ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS & THANKS
So many people and organisations have helped with this collection,
in donating recordings, supplying invaluable information and answering queries, it would be impossible to name them all; so
I extended a heartfelt thank you to all those who have contributed to the collection in any way.
The collection has benefited greatly from some major donations of archives recordings
and for those I would like to thank the following - apologies if anyone has been overlooked.
Dr John Gregg of
Magdalen College Oxford, who whilst an undergraduate recorded daily evensong's directed by Bernard Rose. The entire
collection of tapes has been transcribed to CD.
Dr Peter Giles for his large collection of reel-to-reel
tape recordings of concerts, services and documentaries.
Rev. Jonathan Boston
whilst a theological student at Ely recorded daily evensong's directed by Arthur Wills.
The entire collection of tapes has been transcibed to CD.
Donald Bunce for allowing unstinting access to his vast archive of privately recorded reel-to-reel tapes of various choirs.
The Stanley Vann Collection
Donated by his son, Martyn, a vast collection of private 78rpm records, reel-to-reel tapes and LP's of Peterborough
Cathedral choir, all of which have been transcribed to CD.
The Laura Serena James Collection
This hugely important collection of over 2000 recordings, comprising of 78rpm records, reel-to-reel
and cassette tapes, LP's, CD's and Videos, consisted of rare private recordings and many early commercial recordings.
So many treasures! Work continues on the cataloguing and archiving of this collection.
Laura Serena James was born in Baltimore, April 10th 1922. Her father was a Bishop and her mother had trained to be an opera singer, so it is not surprising that Laura developed
a taste for choral music at a very early age.
It was a lifelong passion that intensified when Laura moved to England in 1985. Already
possessing a modest collection of 78rpm records, she began augmenting her collection on a massive scale. On her death
in 2008, Laura's collection was bequeathed to my own collection and my grateful thanks go to her son for ensuring that
his mothers wishes were carried out, together with the safe delivery from London of the recordings.
Christopher Morris III
A paton from the USA who gives a monthly donation towards the Collection which is much appreciated.
