Biographical materials, 1883 - 1995
Scope and Contents
File of biographical material relating to Margaret Llewelyn Davies and family. Includes the following:
Girton College Register form for Margaret Llewelyn Davies;
Family tree, including very small black and white photographs of Margaret, her parents and her brothers;
Copy of Girton College Executive Committee minutes, 20 July 1883, reporting the withdrawal of Margaret Llewelyn Davies;
Cuttings and articles concerning Margaret Llewelyn Davies' work for the Women's Co-operative Guild, written in the 1960s around the centenary of her birth, including black and white photograph of Margaret in later years;
Janet Pott [nee Fletcher], 'The Llewelyn Davies and Fletcher Families 1800-1989' (photocopy of a 19 pages handwritten memoir, 1989, including Fletcher family tree), with related letter from Janet Pott;
Obituaries for the Rev John Llewelyn Davies (d. 1916);
Obituary for Theodore Llewelyn Davies, who drowned while bathing in the River Lune, Kirkby Lonsdale, 1905;
Letters from Jane Wynne Willson [great-niece of Margaret Lewellyn Davies], 1988, 1990 and 1992, containing notes on Margaret Llewelyn Davies and John Llewelyn Davies, suggesting in particular that Margaret did not complete her course at Girton because she 'did not find University study congenial' and her 'strong social sense - - found no fulfilment in college life';
Cutting concerning the republication in 1978 of 'Maternity - Letters from Working Women', ed. Margaret Llewelyn Davies (originally published 1915);
Rosalind Nash [nee Shore Smith, Girton friend and contemporary of Margaret Llewelyn Davies], 'A Memoir of Margaret Llewelyn Davies', 3 pages typescript, no date - the memoir contains much detail on Margaret's work for the Women's Co-operative Guild;
Memoir of Margaret Llewelyn Davies by H F Bing and John Saville, 6 pages typescript, no date - again, includes much detail on her work for the Women's Co-operative Guild;
Memoir of Margaret Llewelyn Davies by Dr Katharine Davies [daughter of Margaret's brother Crompton], 28 pages typescript, no date - again, largely concentrates on the Women's Co-operative Guild and its work, also touching on Margaret's interests in internationalism and pacifism;
Photocopy of 'From a Victorian Post-Bag: Being Letters addressed to the Rev. J. Llewelyn Davies, by Thomas Carlyle & Others, ed. Charles Llewelyn Davies, London 1926, together with a covering letter from Jim Borg, 1995.
Dates
- Creation: 1883 - 1995
Creator
- From the Fonds: Davies, Mary Llewelyn (nee Crompton, 1834-1895) (Person)
Extent
1 file(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Various
Finding aid date
2010-08-06 12:01:27+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
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