• Bevington & Sons
• Blackett & Howden
• Cousans
• Driver & Haigh
• Gray & Davison
• Griffen & Stroud
• Hill & Son
• Hill, Norman & Beard
• Hope-Jones
• Jardine & Co.
• Liddiatt & Sons
• Nicholson & Co
• Norman & Beard
• Osmond (J.E. Minns & Co)
• Wadsworth

• Daniel & Co
• Lewis & Co
• Willis & Sons

• Periodicals
• Manuscript notebooks
• Illustrations
• Miscellaneous

Primary Material [i.e. original documents from organ builders]

 
 

Bevington & Sons

London

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1963

 

category	number	description		BOA  acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
Ord Bk	1	'Work Book' 1905-31	jobs 1596-1656	0097	Ö	Ö

 
 

Blackett & Howden

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1968

 

category	number	description		BOA acc.no.	film/fiche	indexed
Est Bk	1	1910-16		0154
Ord Bk	1	1902-12	jobs 153-263	0155	Ö	Ö
A/C Bk	1	'Wages no.2' 1907-11		0156

 

Cousans

Lincoln

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1975

 

category	number	description		BOA   acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
A/C Bk	1	Receipts, 1949-74		0204
	2	Accounts due, 1919-20; Costings of jobs, 1923-61		0205
	3	Costings of jobs, 1919-70		0206
	4	Outgoings, 1920-28		0207
	5	Outgoings, 1949-75		0208
	6	Impersonal Ledger Accounts, 1917-30		0209
	7	Business Accounts, 1921-26		0210
	8	Tuning Accounts, 1937-70		0211

 

 
 

Driver & Haigh

Bradford

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1993

 

category	number	description		BOA   acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
Ledger	1	photocopy		0554

 

 
 

Gray & Davison

London

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1965

 

category	number	description				BOA  acc. no.	film/fiche		indexed
Ord Bk	1	1891-1911				0100
	2	1912-27				0101
Shop Bk	1	May 1840 - Dec 1842				0102	Ö		Ö
	2	Jan 1843 - Dec 1846				0103	Ö		Ö
	3	Feb 1847 - Apr 1851				0104	Ö		Ö
	4	Jun 1851 - Jun 1854		jobs 10001-10031		0105	Ö		Ö
	4a	Apr 1852 - Nov 1856		duplicating parts of Shop Bks 4 & 5;  jobs 10002-10070		0106	Ö		Ö.
	5	Jun 1854 - May 1857		jobs 10032-10078		0107	Ö		Ö
	6	May 1857 - Dec 1860		jobs 10079-10125		0108	Ö		Ö
	7	Jan 1861 - May 1865		jobs 10126-10206		0109	Ö		Ö
	8	May 1865 - Sep 1868		jobs 10207-10263		0110	Ö		Ö
	9	Oct 1868 - Oct 1872		jobs 10264-10328		0111	Ö		Ö
	10	Aug 1872 - Nov 1875		jobs 10329-10367		0112	Ö		Ö
	11	Nov 1875 - Feb 1878		jobs 10368-10401		0113	Ö		Ö
	12	Mar 1878 - Feb 1882		jobs 10402-10441		0114	Ö		Ö
	13	Mar 1882 - Dec 1886		jobs 10442-10483		0115	Ö		Ö
	14	Jan 1887 - Dec 1893		jobs 10484-10708		0116	Ö		Ö
	15	Jan 1894 - Oct 1909		jobs 10709-10861		0117	Ö		Ö
	16	Nov 1909 - Mar 1928		jobs 10862-10998 / 11008-11010		0118	Ö		Ö
Ledger	1	John Gray; 1821-38				0119	Ö		Ö
	2	John Gray; 1838 /   G&D 1842-45				0120	Ö		Ö
	3	John Gray; 1839-41				0121	Ö		Ö
	4	1842-48				0122	Ö		Ö
	5	1849-57				0123	Ö		Ö
	6	1857-62				0124	Ö		Ö
	7	1862-65				0125	Ö		Ö
	8a	1865-83				0126	Ö		Ö
	8b	1865-83		Liverpool branch		0127	Ö		Ö
	9a	1884-90				0128	Ö		Ö
	9b	1884-90		Liverpool branch		0129	Ö		Ö
	10	1890-1905				0130	Ö		Ö
	11	1906-17				0131	Ö		Ö
	12	1918-45				0132	Ö		Ö
A/C	13	Trading Accounts, 1903-17				0133	Ö
	14	Trading Accounts, 1918-44				0134	Ö
	17	General Accounts, 1918-39				0135	Ö
	18	Tuning Accounts,   1899-1905				0136	Ö
Wage Bk	1	1929-32		=Tuning Register 9		0137	Ö
Tuning Register	1	1914-16				0138	Ö
	2	1917-19				0139	Ö
	3	1920-22				0140	Ö
	4	1923-25				0141	Ö
	5	1927-28/29				0142	Ö
	6	1929-32				0143	Ö
	7	1927-32		NW England &   N Wales		0144	Ö
	8	1933		Liverpool area		0145	Ö
Misc	1	Metal Shop Book,   1888-1902				0146	Ö
	2	Wood Pipes Book,  1886-1902				0147	Ö

