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Add MS 73470
- Record Id:
- 040-001989269
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001988635
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000292.0x0001a4
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 73470
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G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXXXV (ff. 39). Miscellaneous papers relating to Frances Chesterton; 1920 - circa 1938. Includes newspaper cuttings of some of her poems (ff. 1-6, 37); doctors' reports on her health from 1920 to 1928 (ff. 7-30); marked proof of her short play 'The Christmas gift' (ff. 31-32v); a visiting card (f. 33); three leaves extracted from her diary covering the period of Chesterton's death and funeral (ff. 34-36v); a memorial card (f. 38); a card notifying Dorothy Collins that the name of Frances Chesterton had been enrolled on the Prinknash Kalendar of Everlasting Remembrance (f. 39).
includes:
- ff. 1-6, 37 Poetry ENGLISH: Frances Alice Chesterton, née Blogg; wife of G K Chesterton: Poems by Frances Alice Chesterton: 1893-1938: Partly copies, partly printed.
- f. 7 Sydney Russell Wells, medical consultant: Letter to Dr G. V. Bakewell from Sydney Russell Wells: 1920: Signed.
- ff. 7-30 Medicine and Surgery: Dr George Victor Bakewell, of Beaconsfield: Letters rel. to F. A. Chesterton to Dr. George Victor Bakewell: 1920-1925.
- ff. 8-25, 27, 30 James Beaver Mennell, physician: Letters, etc., to Dr G. V. Bakewell rel. to F. A. Chesterton from James Beaver) Mennell: 1920-1924: Signed.
- f. 26 Dr Harold Gardiner-Hill, FRCP; endocrinologist: Letter to Dr. G. V. Bakewell from Dr Harold Gardiner-Hill: 1924.
- f. 28 Dr Frederick George Thomson, of Bath: Letter, etc., to Dr G. V. Bakewell from Dr. Frederick George Thomson: 1925: Signed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001988635
036-001989246
040-001989269 - Is part of:
- Add MS 73186-73484 : G K Chesterton Papers
Add MS 73454-73470 : H. Correspondence and Papers of Frances Chesterton.
Add MS 73470 : G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCLXXXV (ff. 39). Miscellaneous papers relating to Frances Chesterton; 1920 - circa 1938.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001988635[0008]/036-001989246[0017]/040-001989269
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 73186-73484
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 1920-1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bakewell, George Victor, physician, of Beaconsfield, 1887-1945
Chesterton, Frances Alice, née Blogg wife of G K Chesterton, 1875-1938
Hill, Harold, endocrinologist, 1891-1982
Mennell, James Beaver, , physician
Thomson, Frederick George, Dr. of Bath
Wells, Sydney Russell, medical consultant