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Letters from A. C. and Marion Seward and other correspondents, mainly to Phyllis Seward (copies only), 1903 - 1950

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW/4/1

Scope and Contents

Scanned electronic copies of loaned originals. Includes: letters to Phyllis ("Toodles") from A. C. Seward (1903-1940) and Marion Seward (1903-1924), with occasional letters to Dorothy from A. C. Seward; letters from Phyllis to Margery during the British Association for the Advancement of Science Australia trip in 1914; letter to Phyllis from John Walton (with press cutting re his marriage to Dorothy), 15 Jan 1917; letters of condolence to Phyllis on the death of her mother, Nov 1924 (including J. Edith Blumer, Sierra Madre, Rosamund M. Rootham, Kate Cockerell, Alexander Lander) and on the death of her father, 1941; airmail letters to Phyllis from Carola in Australia, 1949. Also includes letters to Mrs and Miss [Phyllis] Seward re the Cambridge Drawing Society from: Henry Tonks, 1900s; Muirhead Bone, 27 Dec 1903 and 8 May 1907; [Sir William] Rotherstein, 27 Jan 1908; Roger Fry (8 July 1912); Laura Knight; Alfred Rich, 1912-13 (including signed portrait photograph and drawing); William Nicholson, 29 May 1913; Bertram Priestman; A. M. [Arthur Mayger] Hind, 22 Apr 1922; George Clausen (re A. C. Seward's portrait), 13 Apr. 1924.

Dates

  • Creation: 1903 - 1950

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers (AC Seward letters closed until cataloguing completed). Permission needed from family for publication requests.

Biographical / Historical

A. C. and Marion Seward had four daughters, Dorothy, Phyllis, Margery and Carola. Phyllis married Michael Sampson on 17 March 1923.

Extent

1 file(s)

Existence and Location of Originals

In possession of the granddaughter of Phyllis (loaned for copying, returned in November 2024).

Repository Details

Part of the Downing College Repository

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