 

Griffen & Stroud

Bath

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1987

 

category	number	description		BOA acc.no.	film/fiche	indexed
A/C	1	Goods ordered, 1924-42		0445
	2	Summary Day Book, 1926-45		0446
Misc	1	Inquiries/Instructions, 1913-22		0447
	2	Diary: H.J.Griffen, 1916		0448
	3	Correspondence, papers, photos, leaflets		0449

 
 

Hill & Son

London

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1962

 

category	number	description		BOA   acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
Est Bk	1	Letter Book,  Apr 1838 - Dec 1861		0164	Ö	Ö
	2	Jan 1862 - May 1877		0014	Ö	Ö
	3	May 1877 - Oct 1889		0015	Ö	Ö
	4	Oct 1889 - Oct 1893		0016	Ö	Ö
	4a	Index to Est Bk 4	[contemporary]	0017	Ö	Ö
Shop Bk	1	1872-75	jobs 1380-1567	0018	Ö	Ö
	2	1875-83	jobs 1564/5/8-1875	0019	Ö	Ö
	3	1883-91	jobs 1876-2081	0020	Ö	Ö
	4	1891-1901	jobs 2084-2274	0021	Ö	Ö
	5	1901-15	jobs 2275-2457	0022	Ö	Ö
A/C	1	Elliot & Hill partnership account, 1829	incl receipts for organs built 1827-32; and men's wages, Jan 1835	0163	Ö	Ö
Drawings		1880-1916	large collection [indexed]	0150		Ö

 
 

Hill, Norman & Beard

London

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1962

 

