Letters and papers of others

Title

Letters and papers of others

Shelfmark

MS. Hobhouse 2

Summary

Folder 1: 'Statement Re Miss Hobhouse's Forcible Removal From The 'Avondale Castle' On Thursday, October 31st, 1901', typed onto a roll of fabric, likely by Mrs Anna Purcell and Miss Betty Molteno.

On the reverse side (faded) are additional accounts, including 'Mrs Heine[?]'s Letter to her Parents (Rev. and Mrs Louw of the Raal[?] after her Brother's (William Hofmeyr Louw) Execution at Colesburg Nov. 1901'.

Folder 2: Letters and papers of others, 1900-1903, n.d. Several letters in this file have been typewritten and annotated by Hobhouse in preparation for an autobiographical work c.1925. Includes:

Letters to Hobhouse from Elizabeth Maria (Betty) Molteno, Caroline Murray, Anna Purcell and Alice Greene, 1901-1902

Two handwritten copies of 'Interview with Mrs Fawcett, Lady Knox and Miss Deane', 1901

Writing by Francis Chavasse, Bishop of Liverpool, in reply to the Swiss Evangelical Appeal, with photocopied newspaper cutting of Neville Chamberlain's response to Chavasse, 1901

Folder 3: Letters and papers sent to Hobhouse and arranged by her as 'Letters from foreigners', 1901-1902, n.d. Includes:

Printed text 'To The English People', in English and French, 1901

Resolutions adopted by the Philadelphia Committee for Relief of Boer Women and Children in South Africa, 1901

Letter by Marie Krause regarding Hobhouse's arrest, 1901

Typescript narrative describing the experiences of a Dutch family in one of the concentration camps, n.d.

Date

1900-1902, n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box