Pate, Minnie, fl. 1892-1957 (Proprietor of the Cambridge University Typewriting Office)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1870 - 1963

Biography

Minnie Pate joined the Cambridge University Typewriting Office in 1892. The Office had been established in 1892 by Marian Marshall (c.1848-1901), a trade unionist and women's suffrage worker. In 1900 she sold the business to Minnie Pate. In October 1950 Minnie Pate became the first woman to become an honorary MA of Cambridge University. She left the Office in 1957, and died in or before 1963.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

File

Minnie Pate: Scrapbook

File

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7637

Scope and Contents Scrapbook of photographs; cuttings from the Cambridge Evening News, Cambridge Review, and other publications; and letters, relating to the Cambridge University Typewriting Office, Cambridge luminaries, and Cambridge life in general.A typescript index of subjects is at f.10a.Writers of correspondence include: Frederick Vaughan, A. Hadrian Allcroft, Alex Hill, Robert Ball, A. C. Benson, J. R. M. Butler, A. F. Butler, R. A. Butler, E. A. Benians, F. M. Cornford, Brian W....

Dates: 1892-1963

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Found in: Cambridge University Library

Fonds

Testimonials and letters

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10508

Scope and Contents

A scrapbook of testimonials and letters assembled by Minnie Pate of the Cambridge University Typewriting Office. The writers of letters include A. E. Housman, Laurence Housman, E. M. Forster, George Mallory, John Murray, E. E. C. Jones (Constance Jones), Emma Gollancz, Ethel Sargant, Stephen Gaselee, Lytton Strachey, Richard Kahn, A. C. Pigou, W. J. H. Sprott, A. T. Bartholomew, H. F. Jones, Stanley Baldwin, Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, and Prince Chula of Siam.

Dates: 1890s-1950s