BC 363 Beatrice Marx Collection

Manuscripts & Archives

University of Cape Town Libraries

 presented to the U.C.T. Libraries by Mrs. V.M. Fitzroy du Toit, in June 1969.

BEATRICE MARX COLLECTION

CORRESPONDENCE

1(a)

Beatrice Marx to Mrs. Stuart - 5 files

Undated letters and fragments of letters

*not counted

1(b)

Mrs. Stuart to Beatrice Marx

*(34 letters)

**1(c)

Beatrice to Ellie Marx

*(8 letters) 1912-1918 (10 letters) 1922-1925 (15 letters) 1925 Aug-Dec.

(14 letters) 1926-1935 (11 letters) 1912-1915

**1(d)

Ellie to Beatrice Marx

(43 letters) 1925

(20 undated letters) 1926-1930

1(e)

Violet (Tuk) (later Mrs. V. Fitzroy du Toit) to her mother, Beatrice Marx

(49 letters)

1(f) (g)(h)(i)

Children's letters

1(j)(k)

Letters from and to Tuk

(14 letters)

1(1)

Mrs. Stuart from James, Charles, Philip (sons)

(5 letters)

1(m)

Ellie Marx to Mrs. Stuart

(1 letter)

1(n)

Beatrice Marx from James, Harry, Charles & Philip

(26 letters)

1(o)

Professor W.H. Bell to Ellie Marx

(4 letters)

1(p)

Derek to Karel de Kok and Beatrice Marx (de Kok)

(1 letter)

2(a)(i)

Miscellaneous letters, including Lionel Phillips

(10 letters)

2(a)(ii)

To Beatrice Marx - Letters from Cape Times, B. Munitz, Joseph Manoa &, Ralph Koopland, 'Jan', Dewar McCormack, Diane Brooke, Hannes Uys, J.E. Tydeman (Trinity College of Music, London), Pearl Davis (Hall), Geoffrey Minshall, C.H. Parsons

(13 letters)

2(a)(iii)

To Mrs. Fitzroy du Toit from A.G. Marwick

(1 letter)

2(a)(iv)

Letters to Ellie Marx from Professor Eric Chisholm, The Gramophone Co. Ltd., William Pickerill, S.A.B.C., University of South Africa, Elsie Hall

(7 letters)

Letter from Ellie Marx to the Mayor of Cape Town

2(b)

Letters from Tuk (Mrs. Fitzroy du Toit) to Muriel Zosia, and Win

(18 letters)

2(c)

Letters from Manuel Villet to Beatrice Marx

Press cuttings, Concert programmes of M. Villet

(6 letters)

2(d)

Letters to Beatrice Marx from: Anthony Rutledge, with copy letter from A. Rutledge to Mr. Harry Oppenheimer, and his secretary's reply

(6 letters)

Copy letter from Beatrice Marx to A. Rutledge

Letters from Vincent Fritelli to Beatrice Marx

(4 letters)

lp. of letter from Beatrice Marx to V. Fritelli

(1 letter)

2 press cuttings, of Vincent Fritelli (including press photo)

*These files were taken by Mrs. V.M. Fitzroy du Toit on 1.2.74.  Returned 11.3.74.

** Withdrawn and closed at the request of Mrs. Fitzroy du Toit. 3.4.75

2(e)

SHE SHALL HAVE MUSIC: The Memoirs of Beatrice Marx

Letters re B. Marx's book from W.J. Flesch & Partners (Publishers), C.S. Tyson, Durban City Librarian, friends including Colin Taylor

( 13 letters)

S.A.B.C. 'What are you reading' by Denis Hatfield

Copy criticisms from The Friend, Rand Daily Mail, Worcester Standard & Advertiser

4 copies of book order forms

Extract from 'The Audience is Waiting' by Jack Stodel

2(f)

Ellie Marx Memorial Scholarship pamphlets and 2 letters, press cutting

(5 items)

2(g)

Telegrams and postcards

3

School reports of K.S. de Kok, C.S. de Kok, Violet de Kok (Violet Marx)

4

Miscellaneous notebooks, poems, etc., of the children

5

Photographs

William J. Pickerill, with holograph signature to 'Ellie and Beatrice Marx'

C.T. Orchestra (including Ellie and Beatrice Marx) with Sir Henry Wood Ellie Marx, John Spink, Herbert Fellowes, Eric Bray

Group photo: Beatrice Stuart, Herman Becker, Ellie Marx Numerous photographs including Harold Samuel, Moiseiwitsch, Madame Slobadskay, Thomas Boydell, Ashley Hartley, Professor W.H. Bell, Gina Bachauer (with Grecian Queen kissing her), Evelyn Finchen, Elsie Hall, Helen Webb, Mimi Coertse, Herbert Fellowes, Ada Forrest, Ronald and Imogen, Pierre Fournier and Jean-Pierre Fonda, Julius Katchen, Federated Music Club Tours, May (?) Mukle, Herman Becker, Gerald (?) Malenu, Lionel Tertis with singers including Ernest Dennis, Albina Bini, Alfred Geole, Xander Haagen.

Many photos of Beatrice Marx and Ellie Marx

Book of newspaper cuttings

6

Newspaper clippings and photos on Music and Musicians Beatrice Marx Interviews' with Musicians, Reviews, Biography, Miscellaneous articles, Press reviews ‘She Shall have Music', Family cuttings, including Mr. P.A. Stuart (?father of B.M.)

7

Articles by B.M. for radio and press; poems

8

Personal papers, including memoriam of Ellie Marx

9

41st Anniversary Performance of the Capetown Municipal Orchestra, 24.2.1955, with signatures of Chairman, Director of Music and Orchestra members Message of sympathy to B.M. in her illness

10

PHLEE to Beatrice Marx (Philip Stuart: Beatrice’s youngest brother)

11

Cape Times style book, 1948

12

Invitation cards, cheque (1913), Alhambra Theatre ticket (1965)

13

Ellie Marx's concert notices and programmes Portrait sketch of Beatrice Marx by Gwelo Goodman

14

Noel Coward portfolio

15

Mss. music for wind instruments

16

Envelopes

17

1 small leather wallet, and 1 small plastic wallet

18

Printed Music: Stuart, Beatrice: Were I as high as Heaven.  Words by Sylvester

19

Stuart, Beatrice: A Song in Spring. Words by Georg Darley

20

Gerstman, Blanche: Arioso from the Suite 'Out of the Christmas Stocking'. 1st violin part

21

3 Mss. fragments

22

Album of original cartoons about the Cape Town City Orchestra, drawn by Cyril Earley, with 28 loose sheets of cartoons and 5 photographs [added 11/3/74]

23

Photographs from Mrs. J.W.L. Rennie (D77/80) [added 1/3/77]

23.1 Studio portrait of Beatrice Marx, full face

23.2 Studio portrait of Beatrice Marx, three-quarter face, with lace mantilla.

23.3 Copy of 23.2

23.4 12 contact prints of portraits of Beatrice Marx.