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Add MS 89170/3/3
- Record Id:
- 040-003311794
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003311372
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100031027288.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89170/3/3
- Title:
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Mary Arnold-Forster papers: correspondence
- Scope & Content:
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Correspondence of Mary Arnold-Forster with family members and political colleagues of her husband, including:
- letter from Jane Forster to Mary regarding her journey back from visiting her and Oakeley, and Oakeley's speech at the Federation meeting, [1890s];
- letter from Jane Forster to Mary regarding her visit to London, [1890s];
- two letters from Jane Forster to Mary regarding family matters and Oakeley's work, Burley-in-Wharfedale, [1888]-1893, and one page of another letter written by Jane Forster, undated;
- letter from H. M. Stanley of Alderley [Henrietta Maria Stanley] to Mary regarding catching up, Holyhead, 19 July 1892;
- envelope marked ‘M.L.A-F. 1900 Cape Letters’ containing five letters from Mary to ‘Meg’ [Margaret Story Maskelyne] and her parents, August-September 1900;
- two letters from Nevil Story-Maskelyne to his daughter Mary regarding his health, Swindon, 6 September and 9 October 1904;
- letter from Leopold James Maxse to Mary regarding Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster’s candidacy at Croydon and asking to work with him, 4 November 1904;
- letter from Nevil Story-Maskelyne to his daughter Mary sending her a small fibula (brooch) he designed to thank her for her support, Swindon, Christmas 1904;
- letter from A. [Alfred] Lyttelton to Mary sending ‘a word of congratulation on the fine and gallant effort of this afternoon’, 10 April 1907;
- letter from Henry James to Mary apologising for missing her visit, Lamb House, Rye, 15 September [before 1909];
- condolence letters from [Dame Edith Sophy Lyttelton], Owen Seaman, Austen Chamberlain, William Burdett-Coutts, Arthur James Balfour, Argyll [John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll], Arthur Lee, George Wyndham, Beatrice Chamberlain, R. B. Haldane, Walter H. Lough, Cawdor [Frederick Archibald Vaughan Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor], Horace Plunkett, A. Lyttelton, Selborne [William Waldegrave Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne], Andrew Bonar Law, Salisbury [Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury], [Frederick Sleigh ] Roberts, Halsbury [Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury], March 1909;
- envelope marked ‘Copy of letter to The Bishop of London March 29 1909’ containing a condolence letter from A. F. London [Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London] to Mary, 14 March 1909, and Mary's reply, 29 March 1909;
- letter from Midleton [William St John Fremantle Brodrick, 1st Earl of Midleton] to Mary thanking her for sending him an unfinished paper that Oakeley was working on at the time of his death, House of Lords, 21 March 1909;
- letter from Richard Burdon Haldane to Mary regarding Goethe and Bronte's words to be written on a monument [to Oakeley], 21 March 1909;
- letter from William Hillier Onslow to Mary thanking her for sending him Oakeley's unfinished letters, Clandon Park, Guildford, 28 March [1909];
- letter from Lansdowne [Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne] to Mary thanking her for sending him an unfinished letter that Oakeley was writing at the time of his death, 27 March 1909;
- letter from Austen Chamberlain thanking Mary for sending him an unfinished letter from Oakeley to Balfour, 30 March 1909;
- envelope containing three letters from Charles W. Dilke to Mary, 2, 5 and 7 April 1909, one enclosing a letter from [Lord Morley] to Dilke,7 April 1909, regarding some letters to be returned by Morley to Mary;
- letter from G.W. [Gerald William] Balfour to Mary thanking her for sending him the memorandum Oakeley was working on before he died, Woking, 15 April 1909;
- letter from [Frederick Sleigh ] Roberts to Mary thanking her for sending him Oakeley's book Military Needs and Military Policy, Ascot, 20 April 1909;
- condolence letter from Ian Hamilton to Mary, Andover, 30 May 1909;
- letter from James Craig to Mary regarding an anecdote to use in her biography of Oakeley, 9 October 1909;
- letter from Robert Baden Powell to Mary regarding her son in the Scouts, 31 October 1909;
- letter from J.A. [John Arbuthnot] Fisher to Mary thanking her for her letter, 8 December 1909;
- letter from Arthur Lee to Mary regarding her memoir of Oakeley, Butlers Cross, 8 January 1910;
- envelope containing letter from A. [Alfred] Lyttelton to Mary regarding his quotes to use in her Memoir, Wittersham, 5 August 1910;
- letter from [Leo S. Amery] to Mary expressing his desire to follow Oakeley's footsteps, 2 Temple Gardens, 16 November 1910;
- letter from Herbert Plumer to Mary congratulating her for the memoir of Oakeley, 27 November 1910;
- letter from Mary A. Ward to Mary congratulating her on Oakeley's memoir, Tring, 2 January 1911;
- letter from Sandhurst [William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst] to Mary regarding him being in office again, 17 February 1912;
- letter from George Clausen to Mary regarding her visit and Mary's son’s [William Edward Arnold-Forster] [art]work, 4 May 1912;
- letter from George William Forrest to Mary regarding her memoir of Oakeley, Iffley Turn, 18 September 1912;
- letter from Alfred Williams to Mary regarding his books on rural and factory life, South Marston, 18 November 1912;
- letter from J. R. Dunlop Smith [James Robert Dunlop Smith] to Mary regarding Lord Minto's death, 25 Ovington Square, 6 March 1914;
- letter from [Dame Edith Sophy Lyttelton] to Mary regarding a meeting with Gerald Balbour, [8 April 1915];
- letter from Lascelles Abercrombie to Mary regarding his bike accident in Dorset, his visit to Avebury, Thomas Hardy, and [Mayden] castle near Dorchester, The Gallows, Dymock, 13 July [1911-1916].