category	number	description		BOA   acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
Est Bk	1	Jan 1923 - Aug 1926		0042
	2	Feb 1926 - Apr 1927		0043
	3	Apr 1927 - Nov 1929		0044
	4	Nov 1929 - May 1935		0045
		Draft specifications 1, 1934-39 [rebuilds]		0046
		Draft Specifications 2, 1934-39 [new orgsns]		0047
		Draft Specifications 3, 1943-45	miscellaneous correspondence	0048
Ord Bk	1	1916-18	jobs 2447-2494  small orders 1-986	0049	Ö	Ö*
	2	1918-21	jobs 2495-2519  small orders 987-1945	0051	Ö	Ö*
	3	1920-22	jobs 2520-2535  small orders 1946-2894	0052	Ö	Ö*
	4	1922-23	jobs 2536-2566  small orders 2895-3800	0053	Ö	Ö*
	5	1924-25	jobs 2567-2623  small orders 3808-4780	0054	Ö	Ö*
	6	1925-27	jobs 2624-2686  small orders 4781-5795	0057	Ö	Ö*
	7	1927-29	jobs 2687-2775  small orders 5796-6778	0059	Ö	Ö*
[HNB continued]
category	number	description		BOA   acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
	8	1929-30	jobs 2776-2831  small orders 6779-7579	0063	Ö	Ö*
	9a	1930-32	small orders 7580-8589	0064	Ö
	9b	1930-33	jobs 2832-2900	0065	Ö	Ö
	10a	1932-34	small orders 8601-9564	0068	Ö
	10b	1933-36	jobs 2901-2980	0069	Ö	Ö
	11a	1934-35	small orders 9565-9999/ 3000-3442	0074	Ö
	11b	1936-39	jobs 2981-3050	0075	Ö	Ö
	12a	1935-38	small orders 3443-4390	0077	Ö
	12b	1945-49	jobs 3063-3211	0078	Ö	Ö
	13a	1938-39	small orders 4391-4766	0079	Ö
	13b	1947-51	jobs 3131-3248	0080	Ö	Ö
	14a	1938-41	small orders E1-E728	0082	Ö
	14b	1949-58	jobs 3230-3339  small orders   E5481-E5907/1234-	0083	Ö	Ö*
	15	1941-43	small orders   E729-E1536	0084	Ö
	16	1944-45	small orders   E1537-E2011	0085	Ö
	17	1945-47	small orders  E2012-E2921	0086	Ö
	18	1947-48	small orders  E2922-E3577	0087	Ö
	19	1947-50	small orders  E3327-E4289	0088	Ö
	20	1950-52	small orders  E4290-E5482	0089	Ö
Ord Bks - Duplicates
[Accounts Office?]	1	1931-33	small orders 7771-9254	0067
	2	1933-35	small orders 9260-9997/  3006-3302	0072
	3	1934-40	jobs 2939-2961  small orders 3830-4880/ E1-E519	0070
	4	1937-40	small orders 4001-4812/  E4-E435	0071
	5	1935-37	small orders 3001-4000	0076
	6	1936-39	jobs 2983-3053  small orders 3581-4460	0081
	7	1949-51	small orders   E3872-E4283	0089
[Drawing Office]	1	1925-30	jobs 2629-2727  small orders 4966-7764	0058
	2	1928-34	jobs 2729-2938 [church]	0060
	3	1928-34	jobs 2728-2936 [cinema]	0061
	4	1931-33	small orders 7886-8950	0066
[Works Manager]	1	1928-34	jobs 2728-2944	0062
	2	1934-39	jobs 2945-3058	0073
[others]	1	1915-22	jobs 2458-2546	0050
	2	1922-25 [P.H.Selfe]	jobs 2547-2613  small orders 3825-4565	0056
	3	1922-25 [H.J.Norman]	jobs 2568-2628  small orders 3892-4740	0055
A/C	1	Tuning a/c, 1922-40	North Staffordshire	0091
Contracts			unsorted	0096
Drawings		1916-73	large collection	0152		Ö
Tuning	1	Norwich area, 1939		0092
Misc	1	Minutes of Sales Committee, 1930-32		0093

* = main orders [only] indexed

 
 

Hope-Jones

Birkenhead; Norwich

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1964

 

category	number	description		BOA   acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
Est Bk	1	1900-01  Hope-Jones Organ Co., Norwich		0098	Ö
Ord Bk	1	1889?-1896	jobs 1-98	0099	Ö	Ö

 

 
 

Jardine & Co.

Manchester

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1960

 

category	number	description		BOA  acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
Ord Bk	1	1874-88   'Thorold & Smith';  1888-1912  'Jardine & Co'	jobs 1-255	0001	Ö	Ö
	2	1912-19	jobs 256-426	0002	Ö
A/C	1	1916-31	jobs 378-1073	0003	Ö
	2	1931-48	jobs 1074-2060	0004	Ö
Contracts		1874-1962	jobs 1-2995	0005
Drawings		1845-1976  Kirland & Jardine; Thorold & Smith; Jardine & Co	unsorted	0006

 

 
 

Liddiatt & Sons

Leonard Stanley

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1969

 

category	number	description		BOA  acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
A/C	1	General accounts,   1919-29		0159
	2	Tuning accounts,  1923-39		0160
	3	Accounts rendered,  1928-40		0161

 

Nicholson & Co

Worcester; Malvern

Library Catalogue number:

MS

 

category	number	description		BOA   acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
Correspondence Files		Mid 20th century		0574

 
 

