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1. Add MS 89510/19

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Title:
Personal papers of Charles Richardson
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to the childhood and academic career of Charles David Richardson, only child of Ralph Richardson and Meriel Forbes. This series mostly consists of letters sent by Charles as a child to his parents, while they were away working and later from his boarding school, but the series ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1998
Extent:
25 folders

2. Add MS 89510/19/23

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Title:
Paintings by Charles Richardson
Scope & Content:
Three paintings probably by a young Charles Richardson. This folder contains: a small painting of a brown house on a blue background painted on the reverse of a printed line drawing of a birda small painting of a black boat on a blue sea painted on the reverse of a printed image of a painting ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950s
Extent:
1 folder

3. Add MS 89510/19/5-12

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Title:
Letters from Charles Richardson to his parents
Scope & Content:
Letters from Charles Richardson to his parents, Ralph and Meriel, mostly sent during his childhood, from boarding school and university.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1968
Extent:
8 folders

4. Add MS 89510/19/20

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Title:
School Reports for Charles Richardson from Stowe
Scope & Content:
Terminal reports on the performance of Charles Richardson in his studies in Chandos House at Stowe School. This folder encloses a booklet report for each term, three for each academic year, with reviews of Charles' performance divided by subject and bound together with summaries from the housemas...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1958-1963
Extent:
1 folder

5. 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

6. 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

7. Add MS 89510/19/25

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Title:
Programmes and press cuttings from productions starring Charles Richardson
Scope & Content:
Programmes and press cuttings recording stage productions starring Charles Richardson. This folder contains: a cutting from the Daily Mirror, dated 1 Aug 1955, entitled Tommygun-Toting Boy Startled ‘em, reporting on Charles’ arrival in Australia to stay with his parentsa programme for a producti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-1971
Extent:
1 folder

8. 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

9. 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

10. Add MS 89510/19/2

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Title:
Baby record for Charles Richardson
Scope & Content:
Papers recording the development of Charles as a baby. This folder contains: a brown volume entitled Baby: A Record with printed pages filled in by Meriel Forbes to record Charles' development, including a list of gifts, who they were sent by, and attendees at his Christening four loose pages fr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1951
Extent:
1 folder