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Doves Press, 1913 - 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 10/2/24

Scope and Contents

Papers from Madeline Whyte [Clementine Churchill's cousin] relating to the Doves Press and its founder (and her teacher), Thomas Cobden-Sanderson. Includes: Doves Press prints of a speech by 1st Lord Redesdale [earlier Algernon Freeman-Mitford] to the School of Arts and Crafts on discontent, and of an address by Blanche, Lady Airlie, on replenishment; letters to [?] Blanche, Lady Airlie and Mabell, Lady Airlie, from Cobden-Sanderson, 1918, on visiting Holkham Hall [Norfolk], and on a drawing of him by Alphonse Legros [print enclosed, also with a small printed photograph of Cobden-Sanderson]; small printed book on bookbinding, by Cobden-Sanderson; note by Madeline about Lady Dorothy Nevill, in front of a printed open letter in tribute to Lady Dorothy by Edmund Gosse, 1913; note written by Madeline to MS on Maude Alethea Stanley (Clementine’s great-aunt) in front of published tribute to her.

Dates

  • Creation: 1913 - 1966

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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