Norman & Beard

Norwich

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1962

 

category	number	description		BOA  acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
Ord Bk	1	1879-88	jobs 30-83  small orders 200-244	0023	Ö	Ö
	2	1888-93	jobs 86-188  small orders 246-998	0024	Ö	Ö
	3	1893-95	jobs 189-240  small orders 999-1462	0025	Ö	Ö
	4	1895-98	jobs 241-312  small orders 1469-2295	0026	Ö	Ö
	5	1898-1900	jobs 313-373  small orders 2304-3095	0027	Ö	Ö
	6	1900-01	jobs 374-422  small orders 3096-3692	0028	Ö	Ö
	7	1901-02	jobs 423-436  small orders 3711-3817  [also Hope-Jones jobs 157-163]	0029	Ö	Ö
	8	1902-03	jobs 437-511  small orders 3827-7287	0030	Ö	Ö
	9	1903-05	jobs 514-651  small orders 7288-8178	0031	Ö	Ö
	10	1905-06	jobs 652-805  small orders 8179-8930	0032	Ö	Ö
	11	1906-07	jobs 806-941  small orders 8931-9771	0033	Ö	Ö
	12	1908-10	jobs 942-1064  small orders 9772-10655	0034	Ö	Ö
	13	1910-11	jobs 1065-1196  small orders 10656-11387	0035	Ö	Ö
	14	1911-13	jobs 1197-1307  small orders 11388-11962	0036	Ö	Ö
	15	1913-15	jobs 1308-1408  small orders 11963-12690	0037	Ö	Ö
	16	1914-16	jobs 1409-1441  small orders 12691-13288	0038	Ö	Ö
Order Books - duplicates
	1	1912-16	jobs 1221-1438  small orders 12409-13138	0039
	2	Scottish Order Book, 1911-14		0040	Ö
Drawings			large collection  [indexed]	0151		Ö
Misc	1	Secondhand organs in stock, 1908-15		0041	Ö
	2	Foreman's Order Book, 1897-98		0153	Ö
	3	Pipe Scales Book,   1904-06		0436
	4	Pipe Scales Book,  1909-12		0437

 
 

Osmond  (J.E.Minns & Co)

Taunton

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1972

 

category	number	description		BOA  acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
A/C	1	1890-1903		0166
	2	1903-08		0167
	3	1908-15		0168
	4	1915-29		0169
	5	1930-34		0170

 

Wadsworth

Manchester

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1961

 

category	number	description		BOA  acc. no.	film/fiche	indexed
Shop Bk	1	1904-12	jobs 530-635	0007	Ö
	2	1912-26	jobs 636-716	0008	Ö
A/C	1	1861-80		0009	Ö	Ö
	2	1885-1916		0010	Ö	Ö
	3	1906-16	in conjunction with   A/C Bk 2	0011	Ö
	4	1916-29		0012	Ö
	5	1929-46		0013	Ö

 

Primary Material not located at the British Organ Archive but available on microfilm or microfiche

[i.e. film of original documents from organ builders]
 

Daniel & Co

Clevedon

Library Catalogue number:

MS 1978

 

category	number	description			indexed	originals at
Shop Bk	1	Factory Book, 1919-33			Ö	Daniel
A/C	1	Ledger A, 1919-41			Ö	Daniel
	2	Ledger B, 1919-30			Ö	Daniel

 

Harrison & Harrison

Durham

Library Catalogue number:

MS 2007

 

