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Bishop, Isabella Lucy, 1831-1904 (traveller and author)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1831 - 1904

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter to Isabella Bishop, 19 Aug. 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 2/B1
Scope and Contents

From Sevenoaks, 19 August [1880].

Dates: 19 Aug. 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
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Notes on conversation with Lady Parkes, circa 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/33
Scope and Contents

'Notes of my last conversation with Lady Parkes': undated notes [by Isabella Bird, later Isabella Bishop] concerning a meeting with Fanny Hannah, Lady Parkes [in October or November 1879].

Dates: circa 1879
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 15/16
Scope and Contents

Unbound printed sheets of Isabella L. Bird (later Isabella Bishop), 'Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior, including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikko and Ise' (2 vols; London, 1880), vol. 2, pp. 305-362.

Dates: 1880
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.