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Title

Harris family papers

Shelfmark

MS. Nicholson 93

Summary

Papers relating to Muriel Caine, née Harris, and her family:

Folder 1: Papers of Muriel Caine, maily estate papers (death certificate, copy of will, summary of estate, executorship statements), 1951-1963. Also includes a small autograph book containing poems, drawings and watercolours for Muriel Harris by friends, c.1917-1920.

Folder 2: Papers of the Harris family, including correspondence of Hilda Una Thorne, née Harris (Muriel Caine's sister?), mainly relating to her work for the B.B.C as Head of Hostel at the Hotel Medina, Weston-super-Mare, 1940-1942; Teacher's Certificate for Abner Henry Harris (Muriel Caine's father), 1886-1897, degree certificate Bachelor of Arts [Trinity College Dublin?], 1902, and papers relating to his estate, 1952-1954; birth certificate, 1863, and death certificate, 1950, of Adeline Harris, née Johnson (Muriel Caine's mother); will, 1891-1892, and death certificate, 1907, of Benjamin Harris (Abner Harris's father), with family correspondnece relating to his death, 1907; death notice for Ann Harris (Abner Harris's mother), 1877; miscellaneous family papers, 1950 and n.d.

Folder 3: [Harris family] diaries and notebooks: notebook including diary entries, memoranda, biblical notes, and accounts, 1876-1893; diary, 1882.