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Tipperary Club papers, 1915 - 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/SEW/4/3/2/1

Scope and Contents

Includes: card announcing visit of Lady French, 30 April 1915; letter from Courtney Kenny accepting invitation to speak, 4 Dec. 1915 (or 1918); names of subscribers of the Tipperary Club, 1916; printed address of M. R. James, Provost of King's College, at the unveiling of the Roll of Honour of the Cambridge Tipperary Club on 12 July 1916; card announcing possible visit of the Queen while on a visit to the First Eastern General Hospital, 4 Oct. 1918; printed address to members of the Tipperary Club by Mrs Adeane, Babraham, 10 Dec. 1918; letter to Marion Seward from Madeline Adeane re Mrs Seward's ill health, 7 Aug. 1919; letter from Madeline Adeane re Tipperary Club visit to Babraham, 25 Apr. 1921; two letters to A. C. Seward from Tipperary Club members and Catherine Weekes, Master's Lodge, Sidney Sussex, re his gift to the Club of a gramaphone in memory of his late wife, Dec. 1924. Also includes: 'Cambridge Women War Workers' article from 'The Ladies Field', 17 Nov. 1917, including profile of Mrs Seward, Chairman of the Communcal Kitchen Committee and Hon. Secretary of the Tipperary Club, with brief overview of the work of the Tipperary Club; four handmade cards (with signatures arranged in a circle) from the Tipperary Club (later 'New Tipperary Club' to Marion Seward on her birthday, wishing her recovery from ill health (after her operation, according to a note on the reverse) and congratulations on the birth of her grandson.

Dates

  • Creation: 1915 - 1924

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Extent

1 file(s)

Existence and Location of Originals

Daughter of Carola Seward (loaned for copying)

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital copy, scanned from loaned originals, available.

Repository Details

Part of the Downing College Repository

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