Ruth Braun personal documents and memorabilia | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Ruth Braun personal documents and memorabilia

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MS. Braun 191

Summary

Folder 1: Personal documents, 1926-2002, including birth and adoption certificates, 1926/1929, and German passport, 1936; UK registration certificate, passports, medical cards, driving licences, 1942-1996; funeral speech for Ruth Braun, 1999, and executor's report by Christopher Braun on the estate of Ruth Braun, 2002.

Folder 2: Theatre and music, 1955-1996, including Birmingham Theatre School, 1955-1957; auditions at the BBC, 1960-1968; singing certificate, 1973; theatre production of 'Robin Hood', 1996.

Folder 3: Religious and spiritual life, 1942-1993, including confirmation certificate, 1942, Society of Friends/Quakers, 1945; The Theosophical Society, 1953-1957; transcendental meditation and spiritual healing, 1959-1993.

Folder 4: Essays and autobiographical notes, c. 1995, also pocket diaries, 1996 and 1997.

Folder 5: Miscellaneous photographs and memorabilia, including National Savings Christmas 1945 gift card with stamps worth 15/- given to Ruth Braun by Curt Sluzewski, c. 1942-1994.