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Add MS 89142/8/5
- Record Id:
- 040-002919878
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002902417
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025546617.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89142/8/5
- Title:
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Personal papers: Early Years
- Scope & Content:
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File contains the following material relating to Swift's years at primary and secondary school, arranges as follows:
St Peter's Primary School:
- correspondence with Ann Mellor, a fellow past pupil of St Peter's Primary School, with printed black and white images from school years;
- correspondence regarding the death of Dorothea Hanney, former Headmistress of St Peter's Primary School, in 2004. Included is a copy of the obituary.
Dulwich College:
- Press cutting about the death of Lauri Jagger, Head of English at Dulwich College.
File contains correspondence dated throughout 1969 and 1970 regarding Swift's applications to university and for a postgraduate studentship, and letters of congratulations for high performance in English exams at Cambridge. There is also an exam paper from the 1970 English examinations or 'tripos' included in the file.
File also contains a student essay on Milton by Swift, written either whilst a student at Dulwich College or Queens' College, Cambridge. Swift's notes his own uncertainty over this on the file cover sheet.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002902417
036-002919863
040-002919878 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89142 : Supplementary Graham Swift papers
Add MS 89142/8 : Personal papers
Add MS 89142/8/5 : Personal papers: Early Years - Hierarchy:
- 032-002902417[0008]/036-002919863[0005]/040-002919878
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89142
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1970
- End Date:
- 2009
- Date Range:
- 1970-2009
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- Swift attended St Peter's Primary School, South Croydon, between 1954 and 1960, and Dulwich College, York during the 1960s.