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Gardening

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

 Sub-Series

Diaries, 1939 - 2013

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 1/1
Scope and Contents

These diaries are especially detailed during the war, covering MS’s life with her family and then as an officer with the Auxiliary Territorial Service. They remain quite detailed up to the mid-1950s, after which they mainly concern gardening, with the exception of the diary for 1979-80, which covers CS's spell as Governor of Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe].

Dates: 1939 - 2013
Conditions Governing Access: The wartime and 1950s diaries are also available in a digital format, and up to 1946 as edited transcripts. Please contact the Archives Centre for further information.
 Fonds

Henry Taylor and family: Correspondence and Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7901-7908
Scope and Contents The collection consists of manuscript notebooks, correspondence, and business and family papers of Henry Taylor, with additional papers relating to the family of his wife Christian (née Fox). The correspondence includes letters sent between Taylor and members of his family (7901/1 and 7901/2). This is supported by correspondence with those outside the immediate family circle. There are letters from Henry Taylor to Mrs. Ann Jebb, who wrote during the 1770s under the pseudonym of 'Priscilla',...
Dates: 1722-1900
Conditions Governing Access: 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).