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Letter No.	Title	Transcribed text	Date
VWL1672	BBC internal memorandum from Kenneth A. Wright, BBC	As you know, Vaughan Williams will be 70 on the 12th October, and the Home Service plans a week’s celebration – one programme each evening, ending...	19420629
VWL1689	BBC internal memorandum from Sir Adrian Boult to Arthur Bliss	BBC Internal Circulating Memo From: Sir Adrian Boult To: D. M.¹ (London) Subject: Dr. Vaughan Williams –...	19420915
VWL1527	BBC Public Statement	BBC Public Statement The Times, 14th March, 1941 B.B.C. AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ANTI-WAR AGITATORS ONLY BANNED The B...	19410314
VWL2166	Internal BBC memorandum to the Home News Editor from Sir Adrian Boult	Dr R. Vaughan Williams, D.M. I happened to be asked to go down and give away the prizes at the revival of the Leith [Hill] Music Festival,...	19470418
VWL1288	Letter from Adeline Vaughan Williams to Diana Awdry	My dear Diana I know that Uncle R is going to write to you - He is still hopeful about getting to Gloucester. We shall know more definitely...	19340828
VWL1800	Letter from Arthur Bliss to Ralph Vaughan Williams	Dear Ralph, We are very anxious for you, if you will, to write a Victory Anthem, to be used at the end of the war. If you would honour us...	19430817
VWL3339	Letter from Charles Parker to Ralph Vaughan Williams	Dear Dr. Vaughan Williams, I am very much in need of your help and advice. You will, I hope, remember me as the producer of the Elgar...	19580221
VWL2587	Letter from Gwen Beckett (BBC) to Ralph Vaughan Williams	Dear Dr. Vaughan Williams, I expect you know already that Covent Garden have invited Sir Adrian to conduct a full performance of the ‘Job’...	19480413
VWL1933	Letter from James W. Welch (BBC) to Ralph Vaughan Williams	Dear Dr Vaughan Williams Many thanks for your letter of September 8^th. We are all very excited about the Victory Anthem^1...	19440912
VWL982	Letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams to A. Wynn (BBC)	Dear Sir I should be glad to conduct “Dona Nobis Pacem”¹ on Nov 13^th provided (1) I have a full orchestra (...	19360921

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