Miscellaneous papers

Title

Miscellaneous papers

Shelfmark

MS. 23701/20

Summary

Folder 1: Research by Henry and Margaret Newbolt into the Grove/Shelley families, comprising:

Seven letters from Margaret Hussey to Henry and Margaret Newbolt, 1924-1938, one enclosing handwritten extracts from the diaries of Harriet Grove, 1809-1810. With notes by Margaret Hussey on various members of the Grove family

Two letters from Ruth Bailey to Margaret Newbolt, 1935

Letter from Mrs. Murray-Smith to Mr. Bailey, 1928

Two letters from Mrs. M.H. Horsley to [Mr. Bailey?], 1929

Letter from William H. Robinson Ltd to Margaret Newbolt about the Journal of Harriet Grove, 1936

Handwritten notes by Henry Newbolt on The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Harriet Grove's diary extracts (sent by Margaret Hussey), n.d.

Handwritten notes by Margaret Newbolt on Netherhampton, n.d.

Handwritten note on Mary Shelley, n.d.

Handwritten Grove/Pilfold family tree by Henry Newbolt, n.d.

Folder 2:

The History of Little Fanny, text reproduced by etching or engraving with seven card figures and a moveable head, n.d. [late 18th-early 19th century?]

12 Claud Lovat Fraser pen illustrations for Walter de la Mare's play Crossings (unpublished; see Theresa Whistler, Imagination of the Heart, page 293 note), comprising: two pictures that appear to be double-page spreads (perhaps ideas for cover or endpapers), nine smaller pieces (perhaps tailpieces for scenes), a torn envelope marked 'Crossings' in Lovat Fraser's broad pen, and one galley proof from the text, [1921?]

Programme for an exhibition of paintings by Vanessa Bell, 4 Feb-8 Mar 1930, with a foreword by Virginia Woolf

Letter from C.V. Wedgewood to Mrs. Monsell (Peggy Irwin) on Jill Furse, 30 Mar 1960?

Typed notes of a sermon by Rev. C.R. Shaw-Stewart at the funeral of Rev. Maurice Herbert Jones (1888-1915), 12 Sep 1915

Memorial service sheet for Rupert Spens Thompson, Walter de la Mare's son-in-law, Oct 1951, annotated 'Margaret with my best love Florence'

Article about Robert Bridges, The Times Literary Supplement, 26 Jun 1953

Review of Walter de la Mare's Private View, The Times Literary Supplement, 7 Aug 1953

Press cuttings including a review of Tantivy Towers by Celia Furse, an article mentioning Drake's Drum (the inspiration for a poem by Henry Newbolt) and a photograph of Nancy Triffitt attending a wedding as a child (she later married Francis Newbolt, Celia Furse's brother), 1931-1964

Date

[late 18th century-1960s]

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (2 folders)