Letters from Bessie Parkes to Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, 1871 - 1880
Sub-sub-group
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 5D
Scope and Contents
1870s and 1880s: GCPP Parkes 5/135-138.
The 7 letters in this section were sent variously from France and England. Bessie writes chiefly of life in France, including a letter written during the Franco-Prussian War in 1871; of her children; and of the death of her husband Louis Belloc in 1872.
Dates
- Creation: 1871 - 1880
Creator
- From the Fonds: Belloc, Elizabeth Rayner, 1829 - 1925 (nee Parkes, campaigner for women's rights and journalist) (Person)
Extent
7 item(s) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Parkes, Bessie Rayner
Finding aid date
2001-10-15 10:20:26+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
Contact:
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The Archivist
Girton College Archive
Huntingdon Road
Cambridge CB3 0JG United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 338897
archive@girton.cam.ac.uk