Material relating to the life, career and teaching of Kató Havas, 1930-2019

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Shelfmark: MS. 24331/1

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Material relating to Havas' early life in Hungary (1939), including: testimonial from Havas' teacher, Imre Walbauer and her diploma from the Franz Liszt Academy, Budapest; programme, poster and press cutting from a recital in Budapest.
Material relating to Havas' American tour, including her debut recital at Carnegie Hall (10 Oct 1939).
Grade sheets from Havas' music course at Columbia University (1943-1945).
Letter from Southern Television Ltd (11 Mar 1960).
2 programmes for concerts involving Zoltán Kodály in Merton College, Oxford, in which Havas was involved (1960-1961).
Copies of 2 letters from Yehudi Menuhin (30 Jul 1986 and 14 May 1992).
Programme for the KHANA International Conference, Oxford (1990) to honour Havas' 70th birthday.
Letter and programme from workshops in California (1991-1992).
Handmade birthday card for Havas' 75th birthday in 2005, signed by many of her supporters in New Zealand.
Material relating to awards, honours, etc., including: American String Teachers' Association (1991-1992); honorary citizenship of Westfield, New Jersey (1990); OBE (1997); European String Teachers' Association (UK) (2013); ESTA 'Lifetime Contribution' (2013).
Obituaries by Ian Bewley and Gloria Bakhshayesh, with photocopies of articles in 'The Strad' (2019).

Programmes, etc. for the 1967 and 1968 festivals and a newspaper cuitting.
Letters from Jean Coulthard (1973 and 1975), Lady Barbirolli (1973), Oxfam (1972 and 1974).
13 letters from Sir Joseph Weld, Lord Lieutenant of Dorset (1971-1973).
27 letters from Sir Arthur and Lady Bliss, with some replies and cuttings (1969-1975).
Correspondence between Kato Havas and the broadcaster Richard Baker (1972-1973).