Gwen Raverat and Jacques Pierre Paul Raverat: Papers
Scope and Contents
Gwendolen Mary Darwin (1885-1957), daughter of Sir George Darwin, married Jacques Pierre Paul Raverat in 1911. [Papers presently being catalogued, include letters to Gwen Raverat from: Charles Galton Darwin (brother), William Robert Darwin (brother), Frances Darwin, Georges Raverat 1934-38, 3 from Hillaire Belloc 1913-14; letters on her engagement and marriage 1911; Darwin family photographs; drawings by Lady (Ida) Darwin, wife of Sir Horace Darwin; watercolours by Elizabeth or Charlotte Wedgwood, sisters of Emma Darwin, 1825-30; obituaries of various Darwins; sale and exhibition catalogues of Gwen Raverat's wood engravings, lithographs, paintings. J.P.P. Raverat, letters to: parents, father Georges Raverat 1905-20, Hilton Young 1st Lord Kennet, Goldie Dickinson, Tom Marshall, letters to J.P.P. Raverat from: Paul Valéry, Paul Desjardins, Jules Demolins, Oliver Gotch; J.P.P. Raverat: poems, paintings.]
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1950 (20th century)
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
11 archive box(es)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Mrs Sophie Gurney, 1981, 1993
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Box: MS Add.9209/1/1-467: Box 1 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/1/468-1126: Box 2 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/1/1127-1656: Box 3 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/2/1-72: Box 4 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/2/73-161: Box 5 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/3/1-276: Box 6 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/3/277-366: Box 7 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/3/367-381: Box 8 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/4: Box 9 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/5: Box 10 (Mixed Materials)
- Box: MS Add.9209/6-7: Box 11 (Mixed Materials)
Repository Details
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