categoryShop Bk

1

Voicing Book, 1886-89

4/12

H&H

2

Voicing Book, 1889-93

4/12

H&H

3

Voicing Book, 1893-95

4/12

H&H

4

Metal Lists A-Z

7 files

4/27

Ö

H&H

Ord Bk

1

Sep 1878 - Jun 1879

CRO no.D/Ha 93

4/1

Durham CRO

2

Jun 1879 - Jul 1883

CRO no.D/Ha 94

4/1

Durham CRO

3

Dec 1884 - Jun 1888

CRO no.D/Ha 95

4/1-4/2

Durham CRO

4

Jun 1888 - Dec 1888

CRO no.D/Ha 96

4/2

Durham CRO

5

Apr 1889 - Dec 1894

CRO no.D/Ha 97

4/2-4/3

Durham CRO

6

Jan 1895 - Sep 1899

CRO no.D/Ha 98

4/3-4/4

Durham CRO

7

Oct 1899 - Mar 1903

CRO no.D/Ha 99

4/4-4/5

Durham CRO

8

Mar 1903 - Jun 1905

CRO no.D/Ha 100

4/5-4/6

Durham CRO

9

Jul 1905 - Oct 1907

CRO no.D/Ha 101

4/6

Durham CRO

10

Oct 1907 - Sep 1910

CRO no.D/Ha 102

4/7

Durham CRO

11

Sep 1910 - Feb 1914

CRO no.D/Ha 103

4/8

Durham CRO

12

Feb 1914 - Nov 1919

CRO no.D/Ha 104

4/8-4/9

Durham CRO

13

Dec 1919 - Aug 1922

CRO no.D/Ha 105

4/9-4/10

Durham CRO

Est Bk

14

1922-26

4/20

H&H

15

1926-29

4/21

H&H

16

1929-32

4/21-4/22

H&H

17

1932-35

4/22

H&H

18

1935-36

4/22

H&H

19

1936-38

4/22-4/23

H&H

20

1939-48

4/23

H&H

21

1948-55

4/23-4/24

H&H

22

1955-60

4/24

H&H

23

1960-66

4/24-4/25

H&H

24

1966-69

4/25

H&H

25

1969-76

4/26

H&H

26

1976-82

4/26

H&H

A/C Bk

1

Account Book, 1876-84

4/11

H&H

2

Sales Ledger, 1908-42

4/12

H&H

3

Sales Ledger, 1942-51

4/12

H&H

4

Sales Ledger, 1952-73

4/12-4/13

H&H

5

Sales Ledger, 1973-89

4/13

H&H

A/C Bk [Tunings]

1

Apr 1890 -Jun 1895

CRO no.D/Ha 129

4/10

Durham CRO

2

Jul 1895 - Sep 1898

CRO no.D/Ha 130

4/10

Durham CRO

3

Mar 1904 - Jul 1908

CRO no.D/Ha 131

4/10

Durham CRO

4

Sep 1908 - Dec 1914

CRO no.D/Ha 132

4/11

Durham CRO

5

1914-1920

4/13-4/14

H&H

6

1920-87 A-B

4/14

H&H

7

1920-87 C-D

4/14-4/15

H&H

8

1920-87 E-I

4/15-4/16

H&H

9

1920-87 J-London

4/16-4/17

H&H

10

1920-87 M-P

4/17-4/18

H&H

11

1920-87 R-S

4/18

H&H

12

1920-87 T-Z

4/19

H&H

13

1973-90 A-K

4/19-4/20

H&H

14

1973-90 L-Z

4/20

H&H

 

Lewis & Co

London

Library Catalogue number:

MS 2051

 

category	number	description		film number	indexed	originals at
Ord Bk	1	Register F; 1894-1907	jobs 534-780	81		Willis
Shop Bk	1	Register C; 1886-92	jobs 408-530	80		Willis
	2	Register G; 1902-05	jobs 648-740	82		Willis
	3	Register H: 1906-13	jobs 746-920	83		Willis
		Register J; 1907-18	jobs 782-936	84		Willis
A/C Bk	1	Aug 1883 - Jun 1896		76		Willis
	2	Jan 1895 - Dec 1904	capital, assets, etc	78		Willis
	3	1912-22	Sales Ledger	73		Willis
Letter Bk	1	Jul 1902 - Jul 1903		65		Willis
	2	Jul 1903 - Sep 1904		66		Willis
	3	Sep 1904 - Feb 1906		67		Willis
	4	Feb 1902 - Jul 1907		68		Willis
	5	Aug 1907 - Jan 1908		70		Willis
	6	Jan 1908 - May 1908		71		Willis
	7	May 1908 - Sep 1908		72		Willis
	8	Sep 1908 - Feb 1909		89		Willis
	9	Feb 1909 - May 1909		90		Willis
	10	May 1909 - Nov 1909		91		Willis
	11	Nov 1909 - Jun 1910		92		Willis
	12	Jun 1910 - Nov 1910		103		Willis
	13	Nov 1910 - Apr 1911		77		Willis
	14	Apr 1911 - Oct 1911		104		Willis
	15	Oct 1911 - Mar 1912		93		Willis
	16	Mar 1912 - Aug 1912		94		Willis
	17	Aug 1912 - Jan 1913		105		Willis
	18	Jan 1913 - Jun 1913		69		Willis
	19	Jun 1913 - Dec 1913		95		Willis
	20	Jan 1914 - Jul 1914		96		Willis
	21	Jul 1914 - Feb 1915		97		Willis
	22	Feb 1915 - Sep 19 15		98		Willis
	23	Sep 1915 - Aug 1916		99		Willis
	24	Aug 1916 - Oct 1917		100		Willis
	25	Oct 1917 - Oct 1918		101		Willis
	26	Oct 1918 - Apr 1919		102		Willis
?		Jul 1907 - Jun 1912		64		Willis
Misc	1	1869-1919	opus list [part reconstruction]	79		Willis