The file also includes:
- Mary and Oakeley's statements regarding fortune telling of German 'Professor' Riess, 21 and 22 April 1902;
- two sheets of notes by [Oakeley] regarding the presence of God, undated;
- pages bound by yellow string marked [by Mary] ‘List of Letters received March, April and May 1909’ listing letters of condolence after the death of her husband Oakeley.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003311372
036-003311789
040-003311794 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89170 : Personal and political papers of Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster
Add MS 89170/3 : Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster: Mary Arnold-Forster papers
Add MS 89170/3/3 : Mary Arnold-Forster papers: correspondence - Hierarchy:
- 032-003311372[0003]/036-003311789[0003]/040-003311794
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89170
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1888
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1888-1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- The letter from James Craig to Mary regarding an anecdote to use in her biography of Oakeley, 9 October 1909, was found in a box file marked 'S Africa 1900' and moved here by the cataloguer.
- Names:
- Abercrombie, Lascelles, poet and literary critic, 1881-1938 (Correspondent)
Amery, Leopold Charles Maurice Stennett, politician and journalist, 1873-1955 (Correspondent)
Balfour, Gerald William, 2nd Earl of Balfour, politician and psychical researcher, 1853-1945 (Correspondent)
Brodrick, William St John Fremantle, 1st Earl of Midleton, politician, 1856-1942 (Correspondent)
Chamberlain, Joseph Austen, Knight, politician, 1863-1937 (Correspondent)
Clausen, George, Knight, painter, 1852-1944 (Correspondent)
Craig, James, 1st Viscount Craigavon, prime minister of Northern Ireland, 1871-1940 (Correspondent)
Dilke, Charles Wentworth, 2nd Baronet, writer and politician, 1843-1911 (Correspondent)
Fisher, John Arbuthnot, 1st Baron Fisher, naval officer, 1841-1920 (Correspondent)
Fitzmaurice, Henry Charles Keith, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, politician, 1845-1927 (Correspondent)
Forrest, George William David, Knight, historian, 1845-1926 (Correspondent)
Forster, Jane Martha, née Arnold; wife of W. E. Forster, 1821-1899 (Correspondent)
Haldane, Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane, politician, educationist and Lord Chancellor, 1856-1928 (Correspondent)
Ingram, Arthur Foley, bishop of London, 1858-1946 (Correspondent)
James, Henry, novelist, 1843-1916 (Correspondent)
Lee, Arthur Hamilton, Viscount Lee of Fareham, politician and patron of the arts, 1868-1947 (Correspondent)
Lyttelton, Alfred, sportsman and politician, 1857-1913 (Correspondent)
Lyttelton, Edith Sophy, née Balfour; public servant and author; 2nd wife of Alfred Lyttelton, 1865-1948 (Correspondent)
Mansfield, William, 1st Viscount Sandhurst, British politician and colonial governor, 1855-1921 (Correspondent)
Maskelyne, Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story-, minerologist, politician and photographer, 1823-1911 (Correspondent)
Maxse, Leopold James, journalist and political activist; editor of 'National Review', 1864-1932 (Correspondent)
Onslow, William Hillier, 4th Earl of Onslow, politician and colonial governor, 1853-1911 (Correspondent)
Plumer, Herbert Charles Onslow, 1st Viscount Plumer, army officer, 1857-1932 (Correspondent)
Powell, Robert Stephenson Smyth, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, army officer, founder of the Scout movement, 1857-1941 (Correspondent)
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, 1st Earl Roberts, army officer, 1832-1914 (Correspondent)
Smith, James Robert, Knight, British official in the Indian Army, 1858-1921 (Correspondent)
Stanley, Henrietta Maria, political hostess and campaigner for women's education, 1807-1895 (Correspondent)
Ward, Mary Augusta, née Arnold; novelist, philanthropist and political lobbyist, 1851-1920 (Correspondent)
Williams, Owen Alfred, poet and writer on rural and industrial life, 1877-1930 (Correspondent)