Photographs, c.1884-1981; n.d.
Photographs kept seperately from correspondence and other papers, including contents of folder 'Forebears & Childhood + Llangollen & Walberswick':
- Folder 1: Photographs of Ruth Pitter, including portraits and group photographs with friends, c.1913-1975 and many n.d. Also includes a photograph of Ruth Pitter with Queen Elizabeth II at the Companion of Literature ceremony, 1975.
- Folder 2: Photographs of Ruth Pitter's parents, George Pitter and Louisa, née Murrell, and their siblings, c.1884-1930 and n.d. Also includes early photographs of Ruth Pitter and her siblings Olive and Geoffrey, c.1904-1915 and n.d.
- Folder 3: Photographs of Ruth Pitter's siblings, Olive Edwards and Geoffrey Pitter, with their families, including Ruth Pitter's nieces and nephews Shirley, Anthony and Mary Edwards and Mark and Celia Pitter, c.1919-1968.
- Folder 4: Photographs of friends and acquaintances, including David and Rachel Cecil, Stephen [Tennant], Russell and Rosemary, David Scott, Stanley Alwin, John Adams, R. Scott Hansom, Kathleen O'Hara, Ursula Stevens, Stanley Young, Olaf Bradbury, Dorothy Wellesley, Mary E. Cooley, and many unidentified, c.1906-1981 and n.d. Also includes photographs of buildings, landscapes, animals etc., n.d., empty negative/ photo envelopes, and an empty picture frame.
Dates
- Creation: c.1884-1981; n.d.
Extent
1 box (4 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
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Shelfmark
MS. 7154/24
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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