 
 

Willis & Sons

London

Library Catalogue number:

MS 2051

 

category	number	description		film number	indexed	originals at
Est Bk	5	Order Book;  Dec 1875-May 1884		1-2		Willis
	6	Order Book;  May 1884-Jun 1887		3		Willis
	7	Order Book;  Jul 1887-Oct 1890		4		Willis
	8	Order Book;  Oct 1890-Aug 1893		5		Willis
	9	Order Book;  Aug 1893-Jan 1897		6		Willis
	10	Order Book;  Jan 1897-Sep 1902		7		Willis
	11	Order Book;  Sep 1902-Aug 1909		8		Willis
	12	Order Book;  Sep 1909-Mar 1913		9		Willis
	13	Order Book;  Oct 1913- Jan 1920		10-11		Willis
	14	Order Book;  Jan 1920-Dec 1922		12		Willis

 
 

[Willis continued]
category	number	description		microfilm number	indexed	location of originals
Ledger	1	'Sold Ledger';  1878-1905		14	Ö	Willis
	2	'Sold Ledger';  1899-1919		15	Ö	Willis
A/C Bk	1	1905-17	petty cash, expenses, etc	13		Willis
	2	1919-c1933		85		Willis
	3	Invoice Book 19;  Jul 1907-Oct 1911		74-75		Willis
	4	Invoice Book 20;  Oct 1911-Feb 1916		87-88		Willis
Letter Bk	29	Nov 1901-Jun 1902		16-17		Willis
	30	Jun 1902-Dec 1902		18-19		Willis
	31	Dec 1902-May 1903		20-21		Willis
	32	May 1903-Oct 1903		22-23		Willis
	33	Oct 1903-Apr 1904		24-25		Willis
	34	Apr 1904-Nov 1904		26-27		Willis
	35	Nov 1904-Jul 1905		28-29		Willis
	36	Jul 1905-Jun 1906		30-31		Willis
	37	Jun 1906-May 1907		32-33		Willis
	38	May 1907-Mar 1908		34-35		Willis
	39	Mar 1908-Apr 1909		36-37		Willis
	40	Apr 1909-May 1910		38-39		Willis
	41	May 1910-May 1911		40-41		Willis
	42	May 1911-Apr 1912		42-43		Willis
	43	Apr 1912-Dec 1912		44-45		Willis
	44	Dec 1912-Aug 1913		46-47		Willis
	45	Aug 1913-Apr 1914		48-49		Willis
	46	Apr 1914-Jan 1915		50-51		Willis
	47	Jan 1915-Oct 1915		52-53		Willis
	48	Oct 1915-Jul 1916		54-55		Willis
	49	Jul 1916-Jun 1917		56-57		Willis
	50	Jun 1917-Aug 1918		58-59		Willis
	51	Aug 1918-Apr 1919		60-61		Willis
	54	Feb 1920-Jun 1920		62-63		Willis
Misc	1	list of organs 1872-97; log of jobs from 1897		86		Willis

 

Secondary Material [i.e. published documents, manuscript notebooks, pictures, correspondence, etc.]

 
 

Books

 

casual collection of books received by donation

no attempt to establish a library

 
 

Periodicals

 

title	issues		date		indexed
Art of the Organ	Vols.1-2	some missing	1971-72
BIOS Journal	Vol.1- present		1977-		sep
BIOS Reporter	Vol.1, no.4 - present		1977-		sep
Bulletin, London Association of Organists	Nos.1-29, 45-70	some missing	1950-73
Informazione Organista	Anno VI - IX	some missing	1994-97
ISO Information	Nos.1-20		1969-80
ISOB Journal	Vols.1-3	plus odd copies	1949-67/  72/78/80
L'Orgue	Nos.32-73/133-164		1947-54/  70-77
Musical Opinion	'Organ World' sections	part bound by Freeman	1921-41
	whole issues	incomplete run	1958-86
Musical Standard			1894/97/99
Musical World	Vols. 1,2 & 5		1836/37
Norfolk Guild of Organists   NGO Newsletter	Nos.1-22/36-71/73-100		1967-92
Norfolk Guild of Organists  NGO Journal	Nos. 1-13		1992-95
OHTA News	Vol.1-present	some missing	1977-
Organ Club Journal	Vol.1-present		1967-
Organ Yearbook	Nos.1-25		1970-84
Organist & Choirmaster	Vols.1-2/4-5	plus odd copies, 1904-12	1893-98
Organits' Review	Nos.209-286		1967-87
Quarterly Record	Nos.130-207		1948-67
Rotunda	5 volumes	Willis & Sons house journal	1925-34		Ö
The Organ	Vols.1-50 [& parts of others]		1921-70		Ö

