Postcards to Helen Cam, circa 1905-1953

File

Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Cam 2/16

Scope and Contents

File of approximately 140 postcards and greetings cards sent to Helen Cam at various addresses, showing churches, cathedrals and other places of historical interest, chiefly in the UK; also artworks, religious subjects and illuminated manuscripts. They were sent by many different correspondents and are largely of an ephemeral nature typical of postcard communication, although they do include some professional communication amongst the personal. A number of the earlier cards [circa 1905-1928] were sent by 'A.M.T.', who also signs one of the cards 'A. M. Trout' and another 'Troutlet' [perhaps a close friend?].

Dates

Creation: circa 1905-1953

Creator

From the Fonds: Cam, Helen Maud, 1885 - 1968 (medieval historian) (Person)

Extent

1 file(s)

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by John V H Constable, February 2021, on behalf of the Constable family and in memory of his father, Giles Constable, and his uncle, John D Constable, to whom Helen Cam gave the postcards for their collection when they visited her as children [they were part of a larger collection of blank cards illustrating architecture of castles, churches etc].

Related Materials

Giles Constable, Professor of Medieval History at Harvard, donated some papers relating to Helen Cam to the Schlesinger Library of Radcliffe College in 1969, including photographs, letters and 'Helen Maud Cam: A Personal Memoir', by Patricia Hochschild Labalm.