- John Richardson (fl1945-1969), stage manager: items incl wooden glockenspiel hammer, music mss in Britten's hand showing dynamics for player, programmes, template for drawing Church Parables stage on stage management production scores 1945-1969 (MSC51)
- Norma Procter (1928-2017), contralto singer: papers incl programmes, photographs, diaries, correspondence, certificates, address book, press cuttings, annotated scores, books with dedications and vinyl records and reel-to-reel tapes 1930-2017 (PCR)
- Eric John Crozier (1914-1994), writer, theatrical and opera producer: letters to his wife, mezzo-soprano Nancy Evans, describing details of the time he spent with composer Benjamin Britten, their ideas, work, and plans for compositions, including reports on progress with EM Forster on the libretto for the opera Billy Budd 1946-1965 (ECR)
- Rita Thomson (1934-2019), friend and nurse to Benjamin Britten: correspondence sent following Britten's heart operation of 1973, letters from Britten following his discharge report on his slow recovery and trouble writing and playing the piano; sympathy letters on Britten's death thanking Thomson for Britten's life during his last difficult years and for her devoted and skilled care of him 1950s-1980s (TMS)
- Edward Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), composer, conductor, and pianist: music manuscript for Britten's Fanfare for Oriana written as a 'theme tune' for the passenger liner Oriana serving the UK to Australia route and corresp rel to the commissioning of the work by chairman of the Orient Line and patron of the arts, Sir Colin Anderson 1960 (BBM/fanfare_for_oriana/1/4; BBA/ANDERSON_COLIN)
- Edward Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), composer, conductor, and pianist: music manuscript for his realisation of Purcell's The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation 1945 (BBM/the_blessed_virgins_expostulation/1/1)
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