 

Pamphlets
[brochures, catalogues, pamphlets, leaflets, etc]

 

category				indexed
Organs in one particular location	Placed in Location Files			Ö
Organ builders	Placed in Organ Builder files

 
 

MS Notebooks

 

name	description	Library Catalogue No.	BOA acc. no.	indexed
Adcock, E.E.		MS 1985	0401-03
Burn, J.H.	2 notebooks - c.1874-75	MS 1974	0592
Drane, Charles	specification books	MS 1985	0404/ 0469	NPOR
	organ builders - 4 volumes	|	0470
	specifications classified by organ builder - 17 volumes	|	0473
Edmonds, B.B.	Records of British Organ Builders - 6 ring files	MS 1974	0487	DBOB
Freeman, Andrew	British Organ References	MS 1974	0376
	Catalogue of Organ Cases	|	0378
	Directory of British Organ Builders	|	0482	DBOB
	Foreign Organ References	|	0377
	Index of British Organ Builders	|		DBOB
	Musical Times Index of organ references - 4 volumes	|	0381
	Old Organ Cases - Vols. 1 & 2	|	0379
	Organ Picture Index - 4 volumes	|	0380
	Records of British Organ Builders - 7 volumes	|	0375	DBOB
Hallowes, M.G.	specification book, vol.III	MS 1985	0411
Harvey, Sidney		MS 1985	0407-09	sep
Haycraft, Frank		MS 1985	0410	Ö
Holt, Edward		MS 1983	0353-09	sep
Mills, J.Gilbert	2 notebooks	MS 1977	0219
Moore-Hepplestone, Derek	collection - 31 volumes	MS	0587
Organographia	photocopy of early 19th century notebook	MS 1980	0332	Ö
Paget, Gordon	albums, miscellaneous books	MS 1984	0366-67/ 0370
Pendlebury [Organ Co.]	[photocopy] register of organs built 1899-1983	MS 1991	0551
Penrose		MS 1985	0591
Scull, Harold J.	specification books 1,2,4-6; cathedrals 1-3	MS 1985	0405-06
Sperling	film copy of Vols.1-3 [i.e. those relating to organs]; early to mid 19th century notebooks	MS 1971	0165	sep
Taylor, G.B.	4 specification bks; 2 note bks	MS 1976	0213-14
Walker, F.Denis		MS 1973	0171	sep
Wilkinson, Mary	miscellaneous specification files	MS 1985

 
 

Illustrations

 

name	description		Library Catalogue No.	BOA acc. no.	indexed
Adcock, E.E.	albums of photographs [part collection]		MS 1986	0442
Benham, Gilbert	glass plate negatives		MS 1985	0393	sep
Freeman, Andrew	glass plate negatives		MS 1974	0177	Ö
	illustrations out of journals, etc - 9 volumes		|	0180
	prints of glass plate negatives - 9 volumes		|	0179	Ö
	unmounted photographs - several boxes		|	0388-89
Harvey, Sidney	lantern slides		MS 1985	0394
Jardine & Co	printing blocks [as used in advertising]		MS 1960	0158
Willis, Henry [III]	lantern slides		MS 1985	0395

 

 
 

