Golden Square. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2354 | ||
| Author: | Mackenzie, Morell | ||
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| Address: | 19 Harley St, Cavendish Square, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, July, 8 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He thanks Irving for suggesting the dinner which was an immense success, and Irving's remarks gave much satisfaction. Mackenzie is always his sincere and devoted friend. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The dinner for Mackenzie and his Hospital. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2355 | ||
| Author: | Mackenzie, Morell | ||
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| Address: | 19 Harley St, Cavendish Square, W. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, July, 12 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | The Crown Prince of Germany is coming to inspect the Throat Hospital in Golden Square on Thursday at 2.45. As Irving is one of the Committee could he be present? The Crown Prince would be very pleased with the attention, and as he is very punctual it would not take Irving more than a quarter of an hour. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | |||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/29) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2356 | ||
| Author: | Murray, Gaston | ||
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| Address: | Royal General Theatrical Fund, 49 Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1874, Nov., 14 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (1 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | He has great pleasure in informing Irving that at a Special General Meeting of the Directors on 12th November he was unanimously elected a Trustee of the [Royal General Theatrical] Fund in place of the late William Charles Macready. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Murray writes as Secretary of the Fund. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2376 | ||
| Author: | Murray, Gaston | ||
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| Address: | Royal General Theatrical Fund, 49 Wellington Street, Strand, W.C. | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1875, March, 10 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (2 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | At a Special Meeting of Directors the day before it was unanimously agreed that Irving should be invited to take the Chair at the 30th Festival at the Freemasons' Tavern on 25th June 1875. It gives him great pleasure as Secretary to inform Irving of this and ask him to consent to preside. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | The Festival of the Royal General Theatrical Fund. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2377 | ||
| Author: | Morris, William | ||
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| Address: | Kelmscott House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith | ||
| Recipient: | Irving, Henry | ||
| Address: | - | ||
| Date: | 1889, May, 21 | ||
| Document Type: | Letter (3 p.) | ||
| Content Summary: | Morris has never met Irving privately, but he asks him to use his influence in favour of Morris's friend Joseph Skipsey as candidate for the vacant custodianship of Shakespeare's House at Stratford [upon Avon]. He honestly feels Skipsey is well suited. Although a former Northumbrian miner and self educated, he has a refined mind and has written genuine poetry. He has a sympathetic and aimiable nature so that he immediately makes friends. His life and works show him to be a remarkable man of genius. | ||
| Published: | - | ||
| Notes: | Irving was a Trustee of Shakespeare's House. | ||
| Document Holder: | THM (Reference: THM/37/7/32) | ||
| Ref.No: | 2469 | ||