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431. Add MS 89510/19/9

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Title:
Letters and notes written by Charles Richardson to his parents
Scope & Content:
Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 12 and 13, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The majority of these letters are sent from Summer Fields, Charles' boarding school near Oxford, by air mail to Ralph and Meriel on tour in America in 1957. However they also include a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-1958
Extent:
1 folder

432. Add MS 89510/19/10

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Title:
Letters written by Charles Richardson to his parents
Scope & Content:
Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 14 and 15, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The majority of these letters are sent from Stowe, Charles' boarding school, and therefore convey news of events at school, like sports matches, and include requests for various items to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1960
Extent:
1 folder

433. Add MS 89510/19/11

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Title:
Letters written by Charles Richardson to his parents
Scope & Content:
Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 16 and 17, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The majority of these letters are sent from Stowe, Charles' boarding school, and therefore convey news of events at school, like sports matches, and include requests for various items to...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1961-1962
Extent:
1 folder

434. Add MS 89510/19/12

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Title:
Letters written by Charles Richardson to his parents
Scope & Content:
Letters written by Charles Richardson, at age 18 and above, and addressed to Ralph and Meriel as Mummy and Daddy. The earlier letters are sent from Stowe, Charles' boarding school, and recall the events at the end of the academic year of 1963. The letters from 1964 are sent from Bedegar's Lea and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963-1968
Extent:
1 folder

435. Add MS 89510/19/13

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Title:
Birthday cards and notes made by Charles Richardson
Scope & Content:
A selection of cards and notes created by Charles Richardson to celebrate the birthdays of his parents. These are mostly undated and consist of a birthday message decorated with hearts and kisses, often drawn onto an empty envelope. This folder also includes some simple examples of cardboard embr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950s-1960s
Extent:
1 folder

436. Add MS 89510/19/14

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Title:
Letters to and concerning Charles Richardson
Scope & Content:
Various letters to and concerning Charles Richardson as a child and young man. This folder contains: a bill for “professional attention on behalf of Mrs Richardson” from Jun 1944 to Jan 1945a certificate for a life insurance policy with Norwich Union for Charles Richardson, dated 14 Feb 1945, ac...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1963
Extent:
1 folder

437. Add MS 89510/19/15

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Title:
Letters from Charles Richardson's nanny
Scope & Content:
Letters and postcards to Meriel Forbes from Joan Garford, Charles Richardson's nanny, providing details of his health and development. These contain a number of letters from Broadstairs and Frinton-on-Sea reporting the activities that Charles had been enjoying by the sea.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-1954
Extent:
1 folder

438. Add MS 89510/19/16

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Title:
Letters from Charles Richardson's nanny
Scope & Content:
Letters and postcards to Meriel Forbes from Nancy Lovett, Charles Richardson's nanny, providing details of his health and development. Ms Lovett seems to have been based at Summer Fields, Charles' boarding school in Oxford, and provided additional care for the pupils. The majority of these lette...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1955
Extent:
1 folder

439. Add MS 89510/19/17

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Title:
Correspondence regarding Charles Richardson's education
Scope & Content:
Correspondence regarding the first part of Charles Richardson's education. Half of these letters relate to securing an advance place for Charles at Eton College, including initial letters of response from House Masters to secure a place only six months after he was born, and later letters concern...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1958
Extent:
1 folder

440. Add MS 89510/19/18

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Title:
School reports for Charles Richardson from Summer Fields
Scope & Content:
School reports on Charles Richardson's progress in education from St Christopher's School, Hamstead, and then Summer Fields, near Oxford. This folder contains: five reports from St Christopher's School ten terminal reports from Summer Fields, including two on airmail paper two final orders from ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1958
Extent:
1 folder