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Add MS 59895
- Record Id:
- 032-001998371
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001998371
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x00027c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 59895
- Title:
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ASQUITH LETTERS: letters of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, his wife Margot and son Raymond to the actress Mrs Alan Parsons formerly Viola Tree; 1904-1926, n.d. Included are some originals and typewritten copies of nine letters of H. H. Asquith published in Viola Tree, Castles in the Air (1926), pp. 194-195, 225-226, 239, 252-253, 285, 300-301. Supplementary to Add. 61727. Purchased of Denys Parsons, the son of the recipient, 13 Jan. 1978.
Paper; ff. 143. British Library arrangement.
- Scope & Content:
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Viola Emmie Aida Tree, afterwards Parsons; actress and singer: Letters from the Asquith family to V. Tree: 1904-1926, n.d.
includes:
- ff. 1-78 Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minister: Letters to V. Tree by Herbert Henry Asquith: 1904-1926: Partly typewritten copies.
- ff. 79-137 Margot Asquith, called Emma Alice Margaret; née Tennant; 2nd wife of Herbert, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith: Letters to V. Tree by Emma Alice Margaret Asquith: 1913-1919, n.d.
- ff. 138-143 Lieutenant Raymond Asquith, son of 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith: Letters to V. Tree from Lieut. Raymond Asquith: 1907.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001998371
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001998371
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1904
- End Date:
- 1926
- Date Range:
- 1904-1926
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Custodial History:
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Denys Parsons, son of Viola Parsons née Tree: Purchased of, in 1978.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Asquith, Emma Alice Margaret, née Tennant; political hostess and diarist, 1864-1945
Asquith, Herbert Henry, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, statesman, 1852-1928
Asquith, Raymond, scholar and army officer; son of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, 1878-1916
Parsons, Denys, son of Viola Parsons née Tree
Tree, Viola Emmie Aida, afterwards Parsons actress and singer