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Hornby, Anna, 1914-1996 (calligrapher and painter)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1914 - 1996

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Calligraphy, 1918-1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/C2/1
Scope and Contents Folders 1-2 = correspondence. This includes letters to Meynell and to Pamela Zander from writers of italic or other calligraphic hands. Among them are Christopher Atkins, Philip A. Burgoyne, George Dow, William Dowling (1918, to Everard Meynell), Anthony Emery, Tom Geordie, D. J. Gilson, Kenneth Hardacre, Humphrey Hare, Frank Hartley, Anna Hornby, David Kronig, Geoffrey W. F. Lang, Richard Lewis, David Milne, H. G. Nimbs, W. C. Parfit, Michael Parker, Philip Rigby, Stuart Ray, V. Swearer, K....
Dates: 1918-1962
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence, 1955-1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/B36/4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence in 1955-6 is chiefly with the Society (Anna Hornby and W. N. Littlejohns). With these letters is a copy of the Bulletin of the Society with the lecture printed on pp. 5-12. Correspondence in 1964-6 is with A. S. Osley.

Dates: 1955-1965
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Society for Italic Handwriting, 1952-1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/F17/5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with the Society (Alfred Fairbank, Anna Hornby), and an exchange of letters between George Miller and Pamela Hayman. With the correspondence are the agenda for the inaugural meeting and draft rules of the Society. Meynell's folder was marked 'Resigned from the Committee & elected Vice-President April 1958'.

Dates: 1952-1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).