Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to the history of Girton College founders and other matters, 1917 - 1987
Scope and Contents
Correspondents and subjects include the following:
1) Katharine Jex-Blake to Miss Stephen (Newnham), Miss Jex-Blake (Lady Margaret Hall), Miss Penrose (Somerville), re letter to Miss Mercier (Leeds City Training College), 7 February 1917, with their comments. [Original letter to Miss Mercier missing];
2) Stanley Baldwin to Miss Wodehouse, 16 December 1934 and Helen M Wodehouse to Stanley Baldwin, 18 December 1934 (copy);
3) Lord Beveridge to Kathleen T Butler, 15 April 1947, requesting information about Miss Manning; K T Butler to Lord Beveridge, 18 April 1947 (copy); Ailsa Henderson, p.p. Lord Beveridge, to Miss Butler, 19 April 1947; and Lord Beveridge to Miss Butler, 25 April 1947;
4) Ethel A McPhail to Girton, 28 June 1949; Helen I McMorran to Miss McPhail, 14 July 1949 (copy); and Ethel A McPhail to Miss McMorran, 18 July 1949 (about Kate Greenaway);
5) Helen Cam to Helen I McMorran, 3 December 1950; and Lawrence Hanson to H I McMorran, 14 December 1950 (about George Eliot);
6) Bertrand Russell, ’Memories of my childhood’, cutting from Vogue, February 1952;
7) Gordon S Haight to Helen I McMorran, 4 June 1952; and Helen I McMorran to G S Haight, 16 June 1952 (copy);
8) Dame Mary Cartwright, 'Girton’s founder', letter printed in The Sunday Times, 28 September 1952, in response to the answer given to the question in ‘Do you know?’, 21 September 1952; and Mimi Josephson to the Editor of The Sunday Times, 29 September 1952;
9) Philip Leigh-Smith to Dame Mary Cartwright, 9 October 1952; and Dame Mary Cartwright, 'Women in College', letter to the Editor of The Times, [October?], about Mary Somerville's residence in Trinity.
Dates
- Creation: 1917 - 1987
Extent
1 file(s) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
Cupboard 4 (G)
Originator(s)
Various
Finding aid date
1998-09-03 10:23:19+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Girton College Archive Repository
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