Photograph album compiled by Phyllis Seward, 1914 - 1921
Scope and Contents
Includes: views of Cambridge Botanic Garden rock garden and pond, June 1914; interior and exterior of family home (before Downing) at Westfield, Cambridge, and various interior and external shots at Downing; May Races, 1914 (Seward family, Mr Blackman, Mr Kidd, Mr Price, Margaret and Mrs Tarsley); Cadets sports prize giving, 1917, including Col. Edwards and Cadet Stewart; 'Hospital Group', 1915 and various photographs of staff and patients (incl Pte Mansfield) at the Red Cross Wordsworth Grove hospital in Cambridge [where Phyllis was a nurse], including hospital staff cricket team, 1918, and its closing in 1919; various groups at the May Races, 1919 (including Capt. Mahaney, Mr Ecker, Mr Clarke, Mr Passant, M. Brindley, Mr Blumer, Mr Lidwell, Capt. Foss, plus 'semi snapshots' by O. Schill of same groups). Various family groups and individuals, including: Margery after keeping wicket, Bedales, 1913; Carola as a Girl Guide (for party at Downing), 1915; Marion with hens, 1916; Dorothy in Friends Ambulance Uniform, 1915 (by Master's Lodge conservatory); baby Huon. Others pictured include: Celia Ayres, 1914; Frances Lupton; Carola Day (as a small girl); Hugh Hamshaw Thomas (various); D. Lapthorne, Mr Kidd, John and Dorothy [Walton], Hugh Hamshaw Thomas and Phyllis in a punt, 1919; Madge and Olive Smith, 1919; Dorothy and O. Schill with [students?] Mr Lidwell and Mr Newton (tennis); Mrs Pierce (hospital staff?); H. Gunn; Catherine and Margaret Alexander and parents; Mr [Frederick] Blackman; Bertram Priestman, painting, and his wife and dughter, Monica Priestman, 1919 (and yacht); Dick, Warburton [Wingate, possibly Isabella Wilhemina Warburton Wingate] and Mr Ritchie; the Line family. Also includes visits to Abersoch, Dunwich (beach and church, including Marion and Mr Priestman sketching Dunwich Church, 1919), Blythburgh, Walberswick and Venice.
Dates
- Creation: 1914 - 1921
Creator
- From the Collection: Seward, Sir Albert Charles, 1863-1941 (Knight, botanist and geologist) (Person)
- From the Collection: Seward, Marion, 1861-1924 (nee Brewis, wife of Albert Charles Seward and artist) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open to researchers. The majority of the collection is available in digital form only. Publication requests to be approved by the family.
Extent
1 file(s)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2021-22/011 - loaned by Seward family for copying. Returned 11 November 2024.
Existence and Location of Originals
Returned to granddaughter of Phyllis Seward, 11 November 2024.
Physical Description
Digital copies only. Scanned from original album.
Subject
Repository Details
Part of the Downing College Repository
Downing College Archive
Downing College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB2 1DQ United Kingdom
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