Correspondence regarding Nancy Astor
MS. 15363/71
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Correspondence regarding Nancy Astor
Shelfmark
MS. 15363/71
Summary
Comprises:
Correspondence with the Rev. Douglas Pitt regarding Nancy Astor and depictions of her on television. 1976-1984
Correspondence, press cuttings and extracts from books regarding Nancy Astor. Also includes a copy of her maiden speech to Parliament, photographs of Nancy Astor and her sisters with hospital patients at Cliveden, copy of an extract from Waldorf Astor's Jura diary, negatives showing portraits of Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and Nancy Witcher Keene, copies of photographs of Nancy Astor, copies of correspondence and press cuttings regarding Gerhart Seger, and a negative showing Ellen Wilkinson. c. 1914-1945, 1993-2000
Date
Bulk, 1976-2000
c. 1914-1945, 1976-2000
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (2 folders)
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Collection contents
Family papers and correspondence
Nancy and Waldorf Astor
Correspondence regarding Nancy Astor
