Diaries, anthologies, literary papers and letters

Title

Diaries, anthologies, literary papers and letters

Shelfmark

MS. 23701/12

Summary

Folder 1: Diaries and notebooks, comprising:

Three small childhood notebooks, 1876, 1879, 1881

Five small childhood diaries, 1880-1882, including a holiday in Switzerland, 1881, and 'A Garden Journal', 1882

Folder 2: Letters to Margaret Newbolt (née Duckworth). Items 10-22 are in a paper wrapper annotated by Celia Furse, however not all the items listed are present in the archive:

The State and the Arts, the Romanes Lecture delivered by Lord (Edward) Bridges, 3 Jun 1958, with a covering letter from Bridges to Margaret Newbolt and a further letter from Ralph Furse to Margaret about the lecture

Eight letters from her brother, Arthur Campbell Duckworth, from Switzerland, 1888

Letter from her sister, Helen Holland, on her Catholicism and daughter Verena Holland, 1923

15 letters from Hugh E. Lister (and Mary and Sibyl Lister), 1930s-1940s. Includes a letter dated Apr 1938 reminiscing about meeting Margaret and Henry Newbolt (when he was a boy at Netherhampton)

Letter from her son, Francis Newbolt, 1957

Three letters from her granddaughter, Theresa Furse (later Whistler), 1937/8, 1940, 1943

Letter from F. Puddicombe, former groom at Halsdon, n.d. [mid 1950s?], with a press cutting about Annie Johns and a biographical note about them both

Letter from her sister, Cecie Smith (née Duckworth), on the birth of Hester, 1894

Three letters from her son-in-law, Laurence Whistler, 1939, 1946, 1947

Letter from Nellie Cecil, thanking for the gift of Robert Bridges' Spirit of Man, with pencil comment by Margaret Newbolt in the margin, 1916

Letter from Anna Coltman about Venton, 1927

Letter from Mary Findlater, 1917

Postcard from Sibbie/Sibby Holland from France about her sister Verena Holland ('V.V.'), [1938?]

Postcard from Sylvia Duckworth, 1944

Two letters from Constance Lloyd and a catalogue of her paintings on show at the Adams Gallery, 1952

Letter from Percy Lubbock, 1922?

Letter from Pamela Tennant, 1911

Letter from Cynthia Lubbock, 1926?

Extract of a letter from George Arthur Newbolt to Celia Furse about Jill Furse, 1944

Envelope containing seeds from Switzerland?, n.d.

Press cutting about Maurice Hewlett's widow, n.d.

Cutting showing images of The Common Seal and The Admiralty Seal, n.d.

Folder 3: Letters, poems and writings by Margaret, comprising:

Letter (missing page 1) to a sister, possibly Helen Holland as Margaret signs herself 'Merva' which was Helen's name for her, [c. 1896]

Two letters to her sister, Helen Holland, including reference to 'B' (Bernard), [1908?, possibly incomplete], and war spirit, 1914

Letter to her daughter, Celia Furse, on visiting Walter 'Jack' de la Mare in old age, 1954?

Eight letters (one incomplete) to Ella Coltman, including two from Francis Newbolt, 1943

Six letters to her granddaughter, Theresa Furse (later Whistler), 1935-1949

Handwritten page 'To my descendants', Aug 1940, two versions

Dance card, 1888

Pencil note on Jill Furse swallowing a pebble, 1919

Poems: 'The Vigil of St. Barnabus. An Eclogue' (four folded pages), Sonnet 'To Edith S' (probably Edith Sichel), 1883-1884, and a poem to Celia Furse just before Nicolas was born, 1925

Notes on Margaret by her daughter, Celia Furse, n.d.

Miscellaneous items: quotes from letters and poems, a page from a 1903 diary, and a postcard advertising a concert by the Joachim Quartette, [1900s?-1930s?]

Folder 4: Anthologies and written conversations, comprising:

Spiral bound notebook containing prose anthology/quotations, with Celia Furse's label on front, [1940s-1950s]

Spiral bound exercise book containing Margaret's late life pencil conversations, 'M E Newbolt conversations Halsdon 1949-1950 and 1951'. An accompanying note says Margaret was very deaf so people wrote replies to her questions and afterwards she copied out the ones she wanted to keep, hence the notebook

Anthology of letters and quotes, including quotes from family letters, [1940s-1950s]

Memo book, 'Extracts from family letters', [1929-1954]

'Classica Memo Tablet' marked 'Halsdon 1949-50 J.H.M.F. and Ralph' (many pages removed)

Linen-covered notebook containing a reading list, [1935]

Folder 5: Leather wallet believed to belong to Margaret Newbolt as it contains items relating to her, comprising:

Letter from 'Mama' (Edina Duckworth) to Evie Duckworth, Apr 1873

Letter to Margaret from 'Sorella' (believed to be Helen or another of her sisters), written on the evening of Margaret's marriage to Henry Newbolt, 1889

Poem by Helen [Holland?] written after taking Celia Newbolt into the meadow grass, 1891

Poem by 'MEC' for Margaret, 'A mother to a baby', 1894

Prose written on scraps of paper and a photograph of Evelyn's grave in Orchardleigh churchyard (found in the envelope with the letter from 'Sorrella'), n.d.

Date

1876-1950s

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (5 folders)