Sadler’s Wells Fund correspondence, photographs and ephemera

Scope and Content

Various items relating to the Sadler’s Wells Fund and the efforts to rebuild Sadler’s Wells Theatre. This includes various letters, press cuttings, council minutes referring to Sadler’s Wells, photograph of a gathering at New Clown Club Room, photographs of an exhibition for the fund, and a poster from that exhibition. The letters included are letter from the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of York on behalf of the Duchess thanking Ardeen Forster for his letter and book, letter from R.P.P. Rowe to Dr Nairn regarding the fund, letter from Michael H. Crowley (Superintendent of police) declining invitation to reception, letter from R.P.P. Rowe to W.L. Borrell regarding prints of Sadler’s Wells, note from Ardeen Foster to William Louis Borrell with copy of pamphlet ‘Ardeen Foster’s Poetical Works’

Custodial History

The items in this file appear to have been collected by Finsbury Library.