Photographs and documents gathered for autobiography
MS. 12110/28
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Photographs and documents gathered for autobiography
Shelfmark
MS. 12110/28
Summary
Comprises papers originally in folder labelled 'Photographs and Documents to be looked at to use in book':
Folder 1: Photographs (prints) and 1 negative, 1930s-1970s. Includes photographs of a visit to Mongolia, 1970; Re-election as MP for Kettering, 1974; The unveiling of a plaque recording the names of Northamptonshire MPs, [1970s], and a list of illustrations to be used in The Slighter Side of a Long Public Life.
Folder 2: Documents, 1935-1984. Includes a Royal Air Force Flying Clothing Card, 1940; Postcards from Geoffrey de Freitas to his mother, Enid, 1935, 1936, 1939, and a letter to his wife, Helen, 1945; Answers to a questionnaire from the Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph, 1974, and Statements and press cutttings.
Date
[1930]-1984
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (2 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Sir Geoffrey de Freitas
Drafts of autobiography The Slighter Side of a Long Public Life (published 1985), with background material
Photographs and documents gathered for autobiography
