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Oliver Orchard, 'Poems' (1898), presented to Louisa Baldwin by Rudyard Kipling, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9774/1/1/900

Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

The collection comprises primarily the correspondence of Louisa Baldwin, née Macdonald (mother of Stanley Baldwin, first Earl Baldwin), with her mother and sisters; and correspondence and papers of her grandson Windham, third Earl Baldwin, concerning his group biography of the Macdonald sisters and his interest in his father's cousin Rudyard Kipling. It also includes letters and papers of members of the Kipling, Burne-Jones and Poynter families, into which three of Louisa Baldwin's sisters married; and of Louisa's unmarried sister Edith Macdonald, and their close friend Miss Edith Plowden. The collection forms a pendant to the extensive political archive bequeathed to Cambridge University Library by the first Earl Baldwin in 1947; and to the personal papers of the first Earl and Countess Baldwin, and the papers of the third Earl Baldwin concerning his father, that were generously presented by the present Earl Baldwin in 2004 and 2006.

Dates

  • Creation: 1901

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

Contact:
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