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Miscellaneous correspondence chiefly in connection with the Girton Review, 1873 - 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCRF 9/1/14

Scope and Contents

Many of the letters are written to Helen McMorran who edited the Review, many contain reminiscences of life at Girton.
1) A M Adam to Helen I McMorran, 8 December 1943
2) Georgina Battiscombe to [Helen I McMorran] 11 October [1941]; 14 October [1941]; 20 November [1941]; 31 January [1942]; 14 October [1942]; and Helen I McMorran to Mrs G Battiscombe, [1943] (copy) - all relating to Charlotte M Yonge;
3) Sara A Burstall to Helen I McMorran, 11 November 1933 and 17 February 1938;
4) Elizabeth Dale to Helen I McMorran, 5 December 1942; with 14 stories of College life 1888-91 and 1916;
5) Photograph of Sedley Taylor conversing with Mme Guy (née Hentsch) at the Fiftieth Jubilee Garden Party, 26 July 1919;
6) This Girton: anecdotes about Kathleen T Butler, Katharine Jex-Blake (x 2), E E Constance Jones and Kathleen M Peace;
7) Lady Dorothy Henley, née Howard, to Helen I McMorran, 21 July 1960; with copy of extract from letter to her mother, 8 August 1909; copy of letter, 21 July [1960]; with letter to her mother, 28 August 1904; copy of letter to her mother, 28 September 1960; 4 October 1960 and 6 October 1961;
8) Emily Hills to Helen I McMorran, 8 January [156] and 22 February [1956], concerning her retirement presentation;
9) Dame Louisa I Lumsden to Miss Edith Major 16 November 1925; 4 December 1925; 7 February 1926; 11 February [1926] (x 2); 21 May 1926; 28 May 1926; 31 May 1926; 2 June 1926; 3 June 1926; 6 June 1926; 27 October 1926; 29 October 1926; 1 November 1926; 15 July 1930; 16 October 1930; 22 December 1930; 4 January 1931 and 11 January 1931. Helen I McMorran to Librarian, 23 and 27 November 1931, and to Editor of Girton Review, 12 November 1932. Miss Major to Dame Louisa Lumsden, 9 and 15 February, 20, 25 and 31 May 1926 (copies);
10) List of winners of the Gamble Prize, with titles of their essays (2 copies); and List of Girtonians who took quasi ad eundum degrees at Trinity College, Dublin (2 copies);
11) Rosalind Nash to Helen I McMorran, 6 November 1945; Helen I McMorran to Mrs R Nash, 27 January 1946 (copy); and Rosalind Nash to H I McMorran, 29 January 1946 and 20 March 1946;
12) Mary E Rolston, née Kennedy, to Dame Mary Cartwright, 6 May 1965; with Elizabeth Welsh to Elizabeth Rolston, née Hicke, 31 January 1873, ‘One page of Girton’s history anticipated, or The Savage and Triumphant Progress of the Classical Tripos over Two of her loftiest Students, February 1875’. Dedicated to E W. Cartoon by Constance L Maynard, portraying, Elizabeth, Rose Aitkin;
13) Caroline M Ridding: notes re books presented by her in June 1931; with J D Anderson to Caroline M Ridding, 15 July and 14 September 1914; P Mahalanobis [?] to Caroline M Ridding, 19 January 1915; Caroline M Ridding to Helen I McMorran, 28 May 1931; E J Thomas to Helen I McMorran, 12 June 1931; Caroline M Ridding to Helen I McMorran, 13 July 1931 and 19 May 1934;
14) Relating to the Sargant Memorial: Agnes Arber to Katharine Jex-Blake, 28 January, 12 February, 4, 19 and 24 March 1918; Jeanie Hale-White to Katharine Jex-Blake, 1, 9 and 15 March 1918; E Lawder to Katharine Jex-Blake, 21 January [1919?] and 30 May 1919; W L Sargant to Katharine Jex-Blake, 2 January 1917 [i.e. 1918] and 3 January 1918; E R Saunders to Katharine Jex-Blake, 28 February 1918 and 9 March [1918?]; A C Seward to Katharine Jex-Blake, 7 March and 14 July 1918; Beatrice Taylor to Katharine Jex-Blake, 11 March 1918; and E L Turner to Katharine Jex-Blake, 17 January 1918;
15) C A J Skeel to Helen I McMorran, 30 Sept and 3 October 1935, relating to the obituary of Constance L Maynard;
16) Barbara, Lady Stephen to Miss Bacon, 26 and 30 July [1928]; with paintings of the coats of arms which are incorporated into the Girton Shield; Barbara, Lady Stephen to Helen I McMorran, 30 March 1936, concerning the review of M A Hamilton’s Newnham: an informal biography; Barbara, Lady Stephen to Helen I McMorran, 17 February [1945];
17) Emily Townshend to Helen I McMorran, 14 September 1933;
18) Photograph of William Henry Young, former mathematical coach at Girton (1863-1942); with note (copy) from R C H Young about wedding gift of 12 apostle coffee spoons to W H Young from the mathematical students of Girton, 25 May 1896; and R C H Young: Tercentenary of the Leopoldina Academy, Schweinfurt, reprinted from Nature, volume 170, page 1005, 27 December 1952;
19) Alice Zimmern to [Helen I McMorran], 23 October [1935] and 5 November 1935, concerning the obituary of Mary Kennedy;
20) E B L Swetenham to Helen I McMorran, 17 August 1947; with reminiscences of Miss E M Allen and K Jex-Blake.



















Dates

  • Creation: 1873 - 1965

Extent

2 file(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Arrangement

Alphabetical.

Former / Other Reference

Cupboard 4 (A-C)

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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