Obituaries and tributes, 1923 - 2014
Scope and Contents
Letters of tribute from:
W Mary Breed to Helen I McMorran 23 April [1932] with letter from Bertha Phillpotts to W Mary Breed 15 September 1923 (about Mary Breed's career);
K T B Butler to [Helen] Wodehouse 22 January [1932];
W Langdon-Brown to Marjorie Hollond 25 February 1938 [after an unspecified meeting] with a typescript extract 'from Mrs Carter's letter' about BSP;
H M E A R Murray to the Mistress [Helen Wodehouse] 24 January 1932;
J S Sheppard to M[ary] Clover 5 April 1933 with copy of his speech [at a memorial service?] in tribute to BSP.
Obituaries published in the ‘Cambridge Review’ 29 January 1932, in ‘Hertha’ (by Mrs Largerwall) [1932], in ‘Danbrit’ (by Sigfús Blõndal, translated by Jean Young). Also book of mounted press obituaries.
Includes a printout of details of her gravestone in the Cemetry at Tunbridge Wells, 2014.
Dates
- Creation: 1923 - 2014
Creator
- From the Fonds: Newall, Bertha Surtees, Dame, 1877 - 1932 (nee Phillpotts, Scandinavian scholar and educationalist) (Person)
Extent
1 file(s) : Paper
1 volume(s)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
II 62-73; VIII 103
Date information
DateText: 1923-1938, 2014.
Originator(s)
Various
Finding aid date
2003-12-15 17:06:46+00:00
Repository Details
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