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Guthrie, Adele Marion, 1905 - 1992 (nee Ogilvy, wife of Professor W. K. C. Guthrie)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1905 - 1992

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Letter describing Adele and his current academic work, 1933-02-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH/7/1/15
Scope and Contents Thanking her for her long letter conveying her impressions of Bombay and India. He describes Adele and says they are making plans regarding furnishings for their home - he is doing much extra paid work which will help. Regarding Asia Minor, he will probably not go, although he has yet to tell [William] Calder as, apart from marriage, too much work is accumulating, such as his book. (A later addition to the letter notes that the Near East question is still undecided after another letter from...
Dates: 1933-02-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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Letter to Katharine announcing he is to marry Adele Ogilvy, 1932-12-01 - 1932-12-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH/7/1/14
Scope and Contents

Written from Peterhouse to Katharine (now married and recently arrived in Bombay), with details of his growing relationship with Adele and the background to their engagement. With envelope.

Dates: 1932-12-01 - 1932-12-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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Letters of congratulation on the engagement of Adele Ogilvy and Keith Guthrie, 1932 - 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH/7/7/2
Scope and Contents

Includes letter from Joselyn Toynbee of Newnham College to Mrs [Lucy] Ogilvy, describing Keith Guthrie's excellent character and suitability for Adele, letters from Francis Cornford and his wife Frances (separate letters) and a telegram from Adele's father [Adam Loftus Ogilvy], 26/12/1932, with a copy of the wedding invitation.

Dates: 1932 - 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 File

Letters sent to Adele Ogilvy by her mother Lucy and others, 1930-11-25 - 1933-08-10

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH/7/6
Scope and Contents

Also includes a letter of congratulations to Keith on the news of their engagement, dated 15 January 1933, describing their meeting and Adele's early letters about him. Includes a letter to Adele at Newnham College, 25 Nov. 1930, from Jocelyn Toynbee and telegram from Adele's father in June 1930 congratulating her on her exam results (starred first in the Classical Tripos, Part II).

Dates: 1930-11-25 - 1933-08-10
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Personal papers of Adele Ogilvy (later Guthrie), 1925 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH/7/7
Scope and Contents

Includes presscuttings, academic and character references, letters and invitation relating to her marriage to William Keith Chambers Guthrie in 1933, family history papers and photographs.

Dates: 1925 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Photographs of Adele Ogilvy (later Guthrie) with family and friends, 1925 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH/7/7/4
Scope and Contents

Includes nine photographs of Adele with various friends and family (two copies and one negative of Adele with an older man, possibly her father, Adam Loftus Ogilvy), including Adele (2nd from left) on a hiking/ mountain climbing expedition, Adele with a group of young women (possibly at Newnham College) and in a car with two children (presumably Anne and Robin). Also includes one family group of unidentified men and women standing by a car (not including Adele).

Dates: 1925 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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Presscuttings and references relating to Adele Ogilvy's academic studies in Melbourne and Cambridge, 1927 - 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH/7/7/1
Scope and Contents Includes: two brief articles, one with a photograph, describing her first class honours degree in Classics from Melbourne University, winning one of four free passages to England to continue her studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; extracts from the Cambridge University Reporter, June 1929 and 1930, including Classics Part I (first) and Part II (starred first) results of Adele Ogilvy; bundle of nine character and academic references, 1927-31, giving details of academic achievements (she...
Dates: 1927 - 1931
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
 Fonds

Professor William Keith Chambers Guthrie collection, 1915 - 1982

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH
Scope and Contents

Includes: personal papers and family correspondence, photographs and slides from travels, including holidays, speeches and reviews re Guthrie's various publications, with some limited papers from his tenure as Master.

Dates: 1915 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access: Some sensitive/confidential papers and uncatalogued items remain closed.

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