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Morley, Elisabeth Henrietta Ernestina Charlotte Headlam (1866-1950, née Sonntag, composer, suffragette and wife of Sir James Headlam-Morley)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1866 - 1950

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Correspondence, 1919-01 - 1919-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 1/3/44
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Kenneth Headlam-Morley on his life at Eton (6); John Headlam on the effrontery of [Thomas] Woodrow Wilson [President of the United States] claiming to speak in the name of the people; Else Headlam-Morley [earlier Else Sonntag] on Agnes Headlam-Morley's future education, their financial difficulties, strains in their relationship and her anger at the treatment of Germany at Versailles (11); John Mackail, Examiner and Assistant Secretary, Board of Education, on a...
Dates: 1919-01 - 1919-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from Else Headlam-Morley [earlier Else Sonntag], 1919-01 - 1919-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 1/3/43
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: their financial situation; problems with Else's sister and brother-in-law Emma and Philip Ashworth; trouble with Else's housemaid Emma [Grüssel]; Agnes Headlam-Morley's progress at school; Else's lack of time for composing; Else's anger against the Versailles peace conference and JWHM's part in it. Also includes a few letters from Agnes Headlam-Morley, Kenneth Headlam-Morley and Arthur Headlam.

Dates: 1919-01 - 1919-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.