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Add MS 89170/1/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003311628
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003311372
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100030942762.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89170/1/2
- Title:
- Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: South Africa family correspondence and Land Settlement Commission papers
- Scope & Content:
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Personal correspondence of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster and his wife Mary, including:
- letter from John Arnold to Oakeley wishing him all the best for his work in South Africa, Ambleside, 16 August 1900;
- letter from George Granville Bradley to Mary regarding Tom Arnold, 15 November 1900;
- three letters from Mary to [Oakeley] and one letter from Mary to her mother regarding her journey, written when in South Africa and on board of the ship, 17-24 October 1900;
- letter from [George Joachim Goschen] to Oakeley regarding their meeting, Hawkhurst, 15 October 1901;
- letter from Florence Vere O’Brien to her brother Oakeley regarding his new role, Paris, [1900];
- eleven letters from Oakeley to his wife Mary written during his journey back from South Africa, with shorthand notes on the reverse of some letters, 18 October-11 November 1900 (letters marked 'n. 1-11');
- letter from Oakeley to [Mary] regarding his work over the last few days, Admiralty, 1 November 1901;
- letter from [Oakeley] to [Mary] regarding a dinner party he attended recently, 9 Evelyn Gardens, SW, 2 November 1901;
- envelope containing ‘Oakeley’s tally of the hours on board the Briton before he got home from Monday 11th December 1900 to Friday 15th December 1900’ (description handwritten on the envelope by Mary).
The file also includes papers relating to Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster work for the Land Settlement Commission, including:
- a page of handwritten notes [by Mary] regarding land settlement, [1900];
- handwritten account entitled ‘Diary of our expedition on the Land Settlement Commission Oct 1900’ by Mary Arnold-Forster, which includes drawings of a prickly pear tree and a cart with horses;
- envelope containing three newspaper clippings regarding South Africa, October 1900;
- draft of ‘Illusion and Disillusion or Africa Visited’ by Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, with handwritten annotations, [1900-1901];
- a sepia photograph of a group of nine people including Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, undated.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003311372
036-003311414
040-003311628 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89170 : Personal and political papers of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster
Add MS 89170/1 : Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: South Africa papers
Add MS 89170/1/2 : Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: South Africa family correspondence and Land Settlement Commission papers - Hierarchy:
- 032-003311372[0001]/036-003311414[0002]/040-003311628
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89170
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1900
- End Date:
- 1901
- Date Range:
- 1900-1901
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Arrangement:
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The following four letters written in 1907 have been moved to Add MS 89170/2/2:
- letter from FVOB [Florence Vere O’Brien] to Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster regarding his retirement from public life, Co. Clare, 1 April 1907;
- letter from Frances Arnold-Forster to Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster regarding his poor health, Liverpool, 6 April 1907;
- letter from [Nevil Story-Maskelyne] to Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster regarding a letter from Will and his trip to Italy, Basset Down House Swindon, 15 April 1907;
- letter from Nevil Story-Maskelyne to Mary Arnold-Forster regarding a letter from Will and his trip to Italy, Basset Down House Swindon, 15 April 1907.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- The letters have been arranged in chronological order by the cataloguer. They were originally tied together in a bundle.
- Names:
- Bradley, George Granville, dean of Westminster and schoolmaster, 1821-1903
Forster, Frances Egerton, ecclesiastical historian, sister of H. O. Arnold-Forster, 1857-1921
Goschen, George Joachim, 1st Viscount Goschen, politician and financier, 1831-1907
O'Brien, Florence Vere, née Arnold-Forster; British diarist, philanthropist, and craftswoman, 1854-1936