Indices

i.e. independent of Main Index

 
 

name	description	Library Catalogue No.	BOA acc. no.
Blakey, Neville	Catalogue of E.E.Adcock negatives		0386
Burgess-Wynn	Dictionary of Organs in Scotland	MS 1985	0415
Dictionary of Organs & Organists	1912 edition	on open shelves	0397
Dictionary of Organs & Organists	1921 edition	on open shelves	0247
Gilfillan	alphabetical index of organs from published sources		0588
Hird, Richard	Pipe Organs in Durham Dociese [1st provisional ed.]		0342
Jameson, Mark	index of organs arranged by [modern] counties - largely references in published books & journals; currently updated periodically		0330/ 0360
Paget, Gordon	The Organs of the Diocese of Norwich	MS 1984	0518
Renshaw, Martin	Index to the Leffler Manuscript		0361
Renshaw, Martin	Index to the Organ Year Book, Vols.1-20		0385
Shapley	on film; also typescript copy of Vol.1	MS 1970	0162/ 0416
Stewart, D.A.  Interim Scottish List	booklet published 1985; currently being updated by Alan Buchan	on open shelves	0175
Stewart, D.A.	Organs in Edinburgh [1991]	on open shelves	0512
Stewart, D.A. & Thomson, D.A.R.	Edinburgh Organs [1975]	on open shelves	0510-11
Thorning, M.R. & Webb, N.R.	Organs of South Dorset [1989]	on open shelves	0486
Williamson, Roy	Index to Freeman specification books		0387

 
 

Correspondence

 

name	description	Library Catalogue No.	BOA acc. no.	indexed
Edmonds, Bernard		MS 1974		sep
Freeman, Andrew		MS 1974		sep
Paget, Gordon		MS 1984		sep
Robbins, Eduard		MS 1981		sep
Sutton, F	photocopies	MS 1992

 
 

Miscellaneous

 

name	description	Library Catalogue No.	BOA acc. no.	indexed
Houlden	Organ Reference Library - 79 files of cuttings largely from Musical Opinion and The American Organist	MS 1985	0413
Robbins, Eduard	Eduard Robbins Organ Archive	MS 1981	0333-37
Robbins, Eduard	T.C.Lewis research papers	|	0426-33
Adams, Cecil	collection of gramophone records [78s]		0174
Yates, Roger	collection of gramophone records [78s]		0363
Dixon, George	papers	MS 1989	0476
Wright, Donald	consultancy papers, drawings, etc	MS 1994	0557- 0568
Higginbottom, Marie	Holdich research papers [copies]	MS 2052	0583

 
 

Primary Material  not at Birmingham

 

name	description	location	indexed
Binns	one Order Book, 19** to 1926 [?]	Wood of Huddersfield  Organ Builders  St. Andrews Road Huddersfield  Yorks HD1 6RZ  tel: 01484 533374
Bishop & Sons	much material dating back to the early 19th century, but unsorted	Bishop & Son  58 Beethoven Street  London W10 4LG  tel: 0181 969 4328
Conacher, Peter	order books, ledgers, specification books, drawings, 1854-1950+  a large quantity of material	Peter Conacher & Co  Springwood Organ Works  21 Water Street  Huddersfield HD1 4BB  tel: 01484 530053
Cousans	material not in BOA including the more important ledgers and order books	Lincoln Local History Library
Forster & Andrews	estimate books, order books, etc  comprehensive collection	Hull Local History Library
Holdich	a single order book? date?	said to be in the possession of a Leeds organ builder; refer to   Dr Jim Berrow for up-to-date information
Mander	complete records 1948? to present	N.P. Mander Ltd  St. Peter's Organ Works  St. Peter's Close  London E2 7AF
Nicholson & Son	the more important order books, etc	Nicholson & Co  80 Quest Hills Road  Malvern WR14 1RN  tel: 01684 574670
Rushworth & Dreaper	?  material from about 1920 onwards; earlier books destroyed in a fire	Rushworth & Dreaper Ltd  72 St. Anne Street  Liverpool L3 3DY  tel: 0151 207 5252
Walker, J.W. & Sons	order books, etc 18**-present day  a large & comprehensive collection	J.W.Walker & Sons Ltd  Wimbledon Avenue  Brandon  Suffolk IP27 0NF  tel: 01842 810296
Wood, Wordsworth & Co. Ltd	10 specification books, 1888-1929  7 letter books, 1906-41  account books, wages books, etc  [Wordsworth & Co - 1888-1920;  Wood, Wordsworth 1920-1980s]	West Yorkshire County Archive  Chapeltown Road  Sheepscar  Leeds LS7 3AP  tel: 01532 628339
Wordsworth & Co  formerley Wordsworth & Maskell	see Wood, Wordsworth