Whitaker and Reeves family papers and correspondence
MS. 6005/4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Whitaker and Reeves family papers and correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. 6005/4
Summary
Comprises:
Folder 1: correspondence and papers of Sophia Williams Whitaker ('Aunt Thomas'), including letters of congratulation on her 100th birthday in 1890 and a journal describing her visit to the Isle of Wight in 1859 (by unidentified author), 1819-1870
Folder 2: letters from Mary Sophia Whitaker to her father John Saffery Whitaker, 1876-1880, n.d.[c.1874-1885]
Folder 3: papers relating to family history including: two notebooks with transcriptions of entries from Britford Church registry and Britford Churchyard headstone inscriptions, n.d.; birthday book of Kathleen Reeves, 1909; correspondence, 1989, 2003
Folder 4: photographic prints and negatives of 'The Elms' at Bratton (Reeves family home), c.1903-1911
Folder 5: Letters written by Kathleen Reeves, mainly to her mother, Edith Reeves c.1908-1930
Folder 6: Letters written to Kathleen Reeves, mainly from her mother, Edith Reeves, 1916-1980
Date
1819-2003
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (6 folders)
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Collection contents
Whitaker and Reeves family papers and correspondence
