Whitaker, Gay and Lewis family correspondence and papers; miscellaneous poetry and prose
MS. 6005/23
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Whitaker, Gay and Lewis family correspondence and papers; miscellaneous poetry and prose
Shelfmark
MS. 6005/23
Summary
Comprises:
Folder 1: letter from Thomas Whitaker to his wife Caroline, 1775; letters from Sophia Whitaker mainly to Eliza Attwater (wife of Philemon Attwater), c.1830-1870
Folder 2: letters to family from Alfred Whitaker, son of Philip and Anne Whitaker, 1813-1819 with Marjorie Reeves' notes, c.1995
Folder 3: papers and correspondence relating to Gay family history and genealogy, 1820-1996; correspondence and papers relating to Whitaker family in Australia, 1993-1994; photocopied map of Wiltshire and adjacent counties, n.d.
Folder 4: correspondence, papers and WW1 memorabilia associated with the Lewis family of Pontypridd, including letters written by Harold Lewis to his mother from Holzminden (Lower Saxony, Germany) prisoner of war camp in 1918 and a letter explaining a code to evade the censors, 1918-1940s
Folder 5: notebook and loose sheets of poetry and prose, authors unknown, 19th century
Date
1775, 1813-1996
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (5 folders)
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Collection contents
Whitaker, Gay and Lewis family correspondence and papers; miscellaneous poetry and prose
