Biographical and autobiographical material relating to Maria Hungerford Pollen and the La Primaudaye family, 1854-2010s
File
MS. 17906/19
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- La Primaudaye family tree and history: various notes, printouts, and letters, 1917-1950; journal of Charles John La Primaudaye, 1854 (including account of the death of his wife); letters to and from Maria Hungerford Pollen, 1870-1906, including letter to Lucy La Primaudaye, 3 Sep 1870; letter to Maria Hungerford Pollen from Charles Wynne Finch, 8 Oct 1872; and Clement La Primaudaye, 20 Aug 1906. Also letter regarding the death of Charles La Primaudaye, [9] Feb 1858.
- Maria Hungerford Pollen: manuscript notes for her memoirs (with some printout transcriptions), 1910s, including 'A Note on Newbuildings' and accounts of visit to Rome [pre 1908] and to Scotland, 10 Feb 1916. With: various notes; newspaper cuttings, mainly of obituaries of Maria Hungerford Pollen, 1919; and article on Haddon Hall by J.H. Pollen in The Builder, 2 Mar 1889.
- Maria Hungerford Pollen: typescript copy of 'A note on Newbuildings by Maria Pollen (1914)', n.d.
- Maria Hungerford Pollen: additional notes for memoirs, n.d.; photocopies of newspaper cuttings and entries from [ Debrett's Illustrated Baronetage]; account of Maria Hungerford Pollen's visit to Namur, Belgium to negotiate loan of the Treasure of Namour (reliquaries) to the South Kensington Museum, 1891; and account of John Hungerford Pollen by 'A.H.P.' [1903]. In envelope labelled 'Rough copies of MHP's notes for Memoir'.
- Maria Hungerford Pollen and Margaret Hungerford Pollen: typescript accounts, with photocopies, of the aid they gave to Italian police to recover stolen Burano lace, 1911-1912.
- Various newspaper cuttings, including reference to: Anne Pollen's book on Mother Mabel Digby, 1914; obituary for Mother La Primaudaye, n.d.; and manuscript note on Mother Kerr's death [by Anne Pollen], n.d.
- Word processor [Amstrad] printouts of draft chapters for a biographical account of Maria Hungerford Pollen and her children, by Daphne Pollen and Lucy Jebb, 1980s. 11 chapters, 79pp. Some duplication of pages. With introductory note by Louis Jebb, 2010s.
Dates
- Creation: 1854-2010s
Extent
1 box (7 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. 17906/19
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk