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Add MS 81958
- Record Id:
- 040-001987764
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001987657
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000247.0x000094
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- Add MS 81958
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Supplementary Strachey Papers. Vol. lxxiv (ff. 60). Papers of Oliver Strachey (b. 1874, d. 1960), brother of Lytton Strachey; 1908-1967, n.d.
Contents:
1. ff. 1-7. Accounts of costs in his divorce case against his first wife Ruby Julia Strachey, citing James de Graff Hunter; 1909. Mostly typewritten.
2. f. 8. Travel permit for Canal Zone, with a portrait; 1916.
3. f. 9. Letter offering him the award of M.B.E; 1917. Signed.
4. ff. 10-11. Letter from his daughter, Barbara Halpern née Strachey; 1920.
5. ff. 12-20. Papers on salaries and pensions of the staff of the Government Code and Cypher School; 1936. Typewritten.
6. ff. 21-22. Certificate of award of C.B.E.; 1943. Printed.
7. ff. 23-46. ‘The sluggard’s quadrille and other remains of Stephen Tomlin’ [Stephen Tomlin was Oliver Strachey’s son-in-law] sent to Oliver Strachey, with other papers now lost; 1953. Typewritten.
8. f. 47. Cutting of obituary notice in The Times; 1960. Printed.
9. f. 48. Copy of his birth certificate; 1967. Printed.
10. ff. 49-59. Essay on consciousness; n.d.
11. f. 60. Copy of Josef Haydn’s ‘Canon cancrizans’; n.d.
Oliver Strachey, CBE: Papers and correspondence of O. Strachey: 1909-1967, n.d.: Partly printed, partly typewritten.
includes:
- ff. 1-7 Ruby J. Strachey, née Meyer; 1st wife of Oliver Strachey: Accounts of costs of divorce case of O. Strachey and R. J. Strachey: 1909: Mostly typewritten.
- f. 10 Barbara Halpern, née Strachey: Letter to O. Strachey: 1920.
- ff. 23-46. Stephen Tomlin, sculptor: 'The Sluggard's quadrille and other remains of Stephen Tomlin': 1953: Typewritten.
- f. 60 Franz Joseph Haydn, composer: Copy of 'Canon cancrizans' made by O. Strachey: n.d.: Copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001987657
036-001987761
040-001987764 - Is part of:
- Add MS 81885-81972 : Supplementary Strachey Papers 81885-81972. Further correspondence and papers of the Strachey family; mostly circa 1885 –…
Add MS 81956-81969 : C. Papers of Other Members of the Strachey Family. 81956-81969. Supplementary Strachey Papers. Vol. lxxii- lxxxv.…
Add MS 81958 : Supplementary Strachey Papers. Vol. lxxiv (ff. 60). Papers of Oliver Strachey (b. 1874, d. 1960), brother of Lytton Strachey;… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001987657[0003]/036-001987761[0003]/040-001987764
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 81885-81972
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1908
- End Date:
- 1967
- Date Range:
- 1908-1967
- Era:
- CE
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Halpern, Barbara Mary, née Strachey; formerly Hultin; broadcaster and writer, 1912-1999
Haydn, Franz Joseph, composer, 1732-1809
Strachey, Oliver, civil servant and cryptographer, 1874-1960
Strachey, Ruby J, née Meyer 1st wife of Oliver Strachey
Tomlin, Stephen, sculptor